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A thread on my favourite 3 "NFT's" I own since getting deeply involved in September 2021 and why. I appreciate there's a whole variety I don't own/fully understand. This is of course NFA. Not in any particular order. *Pinned for future reference. 🧵⬇️

@shotguncaio It’s funny how many people came back to the hobby as soon as the cards gained value.. everyone’s so obsessed with proving to everyone else that they’re in it just for the hobby. You can collect, want to play, want to make profit, reinvest all at the same time…

“You’re just mad you don’t have the $1,000+ chase cards”. No Brandon, I’m just annoyed that a hobby I love started feeling like an investment firm and someone’s retirement plan 😭

@parkerstevenson Not in the UK.. and 0 fees on eBay here. Are there plans to offer services in the UK soon?

I actually feel bad for anyone still selling Pokémon on eBay in 2026…

@YourMidwestBF @RiceRiddler if you dont have a clue how botting works its best not to message lol

@RiceRiddler wtf does “paying someone to bot” for you even mean? Wouldn’t that person just be selling you scalped product? How is paying them to bot for you different than paying over retail? Pokémon fans are genuinely some of the stupidest motherfuckers alive 😂😂😂😂

I’ve got a genuine question. Obviously the Pokémon card hobby would be 1000x more fun without scalpers. However, the reality is we unfortunately live in a world where every Pokémon card drop is bought up by scalpers, many of them who use bots. So here’s my question to the hobby’s veterans: Is it wrong for me to want to pay someone to bot every retail drop so I can buy Pokémon card product to rip and collect without paying a scalper 2x retail price to enjoy the hobby?

@RiceRiddler @Phobo_by All bots charge monthly subscriptions and then if you want to pay people to run for you then theyll charge per success. People forget that botting is very expensinve, proxy costs and plenty of people fail and still pay huge amounts for running costs.

@Phobo_by Nah fam I’m saying if there’s a bot out there that charges per product hit instead of subscription or anything like that

@Djbousquet @StonkHands There were a bazillion evolutions booster packs available for a bazillion months

@StonkHands Except those cosmic holo promos are mass mass printed and that’s the reason they are 1-20$ , there is a bazillion of them

Seen a lot of people complaining that Pokemon is getting too expensive and it's hard to enjoy collecting, but let's be real, there's 100s or 1000s of really nice cards you can buy in the $1-20 range. The problem is most people only want what is expensive and popular. If you start branching out and digging for promos, vintage and less liked cards, the variety is endless All of these Cosmos holo cards are between 30 cents and $20 with the majority in the low end. Tell me these don't look awesome, but because they are easy to get no one cares. I have a feeling they will be highly desirable in the future

@king_seraphine The people buying don’t care about scalpers lol… how hard is it to understand supply v demand

PSA to Pokémon people: If you want scalpers to stop buying out every single branded item YOU HAVE TO STOP BUYING THINGS FROM THEM!!!! You will be okay living without a 150 dollar piece of cardboard or a box of pop tarts, I promise you.

@kingpindegen @AustinTani It’s easily a 7 and potentially and 8, I’ve sent off cards with more whitening that all got 7s

@AustinTani Maybe like a 4 or 5??

ok what grade is this?

@tshor374270 @AustinTani I’ve sent off a run of Sabrina’s cards, Abra - Alakazam all with more whitening than this and they all got 7s, this could get an 8

@AustinTani Assuming minimal scratching on the holo and no dents, 7.

@WolfmanKnows @MINHxDYNASTY think this might be the most incorrect tweet ive ever seen in the history of Twitter and X

@MINHxDYNASTY Modern & one piece up only Mid era & vintage is cooked! 😂

as a pokemon vendor yesterday, do you want me to be honest about the market… or should i keep my mouth shut?

@yesinmybackcard @GripCards @Nesterp99 @Topps @CardPurchaser Exactly, all the people that call everyone scalpers but only want the cards when they’re all sold out is laughable.

@GripCards @Nesterp99 @Topps @CardPurchaser people complain that you can’t get cards anywhere and people complain when they are too available. this is what it’s supposed to look like. you’d rather they instantly sell out and scalpers buy out every store to flip? come on.

