2022 Topps Chrome Sonic Baseball Forum

I go a few of these packs for free, and did not notice that they were different from 2022 Topps Chrome. I began to enter them in TCDb for trade.  I got a ray wave in one of my packs, which is not in 2022 Topps Chrome [flagship /traditional] and only then did I figure out that Topps / Fanatics put out 2 nearly identical sets, with the difference being a Topps Chrome logo swap from left to right, and a different product number in the fine print on the back.

I was at my LCS today, and saw that a box of Sonic edition sells for about 60% of a flagship.  I assume the hits must be less, or the hobby simply reacts badly to this release with resounding "boo."

I'm not a big fan of this money grab by Topps / Fanatics. It's kind of a train wreck accident waiting to happen.  The hobby has evolved so that e-bay is a big part of it.  This product is going to have huge mislisting problems on ebay, and angry buyers not getting the card they wanted, and leaving negative feedback.

Thoughts from the TCDb community .....

Just ran into this myself.  What a mess.  Now I gotta go squint at the bottom of any card I got through other means than opening pack.  As a set collector this is such a dumb set and the fact that a SuperFractor 1/1 is actually a 1/2 in disguise is a bit shady.