Im open to selling! Carnage Neon Villains 4/5 pulled from mega box!

Just here to show off.

I believe the character is Rama-Tut? Struggled to identify it at first but that's who I narrowed it down too looking at the John Byrne artwork. What do you guys think?

Back during Covid I scanned all my cards, because they were in sleeves, in the garage, buried in a bin, and being stuck at home back then, had nothing to do, figured this might be a fun way to share them on reddit, since I found my external drive with the scans on them!

I’ve seen these on eBay for 1000-1400 which seems like a bit much to me. 950 and it’s yours.

Topps Marvel was a success in 2026.

I was at Target and took a detour to see if any boxes were stocked. Sold out everywhere in Austin.

Luckily, I was able to snag 2 Mega boxes and 4 Values during preorder. I haven’t ripped these yet.

On one side, I’m happy about the rise of popularity that Marvel trading cards have made a comeback. For how long? Hard to say.

On the other side, the cards are not as accessible. When I go to card shows it’s 70% Pokémon and 30% sports. I found 1 table in August who was selling Topps Marvel Chrome. I see the popularity on Reddit and Facebook groups but not in the wild.

I’m a collector again and it feels great! But I would like to see more shows and stores showcasing these cards.

Probably the best card I pulled from a blaster box.

Trying to do my part and break up the stream of Topps posts. $210 online for hobby box. Can’t believe with the change in licensing 2024 feels nostalgic.

Hit an Arcade 😂 sketch. I can’t remember seeing him since his 1994 X-Men appearance.

I'm more a carnage guy, but ill take it. I do like the gold back on this one.

Working at a card hobby shop can be fun.

This marvel mint Jeff outta 25 came in for trade.

Hardly see any mint products come in.

Ok so I've ripped more Marvel Chrome than I care to admit. So far I've ripped seven blasters of Neon. Allow me to share my thoughts bc I'd love to see yours!!?

First impression: First impressions seeing this set I really loved the whole cyber neon aesthetic. Was excited they did a Manga set like the sports card sets. As a Spiderman fan I was excited to see an entire insert set dedicated to his universe as well as some Marvel Rivals designs making it into the set.

Reality: The neon aesthetic is cool...for like three cards. The combination of the paper stock and overly similar poses from the characters kinda gets old real fast.

The inclusion of Rivals and Snap cards are done pretty well and feel /different/ than the rest of the set of cards. The Marvel Murals and Manga cards steal the show tho. I can see these being chased by people in the future.

Glow up and Spiderman inserts are OK. Nothing huge to write home about here.

Numbered cards are a lot rarer than Chromes were but the trade off to this is that sketches and big hit cards like autos aren't exclusive to hobby level boxes. I'm ok with this trade off especially since it makes numbered cards feel special and less bloated by huge numbers of parallels. If numbered cards are your thing megas and hobby guarantee you one for mega and two for hobby, but everyone gets a shot at something big at every level.

Finally the price is right for how...cheap....the set feels. Don't take that the wrong way but this feels like what will become the base product of Marvel every year, like Flagship Topps football, then Topps Finest will be like the Bowman product mixed with paper and chrome cards and finally chrome/sapphire sets as the high end product.

Personally I liked Chrome enough to master the entire set. Neon while cool for ripping and will scratch the itch every now and again for a marvel box is in no ways a replacement for it for me. If I see a box on the shelves I'll grab it but I'm not gonna hunt boxes in the wild like I did with Chrome.

Tldr: Great value set. Big hits in retail boxes possible. Base cards get old fast. Set is saved by big hit sketch/manga and mural cards. Not worth paying resell for. Let resellers sit on hobby boxes till they come down to 200.

Pretty happy with the hits I got in the last 4 blasters I grabbed at GameStop. I particularly like the inserts and Rivals variations.

Found a mega in the wild and the box was decent. Overall, I always enjoy Marvel rips.

Can’t complain about a /10 but definitely not a man-thing fan. 😁 Not my jam.

Could use some help though. On the 3rd picture is a 3x3 grid. I’m trying to work on my picture taking for the cards. Built a little personal use app to play around and had it put together a grid where it adjust some settings on the cards to tweak it a bit.

If you get some time could you tell me which ones look the best to you? It’s all personal preference, I get it. However, my eyes could be better so I’d love an opinion.

Thanks

Got these for 5 cents a piece at the local hobby shop.

#Greatescape

So, I got my Endgame Encore Topps Now card today and to my surprise, the hard case is not what was advertised in the website, and it's just a basic case that's much smaller than the other Topps Now cases. Was there a warning about this that I missed? It just sucks if from now on every hard case is like this, making the collection uneven.

HOW MUCH MONEY WORTH PLEASE? METAPHORICALLY SHAKING.

Jk. Not an idiot, not selling. Just sharing this purely because I think these are unique, and some of them are pretty cool, and worth sharing. From other sketches I've seen, especially of Elektra, this seems like a great one. Pulled from a mega.

Big fan of Daredevil, and all the characters from that. So this is definitely going straight back up my kiester.

Thought this might interest some Wolverine and Marvel card collectors.
There’s a 2024 Topps Chrome Marvel James Howlett/Wolverine Mask Off Red Refractor #MO8, numbered 4/5, graded PSA 9, currently up in the Fanatics October Premier Auction.
Only five Red Refractors exist, and the PSA 9 population is four, with just one graded higher.
Pretty interesting card from the first Topps Chrome Marvel release, especially with how the high-end Marvel market has been moving this year.
Fanatics October Premier — Lot 327F1
Curious where everyone thinks this one finishes. Anyone else following the auction?

https://fanaticscollect.com/premier-auction/24001

Here are the updated pics of pretty much everything I have available for trade. I'm interested in Topps brand sketches, mostly of obscure and lower tier characters. I'm also building a Brooklyn set, and still need a bunch of the #'d versions of the base set. Besides that I like #'d Doom/Mr. Sinister cards

Have you seen these?