State of the Hobby

Iron Clad Lou · Jun 26, 2023

kiwi_in_melb said:

I DON'T CARE

Matt26 · Jun 26, 2023

Iron Clad Lou said:
The Tassie arm are in their own little world

These NT boxes are uncomfortable as shoes Smithers..... bring me the flawless briefcases post haste.

Sorry Taswegians.....must be the clean air down there!

Treysportcc · Jun 27, 2023

Ordered a 3 piece feed at 20% off. Donruss Optic NBA and NFL retail at 47 and 55 are the lowest around with our weak dollar.

TAB1980 · Jun 28, 2023

Treysportcc said:
Ordered a 3 piece feed at 20% off. Donruss Optic NBA and NFL retail at 47 and 55 are the lowest around with our weak dollar.

Who are we talking about here? Card shop wise that is?

Treysportcc · Jun 28, 2023

Cherry 20% off until Friday. They still had the 22-23 Optic blasters last I checked which worked out to 48

TAB1980 · Jun 28, 2023

Treysportcc said:
Cherry 20% off until Friday. They still had the 22-23 Optic blasters last I checked which worked out to 48

Thanks mate. Just placed my order for 2 Optic Blasters and a box of Revolution Hobby.

TAB1980 · Jun 28, 2023

What's Cherry like with timeframes for shipping orders? (same state)

Iron Clad Lou · Jun 28, 2023

TAB1980 said:
What's Cherry like with timeframes for shipping orders? (same state)

Well breaks are 3 weeks after the break. I assume orders are quicker.

I might pop in tomorrow to pick my stuff up and my breaks

Treysportcc · Jun 28, 2023

I suspect they will be backed up with the sale. I ordered some when they had 20% off ebay store last week and that took 2 business days to ship.

ozsportscardcollector · Jun 28, 2023

TAB1980 said:
What's Cherry like with timeframes for shipping orders? (same state)

I usually get my hobby boxes within 6 or 8 business days and I'm in WA.

Iron Clad Lou · Jun 28, 2023

Topps Chrome MLB have released the odds for the upcoming release.

Reduced autos and a "Breakers Delight" box that only goes to breakers.

The shenanigans of these loaded boxes will be something to behold, and a glimpse into the fanatics future for NBA (even beyond Choice products)

ozsportscardcollector · Jun 28, 2023

Fanatics will do the hobby no favours imo. Thankfully Upper Deck are still holding the NHL licence.

Fanatics overpaid for the licenses as they acquired them during the boom. They are going to get that money back anyway they can. I hope they leave Bowman products alone but even if they do they will dilute them even more.

I suspect they will do this to many of their products: they will put life changing hits in there and hype/promote it to the moon but overall the ROI will continue to fall and you will get less bang for your buck then you do now. Breaking may eventually fall under some type of gambling legislation but that's ok because they will control all aspects of breaking and can promote it as high stakes gambling.

I saw a video from SCR recently where Fanatics was starting to lay out some of the ground rules for hobby shops. It will be interesting to see what happens in the breaking space but Fanatics will be calling the shots with regards to their products.

Iron Clad Lou · Jun 28, 2023

ozsportscardcollector said:
I saw a video from SCR recently where Fanatics was starting to lay out some of the ground rules for hobby shops. It will be interesting to see what happens in the breaking space but Fanatics will be calling the shots with regards to their products.

This is clear with Cherry. They've expanded the hours and fitted the places out to conform to standards. Their Topps allocation is severed though. They take ages to get Topps stuff and barely sell it anymore.

ozsportscardcollector · Jun 28, 2023

Interesting. I know there is a lag between when a product gets broken and when it is available for sale. I have yet to see 2023 Bowman for sale and they were breaking that 4 weeks ago. I haven't seen any broken since then. And definitely not up for sale. Same with Topps Series 2. Hasn't yet been put up for sale. I'm not sure why they would be struggling to get Topps products, though.

ozsportscardcollector · Jun 28, 2023

I didn't buy from them for 4 years( mostly BO and SCC) but I have bought a fair bit of wax from them in the last 12 months as they've had what I like and the prices are slightly better with the weak OZ dollar and postage costs. Also, It's easy to just buy one or two boxes at a time whereas buying from the US you have to spend a fair bit as you're up for $50USD postage at a minimum so why not add another 5 boxes and make the postage $80.

I'll be bummed if Cherry don't get allocated a good amount of licensed baseball products. That box of Elite Extra Edition that I bought recently is the first non-licensed product I have bought for a very long time. It's also the reason I don't go in the Derby or Sluggerz breaks anymore as you never know how much junk Panini baseball will be in there.

Maybe you can give me another tutorial on SMC

ozsportscardcollector · Jun 28, 2023

Any idea on why Cherry's Topps allocation has been severed?

Iron Clad Lou · Jun 28, 2023

ozsportscardcollector said:
Any idea on why Cherry's Topps allocation has been severed?

Pure speculation. NBA products seem to be fine though Panini.

Topps NBL as per normal. I just noticed Topps breaks were months late and lack of products. 2 and 2 together etc

ozsportscardcollector · Jun 28, 2023

Did you buy all their MLB wax, lol? I just looked and there is nothing in the way of 2022 Bowman Draft other than the Asia exclusive.

Only hobby boxes of 2022 Bowman which even with the 20% discount is more expensive than it was 2 weeks ago No HTA.

There is 2022 Bowman Chrome but that is shaping up as an underwhelming product( at this point) and they must have got a ton of it in because they had a case for sale a while back which is very unusual. I hope they get more Bowman stock in because it's the leanest I've seen it in 12 months.

You did well grabbing the super while it was available.

Iron Clad Lou · Jun 28, 2023

ozsportscardcollector said:
Did you buy all their MLB wax, lol? I just looked and there is nothing in the way of 2022 Bowman Draft other than the Asia exclusive.

Only hobby boxes of 2022 Bowman which even with the 20% discount is more expensive than it was 2 weeks ago No HTA.

There is 2022 Bowman Chrome but that is shaping up as an underwhelming product( at this point) and they must have got a ton of it in because they had a case for sale a while back which is very unusual. I hope they get more Bowman stock in because it's the leanest I've seen it in 12 months.

You did well grabbing the super while it was available.

It was $800 normal priced around the hobby hangout and i didn't pull the trigger. I was waiting for a 20% off then! Imagine supers for $640

Either way, the state of the hobby isn't good here ;D

ozsportscardcollector · Jun 28, 2023

Get a load of this with regard to "the state of the hobby" Amazing how much money got flushed from the peak.

View: https://youtu.be/rp8huwd-pHQ

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