Garry
Topps does what any company that thinks…
Topps does what any company that thinks short term and rides a wave of collector hype ( they created ) to get your hard earned $ on the ever shrinking chance you open a pack of thier product hoping to hit that big card. Now your hoping to get a slight chance of maybe getting a small portion of your $ back. Your now playing a lottery. Your no longer a collecter but a gambler. I collected since the 70s and haven't opened a pack in 5 years. There's no reason for anyone to. If your a true collector then collect. Buy what you love. Collect the team or player you love. The only way they will start putting value back into the product is if collectors stop buying out every terrible release they pump out. They've destroyed card shops in lieu of online breakers. They're the new religion. Shiny loud and worthless. Jumping up and down convincing people thier pc will be part of a longterm retirement plan. It's cardboard. It's cardboard with a sticker of an autograph signed by the next willie mays. ? It's hype and that's it. They've created a litteral parallel universe now. Sparkly rare and irrelevant. Purple green snakeskin or whatever. Impossible to even keep up with the endless variations that will end up in bin somewhere. It's a slight of hand trick designed to keep you ripping packs like a moron chasing the flavor of the day. So to anyone calling themselves a collector ...collect but please stop feeding the company that sold cards for the gum and now sells cards for and too the dumb