Robert, Lacinda, Arial, & Paul Goble

Thursday hobby rant:

Topps overprinting is caused by the unholy alliance that Fanatics has with the breakers.

Panini, for all it's flaws kept checklists short and didn't make a million different parallels of the same card. Sometimes, it was hard for breakers to make money, because the spots HAD to sell at a good price.

Now... the checklists are long. The pressure is off the breakers, because there's enough names to allow cheap spots AND easy profit.

Plus, with 5X the number of cases and plenty of cases distributed to the breakers... they can rip all day every day and not struggle to find product to rip.

The losers... collectors. Odds of hitting the jackpot reduced, yet everyone still clamors to the breakers regardless. It's hard to afford a watered down sealed box these days, so people choose the lesser of two evils and nickel and dime themselves with "cheap" spots.

Only 27 numbered Signature Series Autos in 2022 Panini Donruss. The Marvels, 209 numbered. A glance at the "good old days" of real scarcity. Back when ripping a case was more exciting than today, because the odds of a big card were greater.

#conspiracy by the guys at the top... to take your #money . Looking at the world... seems about par for the course. Sad that it had to taint #thehobby .