2013 Leaf Power Showcase Baseball

Bob Loblaw · Mar 1, 2013

Dilferules said:
I saw the first draft of the sell sheet:

"Nothing is sexier to collectors and prospectors than the 14-16 year old power hitter. Bulging muscles. Young, firm skin. Beads of sweat collecting on their wispy beginnings of a mustache. They lick their lips in anticipation as the white ball inches closer. Ever closer. It will be there soon my young friend. Oh so soon. I can feel it. Product releases early April 2013, orders due 2/28 (or prior sell out), 12 boxes per case, 12 autographed cards per box."

I think they made a good choice replacing most of that with product details.

I feel ill.

phillyfan0417 · Mar 1, 2013

sportscardtheory said:
The sales speak for themselves. People who simply talk a lot about the so-called "danger" in collectors having options are just blowing smoke. Look at National Treasures. It's not even MLB licensed and is already probably a better product than any Topps product released in 2012.

Agreed.

Besides, this is unique's thing, everyone needs to agree less choice is better or they are destroying the hobby.

I dont really love this product but anyone who is talking about "tipping point" with the amount of releases there are today is just blowing smoke.

BowmanChromeAddict · Mar 1, 2013

Bob Loblaw said:
It's high risk in that most of these kids won't get drafted. And, it's minimal reward as this set has a few things going against it --

1) It's Leaf -- I'm not going to bash the company, but I'm a huge buyer of a player who has a Chrome auto, an Elite auto, and 3 Leaf autos. The 3 leaf autos pale in comparison to the Elite, which pales in comparison to the Chrome. Leaf gets minimal market love.

2) USA, an established "brand", sees it's cards drop drastically once a guy gets drafted. This is an unestablished brand.

Nobody is arguing (not even Brian) that Leaf cards are worth less than a chrome, elite, or sterling, etc. But I would argue that your buy-in price is lower on Leaf and it is viable from the perspective that when that player is in demand, those cards will increase in value as well. As much as I never understood Just and those cards, I get it now. Tons of autos, dirt cheap, average it out, you can make money. Leaf delivers better value than any other brand right now from an ROI perspective. They are winning a fan base because of it.

A_Pharis · Mar 1, 2013

jbhofmann said:
The uniforms they are wearing....

Where was his taken? It looks like Bringhurst. There was a regional all-star game that was held here in Alexandria a year or so ago. (Stryker Trahan was in it)

jbhofmann · Mar 1, 2013

A_Pharis said:
Where was his taken? It looks like Bringhurst. There was a regional all-star game that was held here in Alexandria a year or so ago. (Stryker Trahan was in it)

No clue...that's men's softball

I was making fun of the uniforms.

A_Pharis · Mar 1, 2013

jbhofmann said:
No clue...that's men's softball

I was making fun of the uniforms.

Oh.. LOL!
It still does look like Bringhurst, but I am going by what I can see of the wall.

Men's Softball uniforms do look "whacky" though.

Bob Loblaw · Mar 1, 2013

BO has these at $90.

That's, at 12 cards per pack, assuming that they're all autographed, more than $7.50 a card.

That's a lot of risk.

Does it strike anyone as a bit expensive for HS kids? FOr $30-40 a set, it may be worth stashing away... but almost $100 a pack after shipping, seems really steep, especially since the licensing comes from the game only and the kids don't get paid...

Topnotchsy · Mar 1, 2013

Bob Loblaw said:
BO has these at $90.

That's, at 12 cards per pack, assuming that they're all autographed, more than $7.50 a card.

That's a lot of risk.

Does it strike anyone as a bit expensive for HS kids? FOr $30-40 a set, it may be worth stashing away... but almost $100 a pack after shipping, seems really steep, especially since the licensing comes from the game only and the kids don't get paid...

For low numbered patch auto's all it would take is 1-2 decent prospects and you should be able to pretty much cover your money. I have no looked at what percentage of guys from there have historically been decent prospects, but the like USA, the fact this should be out long before any other cards means there should be a nice window to sell. (That said, it's way too early for me to be a buyer).

TBTwinsFan · Mar 1, 2013

There are some decent players that come out of the Power Showcase...

Bryce Harper hits 502ft baseball home run in the 2009 Power Showcase - YouTube

TBTwinsFan · Mar 1, 2013

A couple more examples...

Dante Bichette, Jr. Highlight Video 2010 IPS Homerun Derby - YouTube

Daniel Vogelbach - YouTube

All In Cards · Mar 9, 2013

Lil bump as I can't merge from my phone

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