This might be a weird post…
I have purchased at least 3 of each of the Cincinnati Reds Topps Now cards in the 2026 season. I have received a total of 29 different cards this year. The first part of the season (18 card orders) I scored lucky hits on 11 of those orders. Since July 30th, I have not gotten a single lucky hit (11 card orders).
This is not meant to be a complaint post, but it seems like something has changed with the Topps Now cards manufacturing. If you look at the pictures I included, something changed with the cards. The full stack pictures have the cards in order from the oldest to newest starting from the bottom. The picture with two stacks shows the newer cards (since July 30th) on the left and the older ones on the right.
The newer cards have a distinct curve to them. I find it interesting that since that change in the card curving, I have not received a lucky hit at all. Prior to that, I was pulling lucky hits in about 61% of my orders.
I am curious if anyone else that orders regularly for their (non superstar) team has experienced a similar drought. It could simply be a luck of the draw kind of thing but there have been some really low print run cards since then that there would have been a high probability of most orders receiving a lucky hit.
At any rate, I hope we can crawl out of the gutters next year and be competitive the entire year… 🤷