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Wacky Packages Discussion => General Wacky Packages Discussion => Topic started by: DrDeal on February 06, 2013, 03:06:35 AM
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Any news on this release? It seems like its about time.
Andrew
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I hope the news is that they aren't coming out anytime soon. we've got ANS10 coming in a month
May or June release is fine by me.
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I think Patrick's right. Let's digest ANS10 first...
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I think Patrick's right. Let's digest ANS10 first...
As large and complicated as ANS 10 is it may take a while to digest....... :-\ ;)
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I called Topps Online today to see what was coming in WP's. Only news is Next PC set is due 3/13.
Andrew
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I called Topps Online today to see what was coming in WP's. Only news is Next PC set is due 3/13.
Andrew
The next postcard set, or ANS10?
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The next postcard set, or ANS10?
supposedly both the same day.
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supposedly both the same day.
That has to be a mistake. I bet the person on the phone got mixed up or there was miscommunication somewhere in there.
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That has to be a mistake. I bet the person on the phone got mixed up or there was miscommunication somewhere in there.
I hope you're right. This is getting crazy expensive.
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I hope you're right. This is getting crazy expensive.
Not to mention trying to deal with two releases on the same day! One at a time please.
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Not to mention trying to deal with two releases on the same day! One at a time please.
I'll guess around May for the postcard release....................................
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That has to be a mistake. I bet the person on the phone got mixed up or there was miscommunication somewhere in there.
I hope this is right, and I can order some cool new Wacky Postcards on 3/13!!!!
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That has to be a mistake. I bet the person on the phone got mixed up or there was miscommunication somewhere in there.
I specifcally asked if there would be a limited and non limited PC set and he did not know that; just that the next PC set was due 3/13.
He said they had no info on ANS10.
Andrew
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I specifcally asked if there would be a limited and non limited PC set and he did not know that; just that the next PC set was due 3/13.
He said they had no info on ANS10.
Andrew
Maybe some Wacky Postcards Series 9 orders could include a special ANS10 Wacky Packages preview card.
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Maybe some Wacky Postcards Series 9 orders could include a special ANS10 Wacky Packages preview card.
lol.
Never the twain shall meet.
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lol.
Never the twain shall meet.
Daryl has a lot of ideas but none will take. It's great to have ideas but you have to follow Topps to really understand them. PC Cards have never advertised any other series. OLDS hasn't except for the next OLDS series.
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Daryl has a lot of ideas but none will take. It's great to have ideas but you have to follow Topps to really understand them. PC Cards have never advertised any other series. OLDS hasn't except for the next OLDS series.
yeah, I thought Neil or Dave or someone mentioned that toppsonline is basically completely separate from topps corp
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yeah, I thought Neil or Dave or someone mentioned that toppsonline is basically completely separate from topps corp
I think you are correct. These guys are total knuckleheads. They can't put both together. Typical corporation bullshit.
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Daryl has a lot of ideas but none will take. It's great to have ideas but you have to follow Topps to really understand them. PC Cards have never advertised any other series. OLDS hasn't except for the next OLDS series.
Didn't the Green Old School 3 boxes advertise Topps' Legacy Mars Attacks series on a side panel or am I getting a dab senile in my old age. Wait, I think that was the Wacky Packs series one poster boxes
Fats
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I think you are correct. These guys are total knuckleheads. They can't put both together. Typical corporation bullshit.
Easy...their dimwit dots!!!
(http://s11.postimage.org/4wb9h3qm7/dimwitdots.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/4wb9h3qm7/)
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Easy...their dimwit dots!!!
(http://s11.postimage.org/4wb9h3qm7/dimwitdots.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/4wb9h3qm7/)
That's a helluva cup of coffee! :great:
I actually remember pulling this one back in the day. Classic Wacky: few words, crisp art. Love it.
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Spoke to Topps again today. Info on PC 9 on 3/13 was in error. ANS10 is the only product releasing that day.
Sorry for the bad info. Source got mixed up. No set date as on now for PC9.
Andrew
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Spoke to Topps again today. Info on PC 9 on 3/13 was in error. ANS10 is the only product releasing that day.
Sorry for the bad info. Source got mixed up. No set date as on now for PC9.
Andrew
Thanks for the update Andrew. That seems to make a little more business sense.
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Now I bet Postcards Series 9 will get released by this Summer 2013, possibly at the same time as the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con which Topps never takes part in it anymore.
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Now I bet Postcards Series 9 will get released by this Summer 2013
I predict Hustler will get his PC9 set 'round about Valentines Day 2013
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I'm hoping Topps doesn't do anything extreme to change the Postcard series, like they've done with ANS10. I would hate to be ambivalent about a new postcard set release.......
