Retail Review Of 2023 Topps Series 1. What has Topps Done?

[@leeandrassy6815]

👀 Look on the bright side 💡 It helps put the scalpers out of biz and keeps the shelves stocked!

[@frankgrimes591]

Not really. They just moved over to hobby. The sneaker flippers have ruined this. We need a true secondary market collapse to get back to normal.

[@scottymiller93]

These are 15 bucks a blaster at my wal mart right now. Picked one up and I’m gonna pick up a few more since they’re on sale

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Back in 2017-2018 I bought a TON of flagship Topps retail and cleaned up big time especially on hitting golds

[@vinceperrotta2763]

Bought 2 blasters and a hanger just cause i love this years design but man, absolutely 0 hits lol. Another great video! 👍

[@lsumaniac2485]

Thanks 👍

[@averyhaugh3114]

I can’t believe how hard it is to pull anything good from retail. Might go back to Update or stick with hobby, but what’s crazy is out of 2 hangers, my brother hit a Jose Altuve home field advantage. Crazy stuff. But hey man thanks for the videos and good luck on your upcoming rips.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Thanks as always brother

[@doogiesdugout]

That green foil is 1 in 58 blasters. That's dang near 1.5 cases. 58 blasters at $25 each is $1,450 and that's without taxes. Good lord. Jumbo is definitely the way to go. Thanks for sharing your rip and good luck in your next video 👊

[@lsumaniac2485]

It'd sad how bad retail is and you're definitely right about the jumbo

[@ltccherno2536]

Love that Ryan/Koosnan RC in the background

[@lsumaniac2485]

I sure appreciate it brother

[@johnnyrotten9987]

I agree with you brother retail this year is rough

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yeah no doubt brother let's just hope this is a one off

[@johnnyw6467]

​@lsumaniac2485 Don't know about you but I just bought one box to try it out. Got orange foil, Wright/Urias/Darvish, 001/299. That counted something right?

[@chupacabra8479]

Topps announced that going ahead they’re going to be cutting opening day, Fire and Gallery. Between the odds increase and cuts I’d say fanatics are deliberately killing off retail

[@lsumaniac2485]

It does seem that way man I just hope it's not

[@thekeithy4999]

I like what they've done with retail odds. Nice to know kids will have a chance to buy new product because it'll actually be available on the shelves. Most adult collectors can afford a hobby and or jumbo box, and they'll get the cards they want out of them. Getting these younger kids hooked will be good for the hobby going forward.

[@chefpruno1]

I was thinking the same thing. And if the kids don't buy and the product sits on the shelves then maybe the price will plateau for a while!

[@chupacabra8479]

It’s not 2020. I’ve seen plenty of products on shelves for a couple years now

[@lsumaniac2485]

Like one comment says this isn't 3 years ago when there was nothing anywhere to find but now every Wal-Mart I go to is full of cards. I just think it's a terrible idea for them to trash retail

[@melleabasketball]

Excited for Series 2

[@lsumaniac2485]

I am as well, should be coming out soon

[@CharleyFriends]

Pulled a ssp and wander relic in the first hanger. 2 hangers and 2 blasters after that and got nothing. Pretty rough, you’re right.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Well hey you dang Ayre can't complain with what you got bro

[@castortroy22]

I’m still snatching up all the 22 update I see still, not even touching 23 series 1. Just grabbed 3 update blasters last night & pulled a Royce Lewis SSP & Witt Jr HFA. Can’t beat it

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yeah no doubt man thats so much better of an option

[@robertgrose2290]

I will probably wait for the retail to go on clearance at the stores. Then, I will try to get some cards to complete the set with the best cards I can put in my set. All I can say dumb move by Topps. Thanks for the video again, and good luck to all it might not get any better.

[@noneofurbiz2304]

I just pulled a Hearts red Justin Verlander it was the best cart outta 3 boxes and a randy Johnson same but blue

[@LateNiteBreaks]

Well, that was better than my blasters, two things of note, you pulled a card /499, not out of /299. Also about the autos in blasters, for the most part you're right, it's no non relic autos. But, for the manufacturer relics,you can get autos 1: about 6,000😅😅😅

[@fwofred2018]

No retail for me. If I want a set I'll wait for factory sets. May get a couple Jumbos...one to open and one to hold to possibly offset the jumbo I open.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yeah Jumbo is no doubt the best way to go

[@matthewlibby2583]

Still waiting to see the 1998 inserts they have printed on the blaster box. Saw a couple of 1988 though. 🤣🤣🤣

[@wiscywall]

I've seen too many video's of retail this year where not a darn thing was pulled. It's sad, really. I got my 2 jumbo and 1 hobby and that's it for me. I'll get singles and such. Maybe if they got rid of the Topps flip it would be worth it lol.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Jumbo is the only way and I sure hope you got some nice hits out of those boxes sir

[@adamspeaker6740]

Is there varations that are worth looking for 2023 I see green rockies unis but I just got 1 hanger that wasn't impressive at all!!!!

