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Offline Dr.M

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« Reply #490 on: June 10, 2020, 10:17:41 AM »
Glad I could contribute! Hope you all like it!!

Great looking card!

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« Reply #491 on: June 10, 2020, 10:21:45 AM »
Interesting to see that the guest artist cards are on the checklist.

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« Reply #493 on: June 10, 2020, 11:56:18 AM »
Print run for the Week 1 June set was 1000! Nice to see that number going up.

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« Reply #494 on: June 10, 2020, 12:01:49 PM »
Print run for the Week 1 June set was 1000! Nice to see that number going up.

That is great news.  Thanks for sharing.

The fact that they put the Guest Artist Cards on the Checklist and not the Wonkys leads me to believe they will continue to majorly short print the Wonkys and do not consider them to be part of the base set.
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« Reply #495 on: June 10, 2020, 12:18:04 PM »
Interesting to see that the guest artist cards are on the checklist.

I know that the checklist fills in the 10th card spot with a 9-card puzzle, but it's really meaningless when the entire base set comes in two packages with no substitutions.  The marketing intention of a checklist is to show you what you don't have, so you want to go and buy until you get what you're missing.  In that retrospect, it's surprising that the Wonky isn't there.  I think if it were, then more people would tend to want it.

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« Reply #496 on: June 10, 2020, 12:49:51 PM »
Just got my week 2 order and I don't think I reported my week 1 order.  Each week I bought just one pack.  For week 1, I got one lud and one coupon.  For week 2, however, I lucked out in getting one lud and the wonky.  Being the completist that I am, I am not going to collect lud backs, coupon backs, or wonkys (much as it hurts to not collect the last two of those).  I put my lud and coupon from week 1 on ebay (both sold) and am going to do the same with my "bonus" cards from this week.

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« Reply #497 on: June 10, 2020, 12:57:05 PM »
Great to hear you pulled  Wonky with a one pack purchase. Congrats!

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« Reply #498 on: June 10, 2020, 01:12:16 PM »
Just got my week 2 order and I don't think I reported my week 1 order.  Each week I bought just one pack.  For week 1, I got one lud and one coupon.  For week 2, however, I lucked out in getting one lud and the wonky.  Being the completist that I am, I am not going to collect lud backs, coupon backs, or wonkys (much as it hurts to not collect the last two of those).  I put my lud and coupon from week 1 on ebay (both sold) and am going to do the same with my "bonus" cards from this week.

Geez, what luck on the Week 2 Wonky - congrats!!  I had to turn down forum friends on that one, which makes me very sad.

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« Reply #499 on: June 10, 2020, 01:15:48 PM »
Great to hear you pulled  Wonky with a one pack purchase. Congrats!

Thanks!  I feel bad for those who have purchased so many packs and got none or few.  It's nice to hit the jackpot on occasion.  I did just list it on ebay with a starting price of 99 cents and no Buy It Now, so perhaps it will be an interesting auction to help determine what a fair market price is.

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« Reply #500 on: June 10, 2020, 01:18:18 PM »
Geez, what luck on the Week 2 Wonky - congrats!!  I had to turn down forum friends on that one, which makes me very sad.

Pat, you're so kind to help out so many people here and be a huge Wacky fan.  I hope whoever buys the one I got will give it a good home.

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« Reply #501 on: June 10, 2020, 03:14:43 PM »
Great score crackedjerk!

  If the wacky gods are shining down on me and I am fortunate enough get the week 3 wonky, I'll definitely enter a strong bid on your auction.

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« Reply #502 on: June 10, 2020, 03:45:24 PM »
I got a Wonky on my week 1 single purchase (Sorry I didn't report it clearly earlier) But week 2 was back to normal...just a Lud and a coupon. I hope in June I get all the GA cards instead of the Wonkys. Wonder what the odds are - 50/50?
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« Reply #503 on: June 10, 2020, 04:27:13 PM »
I got a Wonky on my week 1 single purchase (Sorry I didn't report it clearly earlier) But week 2 was back to normal...just a Lud and a coupon. I hope in June I get all the GA cards instead of the Wonkys. Wonder what the odds are - 50/50?

Wondering about the odds is what I hate the most.  Can't tell until you have ordered 4 weeks worth, and now they'll be changing the set inserts every month.

Offline Fanatical_and_Sickly

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« Reply #504 on: June 10, 2020, 04:40:12 PM »
Wonder what the odds are - 50/50?
I’ll go with 1:5 for the Wonky.
Like Andrew said, with the GA cards being on the checklist, I think they’ll make those common (4:5)
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« Reply #505 on: June 11, 2020, 04:55:55 PM »
big congratulations to Chad for his weekly Wacky entry!  it's well deserved and long overdue!

Who is in the queue for next week?  Who is our mystery guest?

I think we should all put on our blindfolds and say "Mystery Guest, sign in please!"

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« Reply #506 on: June 11, 2020, 05:45:11 PM »
Thanks Paul! I know who the Guest artist is next week, But I'll leave it a surprise!

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« Reply #507 on: June 12, 2020, 06:42:13 PM »
Pat, you're so kind to help out so many people here and be a huge Wacky fan. 

Agreed! She's been a wacky santa for as long as I can remember!

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« Reply #508 on: June 12, 2020, 08:00:43 PM »
Agreed! She's been a wacky santa for as long as I can remember!
Yes, that's a great description. Thanks, Pat!

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« Reply #509 on: June 12, 2020, 08:16:53 PM »
Absolutely agree!

