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Offline Fanatical_and_Sickly

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #210 on: April 17, 2023, 05:36:16 AM »
It's weird only a small handful of people have these in hand, while most of us didn't even get a shipping email yet.
The printing and shipping plant is in Davie, FL, which is a short distance from Ft. Lauderdale.
There was a massive rainstorm and flooding there last Wednesday into Friday.
I would expect some delays as they recover from that.
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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #211 on: April 17, 2023, 09:08:27 AM »
I don't even have a shipping notice yet...


Hmmm, me neither. Was off camping this weekend, so wasn't expecting any new release news, and starting read this forum stream this morning.  :o  The word "disconcerting" comes to mind.
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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #212 on: April 17, 2023, 03:06:21 PM »
I have shipping notices, but no cards….

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #213 on: April 17, 2023, 03:09:39 PM »
So I received my 2023 Wacky Packages today.  First of all, I want to say that the series is stellar!  Funny gags and wonderful artwork on all of them. A great set conceived and painted by the artists.

BUT I've got a beef with Topps.  The collation is awful, and the hits are NOT what was advertised.  As for collation, the cards are inserted randomly, which is okay, but it was much worse than the randomness of the packs I used to buy at Target.  Out of 20 sets I ordered, I didn't even get one complete base set--not a single #15 (Big)--black border, silver border, rainbow foil, none.  And there was no hope of getting a second complete base set.

Also, the description of the set stated--and I looked it up again--that there would be 2 hits per pack, and under "hits," the description states, "Coupons - One plus additional parallel/insert."  Wouldn't that mean that each pack should have one coupon and one parallel/insert?  I got 2 hits per pack, all right, but I only got FOUR coupons, 21 silver borders, 11 foils, 4 out of the supposed 5 comics, and 2 (really well done) sketches (but Topps' advertised "odds" would have gotten me 4).  And guess what?  I only collect the comics and coupons, although that's gonna have to go by the wayside on this set since there is close to zero chance that I will be able to find/purchase 46 coupons!

I don't know how many people have opened their packs yet, but be forewarned.  Or maybe it's just my sad luck.  Or maybe it's the silver-border demons getting back for unkind comments earlier on.  Leave it to Topps to mess up the roll-out of a really great set for which their writers and artists worked so hard to put out a great product.
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Care to post a pic of the sketch cards you received?  :)
Marc

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #214 on: April 17, 2023, 03:18:22 PM »
I have shipping notices, but no cards….

I just got my shipping notice, should have the cards tomorrow.  Fingers crossed that I won't be on the phone Wednesday morning complaining to Topps!!

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #215 on: April 17, 2023, 03:23:20 PM »
Pat that is awesome!
I suspect eBay will be flooded with Wacky Packages 2023 auctions tomorrow afternoon!  I’ve been checking constantly but only a handful so far.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #216 on: April 17, 2023, 03:35:04 PM »
I just got my shipping notice, should have the cards tomorrow.  Fingers crossed that I won't be on the phone Wednesday morning complaining to Topps!!

Yep, let's hope that some Topps collators are better at it than others.
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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #217 on: April 17, 2023, 03:41:23 PM »
received my notice as well.
hoping for the best with the contents

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #218 on: April 17, 2023, 03:53:56 PM »
RANDOM base cards in packs?  That's not good news.


Anxious to see if other members see that same results as bludevilok.



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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #219 on: April 17, 2023, 04:55:32 PM »
I just got my shipping notice, should have the cards tomorrow.  Fingers crossed that I won't be on the phone Wednesday morning complaining to Topps!!

Same here. I’m all in for trading but my wife and I leave for 2 weeks in Germany on Thursday. Certainly willing to arrange trades if people are willing to wait until we return for items to ship.
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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #220 on: April 17, 2023, 11:16:04 PM »
Care to post a pic of the sketch cards you received?  :)

Ask and ye shall receive.  I did get lucky on these, at least--even though, according to Topps' odds, I should have pulled 4!  The one on the left is by Dan Contois; the one on the right is by our very own Forum member Chad Scheres.




