ANS8 Retail Tracking Thread

[lucidjc]

good catch. I didn't buy any, so I don't know, I was just looking at the price tag at the end of the display rod.

let us know, as this toys r us isn't all that close for me to make a 'quick drive by' and check

Son-Of-A-... It is different.  No $3.99 pre-print. IT WAS $5 !!!  What a ripoff. I'm glad i only bought 1 set of 3. There were 10 there.  $12 + tax + gas + time for a bonus box...cardgary is cheaper WTF!!!

Toys-R-Us
Blister - 1-721-30-02-1

[loki]

How am I just hearing about this today with an email from cardgary and it's seemingly been out for almost a month.

So, just to clarify what the topps store is selling, since it doesn't specify. Hobby boxes or retail boxes? And is there ANY difference this series other than price and numbering between the retail box and hobby box? No poster, better ratio of rare pull...?

[bandaches]

How am I just hearing about this today with an email from cardgary and it's seemingly been out for almost a month.

So, just to clarify what the topps store is selling, since it doesn't specify. Hobby boxes or retail boxes? And is there ANY difference this series other than price and numbering between the retail box and hobby box? No poster, better ratio of rare pull...?

I guess Cardgary isn't the most prompt with keeping his customers up to date eh?

[Fanatical_and_Sickly]

I guess Cardgary isn't the most prompt with keeping his customers up to date eh?

He is prompt, actually. He sent his first ANS8 mass email out back on July 31.
Not sure how Loki got left off of that one.

[Playbug]

He is prompt, actually. He sent his first ANS8 mass email out back on July 31.
Not sure how Loki got left off of that one.

Yup, I got that e-mail too.

[loki]

I'm pretty sure I only got the email from today not the one July 31st.

But about my other questions... "So, just to clarify what the topps store is selling, since it doesn't specify. Hobby boxes or retail boxes? And is there ANY difference this series other than price and numbering between the retail box and hobby box? No poster, better ratio of rare pull...?"

[Dr Popper]

But about my other questions... "So, just to clarify what the topps store is selling, since it doesn't specify. Hobby boxes or retail boxes? And is there ANY difference this series other than price and numbering between the retail box and hobby box? No poster, better ratio of rare pull...?"

I don't believe there is any difference with odds, and we know that there's no poster in the hobby box this time.  It doesn't seem to make sense.

[lucidjc]

I'm pretty sure I only got the email from today not the one July 31st.

But about my other questions... "So, just to clarify what the topps store is selling, since it doesn't specify. Hobby boxes or retail boxes? And is there ANY difference this series other than price and numbering between the retail box and hobby box? No poster, better ratio of rare pull...?"

If i were to suggest, i would say to grab all the bonus boxes and blisters that you can find. I am staying away from gravity feeds and boxes from ANYONE other than who i know. I dont think there are 2 different boxes this time. No poster, but there is a sell sheet W/checklist. If stats hold true, each pack is a 1:973 shot at a sketch. Golds a 1:353 chance. I opened 109 packs before i hit the lottery.  But i am still openeing ANS 7's, i am well over 1000 packs and, NO gold, NO auto, and NO sketch. So before anybody says  WOW lucky him, Ya, but not for real.

For the best details, check out ANS 8 master list thread.

[loki]

Thanks, I'm thinking of buying just a single retail box from a well known guy on eBay since it's $10 cheaper than topps store, and since there's no known difference between the hobby or retail box.

[Playbug]

However, where is the B5?  Geoff Bovey,

Definately at Toys R Us for 12. bucks a box. I picked one up last night. Welcome back !!

[Sue Mee]

I wondered why my local Target didn't have any blisters.... I found them today at the end of the sporting goods aisle.


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[Fanatical_and_Sickly]

the newest Previews mag coming out this week (Oct 2011), shows ANS 8 being 'offered again' (OA)
Can't say I've seen this done before with wackys. I wonder why.

TOPPS COMPANY
OA   OCT11 1385   TOPPS WACKY PACKAGES SERIES 8 STICKER T/C BOX (O/A) (C: 1-1-0)      SRP: $1.99    = $

[Jean Nutty]

I generally don't follow the multitude of gravity feeds, boxes, and blister variations, but today I saw something at Target I hadn't seen before, a 6 pack of Wacky Packages

(maybe a way for Excel to move old packs without devoting gravity feed space for them - save room for the Star Wars / Pokemon stuff...)


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[lucidjc]

I generally don't follow the multitude of gravity feeds, boxes, and blister variations, but today I saw something at Target I hadn't seen before, a 6 pack of Wacky Packages

(maybe a way for Excel to move old packs without devoting gravity feed space for them - save room for the Star Wars / Pokemon stuff...)