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I'm hoping Topps doesn't do anything extreme to change the Postcard series, like they've done with ANS10. I would hate to be ambivalent about a new postcard set release.......
If they do, that will become another wacky series I stop collecting
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I predict Hustler will get his PC9 set 'round about Valentines Day 2013
Now your talking and I will sell you a set after that.... :] :]
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I'm hoping Topps doesn't do anything extreme to change the Postcard series, like they've done with ANS10. I would hate to be ambivalent about a new postcard set release.......
too late, the PC's are already there.
I would argue it's the PC's that brought us to having two versions of ANS10, by offering those 'collector edition' postcard sets with the sketches, autographs, alternate bonus cards, etc. - that all sell out within hours or days, as well as the standard postcard sets. It's worked for the PC's, so why not try it with ANS?
And the PC's keep evolving too, like with the last Halloween set - shaped cards and even different versions of the same base card.
I say expect more of the same from both series.
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Sure Topps is mixing it up but I'm jazzed just to keep being able to get new series. Regardless of what they add you can still just collect base stickers if your a Wacky purist. Since 2004 we've had 9 uninterrupted years of Wackys and that's pretty awesome.
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too late, the PC's are already there.
I would argue it's the PC's that brought us to having two versions of ANS10, by offering those 'collector edition' postcard sets with the sketches, autographs, alternate bonus cards, etc. - that all sell out within hours or days, as well as the standard postcard sets. It's worked for the PC's, so why not try it with ANS?
And the PC's keep evolving too, like with the last Halloween set - shaped cards and even different versions of the same base card.
I say expect more of the same from both series.
I know what you mean, but at least there aren't 1:3000 odds for insert sets of 10 titles, and they seem to have finally gotten the point that the set purchase limit should correlate with being able to get as many bio cards as are produced. The worst thing they did was the PCM cards that required purchase of 2 regular sets for one PCM card, forcing a purchase of 6 PC series 7 sets to get one of each. And they seem to have backed off that extreme.
What has me most most irked about ANS10 is the Lost Wackys - having to order $1,500 worth of cards to get three unique titles is unacceptable, at least in my book.
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I'm hoping Topps doesn't do anything extreme to change the Postcard series, like they've done with ANS10. I would hate to be ambivalent about a new postcard set release.......
Not to worry...I'm doing my best to keep it fun!
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Sure Topps is mixing it up but I'm jazzed just to keep being able to get new series. Regardless of what they add you can still just collect base stickers if your a Wacky purist. Since 2004 we've had 9 uninterrupted years of Wackys and that's pretty awesome.
This is how I feel!
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I know what you mean, but at least there aren't 1:3000 odds for insert sets of 10 titles, and they seem to have finally gotten the point that the set purchase limit should correlate with being able to get as many bio cards as are produced. The worst thing they did was the PCM cards that required purchase of 2 regular sets for one PCM card, forcing a purchase of 6 PC series 7 sets to get one of each. And they seem to have backed off that extreme.
What has me most most irked about ANS10 is the Lost Wackys - having to order $1,500 worth of cards to get three unique titles is unacceptable, at least in my book.
I agree Pat. On one hand I'm excited to open ANS10 packs, but on the other hand I'm already frustrated that I have zero chance to put all of the subsets together, and there will be a bunch with this series that will be realistically uncollectable. At least with the postcard series you could get one of everything without breaking the bank.
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Not to worry...I'm doing my best to keep it fun!
Thanks Neil for helping to keep it real. It's disheartening, as a life time Wacky collector, to see ANS10 chase items looking so unattainable
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I agree Pat. On one hand I'm excited to open ANS10 packs, but on the other hand I'm already frustrated that I have zero chance to put all of the subsets together, and there will be a bunch with this series that will be realistically uncollectable. At least with the postcard series you could get one of everything without breaking the bank.
There isn't any fun in getting all you want when ever you want. The first few series of ANS and postcards were quite easy to complete if someone was into completion. As the series progressed though, it has felt more like collecting from years ago as kids when you didn't get the complete set and had to work for it which still wasn't a guarantee.
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There isn't any fun in getting all you want when ever you want. The first few series of ANS and postcards were quite easy to complete if someone was into completion. As the series progressed though, it has felt more like collecting from years ago as kids when you didn't get the complete set and had to work for it which still wasn't a guarantee.