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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #221 on: April 17, 2023, 11:34:07 PM »
It did occur to me today that those of you who haven't gotten shipping notices yet may actually be fortunate!  Topps may have noticed that they were "hitting" wrong, stopped the shipping process, and are now in the process of repacking before they send more out.  As I stated before, though, I will be interested in seeing what kind of hits are pulled by those who already got their shipping notices and have packages already on their way.

Thinking about this, I did go ahead and send Topps a complaint via email.  (I have found in the past a long time ago that I get better results from email than calling.)  Who knows?  Maybe I'll get some coupons in a couple of months.  Before, I had to send the sets back because they had sent me completely wrong sets (January instead of August).  I had to send a picture of the January sets before they'd send me a return label and authorize the return, and they wouldn't send me the August sets until they received the January sets.  That's a bit more than sending one missing card.  Although, they obviously didn't trust me while I should be the one not trusting them--and true, I didn't.  In my complaint, I went ahead and sent a picture of my hits to save some time.  Maybe sending replacements for some hits should be less complex than replacing entire sets.  But then, nothing is simple with Topps, it seems.  They could have avoided all of this by simply sending out two (or more) coupon backs as hits in each pack.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #222 on: April 18, 2023, 03:44:37 AM »
Mine are expected between 10 and 2 today.  I am both nervous and excited!  Will keep track as I open, and report the results.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #223 on: April 18, 2023, 05:10:11 AM »
I got my shipping notice too, but I'm in Wisconsin so I won't get mine until end of week. Hopefully I can either trade my extras for base cards I need. I'm not after the coupons, silvers, sketches, etc. My goal is one base set.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #224 on: April 18, 2023, 10:18:15 AM »
My boxes arrived last night. Will be opening tonight. My daughter was dancing a jig. “2023 Wackies? So it will be products I actually know!” Fingers crossed for no doubles….
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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #225 on: April 18, 2023, 11:53:29 AM »
I got my shipping notice too, but I'm in Wisconsin so I won't get mine until end of week. Hopefully I can either trade my extras for base cards I need. I'm not after the coupons, silvers, sketches, etc. My goal is one base set.

Me too.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #226 on: April 18, 2023, 01:48:23 PM »
I'm in the middle of opening boxes and so far, so good!  Out of (4) 5-packs, I completed (1) base set and pulled 21 coupons, 4 comics, 4 foils, 4 sketches, and 7 silvers.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #227 on: April 18, 2023, 02:05:12 PM »
Wow Pat that’s fantastic.  Weirdly it looks like base sets might end up being the pricey item this time around!


I'm in the middle of opening boxes and so far, so good!  Out of (4) 5-packs, I completed (1) base set and pulled 21 coupons, 4 comics, 4 foils, 4 sketches, and 7 silvers.

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« Reply #228 on: April 18, 2023, 02:36:12 PM »
I'm in the middle of opening boxes and so far, so good!  Out of (4) 5-packs, I completed (1) base set and pulled 21 coupons, 4 comics, 4 foils, 4 sketches, and 7 silvers.

So $400 just to complete one base set?! Ridiculous!!

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« Reply #229 on: April 18, 2023, 02:43:45 PM »
Wow Pat that’s fantastic.  Weirdly it looks like base sets might end up being the pricey item this time around!

Yep - only 5 base sets out of ten boxes, with a TON of extra that hopefully will get a little more evened out later.  But the comics are REALLY tough!!!  It took me 10 boxes to complete a single set, and just 3 left over.  Will start the second half after some dinner.....

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #230 on: April 18, 2023, 02:44:57 PM »
I opened just one box below so far, because I needed to see if Topps would be my first call tomorrow morning.
But, contents were actually fine. Shocking
5 packs - 5 coupons, 3 silver, 1 foil, 1 sketch


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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #231 on: April 18, 2023, 02:49:15 PM »
I opened just one box below so far, because I needed to see if Topps would be my first call tomorrow morning.
But, contents were actually fine. Shocking
5 packs - 5 coupons, 3 silver, 1 foil, 1 sketch



Inside a unbroken sealed box? So it was crushed, then sent?