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I think these were just swept up off the boxing room floor and put into blisters. I've seen them at my Target also 3000 miles away, which leeds me to believe that for years these were stepped on by workers untill someone fell in a deep pool of them and desided to drain it.

[Duznt]

I generally don't follow the multitude of gravity feeds, boxes, and blister variations, but today I saw something at Target I hadn't seen before, a 6 pack of Wacky Packages

(maybe a way for Excel to move old packs without devoting gravity feed space for them - save room for the Star Wars / Pokemon stuff...)


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Are they all the same series per pack or a variety?

[lucidjc]

Are they all the same series per pack or a variety?

All the ones I have seen were all ANS 3.

[RawGoo]

All the ones I have seen were all ANS 3.

How much are they charging for the 6 packs?

[Fanatical_and_Sickly]

How much are they charging for the 6 packs?

says $2.99 on the pack, but I'm sure a store like ToysRUs would charge whatever they want

[RawGoo]

says $2.99 on the pack, but I suppose they could charge whatever they want, kind of like ToysRUs does.

Doh!!  I didn't enlarge the pic, and couldn't see the printed price.  Thanks!

[crackedjerk]

I generally don't follow the multitude of gravity feeds, boxes, and blister variations, but today I saw something at Target I hadn't seen before, a 6 pack of Wacky Packages

(maybe a way for Excel to move old packs without devoting gravity feed space for them - save room for the Star Wars / Pokemon stuff...)


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Interesting.  I'm kind of at my limit with every kind of packaging variation under the sun.  And, Lord knows, I have plenty of ANS3 stuff.  Still, it is a good price and I hope it hooks a few more kids into collecting. 

[RawGoo]

Interesting.  I'm kind of at my limit with every kind of packaging variation under the sun.  And, Lord knows, I have plenty of ANS3 stuff.  Still, it is a good price and I hope it hooks a few more kids into collecting. 

These would be better for Trick-or-Treat than the ANS8 flow packs I gave out - 2 extra stickers, and half the price.  Plus, the kids have a chance at an insert card.

[Playskull]

I generally don't follow the multitude of gravity feeds, boxes, and blister variations, but today I saw something at Target I hadn't seen before, a 6 pack of Wacky Packages

(maybe a way for Excel to move old packs without devoting gravity feed space for them - save room for the Star Wars / Pokemon stuff...)


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Cool.  If this had been a couple years ago, I would be rushing out to the nearest Target and snagging up a few of these.  I really used to be into blister pack variations.  But as crackedjerk said, I'm at my limit with all this stuff now.  They've made it impossible to collect everything.  At one point I had every ANS unopened pack variation.  I stopped somewhere around ANS6.  I couldn't even keep up with those, let alone all the other stuff.

[Mashbox]

Toys R Us still had bonus boxes when I visited one in Albuquerque this past weekend.

As far as the repackaged stuff goes, I'll just say this: Nobody should be worrying themselves about trying to get every variation of those under the sun. All that stuff is, is unsold stock that the card distributors are trying to move, so they repackage it at a discounted rate. They do this all the time with every single trading card and sticker pack known to everyone.

I wouldn't worry about collecting any of the repackaged stuff because nobody is going to care about this in the years to come and it sure isn't going to make your collection less complete. Just concern yourself with the new releases and forget about anything that's repackaged, because it's nothing new.

[Duznt]

I like collecting some of the repackaged stuff. For example the square cardboard packs, because they have nice graphics and display well. This one doesn't have much going for it - not even a Wacky or Topps logo.

[Dr Popper]

Toys R Us still had bonus boxes when I visited one in Albuquerque this past weekend.

As far as the repackaged stuff goes, I'll just say this: Nobody should be worrying themselves about trying to get every variation of those under the sun. All that stuff is, is unsold stock that the card distributors are trying to move, so they repackage it at a discounted rate. They do this all the time with every single trading card and sticker pack known to everyone.

I wouldn't worry about collecting any of the repackaged stuff because nobody is going to care about this in the years to come and it sure isn't going to make your collection less complete. Just concern yourself with the new releases and forget about anything that's repackaged, because it's nothing new.

I remember someone once telling me I was stupid for trying to collect the silly back variations like Ludlows.  He was probably right, but one thing I've learned is that completists are a unique group, and what we collect doesn't make sense to most.  I don't collect the packaging (except for wrappers) but if I did, I would want every variation that existed in Topps packaging! 

I'm really glad too when I decided to set collecting parameters and stick to them because the post-2004 has been beyond our wildest dreams as far as volume of stuff to collect!

 

 

[Playbug]

says $2.99 on the pack, but I'm sure a store like ToysRUs would charge whatever they want

Funny but true.