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Does anyone know what the normal price for an Opening Day hobby box used to be before the madness?

I know blasters were usually 10.00, mega blasters 15.00 and packs .99 cents retail.  Wondering how inflated the prices have become at 60.00 per hobby box.

This could very easily turn into a "back in my day" discussion.

One minor rant... it has become impossible to search for any of the boxes because no one on ebay or any other site seems to use common terms.  "Hobby Box" shows up in everything from individual cards to single packs, as does "Blaster" or "Hanger".  I'm seeing ebay auctions for "Hobby box" and the picture shows a 35 card hanger. 

I really wish the card companies would all just sell direct from their websites and keep printing the cards as long as people keep buying them or until a fixed date whatever comes first.  That would put an end to the insanity of the flippers.

The only issue I would have with companies selling direct is that panini and topps have already shown they are increasing prices more and more. I even heard that retail blaster boxes are planned to go from $20 to $30 from panini. These companies would just get pushing the price more and more. It would also give them more incentive to mass produce, which they are already starting to do. It would kill the flippers but it would also end up killing the collectors in the end.

Side note: Opening day hobby boxes have stuck to $40 from Topps, even from the 2021 release. Flippers decide the price and people keep buying so it doesn't go down sadly. If you want any opening day cards I have a ton for trade.

And boxes prices aren't going up already?

It is not like it is exclusively the card producers that are driving these price increases.