No Topps, so Squishmallows it is

 While collectors around the continent are devouring Topps Series One our town has not been on the receiving end from the distributors of retail boxes in any great quantity. Two weeks ago -Friday mornings- the big box got some blasters. Knowing the display area as intimately as I do it couldn't have been anymore than a dozen blasters. By the time I got there two days later they were all gone. And no display space was allocated for hanger boxes so that wasn't even in their plan.

This past Sunday the same blaster display spot was still/again empty. At the front of store candy display where loose packs are kept a small pile of jumbo packs was there for the picking. I grabbed one. I will not bore you with a big pack opening post. It was a pile of meh. Very underwhelming product this year. I may wait for a factory set. 

But...I did get Panini Squishmallows.  Cheap blasters for sure, but what are they? From Wiki, "Squishmallows is a brand of stuffed toy that was launched in 2017 by Kelly Toys Holdings LLC and is owned by Jazwares, a Berkshire Hathaway company." Well if it's good enough for Warren Buffet it's good enough for me. 

This should be interesting...





A sampling of base card fronts and three base inserts. I did not take pictures of all 30 cards. Eighteen ought to explain this product well enough. 

These are more inserts and of course parallels of inserts and a sample base back, 


Bottom left is the Orange Pulsar out of 99. Woo-hoo. Current asking price on eBay for these, $8-20.  Yeah, ok...

There you have it in case anyone ask you about Squishmallow cards. 


Update: As of 12:01 March 4, 2025 an unnecessary trade war has been started. 

It is expected that retail boxes/packs will be hit with a 25% tariff. The retail box prices are already rather high due to value of the dollar. If this tariff does hit, that will likely be the end of my retail purchasing. I will be reaching out to my distributor today to discuss what implications there may be to hobby boxes.

Thanks for reading.

A collector since my early years. Sometimes a collector without focus. If it piques my interest I may collect it.

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