I think they got too extreme with the odds. I'm fine with having to work to completing sets, but the problem with ANS10 is that it really isn't realistically possible to complete it. Even if you took money out of the equation (which most of us can't do), you probably still couldn't complete the red ludlow set. It just causes frustration to me.
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I think they got too extreme with the odds. I'm fine with having to work to completing sets, but the problem with ANS10 is that it really isn't realistically possible to complete it. Even if you took money out of the equation (which most of us can't do), you probably still couldn't complete the red ludlow set. It just causes frustration to me.
I never minded working to complete a set, especially after I discovered the old forum around ANS2 or 3, and trading became a possibility! But, this set is just crazy. I should probably be happy that I won't have stickers to sort all over the place (especially since my Old School 4 stuff is still all over the place!!). And yet, I am kind of sad I'm not opening boxes.....
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I think they got too extreme with the odds. I'm fine with having to work to completing sets, but the problem with ANS10 is that it really isn't realistically possible to complete it. Even if you took money out of the equation (which most of us can't do), you probably still couldn't complete the red ludlow set. It just causes frustration to me.
I agree Rob. I am a completist like you and would like to have it all, but Topps if making it simply unobtainable. Hate to say it, but I busted a few rack packs just to see what they looked like and I will probably just wait for some sets to appear on ebay in a few months. Plus has anyone mentioned that the colors of the boxes are not too far apart from ANS 9? My Wal-Mart had packs of ANS 9 and Rack packs of ANS 10, so I almost missed seeing them.
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I never minded working to complete a set, especially after I discovered the old forum around ANS2 or 3, and trading became a possibility! But, this set is just crazy. I should probably be happy that I won't have stickers to sort all over the place (especially since my Old School 4 stuff is still all over the place!!). And yet, I am kind of sad I'm not opening boxes.....
This is very much how I feel. Well, my OLDS4 isn't all over the place, but I'm trying to look on the bright side. I'll save lots of money and, by being patient, be able to get all the new images plus a couple nice special cards for a very low price. I've bought two regular and one rack pack from Target so far. I might buy more if I could figure out all the permutations of what's in what kind of box, but I drove past TRU twice recently and didn't even bother to stop. Didn't want to pay more than what should be retail and not even know what I might get.
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This is very much how I feel. Well, my OLDS4 isn't all over the place, but I'm trying to look on the bright side. I'll save lots of money and, by being patient, be able to get all the new images plus a couple nice special cards for a very low price. I've bought two regular and one rack pack from Target so far. I might buy more if I could figure out all the permutations of what's in what kind of box, but I drove past TRU twice recently and didn't even bother to stop. Didn't want to pay more than what should be retail and not even know what I might get.
The master list thread will help you with which of the 6 bonus cards go with which 3 rack pack wrapper codes, as well as border colors and other inserts.
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I'm telling you guys give up on collecting everything. Times have changes. I find it fun collecting great stuff. My fave is Reepers. I love the art. I want everything Reepers! That what makes things fun. We also have a few collectors looking for mimecraft. This is what it's all about. If you feel with every series you need to collect everything then you have to get over it because it ain't gonna happen without dishing out some big bucks. I know a guy that only needs 9 more red Luds. That's insane!
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I'm telling you guys give up on collecting everything. Times have changes. I find it fun collecting great stuff. My fave is Reepers. I love the art. I want everything Reepers! That what makes things fun. We also have a few collectors looking for mimecraft. This is what it's all about. If you feel with every series you need to collect everything then you have to get over it because it ain't gonna happen without dishing out some big bucks. I know a guy that only needs 9 more red Luds. That's insane!
I agree that a good strategy going forward should be to get one of every type of card in a series as opposed to ALL the cards in a series. I like the idea of getting all the variations of a title you really like. It seems now you can get:
Base, Blue, Red, Silver, Gold, Black, Cloth, Artist Sig, Black Lud , Red Lud. That's TEN versions of one card which is pretty cool. I just don't have a title I like enough to do it at present. So my collection will have at least one example of each type of card.
Andrew
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Base, Blue, Red, Silver, Gold, Black, Cloth, Artist Sig, Black Lud , Red Lud. That's TEN versions of one card which is pretty cool.
No disrespect Dr Deal, I think that is wacky!
I realize everyone has different tastes, but I still don't understand why variations attract anyone. If we were collecting Hot Wheels, I could better understand / appreciate collecting different colors of the same car. But most of these border variations are the strip of color around the artwork or have different texture, so to me it is like having 10 Mona Lisa's hanging in your living room, all with different color matting, which to me is silly.