[@lsumaniac2485]

Absolutely there is, I recommend going to Google and searching 2023 topps series one variation guide. Beckett does a very good job explaining all the variations in the set

[@richardanzlovar5372]

2023 topps 1 best rookies are $1-3 which is something and they do add up.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yeah I guess they do but you have to spend a ton to get that to add up

[@dannysunay4386]

Thank you for the rip Mr. Maniac! I bought the exact same thing at Meijer! I got me an Emmanuel clase/199, two chrome stars mlb acuna and albies! What are the odds of that! And the big one! A father's day Pete Alonzo! Not bad I would say. Sorry about your luck. I am buying retail only because I am not a set builder.

[@lsumaniac2485]

My lord talk about some crazy luck, I thing the fathers day is like 1 out of like 5000 packs

[@dannysunay4386]

@@lsumaniac2485 if I had a channel like yours, you should have seen me go bananas!! Ha ha!!

[@ericb3186]

I’d rather they make new retail only parallels than just print base. Why’d they stop the Walgreen’s yellows?

[@traneofthought3]

Great point!

[@lsumaniac2485]

Well said man all we can do is hope thus trend doesn't continue

[@wessleytaylor9635]

The retail is ROUGH!

[@commandercody8626]

Definitely I'll be passing on Series 1 and waiting for Chrome, even though the last couple years of Chrome have been rough.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yeah I don't hate the idea I'm just afraid chrome will be no different than these past few years

[@myghoulishheart]

I'd be ok with the harder odds if they lowered the prices but at the current cost it's pretty disappointing. I'm curious if the odds to Series 2 will be different. BJ's Wholesale Club has hangers and blasters on sale for $9 and $19 and that makes the hanger odds closer to hobby, particularly the parallels (blasters are so bad this year that they're still not worth it at a discounted price).

[@lsumaniac2485]

Time will tell but I sure hope it's not the same as series 1

[@markinnes4264]

Topps 22 Update was so good... 23 S1 doesn't come close... but still has a decent rookie class.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Best to stick with update or buy Jumbo only for this year

[@DoctorGME]

whats up Dustin. I hope all is going well. GEAUX TIGERS

[@lsumaniac2485]

Boy them tigas looking good

[@Michelleh20906]

Funny my pack was all together in one plastic but I pulled a nice shiny gold Julio Rodriguez 080/299

[@lsumaniac2485]

Sweet pull man

[@Michelleh20906]

@@lsumaniac2485 ty man I appreciate it! I need a little help with finding the correct value on the card because I’m new to the hobby lol

[@lsumaniac2485]

@michaelhernandez2840 The best way is to go to ebay and filter it out to sold listing and search it thay way. You can also use a website called 130point.com and search it that way

[@judefutch2582]

I pulled a autograph Francisco alverez my very first opening

[@lsumaniac2485]

Booooom

[@franklopez551]

I bought one hanger, that’s plenty for me.

[@lsumaniac2485]

I dont blame you one bit man

[@livelycardcollector]

i agree i made a video on this exact thing.

[@CVBASEBALLCARDCOLLECTOR]

I suffered through one hobby, two blasters, and three hanger boxes.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Man I sure know the pain, but it will get better sir

[@tjizzle8155]

Have you seen julios new topps commercials....epic

[@lsumaniac2485]

They are so good man

[@frankgrimes591]

All that happens is the flipper money moves to the hot product configuration. Regular people / long time customers are screwed as usual.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Very much so man, no matter what happens the everyday collector is the odd man out

[@oliverguzmanzarzuela139]

I've gone thru 2 blasters and 1 hanger, completely dry, no hits, nada!

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yeah its definitely best to leave it on the shelf

[@lonardgetchell-bm9lc]

A theory to why Topps didn't put some of the good stuff in retail is to eliminate the "flipper" business. It made it not fair to the true collectors and card sellers that love the hobby. My intentions was to buy a jumbo but I wasn't impressed with the results with the breaks I watched. It had the autos and parallels but no big names. I ended up buying opened box regular hobby packs from my local shop at $4 a pack. Pulled an SSP (Mahle) and a Salvador Perez redemption. Autos to relic patch cards pulled in hobby boxes is almost 50/50. Then I bought 3 retail hangar boxes and one of them had an Adley Rutschman "Home Field Advantage" (case hit) card. I couldn't believe it. Retail is not that good for the most part but you never know.

[@frankgrimes591]

Do you actually think they want to eliminate the hype? They just pushed the money to the most expensive product they offer. C'mon now.

