My experience recently has been that the flippers are all there at Target and Walmart to scoop up the football and basketball, because a $20 blaster is selling on ebay for $60-80, and a $40 mega is selling for $150-200. The baseball has been an unintentional casualty of all of that. Then because the flippers are grabbing it, it creates a perception of scarcity that is not supported by the quantities available. I know shops who had to order twice what last year's order was from Topps on Series 1, which indicates to me a large increase in its production run. I think the baseball will scootch back down in the next month or two. It's only been out a few weeks, and interest will subside. Last year we had Series 1 still on shelves late into the summer, and until a few weeks ago we still had 2020 Update.
kevin
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