Since I'm being a bit critical, (as a fan, I reserve that right)
Tattoos?! Unless you use them, I just don't imagine why someone would want them. If the kids like them, that's great, and that makes sense. It is hard to imagine they are attractive in a binder. I'm not sure I've ever seen one, so I'm talking out my ass on this topic ...
I've seen a few of the new GPK lents that have been released recently. Both the 3D and motion cards are incredible and are of very high quality. These baby's make the luggage tags and other Wacky lents look like total crap in comparison. I don't understand why they don't bring them back. BRING BACK LENTS! BRING BACK LENTS!
OK, one last little negative, since I am on a rant. The sketches have the artist autographs, so I don't need any more autographs. BRING BACK LENTS! BRING BACK LENTS! How about a motion card that is a combination of 4 color sketches? Imagine a set of Jay's great sketches in 3D! I'd collect lent variations of the same character against different color backgrounds long before I'd collect border variations.
Have a nice day :happy5:
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No disrespect Dr Deal, I think that is wacky!
I realize everyone has different tastes, but I still don't understand why variations attract anyone. If we were collecting Hot Wheels, I could better understand / appreciate collecting different colors of the same car. But most of these border variations are the strip of color around the artwork or have different texture, so to me it is like having 10 Mona Lisa's hanging in your living room, all with different color matting, which to me is silly.
Maybe the idea of 10 Variations appeals to me since I also collect Hot Wheels. I have every paint variation of the 67 Camaro ever made which is about 90 versions. :)
I would also appreciate the comeback of Lents and the disappearance of Autos.
Andrew
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No disrespect Dr Deal, I think that is wacky!
I realize everyone has different tastes, but I still don't understand why variations attract anyone. If we were collecting Hot Wheels, I could better understand / appreciate collecting different colors of the same car. But most of these border variations are the strip of color around the artwork or have different texture, so to me it is like having 10 Mona Lisa's hanging in your living room, all with different color matting, which to me is silly.
Since I'm being a bit critical, (as a fan, I reserve that right)
Tattoos?! Unless you use them, I just don't imagine why someone would want them. If the kids like them, that's great, and that makes sense. It is hard to imagine they are attractive in a binder. I'm not sure I've ever seen one, so I'm talking out my ass on this topic ...
I've seen a few of the new GPK lents that have been released recently. Both the 3D and motion cards are incredible and are of very high quality. These baby's make the luggage tags and other Wacky lents look like total crap in comparison. I don't understand why they don't bring them back. BRING BACK LENTS! BRING BACK LENTS!
OK, one last little negative, since I am on a rant. The sketches have the artist autographs, so I don't need any more autographs. BRING BACK LENTS! BRING BACK LENTS! How about a motion card that is a combination of 4 color sketches? Imagine a set of Jay's great sketches in 3D! I'd collect lent variations of the same character against different color backgrounds long before I'd collect border variations.
Have a nice day :happy5:
All I can tell you is that there are two aspects of my collecting mentality. One is collecting Wackys because of the nostalgia factor, and two, is the challenge of trying to complete one of everything. Unfortunately for me the challenge to complete everything seems to be the stronger factor, and that's why ANS10 has me a bit bummed out. I wish I could just collect the base set and bonus cards and be happy, but to be honest it bugs me.
I was the exact same way as a kid. I remember if the new series came out and I still had a couple titles I need in the prior series it would bother me, and I'm still the same way.
I thought about collecting one each of the cloths, golds and luds, but I am finding no interest in that and will try to sell off all of my extras as a result.
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I wish I could just collect the base set and bonus cards and be happy, but to be honest it bugs me.
I was the exact same way as a kid. I remember if the new series came out and I still had a couple titles I need in the prior series it would bother me, and I'm still the same way.
I'm the same way. I blame Topps for instilling in my 6-year old brain to "Collect 'em All". Seeing that as a kid was a "lightbulb" moment and I haven't been the same since.
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All I can tell you is that there are two aspects of my collecting mentality. One is collecting Wackys because of the nostalgia factor, and two, is the challenge of trying to complete one of everything. Unfortunately for me the challenge to complete everything seems to be the stronger factor, and that's why ANS10 has me a bit bummed out. I wish I could just collect the base set and bonus cards and be happy, but to be honest it bugs me.
I was the exact same way as a kid. I remember if the new series came out and I still had a couple titles I need in the prior series it would bother me, and I'm still the same way.
I thought about collecting one each of the cloths, golds and luds, but I am finding no interest in that and will try to sell off all of my extras as a result.
Collecting has always been about collecting what makes you happy and can afford. There is no prize for collecting everything. Maybe there is but I haven't seen one other than a few attaboys.