Imagine if Topps took a page out of leaf's playbook

[BBCgalaxee]

Topps Press release:

INTRODUCING TOPPS "80s"

A MASSIVE BUY BACK PRODUCT!!

Topps has recently procured tens of thousands of original out of print cards from this hobby shaping decade!

Every pack will have an original 80s topps buy back of a "fan favorite" stamped either 1/10, 1/5 or 1/1

LOOK FOR TWO ORIGINAL BUY BACK AUTOS A BOX!!!!!

LOOK FOR MINI BUY BACKS STAMPED 1/1

So would anyone buy it?

 

[pac_rat_76]

No.

I never was a fan of the buybacks. I just don't understand how taking a card that is rather easily available and stamping it with serial numbering makes it that much better of a card.

 

[smapdi]

Replace "80s" with "50s" and you'd have something. Maybe. Not something I'd buy, but something.

 

[RStadlerASU22]

I always felt the manufactures (Topps , UD/Fleer , etc) could/should execute a RC Auto buy back program. Done better / more detailed than what has been seen in the past. It could span decades and only include RCs/XRCs etc. It doesn't have to be only pure stars , but RCs throughout. I don't get any kick out of say a 89 Topps Will Clark Buy Back auto , but would like an 86 TT, 87 T, etc.

82 TT Ripken Autos , to vintage RC autos that they can purchase PSA/DNA etc. It wouldn't be cheap , but I do think there would be a draw to it.

I even think if Topps / Bowman purchased sets from 48-whenever. Packed them out randomly, so each pack was completely buy backs from all years there could be a draw as you could hit a 52 Mantle etc. And I'm not talking 91 Topps, you'll never see a vintage card, I mean the whole pack is a shot.


I don't know if I trust the manufactures to execute , but in my head it works well

Ryan

 

[matfanofold]

Just left of the topic, but well over a year ago I suggested to BG that he does 'decade Best Of' offerings for all sports. I would love to rip in to a few boxes of a 'Best of Baseball 1980's' and pull some awesome buyback, auto, and high grade cards. Heck, the possibilities are endless on how to manage it and I am positive each decade for every sport would be a smashing hit.

 

[moxacaine]

I'd pass on the buyback product.

What they should do is a buyback of all hof RCs and have them signed and inserted base topps. But don't ruin them with stupid buyback stamping.

 

[AmishDave]

All the auto's would be redemptions ...

 

[Hawk8]

I would love to collect the Dawson cards out of a buyback product. Would it lead me to purchase the actual product? No. I don't buy much wax unless my son is in the mood to rip something. But I would love the new Dawsons.

 

[Ty Hope]

I like Leaf products and buy many of them, but will never touch one of their buyback products. Never seemed right to me.

 

[CubsfanP]

Topps would be the ones to mess it up and put a Kirby Puckett redemption in it because he didn't sign by release date

 

[mrmopar]

Topps has inserted buybacks in numerous products. I think 91 was probably the first real year for that, although they were impossible to get and if you beat the odds, you'd end up with a 1985 Bill Madlock or something like that.

The only way to offer buybacks and make them "special" is to treat them with a stamp, serial number, embossed, etc. Otherwise they are no different than any other same card you could buy as a single at a card shop.

I like the idea of a buyback, but only if it makes sense. The buybacks really need to be old and desirable (like the T cards or 50s for example). then again, they have to be attainable to keep interest up. 1:10,000 pack buybacks are great for the lottery-minded, but for everyone else it's a long shot and not worth it.

For Leaf to buyback late 80s/90s MASS PRODUCED cards that are barely 25 years old is silly. That makes little sense to me other than to capitalize on the collector who will buy anything by repackaging common garbage and make it collectible by stamping it in limited quantity. Just about every serious player collector is a sucker for that crap! Sure, there are now 5 _______ INSERT FAVORITE PLAYER HERE specially stamped limited numbered 1991 Leaf cards, but 100,000s w/o the stamp that are essentially the same card..

 

[D-Lite]

Buybacks with autos and stamps to verify the buyback/auto would be the only way.

 

[383astro]

One of these...

Oh wait I thought you said take a PAIGE out of leafs playbook
Carry on, nothing to see here.

 

[Austin]

To be like Leaf, Topps would have to include buybacks from other companies like Fleer and Score and put 1/1 stamps on mass produced cards to produce artificial scarcity.

A 1988 Topps card of Todd Benzinger stamped 1/1 becomes a $20 card to some weird buyers who think they have a rare card, when it actuality, it's a worthless card that's been defaced aftermarket.

 

[predatorkj]

I'd pass on the buyback product.

What they should do is a buyback of all hof RCs and have them signed and inserted base topps. But don't ruin them with stupid buyback stamping.

You have to put stamping, otherwise, it''l be a forgery bloodbath for sure.

 

[predatorkj]

To be like Leaf, Topps would have to include buybacks from other companies like Fleer and Score and put 1/1 stamps on mass produced cards to produce artificial scarcity.

A 1988 Topps card of Todd Benzinger stamped 1/1 becomes a $20 card to some weird buyers who think they have a rare card, when it actuality, it's a worthless card that's been defaced aftermarket.

I'm not a huge fan of them but I did buy all the Jim Deshaies stuff from Leaf Memories. I am a player collector to the point that this stuff does interest me simply because it is a different card and if it is, then I need it. But would I bust the product? No. My thoughts are more in line with Hawk8's.

 

[mrmopar]

I agree that it is definitely produced and artificial scarcity to drive sales, but if it is in fact a recognized issue from a legit company, then it will be unique and not defaced. Now if I did it with pen in my garage, different story! However, in series II they could have the same card stamped in a different spot on the card or a variety of different foil colors (gold, silver, platinum, etc) or issue the same thing each year with some minor way to differentiate.

That is what makes the buyback such a dangerous and slippery slope. It has endless possibilities to make junk cards valuable to more people with no real way to police it.

I know a lot of people hated those Topps buybacks with the large gold seals on them, claiming they ruined perfectly good cards, but I consider them quite unique and certainly much more rare than the original card itself, but again this can be abused and quickly if not checked.

To be like Leaf, Topps would have to include buybacks from other companies like Fleer and Score and put 1/1 stamps on mass produced cards to produce artificial scarcity.

A 1988 Topps card of Todd Benzinger stamped 1/1 becomes a $20 card to some weird buyers who think they have a rare card, when it actuality, it's a worthless card that's been defaced aftermarket.

 

[moxacaine]

You have to put stamping, otherwise, it''l be a forgery bloodbath for sure.

it could always get stamped on the back. or make them box loaders and have them slabbed.

 

[BBCgalaxee]

As a card store owner, I wouldn't be against it. Honestly, I think it would make a great addition to topps archives which I think is extremely weak as it is now.

Having a card, even a super cheap buy back a pack limited to 25 or whatever would a very good selling point.

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