[@lonardgetchell-bm9lc]

@@frankgrimes591 The hype is kinda over anyway but they don't think it is. It kinda should be that way having the big hits in the more expensive products. Just the hobby prices need to drop. They do need to throw the occasional auto or parallel in retail from a notable athlete.

[@frankgrimes591]

@@lonardgetchell-bm9lc average collectors are suffering through kids and adults who think a real job is flipping - and who are encouraged by hype channels on KZbin - and only the smart successful flippers will put away money / plan for retirement / insurance, etc.

[@lonardgetchell-bm9lc]

@@frankgrimes591 I agree with everything you said there. Flippers who camped out at stores and grabbing all the product and selling for double had no business in the industry.

[@fliplife67]

Fans/Topps took a page from Panini playbook put the so called good stuff in hobby and dont care about retail so they can jack up the hobby boxes for more.

[@LetthaWrite1inn]

Pulled a 20/50 gerrit cole

[@lsumaniac2485]

Nothing wrong with that bro, congrats

[@majestik101]

Man, that's rough. And you asked why the Golds are now 1:99 packs? It's because Topps/Fanatics printed this stuff to the moon. I mean, are you kidding me with these odds? Some are ridiculous. For example, the odds of pulling an All-Aces Platinum are 1: 3,105,561. That right there should tell you all you need to know. They might as well not even print out the odds for that card and just in its place put "Impossible". Hope your next rip is much better than that was.

[@lsumaniac2485]

It's sad what they did man and I just hope this isn't the new norm

[@howievision]

Hit rates are like opening Heritage blasters now. It's sad.

[@lsumaniac2485]

You got that right

[@hughporter399]

They've watered it down so much that I don't plan on buying any which is very unfortunate especially coming off of one of the best releases in recent memory with the update hangers

[@lsumaniac2485]

I dont blame you one bit

[@markkindsvatter6010]

Well at least they left all the turned around cards....only thing similar to past releases. I wont buy a single box of retail this year, and usually I would spend several hundred a year on retail....guessing I am not the only one.

[@lsumaniac2485]

You and most of us will not touch it, it will be on shelves for years to come

[@jhonpaura8416]

I pulled 10 good cards and 7 sp

[@lsumaniac2485]

That's awesome brother

[@CORE1.8MINISTERIES]

I think they're trying to punish the ones that buy only retail

[@frankgrimes591]

Cash grab for fanatics while also pushing the fattest wallets to the most expensive product. This isn't brain surgery

[@lsumaniac2485]

Not at all man they just really messed retail up this set

[@samdouangaphay5139]

I can get it for $5.99. Is that worth buying?

[@lsumaniac2485]

I would say so but I wouldn't go crazy with it

[@ScottyMania313]

MLB played themselves by only giving one brand to allow their logos on. Once the fans realize that anything in this set will be worthless unless it is numbered, they will stop paying attention to cards and then the game and focus on basketball and football. MLB needs to let Panini get a license so they can create competition with Topps. Short term greed is gonna get em.

[@frankgrimes591]

Most logical response so far. Bring back competition

[@dankcellarstudio]

Lol fanatics cut crazy deals with mlb and mlbpa so there will be no other competition

[@TheCardAcctant]

I bought 9 at Walmart and nothing... nothing numbered, no auto, horrible..

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yeah its so bad man

[@MrOldheadtom]

Maybe they dont want the market flooded

[@uncfester8230]

Lol first pack got a numbered card after telling how hard it was to hit ..classic …topps is dumb I use to spend 500 or more chasing the gold rookies of the bigger guys and this year I’m not doing it and I doubt many others are either …not to mention the Sps are gone ..yeah I think they did it for the breakers but who knows

[@lsumaniac2485]

I just hope this isn't the new norm man

[@brettlueckfeld6248]

Incorrect on autos in blasters. I’ve seen 2 pulled by lucky peters ch

[@lsumaniac2485]

The only auto you can pull from blasters is the commemorative patch autos, no other autos in the product comes from blaster boxes but yes you are right there is a 1 and 6000 chance at pulling one

[@ryansutter4291]

Did you guys open 2022 Topps Series 1? Or Series 1 EVER? ITS TOPPS SERIES ONE. Go out and buy some National Treasures...

[@lsumaniac2485]

Maybe 10% of the hobby can actually do what you just said

[@carlgothard9644]

It's not what Topps has done... It's what Fanatics is doing, and will continue to do. It's all about the Benjamins, and Fanatics has stepped in and is letting it be known before they've even take over completely. They are more less saying spend hundreds, or else. Once again, sh*tting on the little guy. Not only did Fanatics pull a sh*t move by buying out all competition, but now they've stacked the boxes where its Jumbo or Junk. When Fanatics takes over... things will only get worse. Without competition, no company will stay true to their word. Hell they ain't got to, because there's no one that can throw out a better product/ offer. Glad I got over my ripping withdrawals a couple yrs back. Been buying singles with the occasional breaks since late '20 early '21. Havent bought a box in a very long time, and dont see that changing anytime soon. I hate the Fanatics deal. Hope they prove me wrong, but I just dont see it. But like always.... enjoy your vids brother

[@lsumaniac2485]

Time will tell man but it would be in their best intrest not to do these things if they want to keep the hobby strong

[@RetailRipper]

definitely a joke and not worth buying unfortunately.

