r/ToppsNowMLB

Worth getting graded?

History In The Making!!

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… 🤷

ITS FINALLY HERE! And i got the best possible base piece

Has anybody else been receiving bad quality cards lately or wrong orders? I just got two recently centering around the White Sox and it’s starting to get old!

I haven’t ever done a send back but for the Tom Brady’s I’m going to have to be filing my first return.

Is it show off Sunday yet!?

Just ripped my Arroyo 5-pack and got this 5/5‼️

Those who know me have heard the story of my sons getting Arroyo to sign before an A-ball game, when we didn't really know who he was, and then he promptly introduced himself to Merrill Kelly with a HR and a 2B (in a rehab start)!

I've been rooting for him every minute since, and was so happy for him when he hit the ball onto the roof of the clubhouse in West Sacramento!