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I don't mind a die-cut if it's a little bit off the top or corners, but I still like it to resemble a trading card - this looks too much like a sticker or something out of a chippy packet. And, as someone pointed out on FB, a shame they're using same photo from Traders. I'm sure these cards...

GCTC breaks do go up on their website. You can purchase through it, watch on YouTube, so I reckon you could do it all without FB. But there Is advantage with FB of being alerted to new breaks going live.

I did wonder whether the clubs were meant/expected to take them to Vegas and distribute them over there. Would have made sense. Weird Sharks only ones to put them up.

Traders 2024 was the first time I've seen it available at EB Games here in NZ. $9 a pack (about $8 Aussie) so bit of a rip - and no way its going to lure young fans to collect what should be the entry level set.

Would it be crazy to think Topps might have had a decent nudge at both NRL and AFL? Fanatics track record seems pretty aggressive, and I could imagine NRL being attracted by big US player, given the Vegas expedition. I’m bewildered by how Topps do inserts, with all the 1/1s, relics etc, and...

Certainly lots of battlers among the sigs, which is often the case with Traders. Feels like it's a decent insert set shy. Whereas in the past there'd be The Creator or 4&2, there's nothing in that space.

Not being in Aus, and therefore not seeing cards on any store counters, I struggle to understand what the strategy of Rivalry/Revolution/Best&Less is. On top of Traders, it presents a lot of entry level options, and I wonder if they'd be better to push one definitive set to collect. I don't...

This would def be a big part of it, and I totally hadn't considered it. Case breaks such a big part of hobby - and as a team collector who hasn't busted a box in a decade I've contributed to it. I think there's a chicken and egg aspect to it. I became a team collector partly because I was...

Fair chance Josh Mansour nets a retirement card too. Pretty sure he’s done with the Jets. Hopefully in Penrith colours.

I think a real limiting issue with TLA when it comes to card concept ideas is the obsessive inclusivity of its inserts. We don't get 5-card or 9-nine set showcasing gun players, we get 17 or 34 card sets repping every club for almost everything but the Dally M set and patches. I'd love to chase...

Yes to "conversion attempts" and "he missed the conversion" etc, but what I meant was no-one ever refers to goalkickers as "converters". It would be like doing an NFL quarterback set and calling it "Completists". If they used footy relevant terms: 'Between the sticks', 'Black dot', 'Straight...

First impression is same ole Traders really. A lot of dead space on the base designs, and shame there's not a blade of grass to be seen on any of them. Would much rather the images depict them playing footy on a footy field. Bugs me that they use "The Converters" when it's a term not used in...

From what I've seen this set looks way nicer than Traders design wise, and it's the same size, with quite a few rookies from 2024. It's just a shame it's low-end inserts only, which will mean it fails to register with most folks. There's some nice player selection in terms of not just the usual...

Being in NZ and not an AFL fan, I'm not familiar with what Select does now, but well aware of how they handled NRL in the past. In short, I thought the 2000-2005 sets were pretty decent, and then it went sideways fast. If I was to overhaul TLA, I would take my inspiration from US sport cards...

No worries. The hunt continues.

I’ll grab the Yeo sapphire please.

I’ll grab ruby Cleary please if still available.

Totally agree. I’m so over the swirls and silly patterns. Other then In Focus cards (which have had several ace designs) there hasn’t been genuine game shots with a classy border since 95 Tradition. It’s time! My only other Elite gripe is the Reflections are a bit short sighted. I was hoping...

I’ll grab To’o sapphire and Yeo ruby thanks, if still available.

It's very basic, nothing as elaborate or extensive as many displays out there. I've even put my son's old building blocks to use. Eventually I'd like to get as many core threepeat players on the top shelf as I can, with some sort of flag or team colours. Luai, Martin, Sorensen and Api are the...

I’m pretty sweet with Luai getting the patch. I have a bookshelf display of cards honouring the three peat era, and I’ve tried to use priority cards and black diamonds rather than sigs, as they tend catch the light nicely. Didn’t have a Luai. The patch will do nicely (and means I don’t need to...

TLA will just grab a recruit from 2023. I don’t think they angst over it. Turuva is a young gun two years in a row. Set looks ok, pleased to see a few new ideas and no All Stars cards. I’ll no doubt hunt down the Cleary double sig, though always underwhelmed by headshot cards. I imagine...

My bold prediction is a double sig card of Nathan & Ivan Cleary, possibly as a dynamic duo card. A triple sig card including Yeo, to honour the threepeat, would also be a decent shout, but I’ve yet to see a card with 3 sigs look half decent, so not sure I’d prefer it.

Player In Focus I think is the perfect avenue for these miracle plays, unfortunately they blundered it with horrible cropping, removing any aspect of spectacle. Generally I’ve found the PIF card designs to be far superior to the Traders/Elite base concepts. I would love to see the 2021PIF card...

I would wager Blaize is more likely to be a Traders 2025 Rising Star, I’m afraid. The cutoff has to be by round 3-4. Last year TLA went back to rd26 2022 to pull out Eddie Blacker for the Panthers, because Turuva was the only potential young gun rounds 1-4. By round 5-6 Lindsey Smith and Zac...