Topps to be replaced as the BB Card Manuracturer

[Danny Smith]

This is really unfortunate news. Sad to see the end of an era. I truly thought Topps would have the baseball card license forever because of tradition. All about the money these days.

[Casey2296]

Michael Rubin strikes again, probably a good time to short MUDS.

[packs]

Yikes. Does that mean no more First Bowmans?

Regardless of design or player selection, I do not ever see myself getting excited to buy a pack of Fanatics.

[ASF123]

So, no more retro-design sets or inserts, unless Topps has nothing left but to license its copyrights to Fanatics.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by ASF123

So, no more retro-design sets or inserts, unless Topps has nothing left but to license its copyrights to Fanatics.

I think Topps has put out a decent product in recent years (some better than others) for their base sets, with some nice special issues via Heritage and Archives. I don't purchase many cards per year, but I do buy some new product and am sad to see Topps have to exit the scene.

[rdwyer]

I know fanatics sells reproductions of certain items. So modern card collecting is dead to me.

[abothebear]

Paying that much for a license, I doubt Fanatics will doing anything to improve upon the mess that is modern cards. Too bad, getting control away from Topps could be a huge opportunity to make some great changes to the hobby.

[Cmvorce]

I’m legitimately sad about this. A big part of my collecting is about the history of the game and the history of the hobby. The Topps brand is a huge part of that. Off the charts equity. Very sad day in my opinion.