Hey @Topps This is what happens when you remove fan favorite inserts and more importantly chromes from a product Stadium Club is officially CHALKED @CardPurchaser

@PopChazers @MaxLonged Did you tell everyone not to pay for Van Gogh Pika at like £100?

@MaxLonged I have to I’m saving you from making the biggest mistake of your life

Do not overpay for these. They will reprint Millions of these. Thanks for my Ted talk

@dutchdecrypto @ManaMoonNFT lol forget about all the people that have profited insane amounts for buying and holding early on

@ManaMoonNFT Top tier extractors

today i learned Azuki is still around and SOMEHOW still collecting a ton of money from the remaining NFT folk 😭 wtf

@joe151186273414 @Napzoftheday @MichaelG31 @bet365 Are you Garnacho?

@Napzoftheday @MichaelG31 @bet365 he intentions wasn’t a shot but a cross so i don’t think it’s a shot on target

Quite clearly a Garnacho shot on target you thieving gits @bet365

@WaxMetrix Based on those hobby box numbers at £415 they released at here in the UK does that mean theyre taking home £140 Million for this one release?

2025/26 Topps Finest NBA Analysis & Deep Dive If you enjoy content like this, please consider following me on my Substack where I have all of my product analysis breakdowns archived for easy access. @slabsquatch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@slabsquatch Finest has always lived in an interesting space in the product hierarchy. It’s usually produced in more modest quantities than flagship Chrome releases, yet carries a lineage that goes back even further than Topps Chrome itself. The brand debuted in 1993 with Finest Baseball and Basketball, introducing Refractors to the hobby and permanently changing the landscape. It remained a staple all the way through 2008/09, when Topps lost the NBA license to Panini. Finest made its triumphant return in 2021 with its first basketball release in twelve years. The problem was… it wasn’t triumphant at all. It kind of sucked. 2021 Finest Basketball was one of the most abysmal chromium products ever released. The cards looked fine. Maybe not finest, but acceptable. Unfortunately, players wearing their pajamas and no logos tended to kill the vibe. Those hobby boxes can now be found for roughly twelve dollars, which still might be too much. The reality is the last few basketball iterations never had a fair chance to benefit from the brand’s history because licensing limitations stripped away much of the luster. 2023 Finest featuring Wemby rookies is the highlight of the non-licensed years, but even those can still be had for ~$230/hobby. It was actually about as good as a non-licensed Topps product can be, but the public aversion for non-licensed product is real. Now that those restrictions are gone, 2025/26 Finest NBA finally has a legitimate opportunity to be relevant again. Whether Topps actually capitalized on that opportunity is another story entirely. So let’s dig into the math and see where this one lands. Total Cards in Product: •3,681,000 This is actually a fairly low production run, smaller than most Chrome sets, and landing very close to 2025 Finest Baseball (3.84M cards). For additional context, 2024/25 Finest Basketball, despite being unlicensed, came in at 3,116,060 cards, putting this year’s release about 18% higher. Total production by format: •Hobby- 351,400 boxes (7,321 cases) •Breaker’s Delight- 16,700 boxes (2,088 cases) Hit Frequencies per Box: Hobby •Autos- 2 (~30% of all autos will be numbered) •Parallels- Topps claims 12 parallels/box, but I’m only seeing 11. I wonder if it’s counting Uncommon base as a parallel. •Inserts- 10 •Numbered Cards- 5.2 (not including numbered autos) Breaker’s Delight •Autos- Sell sheet says 3 Autos, but somehow my math says it’s closer to 3.7. I would not be surprised to see a lot of extra autos in this format. •Parallels- 5.3 (includes Base Geometric) •Inserts- 