I saw these infocards at Don's when I stopped by this afternoon. I wanted to grab a couple packs of Heritage and see if there was anything cool on the drop board.
If you remember from last year Topps inserted Spring Fever redemption cards into Series 1 packs and you could go down to your participating sports card shop and turn it in for a pack of exclusive Spring Fever cards. Well this year Topps was going to do the same thing, if you look at the sell sheets it even says so there, but somewhere along the way that changed and the redemption cards were not put into packs.
Fast forward to now and Topps saying that all you have to do is go to your local card shop and buy 18 packs of cards to get a free pack. Series 1 has already been out for a couple months. How many of us really want to have to go buy half a box of hobby packs to get one free pack of these cards? No word if Jumbo packs count more. Something tells me that these might be pretty rare as I doubt most collectors who have already moved on to Heritage or Opening Day and are waiting for Series 2 and Gypsy Queen are really going to want to shell out more money for this promotion. I can't decide if this is just a major screw up on Topps' part or something more nefarious with them trying to sell more Series 1. Either way this is pretty piss poor Topps. I will probably end up getting some of these packs anyways, as my LCS's probably will have to eventually just give them away or a lot of shop owners will probably just open them and sell the singles and autos.
I haven't seen a checklist for the promotion either, but from the preview images \ the cards look very similar to last years.
Here's what the infocards look like.
What do you guys think, screw up or devious plot to sell overstock?
Devious plot to sell overstock. No doubt in my mind. The flagship just ain't sellin' like she used to.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I went into a hobby shop in Austin and picked up one of those sell sheets. After giving it a once over, I put it back, and the shop owner was like, "No, you can have it." Yeah, I came in here and bought four singles and a pack of team bags, I don't think I'm dropping cash of 18 packs of flagship.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure I've already purchased most of the flagship Topps I am going to buy, unless it happens to be on a super discount at Target in a few months or something. Definitely not going to buy half a box of packs just to get a few Spring Break cards.
ReplyDeleteNo way this could be a screw up because Topps never does anything wrong. I definitely plan on going down to my LCS and buying 18 packs of series one at 5 dollars a pop just so I can get one pack of these Spring Fever cards. What a great promotion! My LCS is the best in the world!
ReplyDeleteIn reality, all of those Spring Fever cards are likely to end up as the overstock because nobody cares about series 1 at this point in the year. Most of them will probably be handed out by store owners that need the space or be opened and listed as singles on eBay.
ReplyDeletethey should have done this to promote for series 2 .... why would I want to buy another 18 packs (half a box) for a potential spring fever card that I can easily get online, dumb dumb dumb
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine these will ever be considered rare (except for possibly the autographs)... since it's a Topps card show promotion. Regardless if people buy the 18 packs or not... they'll eventually make it into their hands when dealers hand them out to customers anyway or bust them themselves in search for those autographs.
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