How badly is Draft overproduced?

JoshHamilton · Dec 18, 2014

I've busted several boxes. I get my usual blue refractor in every box...but now they're /399. They've always been /99 or at least /150 in Draft. Same with other parallels - in the equivalent of one case, I've pulled exactly one green refractor...and even that's numbered to 150 instead of 75.

How horribly did Topps screw this up? It looks like they AT LEAST doubled the production, if not more. I'm getting less color, and the color I do get is numbered twice as high as previous years

Jaypers · Dec 18, 2014

The CL helps to make up for this, IMO. Great crop overall. Steer clear of wax and buy the singles you want. That's my mantra.

Dilferules · Dec 18, 2014

I rememer a year or two ago, wasn't there two paper blues/500 and one paper orange/250 in each hobby box? I got a jumbo box of 2014 Draft and pulled ONE blue paper. I'd say they cranked the presses big time.

JoshHamilton · Dec 18, 2014

Dilferules said:
I rememer a year or two ago, wasn't there two paper blues/500 and one paper orange/250 in each hobby box? I got a jumbo box of 2014 Draft and pulled ONE blue paper. I'd say they cranked the presses big time.

Yeah, Blues were /500. They're /399 this year. In two boxes+one super jumbo, I pulled ONE. There should be 2-4 at least.

All In Cards · Dec 18, 2014

lots of base, dont forget they added Super Jumbo to the mix

jimmyjam1973 · Dec 18, 2014

Just checked BO and they've already marked down cases of hobby to $599....freaking crazy!

maxe0213 · Dec 18, 2014

Jaypers said:
The CL helps to make up for this, IMO. Great crop overall. Steer clear of wax and buy the singles you want. That's my mantra.

Yeah. Tons of good names. One of the better checklists of the past few years IMO.

jimmyjam1973 said:
Just checked BO and they've already marked down cases of hobby to $599....freaking crazy!

If it gets down to 520-500 I might buy a couple to sit on till the season. They always go back up in spring.

DowntownBreaks · Dec 18, 2014

jimmyjam1973 said:
Just checked BO and they've already marked down cases of hobby to $599....freaking crazy!

On the secondary market they are dipping near 500...but those Super Jumbos are soaring...

lisu · Dec 18, 2014

maxe0213 said:
Yeah. Tons of good names. One of the better checklists of the past few years IMO.

If it gets down to 520-500 I might buy a couple to sit on till the season. They always go back up in spring.

Marty is offering them at $525 now!

jimmyjam1973 · Dec 18, 2014

lisu said:
Marty is offering them at $525 now!

who is marty?

hive17 · Dec 18, 2014

jimmyjam1973 said:
who is marty?

He must know something we don't...

gmsieb · Dec 18, 2014

congerie said:
On the secondary market they are dipping near 500...but those Super Jumbos are soaring...

Box prices on super jumbos are still around 190-200, with some selling lower, some higher.

I am just looking on ebay though, maybe they are taking off somewhere else.

doubles81 · Dec 18, 2014

You don't know Marty Jimmy?

PeteD · Dec 19, 2014

I usually stay away from wax, but because of personal issues and multiple Jays autos i went alittle overboard.
Last 2 boxes saved the day, but wow...things have changed since my 1'st box in 2002 :/

rsmath · Dec 19, 2014

I think this year's draft has to be overproduced - I got my draft chrome set for around half of what I normally would pay and most of the completed listing final prices were the same so I didn't get a better deal than most others.

bradical · Dec 19, 2014

I think it appears to be overproduced, but with no retail version, I think the numbers are pretty consistent with the years past.

sigma_chi · Dec 19, 2014

bradical said:
I think it appears to be overproduced, but with no retail version, I think the numbers are pretty consistent with the years past.

Draft has been hobby only since 2012 and this year seems to be substantially higher production than even 12 and 13

bradical · Dec 19, 2014

These are the numbers I have found:

2014 - hobby 6,600 jumbo 3,300 super jumbo 1,375
2013 - hobby 6,300 jumbo 1,600
2012 - hobby 4,500 jumbo 750
2011 - hobby 5,500
2010 - hobby 5,300
2009 - hobby 2,450
2008 - hobby 3,500

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