2 •Numbered Cards- 3.5 (not including numbered autos) Value Landscape: It probably doesn’t make much sense to anchor value metrics like $/card or $/parallel to Topps’ $480 pre-order price, because we’re realistically going to see that number for about eleven seconds before boxes move into the $800+ range. That’s just the reality of licensed NBA chromium right now. For context, the closest comparison is Topps Chrome NBA. On a per-box experience level, Finest is actually going to feel more loaded. Hobby adds an extra autograph, roughly double the numbered cards, comparable parallel volume, and additional tier-based chase structures. Out of a 60-card box, nearly half the contents will be inserts, parallels, or autos in some form. Finest autos may not command quite the same resale strength as Chrome autos, but that fact will be fairly irrelevant in deciding where Finest boxes land in price. With Chrome hobby already around $770, I assure you Finest will be more. If you want a preview of how these boxes will look, go watch some 2024/25 Finest hobby openings. Yes, those were unlicensed with a lackluster rookie class, which is why they’re sitting around $110 today. But the hit distribution is eerily similar to what we’re seeing here. Almost identical across multiple categories. We’re getting ready to find out the true value of licensing and a deep rookie class. Now let’s talk about where this product is going to absolutely shine: Breaker’s Delight. I understand these aren’t widely accessible and won’t hit Topps.com, but the format deserves attention. Remember how absurdly stacked Breaker’s Delight was for Topps Chrome NBA? Those boxes exploded past $2,500 while hobby lingered in the still-painful ~$700 range. It may be early, but based on the odds, it looks like Topps is continuing the trend of heavily juiced Breaker’s Delight configurations for NBA releases. Remember who said it first, THESE BOXES WILL BE NUCLEAR. In Breaker's Delight boxes in particular: 1) It appears extra autos will be the norm. 2)There are no “Base Geometric Autos”. The only Geometric Autos resembling base will be two subsets entitled “Electrifying Signatures” with a print run of ~115 ea and “Colossal Shots” which will have ~70 copies ea. Every other auto is numbered /75 or less. 3) In my spreadsheets, I track a metric I coined “Quality Hits”. If you read my 2025 End of Year Value Comparisons, you’ve seen this before. The goal is to measure not just hit frequency, but the quality of those hits, independent of player names. Here’s how that is relevant with Finest Breaker’s boxes: From a 10-card box, and average of 6.67 of the cards will fall into one of these categories: •Base parallels /75 or less •Insert parallels /75 or less or Case Hit level inserts •Autos /100 or less That means roughly 67% of the cards in each box will meet the criteria above. I believe Breaker’s Delight boxes will move to at least 2x hobby pricing fairly quickly, and possibly much higher. It’s not often you’ll see me advocate breaking as I know how polarizing it is to some people. I have no issue with it and I know some fantastic breakers. I also know that’s where a lot of people draw the line. But if you happen to see early Finest Breaker’s Delight case breaks at a reasonable price point (in this case, I will consider $600-700/box reasonable) and that’s something you occasionally enjoy, that may be a valid way to expose yourself to the craziness of what these boxes could be. 4) If you’re a breaker, please ignore everything I just said and allow my people to find a deal before the market corrects. Also, since you’re definitely not reading this, maybe consider stocking up on these boxes yourselves. Conclusions: Finest is back, baby- in a big way. And based on what we’ve seen from the basketball market recently, this release is going to be scorching. It’s a significantly stronger product than recent