Bought my first Leaf card of the year... Whoops!

[RiceLynnEvans75]

Every year, topps increases the following print runs:

Topps gold
topps black
Heritage chrome
Heritage chrome refractors
Heritage minors black

And then they play around with bc blue refractors.

Don't blame leaf

What does that have to do with what Leaf does?

 

[vwnut13]

I know Topps/Bowman never changes their parallel numbering on refs/blues. LOL. Bear they are all doing it. This is not exclusive to Leaf.

It's not just Blues...


2009 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - unnumbered
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/99


2010 Bowman
Purple Refractors - #/999
Refractors - #/777
Blue Refractor - #/250


2010 Bowman Chrome
Purple Refractors - #/899
Refractors - #/500
Blue Refractor - #/150


2010 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - unnumbered
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/199


2011 Bowman
Purple Refractors - #/700
Refractors - #/799
Blue Refractor - #/250


2011 Bowman Chrome
Purple Refractors - #/799
Refractors - #/500
Blue Refractor - #/150


2011 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - unnumbered
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/199


2012 Bowman
Purple Refractors - #/199
Refractors - #/500
Blue Refractor - #/250


2012 Bowman Chrome
Purple Refractors - #/199
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/250

2012 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - none
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/250

 

[BBCgalaxee]

What does that have to do with what Leaf does?

Just shows that this is a common practice, all companies do it, don't take it for granted & always double check.

 

[aarne13]

ZOMG! Quit the bellyaching. >
The first rule to buying anything is always buyer beware. The slightest bit of research would have shown you what you needed to know. Companies change serial #ing and colors all the time. Doesn't make it right but that's the way things roll.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

It's not just Blues...


2009 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - unnumbered
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/99


2010 Bowman
Purple Refractors - #/999
Refractors - #/777
Blue Refractor - #/250


2010 Bowman Chrome
Purple Refractors - #/899
Refractors - #/500
Blue Refractor - #/150


2010 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - unnumbered
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/199


2011 Bowman
Purple Refractors - #/700
Refractors - #/799
Blue Refractor - #/250


2011 Bowman Chrome
Purple Refractors - #/799
Refractors - #/500
Blue Refractor - #/150


2011 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - unnumbered
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/199


2012 Bowman
Purple Refractors - #/199
Refractors - #/500
Blue Refractor - #/250


2012 Bowman Chrome
Purple Refractors - #/199
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/250

2012 Bowman Draft
Purple Refractors - none
Refractors - unnumbered
Blue Refractor - #/250

+ red refs 1/1 in draft and #/5 in BC. Topps also switches up Topps Chrome.

Topps does this IMO to keep collectors on their toes... and because each base set doesn't have the same print run year after year.

 

[studioclint]

This is how I got duped the last two years of buying Leaf. I'm not much of a fan of Topps, but I don't recall this ever happening when I've purchased their products. I like that we have competition from Leaf in the market, but buying their product makes little sense as a prospector.

I am not sure how this is Leaf's fault at all. Suck it up.

 

[Seiya]

OMG I thought I got a steal on a FB orange refractor and it's not even numbered!! Damn Topps!!~~

 

[predatorkj]

This is one of the goofiest things I have ever read. Next time remember your sarcasm marks.

You mean this didn't really happen?:-o

 

[All The Hype]

I wish Topps would make up their mind about Bowman Chrome blue refractors - I've seen #'d/250, /199, /150, and /99. Drives me nuts.

Yeah and I don't like that they constantly change the numbering and types of parallels in their product (i.e., why are Ref Autos not numbered this year, why are base refractors not numbered at all anymore, why don't they keep blues and purples the same and stop throwing in random extra parallels that are scrapped after a product or two).

The thing that Topps has going for them is the steadiness of the staple parallels. Bowman Chrome Gold Refractors are always #/50. Orange #/25. Red #/5. Superfractor 1/1s. Blue AUTOs have been #/150 consistently even though the non-autos have changed. And up until Draft this year, Ref Autos were #/500. I think their lack of numbering will hurt their products in the long run because it makes them lesser cards than when they were /500.

Constructive Criticism- Maybe this is something BG can take to improve Leaf products...just from this thread it's pretty easy to tell that collectors just want consistency. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Find something that works and stick to it year after year. The new players each year should be the variable that continues to bring people back to buy more...NOT adding a bunch of random 1-time parallels, changing the numbering around, etc. Just a thought.