Topps' latest online exclusive baseball set meshes some post-War greats with current stars. While the product was released Tuesday afternoon, 2022 Dynamic Duals didn't even last through the evening hours. Each pack includes a complete, 30-card base set along with a couple of parallels and inserts and a dual sticker autograph card. There were three … [Read more...] about Notes: Topps Dynamic Duals a Quick Sellout; Goudey Greats; Fanatics Seeks Identity
Fanatics Trading Cards
Notes: Fanatics Mosaic Drop; Topps Now for Greene, Suzuki, Balkovec; LeBron, Mantle Pace Goldin
It looks like “drops” will be a regular part of how Fanatics sells trading cards. On Monday, the company released another product using a 24-hour window in which collectors can commit to buy a certain product. This time, it’s a 2021 Mosaic Football retail box with 32 cards, priced at $29.99. The drop lasts until Tuesday at 2 PM Eastern time with Fanatics … [Read more...] about Notes: Fanatics Mosaic Drop; Topps Now for Greene, Suzuki, Balkovec; LeBron, Mantle Pace Goldin
Notes: SoCal Breaker Burglarized; PSA Parent Impressing Investors; Leagues Invest in Fanatics; New Fractional Entry
A Southern California-based breaking business was burglarized early Tuesday morning, with thieves carting away cases and boxes of recent sports card products worth thousands of dollars. Mamba Cards says it happened around 3 AM when two people wearing dark clothing and masks smashed their way into the business. High quality surveillance video captured the incident, … [Read more...] about Notes: SoCal Breaker Burglarized; PSA Parent Impressing Investors; Leagues Invest in Fanatics; New Fractional Entry
Topps Snares UEFA Euro National License from Panini
The license to produce stickers for the UEFA European Championship tournament and other UEFA national team competitions is moving to Topps. The Fanatics-owned company will become UEFA’s new and official licensed partner through 2028, providing exclusive stickers, trading cards and collectibles connected to UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany as well as the 2028 men's … [Read more...] about Topps Snares UEFA Euro National License from Panini
Fanatics Adds WWE to Trading Card Lair
Five months ago, Panini America and WWE announced a new multi-year trading card deal, snaring the license from Topps. Before the first Panini-branded product hits the market comes news that the rights are on the move again. Early Monday, Fanatics announced that it would be adding wrestling to its sweeping takeover of much of the sports card market. Fanatics, which … [Read more...] about Fanatics Adds WWE to Trading Card Lair
Remembering How The 1994 Baseball Strike Devastated The Hobby
We are at a place we never thought we would get to. The first two weeks of the baseball season have been cancelled. If there is another week cancelled, Major League Baseball will do the unthinkable and wipe out games on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s MLB debut, easily one of the most culturally significant days in American history. What does the lockout mean … [Read more...] about Remembering How The 1994 Baseball Strike Devastated The Hobby
Topps Battles Backlog, Announces Plans for New 2022 Products
Topps is still struggling with supply chain issues as it works to maintain its trading card releases, but also announced plans for a large group of new products in 2022. On the final day of its Industry Conference in Chandler, AZ Tuesday, Topps gave shop owners, distributors and others in attendance an overview of what to expect for the remainder of the year and took … [Read more...] about Topps Battles Backlog, Announces Plans for New 2022 Products
Fanatics Promises Hobby Shops Part of Company’s Growth Strategy
The new owner of Topps trading cards is promising that it has no plans to cut hobby shops out of the distribution chain. Fanatics Collectibles, which purchased Topps as part of a long term and long reaching plan to take over the modern card market, said Monday that shops were an integral part of that plan. Josh Luber, hired by Fanatics Chairman Michael Rubin to run the … [Read more...] about Fanatics Promises Hobby Shops Part of Company’s Growth Strategy
Rubin Discusses Fanatics’ Plans for Trading Card Business
It may be a couple more years before we know exactly what kind of impact Fanatics Trading Cards will have on the sports card market, but the new company will be hard to avoid, according to the man who made the deals to gain control of newly minted products. In a recent appearance on Yahoo Finance, Rubin discussed Fanatics’ entry into trading cards, first by scooping up the … [Read more...] about Rubin Discusses Fanatics’ Plans for Trading Card Business
Notes: Lawlar Superfractor Pulled; The Company Formerly Known as Topps; Cards’ Winter Warmup Axed; Big Puck Auction
One of the top cards from 2021 Bowman Draft emerged from a pack Wednesday night. The 1/1 Superfractor autograph of Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Jordan Lawlar was pulled in a break by Live Breaks. Currently listed as the number 3 overall prospect by MLB.com, Lawlar is a 19-year-old shortstop out of Dallas who was drafted sixth overall. When you sell the name … [Read more...] about Notes: Lawlar Superfractor Pulled; The Company Formerly Known as Topps; Cards’ Winter Warmup Axed; Big Puck Auction