offerings like Midnight or Three. This is a well-crafted product with a strong pedigree. After a few years stuck in rehab, it will be nice to see the brand back on its feet again. If there’s a clear weakness, it has to be the autograph subsets. I could do without the multiple 50+ name auto checklists. There are plenty of names that will fall flat, which can be a bummer from a box at this price point. That’s just math, though. They can’t all be superstars. On the flip side, the Masters Autos checklist is absolutely stacked. And better late than never, I have to mention….Luka is also back. While he doesn’t have autographs in the product, he appears in all three tiers of the base set and will be a staple in the three scarce insert sets: The Man, Aura, and Headliners. The Headliners in particular should be a monster chase, both because of the short but phenomenal checklist and because collectors can’t get enough of the big heads. Big head cards pull weight. They always do. If you can get some of this at launch, I don’t think you’ll regret it. Sorry I can’t turn you on to any obscenely good $20 formats. This one is big boy formats only. Welcome to the Finest redemption tour. Parallel Structure: At this point, I need to break down the oddities of the numbered parallel dynamics in Finest as they’re quite different than any other set. Per usual, if you’re not accustomed to Finest, it’s a cluster. Parallel numbering is as follows: Common tier: •Sky Blue /350 •Purple /250 •Blue /200 •Purple X-Fractor /150 •Blue X-Fractor /125 •Green /75 •Gold /50 •Orange /25 •Black /15 •Red /10 •Superfractor /1 •Purple Geometric /100 •Blue Geometric /75 •Gold Geometric /50 •Red/Black Geometric /25 •Red Geometric /10 •Black Geometric /1 Uncommon tier: •Sky Blue /250 •Purple /200 •Blue /150 •Purple X-Fractor /99 •Blue X-Fractor /75 •Green /35 •Gold /25 •Orange /20 •Black /10 •Red /5 •Superfractor /1 •Purple Geometric /75 •Blue Geometric /50 •Gold Geometric /25 •Red/Black Geometric /10 •Red Geometric /5 •Black Geometric /1 Rare tier: •Sky Blue /150 •Blue /99 •Purple X-Fractor /75 •Blue X-Fractor /49 •Green /25 •Gold /20 •Orange /15 •Black /5 •Red /3 •Superfractor /1 •Purple Geometric /50 •Blue Geometric /25 •Gold Geometric /10 •Red/Black Geometric /5 •Red Geometric /3 •Black Geometric /1 Print runs: Unnumbered Base: •Base Common- ~17,650 ea •Base Common Refractor- ~440 ea •Base Common Oil Spill- ~1,760 ea •Base Common XFractor- ~220 ea •Base Common Geometric- ~335 ea •Base Uncommon- ~3,515 ea •Base Uncommon Refractor- ~590 ea •Base Uncommon Oil Spill- ~150 ea •Base Uncommon XFractor- ~295 ea •Base Uncommon Geometric- ~85 ea •Base Rare- ~1,170 ea •Base Rare Refractor- ~150 ea •Base Rare Oil Spill- ~40 ea •Base Rare XFractor- ~75 ea •Base Rare Geometric- ~35 ea Unnumbered Inserts: •Arrivals (30 card CL)- ~2,930 ea •Arrivals Refractor- ~1,170 ea •Arrivals XFractor- ~590 ea •Arrivals Geometric- ~110 ea •Muse (30 card CL)- ~2,930 ea •Muse Refractors- ~1,170 ea •Muse XFractor- ~590 ea •Muse Geometric- ~110 ea •First (30 card CL)- ~2,930 ea •First Refractor- ~1,170 ea •First XFractor- ~590 ea •First Geometric- ~110 ea •Finishers (10 card CL)- ~3,200 ea •Finishers Refractor- ~1,170 ea •Finishers XFractor- ~590 ea •Finishers Geometric- ~130 ea •Pulse (20 card CL)- ~370 ea •The Man (20 card CL)- ~40 ea •Headliners (15 card CL)- ~50 ea •Aura (20 card CL)- ~25 ea Unnumbered Autos: •Finest Autos (54 card CL)- ~435 ea •Finest Autos Refractors- ~210 ea •Finest Rookie Autos (40 card CL)- ~400 ea •Finest Rookie Autos Refractors- ~180 ea •Baseline Autos (50 card CL)- ~280 ea •Baseline Autos Refractors- ~110 ea •Masters Autos (47 card CL)- ~45 ea •Masters Autos Refractors- ~50 ea (yes, the Refractors are more plentiful than the base) •Electrifying Signatures Geometric (49 card CL)- ~115 ea •Colossal Shots Autos Geometric (49 card CL)- ~70 ea #thehobby #SlabSquatchAnalytics #2025ToppsFinestNBA

