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After a long day of work, I like to check out what news is shaking up the hobby. In addition to that, I look forward to seeing what new Topps NOW cards are available. I’m a fan of the Topps NOW program. I’m a picky collector, so I choose wisely as to which ones I decide to add to my collection. In it’s first year of existence, I bought almost every Phillies card they made. After 2016, I cut back a bit. Upon the success of the Topps NOW program, Topps has spun-off and created Throwback Thursday, On Demand, and Topps Living sets. I’ve been picking up every Phillies card from the Topps Living Set as I really enjoy the artwork.
I’d like to make a bold prediction as to what the next print-on-demand product will be from Topps. One of these days we are going to see a weekly set of 5-10 cards based on young prospects who make Baseball America’s Hot List. Thanks to products like Bowman, Bowman Chrome, and Bowman Draft, prospecting has become an extremely large part of the hobby. People are willing to spend thousands of dollars on players who have yet to make it to the big leagues. Cards of players who make it onto Baseball America’s Hot List tend to spike in popularity. At least for the week that they’re on there. Some stick around longer than others.
If this were to happen, I’d suggest only having the cards up for sale for only a few days. You definitely would want them to come down before the next Hot List comes out. Baseball America’s Hot List and print-on-demand products are very momentary and “right now” things. I’m confident that collectors would purchase these specially made prospect cards that correlate to the weekly Hot List. It only seems natural the two would go together.
The Baseball America name has appeared on many Topps cards before. So the two aren’t strangers.
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