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MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - rjcj2017 - 10-10-2022 What's up Gem Fire Banger Bros, After the DBN Sharks plowed through the latest retail drop at Target, there were four blasters of Topps Fire left. I grabbed two, not seeing that they were on sale for the low low price of $24.99 until I was already checking out. (Note to Topps ... It's Topps Fire. Roll the prices back, please.) Anyway, here are the "highlights" ... - Spencer Torkelson second year rookie logo [RC*] - Bobby Witt Jr. second year rookie logo [RC*] - Wander Franco "Fired Up" second year insert with rookie logo - "they'll slap that s--t on anything" Aaaaaand ... that's about it. I'm calling it good on this product because A) I got the card I wanted, Torkelson for my Tigers PC; B) It's Topps Fire; and C) did I mention they're $25 apiece? Now, the other two cards I wanted were the Julio Rodriguez second year logo [RC*] and the Seiya Suzuki RC, so if these blasters were priced at their actual non-DBN price gouging rate, I would have probably grabbed the other two. See the math, Topps? (And Panini, too?) Yes, you got 10 extra bucks from me - congrats. But you lost $40 that I would have spent on two more regular blasters. So, wait for it ... that's a net loss of $30. Fantastic business model! RE: MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - rjcj2017 - 10-11-2022 Speaking of, if anyone has an extra Suzuki, I'd be happy to trade for one. Thanks! RJ RE: MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - dogger99 - 10-11-2022 I thought you hated Fire. llol RE: MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - rjcj2017 - 10-12-2022 (10-11-2022, 06:25 PM)dogger99 Wrote: I thought you hated Fire. llolIn general, I do, but one advantage they have over other products is the updated players and rookies. Between yesterday and this morning I picked up three more blasters and pulled two Suzuki RCs, two more Torkelsons and a Julio Rodriguez. Not to mention "updated" players such as Pujols, Bryant, Correa, Schwarber, Rodon for my Giants PC, etc. I also pulled an Aaron Ashby auto ... nice looking signature and card. I am probably done with baseball for 2022. RE: MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - kerryandbeth - 10-12-2022 I have done only 2 hobby boxes of 2022 product so far. Gold Label prepaid 3 hobby boxes coming late November. Just not that much affordable AND interesting. RE: MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - rjcj2017 - 10-12-2022 (10-12-2022, 12:38 PM)kerryandbeth Wrote: I have done only 2 hobby boxes of 2022 product so far. Gold Label prepaid 3 hobby boxes coming late November. Just not that much affordable AND interesting.Facts. I am contemplating skipping opening any Topps Update and just ordering any PC singles. RE: MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - crazyforkinsler5 - 10-12-2022 I opened a large lot of Topps Series 1. But since we moved in July (and really about 2 months before that) I hardly bought any wax. I've broken maybe a couple of hanger packs of Series 2, no Chrome and maybe 5 blasters total of Heritage, Donruss, Diamond Kings and any others that I may have broken. But like I said, since about May, I haven't bought anything as far as wax or packs. I have, though, been buying singles. I've really upgraded my Rangers PC since then. Of course, by buying singles and not packs, there's no chance to hit big. You spend $20, you're getting a $20 card. With a box or packs, you bust a $20 box, there's a chance for a $1k card. But there's no such chance if you buy a $20 single. LIkewise, you don't have to worry about busting a $20 box and getting $2 in value. But I've thoroughly enjoyed buying singles and adding to my PC and my trade list. Got lots of nice cards to trade (started a thread with a few of them). Anyway, it's been more satisfying not buying hardly any wax over the past few years. RE: MehFest 2022 - Two Blasters of Topps Fire - rjcj2017 - 10-12-2022 (10-12-2022, 02:24 PM)crazyforkinsler5 Wrote: I opened a large lot of Topps Series 1. But since we moved in July (and really about 2 months before that) I hardly bought any wax. I've broken maybe a couple of hanger packs of Series 2, no Chrome and maybe 5 blasters total of Heritage, Donruss, Diamond Kings and any others that I may have broken.Yep, singles are always the best bang for the buck, just not as fun ... though I've opened hundreds of blasters over the years where I ended up wishing I'd just bought the single I was chasing for a fraction of the cost. Funny story - the first cards I ever bought were 1988 Topps Baseball when I was 13. I got $20 from my grandparents for my birthday that year, which I immediately took to the LCS. I noticed next to the register they were trying to give away packs of 1986-87 Fleer Basketball - 3 packs for a dollar, as no one wanted them. I thought about it because I had just started playing basketball in junior high, but I mean ... they were basketball cards. Who collected basketball cards? (I probably could have haggled and gotten two boxes for my $20, seeing as how 3 packs for a dollar worked out to $12 a box.) They also had a Michael Jordan rookie card for sale in the display case, for $20 ... which I had, and again thought about, but ... it was a basketball card. I found my resolve, ignored the basketball cards and loaded up on 1988 Topps baseball instead. There aren't many things I regret in life, but that's one of them. If only I had a time machine ... |