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2026/27 Topps Flagship NBA Deep Dive- Part 1 Let's just get this out of the way. It's Flagship. And Flagship can be BRUTAL. By nature, it's going to be a tough rip a vast majority of the time. If you're not prepared for that, you may want to avoid ripping Flagship. It has a habit of lulling you to sleep, making a rip feel like manual labor, and then dropping a nuclear bomb on you. Just because it's flagship doesn't mean there aren't nukes. But in a SHOCKING turn of events, Hobby boxes are STILL available at the time of writing, a full 12 hours after launch. Some of you are going to say it's printed to the moon. Who am I kidding...all of you are going to say it's printed to the moon. That's fair. You're not wrong. But what if I told you this year's Flagship NBA might just be better than last year's? Have you checked the price of 2025/26 Flagship NBA boxes recently? Let me help you out... Current pricing on (name withheld because I can't stomach promoting them): Hobby- $430/box Jumbo- $610/box Last year's rookie class may have been a bit more top heavy, but from what I hear this class is far deeper, with some bona fide superstar potential. On one hand, I'm surprised I can just casually log on to Topps' site and buy one of the biggest products of the year at 11pm on launch day. But then again, there's a LOT of it. So, maybe I'm a little less surprised. Part 1: The Basics Product released today, November 5. Drop price was $180/Hobby & $350/Jumbo. So why is it I'm already seeing hobgoblins pricing Hobby at $250? I think they think we're stupid. The worst part is last year's hobby boxes dropped at $120 & Jumbos at $230. In technical terms, Flagship hobby at a drop price of $180 is straight buns. At least that's what my teenage son would say. I have to imagine that's a big part of why it's still available. Typical with a Flagship release, we have a whole mess of formats. Unfortunately, most of them increased in price from a year ago. But wait there's more. We can't just have prices going up. Naturally, when we pay more money, we have to get less for it. Part 2: Shrink-effing-flation In creating my spreadsheet, I began by highlighting the changes in configuration to each format, because there are always a couple. But when that process was over, it was one big highlight. Aside from Hobby, literally every single format changed from last year, and none got bigger. Jumbo- from 40 cards/pack to 28. Hangers- 59 cards down to 48. Fat Packs- 36 cards down to 24. Megas- 16 packs of 14 (224 cards) down to 12 packs of 15 (180 cards). Value Boxes- from 7 packs of 12 to 6 packs. Fanatics Value- from 9 packs of 12 to 7 packs. Black Friday Value- from 11 packs of 10 (110 cards) to 7 packs of 12 (84 cards). Part 3: Production Numbers Total cards in the product: 479,999,164 2025/26 Flagship NBA- 422,092,744 YOY: +13.7% For context, let's compare this to some other recent flagship releases: 2026 Flagship NFL- ~581m total cards 2026 Series 1 MLB- ~558m cards 2026/27 Flagship NBA- ~480m cards 2025 Series 1 MLB- ~446m cards 2025/26 Flagship NBA- ~430m cards Total production by Format: Hobby- 161,224 boxes (13,435 cases)--->YOY +31% Jumbo- 90,000 boxes (15,000 cases)--->YOY +43.3% Hangers- 1,095,000 boxes (17,109 cases)--->YOY +29.2% Fat Packs- 2,125,511 packs (19,681 cases)--->YOY +90% Value Boxes- 1,380,650 boxes (34,516 cases)--->YOY +28% Megas- 445,350 boxes (22,418 cases)--->YOY +89.7% Fanatics Value Boxes- 229,215 boxes (5,730 cases)--->YOY -4.7% Black Friday Value Boxes- 358,380 boxes (8,960 cases)--->YOY +3.7% Costco/Sam’s Club Flagship Collection Super Boxes- 306,810 boxes (25,568 cases)--->YOY +52.2% China EX Boxes Waves 1&2- 147,015 boxes (12,251 cases) *assuming 12 boxes/case--->YOY N/A All-Star Game Megas- 112,500 boxes (5,625 cases)--->YOY N/A Total production increased by a very modest 14%. However, production across individual formats is up an average of 40%. Am I the only one that's dumbfounded by that? That's a metric ton of extra boxes to sell...all for a very modest increase in total cards. Another masterclass in revenue maximization by Fanatics. *SIGH*...I understand this is going long. And we've only just begun. I'm going to Nerdville, and you're going with me. If you need a TLDR, I'm sure Grok got ya back. Now let's look at the dynamics of those 480m cards and how that compares to last year: Total Parallels: ~29,947,000 Last year- ~17,350,000 YOY: +72.6% Total Inserts: ~51,844,000 Last year- ~33,076,000 YOY: +56.7% Total Autos: ~427,860 Last year- ~308,740 YOY: +38.6% Total Relics: ~503,700 Last year- ~462,930 YOY: +8.8% My nerd brain needed this section. Getting ready to jump into hit rates of all the formats, and I've been wondering how the hell, with all the extra boxes produced, that hit rates have actually improved for almost every format. Well, I think I just found our answer. They juiced ALL of it. Last year, throughout this massive product, 87.9% of it consisted of