Wow

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #232 on: April 18, 2023, 02:54:19 PM »
Yep - only 5 base sets out of ten boxes, with a TON of extra that hopefully will get a little more evened out later.  But the comics are REALLY tough!!!  It took me 10 boxes to complete a single set, and just 3 left over.  Will start the second half after some dinner.....

5 base sets out of ten boxes? So 1 base set from two boxes?

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #233 on: April 18, 2023, 02:55:54 PM »
I opened just one box below so far, because I needed to see if Topps would be my first call tomorrow morning.
But, contents were actually fine. Shocking
5 packs - 5 coupons, 3 silver, 1 foil, 1 sketch



And you got skunked on the comics......  at least the multiple wrapping protected the cards!!

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #234 on: April 18, 2023, 03:00:53 PM »
Got mine in today. 2 red 5 packs 1 blue 5 pack.  Still need 2 and 49 for a complete set.  I’ve got a a stack of doubles for trading. . I’ve got foils sketches silvers and coupons I’m going to sell Will post those when I get home tonight.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #235 on: April 18, 2023, 03:01:24 PM »
5 base sets out of ten boxes? So 1 base set from two boxes?

It took me 4 boxes to complete my first set.  Collation is non-existent in this set, and only improves with sheer numbers.  Theoretically, I should get 10 sets from 10 boxes, but I only got 5 and a TON of doubles.  There's going to be a lot of trade lists, and the postage from shipping extras all over the US is going to add to the cost of base sets.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #236 on: April 18, 2023, 03:34:38 PM »
First base set to hit eBay at $108.88! The seller sold 2 already, one left.



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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #237 on: April 18, 2023, 03:40:32 PM »
Got mine in today. 2 red 5 packs 1 blue 5 pack.  Still need 2 and 49 for a complete set.  I’ve got a a stack of doubles for trading. . I’ve got foils sketches silvers and coupons I’m going to sell Will post those when I get home tonight.

You got 48 base cards from only 3 packs? I guess I'm confused when you say packs...did you mean 2 red boxes (of 5-packs) and 1 blue box (of 5-packs)?

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #238 on: April 18, 2023, 04:53:14 PM »
Yes, the color doesnt mean anything. I have four10-card boxes at home…they sent two red boxes, and two blue boxes…
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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #239 on: April 18, 2023, 08:05:27 PM »
You got 48 base cards from only 3 packs? I guess I'm confused when you say packs...did you mean 2 red boxes (of 5-packs) and 1 blue box (of 5-packs)?


yes  2 red boxes (of 5-packs) and 1 blue box (of 5-packs) or 15 individual packs.  I got 1 set almost complete that is only missing 2 cards. I also have a bunch of doubles that I haven't collated yet. I have a maybe 3/4 of a second set out of those doubles. 

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #240 on: April 18, 2023, 08:09:45 PM »
I also got 3 foil, 3 sketch cards, 6 silvers, 4 comics and 14 coupon backs. or something like that.  Gonna play with them all tomorrow and decide what to trade and what to sell.  Even though I'm disappointed in the collation etc... I have to admit I had a LOT of fun opening the packs and finding the last (almost) few cards I needed.  Brought me back to why I fell in love with collecting wackys in the first place.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #241 on: April 18, 2023, 08:20:59 PM »
The 10-card boxes that sold for $20 are selling for $36-42 on ebay…

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #242 on: April 18, 2023, 08:38:52 PM »
My sketch pulls:

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Floydman            Floydman          Camera


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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #243 on: April 18, 2023, 10:33:59 PM »
I'm glad Topps figured out the error of their packing before they sent most of them out.  Too bad the early bird got skunked though.   :sad:
It sounds, though, that the poor collation of the base cards continued.

I still haven't heard anything from Topps Support except an automated email that stated they received my complaint.

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Re: 2023 Wacky Packages
« Reply #244 on: April 19, 2023, 04:23:29 AM »
Here are my sketch pulls.  Most are available!!