@WaxMetrix Its interesting in the UK the hit right was especially high, was it really as bad as you said in the US. Nearly everyone I know that entered ended up winning and id be surprised if F1 is that much more hyped in US than it is in the UK, whats you opinion in the difference in demad

2025 Topps Chrome F1 Sapphire Analysis Topps would have you believe a fresh odds sheet just dropped, but the F1 Sapphire odds have been public for a while, bundled with F1 Chrome. Regardless, F1 plus Sapphire will surely draw some fanatical interest, so I'll give it some solo attention. These will be an EQL release that drops Thursday 2/12 at 11am EST at $449.99. Total production: 10,475 boxes (1,047 cases) Total cards produced: 335,200 This is a fairly standard-sized Sapphire release at just over 10,000 boxes. Topps appears to have settled into a consistent Sapphire formula, with recent releases all landing in a similar range. It won’t feel quite as loaded as the recent NBA Sapphire release that caught fire, but it should be close. More details below. Hit Frequencies: •1 Auto per 1.85 boxes •3.4 Parallels/box •0.8 Inserts/box These do not project to deliver one auto per box, which is a tough look for a Sapphire product with a $450 MSRP. Autos should still fall slightly better than every other box, but not by much. Some boxes appear to make up ground with extra parallels, averaging a bit more than the usual three per box. Lastly, there are more insert subsets than we typically see in a Sapphire release. These include: •1975 Speed Wheels •Ace of Trades •Floor It •Helmet Collection •Speed Demons •Infinite •Sapphire Selections Individual inserts have incredibly tough odds, with the most common being Sapphire Selections at 2/case. When combined, insert pull rate should be nearly 1 insert/box. The math says about 20% of boxes will not contain an insert at all. All inserts aside from Infinite & Sapphire Selections will only be found in parallels of Gold /50 or better. The odds sheet lists Aqua Sapphire, but does not state actual odds for the parallel, so it remains to be seen whether those will be inserted. The calculated Hit Rate of 3.4 Parallels/box does not include Aqua, so if they exist, the per box parallel average will be higher than calculated. The rest of the Base parallels are fairly standard with one exception: Black & White Sapphire should have a print run of 20 copies ea, but may or may not be numbered. We also have Yellow /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5, and Padparadscha /1. Because I'm a weirdo and can’t resist an unnecessary stat: 1/1s (including Autos, Inserts, and Base) should fall at a rate of one per 32.3 boxes, or roughly one per 3 1/4 cases. Autos across this release will carry extremely low print runs, but it feels like a missed opportunity from Topps. Looking back at NBA Chrome Sapphire, a major reason that product felt so absurdly loaded was that every auto was a Gold /50 or better, and autos fell one per box. Combine that with a deep rookie class and prices went into the stratosphere. This product won’t hit the same highs, largely because it will not produce one auto per box. That said, the base F1 Sapphire autos will still carry a print run of roughly 50 copies. The difference is that these base autos are not Gold, as parallels only begin at Orange /25 and lower. If those ~50 copy base autos had been Gold instead, I believe it would have worked wonders for the perceived value of the product without requiring any change to overall set dynamics. Conclusion: This will be nearly impossible to acquire and will, of course, immediately double in price like every popular Sapphire release before it. I will absolutely enter the EQL and absolutely get shut out again, because past results have taught me absolutely nothing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. This should still be an excellent Sapphire release, even if it takes a step back from the truly other-worldly NBA Sapphire fiasco. The global appeal of F1 all but guarantees that scrubs like me won’t sniff this for less than $900 per box. At the $450 MSRP, this would be an absurdly fun rip. Congratulations in advance to the two people worldwide who win the EQL drop. You should be thrilled. Print Runs: Base Sapphire: 1,430 ea Infinite (10 card CL)- ~105 ea Sapphire Selections (9 card CL)- ~235 ea Base Autos (66 card CL)- ~50 ea Everything else should be numbered. #thehobby #SlabSquatchAnalytics #2025ToppsChromeF1Sapphire

@WaxMetrix Love the deep dives but out of interest where do you get the total stock number for each type of box?