[@dannysunay4386]

One box is not gonna give you nothing. Buy three, four, even 6 boxes!

[@RetailRipper]

@@dannysunay4386 the odds give you a pretty good idea. I've ripped a few and seen many others do the same, hitting noting of any type of value.

[@frankgrimes591]

​@@dannysunay4386 I have a collection of Sony mini disks and zip drives you might want to invest in

[@JDFION.]

I'd rather buy them on eBay

[@kevinmone8]

Design is nice retail is a joke

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yes sir it is

[@HailTheApocalypse]

Hobby is the only way to go this year unfortunately. Idk why they did it that way when they have no problem selling out hobby boxes. It's their fault that retail was the best way to go. They charged an arm and a leg for hobby boxes and they were crap. So i guess they're making up for it.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Man I just hope this isn't the new norm because I always enjoyed retail in the flagship stuff

[@HailTheApocalypse]

@@lsumaniac2485 I hope it won't be the norm either. Watching other folks breaking this stuff are pulling nothing.

[@HailTheApocalypse]

And I guess another thing is that they had the flippers in mind too.

[@thomaswithers999]

it is not toops it is fanatics must be using topps as abrand

[@lsumaniac2485]

Fantastic doesn't own the business just yet, but they did buy the topps name to keep the brand going

[@herky1002]

Hanger odds are actually worse, your math is off

[@lsumaniac2485]

No sir it's not and while I'm not arguing keep in mind the hanger pack odds are for the single hanger box so on paper while it looks like the odd are worse its really not

[@dannysunay4386]

The time that has passed, stays in the past. Let us continue ahead!!

[@ericeustace9662]

Like these dating apps lately. Can’t find nothing

[@lsumaniac2485]

Lmfao

[@montygrip21]

The odds are better than the last few years. I don't know where you're coming up with this. The breakdowns can be found right here on KZbin. I hit 3 golds out of 5 blasters. All 3 rookie golds. Stop crying, & actually back it up with info.

[@montygrip21]

You used to actually get excited over pulling top rookies & such. Now it's just all about how hard hits are to find. Looking more & more like it's no longer about collecting, & now it's turning a profit. OG subscriber, & I love the content. Just wish you'd be more positive, as your one of the few honest voices on the tube. Not just talking out of my ears, you're just sounding more & more like it's all about hype to you, & less about collecting.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Man im sorry you don't like it but im gonna speak my mind like I see it, it's not all about the money and in fact it's far from it but when you trash retail to pump up Hobby im going to tell it like it is, do you realize golds are 1in100 packs as I shown on the video. Im sorry man but I do like to make some money back on this stuff as it's crazy expensive to keep this channel going and I'm not sure how many collectors out there are just OK that it's like this.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Also where are you getting this info that the odds are better than the last few years, dude that's so far from the truth it's not funny, I can't remember exactly but last year in blasters golds was like 1in20 well its 5 times as hard this year to hit a gold so of you hit what you did in so few boxes you sir need to drop everything and buy some lotto tickets

[@dsbanana420]

when you first start collecting most likely not gonna buy hobby or jumbo. gonna buy a blaster or retail and will not get anything good. that will discourage any new people in the hobby. this series sucks balls.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Yes retail is not good at all but if you can swing the jumbo box they are absolutely loaded

[@GolfChef99]

I hate the look of these cards. Absolutely horrible & they didn't do away with all the sideways cards, A few are ok but way way to many.

[@lsumaniac2485]

Dang man you in the minority on this I love the design this year and most others do also but hey if we all liked the same things the world would be 🤪

[@joerybicki1679]

I think base cards and collecting in general is just FINE retail is fine, it’s a hobby, cardboard! This is not WALL STREET!

[@lsumaniac2485]

Hey if that's how you feel then go ahead man im not hating you for that but to me not only is it a hobby I love I also like making some extra money from time to time to fund other boxes or whatever. While you might not think it's Wallstreet it's very close to it with millions of folks

[@jrb281]

Junk wax era.

[@lsumaniac2485]

It's not even 1 percent of the junk wax era but it does suck they print so much now

[@gobama286]

It is the flippers fault, they created this era of trash

[@lsumaniac2485]

I cant disagree with that statement

[@pfcmoody91]

Greed