Offline Lavirus

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« Reply #510 on: June 12, 2020, 08:22:38 PM »
Ok, so I understand the Wonky chase card thing but, damn, they're going to be so scarce, maybe 100-150 of each, that all it does is drive the eBay market through the roof.

This fool and his money are soon parted... Every time I swear I won't get suckered, they pull me back in!

Offline Brian Mc

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« Reply #511 on: June 13, 2020, 04:32:13 AM »
Received my week 3 cards yesterday. 10 packs, 1 Wonky. Again, the cards are great! Paid WAY too much to get them all, but what's a guy gonna do?  :-\
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« Reply #512 on: June 13, 2020, 04:39:41 AM »
Received my week 3 cards yesterday. 10 packs, 1 Wonky. Again, the cards are great! Paid WAY too much to get them all, but what's a guy gonna do?  :-\

Mine are coming today, via Fedex.  Fingers crossed!

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« Reply #513 on: June 13, 2020, 08:48:04 AM »
Paid WAY too much to get them all, but what's a guy gonna do?
Uh...not get them all?   :P

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« Reply #514 on: June 13, 2020, 12:08:56 PM »
Received my week 3 cards yesterday. 10 packs, 1 Wonky.
Received mine, and same here, 1 out of 10 for the Clumsy Wonky

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« Reply #515 on: June 13, 2020, 12:15:17 PM »
Received mine, and same here, 1 out of 10 for the Clumsy Wonky

1:10 this time here as well.  Funny, one wasn't the last card, it was in the spot where the crudlows were in every other pack.  Pleasant surprise to say the least!
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« Reply #516 on: June 13, 2020, 12:59:22 PM »
1:10 this time here as well.  Funny, one wasn't the last card, it was in the spot where the crudlows were in every other pack.  Pleasant surprise to say the least!
Same here.
Bubble wrapped again, with all coupons showing through the back. Wonky replaced one of the luds

Offline crackedjerk

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« Reply #517 on: June 13, 2020, 01:03:25 PM »
Got my Week 3 pack today: one lud and one coupon. 

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« Reply #518 on: June 13, 2020, 01:19:22 PM »
Same here.
Bubble wrapped again, with all coupons showing through the back. Wonky replaced one of the luds

Geez, this series is creating a lot of waste!  I'm hip deep in bubble wrap that's too small for much of anything.  The only useful purpose I've found is to use it to protect my Gameboy Advance and my Gameboy Color.  That's 2; the rest, my mother will get to pop when she's bored.  That makes it a mom and pop   :]   But, our landfill is almost full here.  Maybe they could just tape the cases?

I would actually prefer that they sell a Series once a month, with a base set, maybe half the coupons, and a handful of ludlows with each base set.  Monthly is less trouble, especially when selling/trading extras, and should save Topps some packing and shipping expenses.  I'd rather the Wonkys be a separate offering, but if they continue in these sets, maybe 1 title a month, and make them 1:5, in place of one of the ludlows.  Just my two cents, if Topps is listening. 

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« Reply #519 on: June 13, 2020, 01:28:55 PM »
Got my week 3 pack today also - one ludlow (12) and one coupon (11)

I don't know how many of you put your stickers in 9-pocket sheets, but the sticker order this week scrambled the puzzle.  You'd have to order them 15, 13, 14, 12, 11 to get the puzzle on the back to come out correctly.

Besides the packaging waste, there are a lot of base stickers that will end up as next month's garage sale fodder for sure.  That's the real shame.

Maybe we should hold a contest for all the forum members who ordered 10 or more packs.  Build a sculpture with all those empty plastic boxes.  The artists from the weekly series can be the judges and give away something special -- maybe 10,000 base set stickers.  ;)
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« Reply #520 on: June 13, 2020, 01:49:46 PM »
Same here.
Bubble wrapped again, with all coupons showing through the back. Wonky replaced one of the luds

I'm starting to wonder if Topps is strategically placing the Wonkys based on how many your order.  If the ratio were 1:5.5 as you've hypothesized, then if it were truly random, someone with ten packs would've gotten more than two in their order and someone would've struck out altogether.  I'm guessing from the print run numbers that a lot of orders have been for 10 or more, maybe 50% or higher of the total bought?

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« Reply #521 on: June 13, 2020, 02:34:41 PM »
I'm starting to wonder if Topps is strategically placing the Wonkys based on how many your order.  If the ratio were 1:5.5 as you've hypothesized, then if it were truly random, someone with ten packs would've gotten more than two in their order and someone would've struck out altogether.  I'm guessing from the print run numbers that a lot of orders have been for 10 or more, maybe 50% or higher of the total bought?
from what folks have been posting, it did seem like week 1 was around that 1:5 ratio.
But reading what people have been finding for week 2 and 3, and looking on ebay, they both seem twice as scarce, perhaps coming in closer to 1:10.
would be nice to know that actual numbers, but I doubt that'll ever happen

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« Reply #522 on: June 13, 2020, 03:42:46 PM »
Uh...not get them all?   :P
There you go Tom, keeping it positive!
Brian Mc

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« Reply #523 on: June 13, 2020, 04:50:09 PM »
I haven't even gotten a shipping notice yet for Week 3.
Marc

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« Reply #524 on: June 13, 2020, 04:50:47 PM »
but the sticker order this week scrambled the puzzle.  You'd have to order them 15, 13, 14, 12, 11 to get the puzzle on the back to come out correctly.
good grief, that is one messed up mix up