2026 Topps Chrome Premier League Soccer Analysis & Deep Dive Topps is on a roll with the soccer releases. Even though we just had the flagship soccer release a couple weeks ago, they are following it up closely with the drop of Premier League Chrome yesterday. As with the last soccer release, I'll keep the write-up short while laying out all the numbers, but I will be sure to point out any oddities I notice along the way. Let's see how this one shakes out: Total Cards in Product: 19,392,290 Similar sized releases by production include: 2025 Bowman Chrome Baseball- 22.95m 2025 Bowman Chrome U Football- 22.54m 2026 Premier League Chrome- 19,392,290 2024 Bowman Chrome U Football- 17.12m 2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball- 16.84m Base production: ~51,970 ea Important note- there two format assumptions being made that I can't verify quite yet. 1) I'm assuming Hanger boxes contain 15 cards as they do in NBA Chrome. 2) I have no data regarding the "Chrome Tins" format. But rather than leave them out entirely, I inserted that they contain 15 cards ea as a placeholder. If they end up containing something other than 15 cards, I will adjust my totals, but this should get us very close regardless. Odds provide enough data to calculate hit rates on the Chrome Tins, I just don't know how many cards they contain yet. Additionally, I'm assuming Breaker's Delight boxes contain 10 cards. It's possible they may contain 12 cards, but if so that will not materially affect the numbers Total Production by Format: Hobby- 77,220 boxes (6,435 cases) Breaker's Delight- 7,278 boxes (1,213 cases) Value Boxes- 263,520 boxes (6,588 cases) Hangers- 84,750 boxes (1,324 cases) Chrome Tins- 293,040 tins Logofractor Boxes- 9,650 boxes (483 cases) The first thing that sticks out is these Logofractor boxes look tasty. I'll get into details in a moment, but being extremely short printed combined with the traditionally "cold pack" portion actually containing far more than just base, makes these a very intriguing format. In the past, I have been a huge fan of Logofractor since it was introduced in 2022 baseball. That is until they began butchering it in 2024 by overproduction and completely desecrated it in 2025 by removing almost all the good autos and making it rookie only autos. But it's nice to see the format pop up on the recent F1 Chrome odds sheet as well as this Chrome Premier League release. Hit Frequencies per box: Hobby- 1 Auto 13.7 parallels 10.4 inserts 4 numbered cards Breaker's Delight- 2 Autos 8 parallels 1.4 inserts 2 numbered cards Value Box- 20 boxes/auto (2 autos per case) 7 parallels/box 5 inserts 1 numbered card Hangers- ~64.8 boxes/auto (this should work out to 1 per case consistently) 3.6 parallels/box 4 inserts 0.6 numbered cards/box Chrome Tins- 1 auto per 240 tins 6.1 parallels/tin (4 pulsars + 2 refractors) 4 inserts 8.3 tins per numbered card Logofractor- 2.1 boxes/auto (Autos should fall consistently in every other box) 10.9 parallels (base Logofractors are counted as parallels, but this means you'll also see parallels in the non-Logofractor packs) 7.2 inserts (inserts will also be found in the non-Logofractor packs 2 numbered cards Hit Rate Highlights: • Four numbered cards per Hobby box is legitimately solid. It’s rare to find Hobby boxes of any major sport with this many #/box. • Hangers are sneaky good. You’re getting two Pineapple Blast refractors per box, plus roughly another 1.6 refractors and four inserts. Compared to most Hangers from other sports, that’s pretty stacked. • Value boxes feel pretty standard, but averaging one numbered card per box is decent. • I hope Chrome Tins are cheap. Six parallels per tin is nice, and Pulsars actually look great for being unnumbered. But only 1 in 8+ tins has a numbered card and autos are basically unicorns. • Logofractor boxes.... you know there's something there when we're not into the value portion yet, but I'm already reiterating how fascinating these look. I love that the non-Logo packs aren’t just dead base, even if they’re limited to common inserts and regular refractors. I'd love to see actual hit potential in these packs someday...baby steps, I suppose. The real hook, though, is