base cards. This year, base accounts for only 82.4%. That is wild. If you consider "hits" to be Autos, Relics, & Numbered cards, the number of total hits jumped by 31%, from 2.25m to 2.95m. Part 4: Heat Map Expected Hit Rates by Format: Hobby: Autos- 0.55 (55% of boxes should contain an auto, this includes Silver Packs since they showed up on the odds.) Relics- 0.6 (This means Hobby should contain an average of 1.15 Autos/Relics per box, so I would expect to see extra hits with regularity.) Parallels- 6.1 Inserts- 13.3 Numbered Cards- 1.75 Jumbo: Autos- 1.15 (Including Silver Packs) Relics- 1.2 (Jumbos should produce an average of 2.35 Autos/Relics per box. More extra hits.) Parallels- 15.35 Inserts- 24.6 Numbered Cards- 5.15 Hangers: Autos- 1 per 100 hangers (0.64/case) Relics- 1 per 41.8 hangers (1.5/case) Parallels- 3.1 Inserts- 6 Numbered Cards- 1 per 8.6 hangers (7.4/case) Fat Packs: Autos- 1 per 50 packs (2.16/case) Relics- 1 per 41.8 packs (2.6/case) Parallels- 0.5/pack Inserts- 2.25/pack Numbered Cards- 1 per 17.5 packs (6.2/case) Value Boxes: Autos- 1 per 20 boxes (2/case) Relics- 1 per 20.9 boxes (1.9/case) Parallels- 6.05 Inserts- 8.6 Numbered Cards- 1 per 4.5 boxes (4.4/case) Mega Boxes: Autos- 1 per 10 boxes (2/case) Relics- 1 per 6.7 boxes (3/case) Parallels- 11.8 Inserts- 33 Numbered Cards- 1 per 2.1 boxes (9.5/case) Fanatics Value Boxes: Autos- 1 per 20 boxes (2/case) Relics- 1 per 20.9 boxes (1.9/case) Parallels- 9.2 Inserts- 6.1 Numbered Cards- 1 per 4.5 boxes (4.4/case) Black Friday Value Boxes: Autos- 1 per 28.6 boxes (1.4/case) Relics- 1 per 11.95 boxes (3.35/case) Parallels- 9.3 Inserts- 6.2 Numbered Cards- 1 per 4.5 boxes (4.4/case) All-Star Game Megas: Autos- 1 per 10 boxes (2/case) Relics- 1 per 4.2 boxes (4.75/case) Parallels- 10.8 Inserts- 30.2 Numbered Cards- 0.9/box (18/case) Costco/Sam's Club Flagship Collection Boxes: These are still a wild card. Though they are two different SKUs, they appear to be the same as the odds are almost identical. Also, I'm not quite sure exactly what the configuration is going to look like. Last year, there were 15 packs of 14 with an Oversized Card and no bonus packs like we typically see in these Super Boxes. However, the odds are clearly referring to what appears to be 3 bonus packs per box, containing the Flagship Collection & Flagship Collection Chrome cards. If that's the case, I'm not sure what odds will look like on the bulk packs within. So the Hit Rates are solely for the presumably 3 bonus packs in these boxes. Final product should be better than the numbers say. Autos- 1 per 174 boxes Relics- N/A Parallels- 4.6 Inserts- 1 Numbered Cards- 1 per 3.8 boxes Rare Inserts & Variations: For this release, I'm splitting these up into separate metrics. It didn't feel right to combine them as the Variations are not really classified as inserts. Rare Variations include: Golden Mirrors (All 3 tiers), Clear Variations /10, Player Number Variations, & Team Color Border Variations. Rare Inserts include: Comic Court, Quest for the Crown, Soundcheck, Certified Cold, Class of '26, All Kings, Hardwood Stars, and Bounce. Rare Ins/Var Hit Rates by Format: Hobby: Rare Var- 1 per 6.2 boxes (~2/case) Rare Inserts- 1 per 12.1 boxes (1/case) Jumbo: Var- 1 per 4 boxes (1.5/case) Inserts- 1 per 6 boxes (1/case) Hangers: Var- 1 per 112 hangers (1 per 1.75 cases) Inserts- 1 per 288 hangers (1 per 4.5 cases) Fat Packs: Var- 1 per 192.8 packs (1 per 1.8 cases) Inserts- 1 per 942 packs (1 per 8.7 cases) Value Boxes: Var- 1 per 57.8 boxes (1 per 1.45 cases) Inserts- 1 per 270 boxes (1 per 6.75 cases) Megas: Var- 1 per 30.7 boxes (1 per 1.5 cases) Inserts- 1 per 134.4 boxes (1 per 6.7 cases) Fanatics Value: Var- 1 per 41.3 boxes (~1/case) Inserts- 1 per 214.3 boxes (1 per 5.4 cases) Black Friday Value: Var- 1 per 50.5 boxes (1 per 1.25 cases) Inserts- 1 per 272 boxes (1 per 6.8 cases) All-Star Game Megas: Var- 1 per 38 boxes (1 per 1.9 boxes) Inserts- 1 per 132.8 boxes (1 per 6.6 cases) That's enough for tonight. It's extremely late and I still have a sizable amount to get to. I'll continue tomorrow with the riveting Value Metrics comparison among formats and let you know my recommendations and what I'm doing with this product. In the meantime, if you need to see the extensive list of Print Runs, they're already posted on my Substack, but to paid subs only for now. slabsquatch.substack.com/p/2… To be continued... #thehobby #SlabSquatchAnalytics #2026ToppsFlagshipNBA

Voters sent a message yesterday: AFFORDABILITY MATTERS. The hobby should be listening, too. Collectors have been screaming about box prices for years. To its credit, Topps is making more value boxes available and working with shops to keep prices at MSRP. That's progress. Some shops, including CardsHQ, are taking it further — testing selling hobby boxes at MSRP with seal cutting and purchase limits to discourage flipping. But we need to do more. What else should change?

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