the Logofractor packs themselves. They appear to consistently deliver three Logofractor base cards, one insert, and one parallel or auto. With Gold /50 as the worst possible parallel, that effectively means two Gold or better per box, with autos in every other box. Autos are also obscenely low-numbered with the Orange /25 being the most plentiful of the subset. If these keep the Logofractor trend and drop at $125ish....never mind, I'm getting ahead of myself. Value Landscape Pricing is bases on current secondary market, some MSRP, and some assumptions. Even if not perfectly accurate, they should be close enough to compare. Please feel free reach out if different pricing is revealed and I'd be happy to reconfigure. Hobby- $200 (market pricing) Breaker's Delight- $250 (Assumption- not for sale yet) Value Box- $30 (MSRP) Hangers- $15 (Assumption- not for sale yet) Logofractor- $125 (Assumption, but fairly standard MSRP) (Note- I'm not including the "Chrome Tins" format in values. I don't know pricing or cards contained for them, but I really don't think they'll be a viable contender for best format value. $/card: 1) Hangers- $1.00 2) Value Box- $1.07 3) Hobby- $2.50 $/Parallel: 1) Hangers- $4.19 2) Value Box- $4.30 3) Logofractor- $11.49 $/Auto: 1) Breaker's- $125 2) Hobby- $200 3) Logofractor- $261.25 $/# card: 1) Hangers- $23.81 2) Value Box- $30 3) Hobby- $50 Best Formats: Hobby @$200 & Hangers @ $15 are the most cost-effective way to pull base parallels. Hangers are best for the lower end (Blue, Aqua, Pink, Yellow & Teal), while Hobby pulls ahead as we get into the lower numbered parallels (Green, Purple, Gold, White Orange). Both formats are quite similar for pulling Blacks /10 and Reds /5, but Hobby is far better for pulling Superfractors. For Inserts Parallels, again Hobby & Hangers are both solid choices. For certain rare inserts (Anime, Helix, Cold & Rainy Night, Locked In), Breaker's Delight takes the value crown (provided they are $250/box, but this remains to be seen). But for "Give Him His Flowers", Hobby is king. Hangers also are best for the scarce "Black Edge Chrome" inserts. The lone bright spot for Value boxes is, weirdly, they are the easiest way to pull parallels of the rare "Locked In" inserts. When it comes to Autos, Hobby is best pretty much across the board, even though they only contain one auto to Breaker's two. There are a few random Autos (Duals Base, Triples Base, Superstar Sensations Base & Gold) that are cheaper to pull from Breaker's, but keep in mind this is based on Breaker's being $250/box. I'm thinking there's a solid chance they may be $300+, in which case Hobby will be best across the board for autos. Best Overall: Hobby leads the way in the most categories, and it carries higher-end upside thanks to hits that don’t exist in retail, like Frozenfractor autos and the absolutely gorgeous Zero Hour on-card autos. There is also Hobby-only "Base Card #201" of young phenom Max Dowman that was a late insert. Though it's called a base card, it's extremely short printed. All that said, it’s closer than it should be. Hangers look legitimately excellent, and if I’m ripping from the more widely available formats, those are the two formats I’m sticking with. However, the values are not quite as cut-and dry as they seem. There are two formats that truly do not get a fair shake in value comparisons because they are essentially in a world of their own- Breaker's Delight & Logofractor. Breaker's Delight shares Autos & Inserts, but all of its base parallels are geometrics. Low numbered parallels (Orange & better) will be commonplace in Breaker's boxes. These are going to feel loaded. Similarly, the only mutual variants Logofractor shares with the other formats are base, base refractors, and common inserts. However, the Logofractor packs are going to be REALLY GOOD. I honestly don’t remember seeing odds on a Logofractor release that point to this much low-numbered hit and auto potential. I'm not a soccer fan and I've already got searches set up for these boxes. Conclusion: This is one of those releases where I genuinely can’t pick a single best format. Depending on your budget and accessibility, any of the four formats above I believe can be extremely good rips. That's usually the hallmark of a very good product. From a ripping standpoint, this blows something like Topps Chrome Baseball out of the water. And as a baseball fan at heart, I’ll admit it, I’m a little jealous of you soccer folks because you are still able to get large Chrome releases that feel this good. MAJOR UPDATE: I started writing this yesterday 2/5, and am completing today, 2/6. In that time, Hobby boxes have spiked from $200 to $330. I just can't stomach rewriting my entire breakdown to accommodate. Suffice it to say, Hobby boxes are good, even at $330. For big hit potential and autos, they are still legitimate. This also leads me to believe Breaker's Delight will be far more than the anticipated $250/box. This product is crazy good. If you see Hobby or Breaker's reasonably priced, I'd jump on them. When Hangers drop, I wouldn't blame anyone for going ham on those, especially at MSRP. This is an excellent product. We all see what happened with NBA Chrome recently. This has shades of that written all over it, but with MUCH less production. Print runs: Unnumbered parallels: Refractors- ~8,560 ea Raywave- ~5,270 ea Pulsar- ~5,860 ea Pineapple Blast- ~850 ea Prism- ~1,540 ea Base Geometric- ~110 ea Base Logofractor- ~290 ea "Base Card #201" Max Dowman (Late Addition foil that can be exchanged for Chrome)- ~100 ea Inserts: Common Inserts (5 themes, 100 card CL)- ~23,380 ea Common Inserts Logofractor- ~190 ea Common Inserts Refractor- ~9 ea (Keep an eye on these if they're truly not numbered. They may seem like regular insert refractors, but they are extremely rare at about 9 copies ea.) Locked In (49 card CL)- ~160 ea Chrome Anime (10 card CL)- ~150 ea Helix (10 card CL)- ~100 ea A Cold & Rainy Night in Chrome (24 card CL)- ~125 ea Give Him His Flowers (25 card CL)- ~15 ea Genius Chrome (25 card CL)- ~25 ea Triple Platinum (25 card CL)- ~15 ea Clinical Chrome (30 card CL)- ~19,540 ea Monday Night Lights (40 card CL)- ~13,180 ea Lightning Chrome (30 card CL)- ~5,650 ea Black Edge Chrome (50 card CL)- ~100 ea Autos: Base Chrome Autos (128 card CL)- ~190 ea Base Logofractor Autos- ~9 ea (Yes, that is not a typo- 9 copies ea...these are more scarce than the Orange /25 Logofractor autos, which happen to be the most common Autos in the Logofractor subset.) Chrome Dual Autos (25 card CL)- ~16 ea (I'm not sure if these will be numbered, but by the odds they are quite a bit more scarce than the Gold /50 Dual Autos and even the Orange /25 Duals) Superstar Sensations (17 card CL)- ~55 ea Zero Hours (On Card, 11 card CL)- ~20 ea @CardPurchaser #thehobby #SlabSquatchAnalytics #2026ToppsChromePremierLeague

@TLRailUK my main question is that is the issue not directly affecting this line at all? And is it likely that this route will also be affecting for the rest of the day (northbound)?

@daanfthaale Hi, the route from Farringdon to Biggleswade is affected by the wider disruption, seeing some delays on many of the upcoming services. To track live departures please see here: nationalrail.co.uk/live-trains/de… 0- Thanks, ^Luke

⚠️ We have been made aware of a fault with the signalling system between London St Pancras International and London Blackfriars. 👉 Trains will be delayed through this area as a result, and some services could be altered. ℹ️ More information to follow...

@Mazzareece999 @WilcoFtbl hes worth atleast 150m

@WilcoFtbl Would much rather get Olise who proved himself in the premier league and also plays the exact same position of Salah

Liverpool should probably be looking into Endrick’s situation at Real Madrid with great depth you know. Been sensational at Lyon so far on loan. He’s the type of player you replace Salah with.

@TLRailUK I could see that from the app, I was after more detail and whether this could change?

@daanfthaale Hi there, I can see that these services have been cancelled owing to an operational incident earlier today. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused. ^A

⚠️ A safety inspection of the track is taking place between Hitchin and St Neots. ℹ️ Fewer lines are available when travelling towards Peterborough, so delays are likely. More updates will follow below 👇