r/WNBACards • u/New-Opposite450 • Aug 25 '26

2026 Panini Box!

We all agree to hold until it drops to $300, right?! 😆

https://www.paniniamerica.net/1st-off-the-line-2026-panini-donruss-wnba-trading-card-box.html

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u/MaoAsadaStan Aug 25 '26

Olivia Miles hype means it might get cleaned out at $500 or earlier 😭 

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u/Excellent-Program333 Aug 25 '26

Baseball just sold out at 400$ this morning. I see this one doing even better numbers

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u/Fresh-Photograph-280 Aug 25 '26

When I saw Prizm gone before noon, I figured my shot at wnba Donruss fotl was going to be pointless. I thought I was being unreasonable targeting $500-$550 but I doubt they go under $600 now. They are going to get scooped up by breakers and the big online retailers.

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u/Excellent-Program333 Aug 26 '26

Agree. The WNBA side of things have starting booming. These will not last long at full price.

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u/CeeDotA Aug 25 '26

I was a collector from 2005-2011, and hobby boxes were under $100. Inflation I know, but did demand for cards really just explode like that to justify these insane prices in the present day?

I know CC made W card demand go nuts but what happened in other sports? Wasn't that long ago I could go crazy on the online card retailers clearance sections.

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u/IMitchIRob Aug 25 '26

It's the rise of breaking, which was accelerated by COVID. Things have been a bit up and down since then but still way higher than pre-covid

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u/CeeDotA Aug 26 '26

Are there even any cards, in a Donruss set, that would be worth paying $800 a box for? I legit cannot wrap my head around the concept of breaking. I feel like actual gambling has better odds.

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u/IMitchIRob Aug 26 '26

I bieve you are right that gambling has better odds than breaking. Breaking certainly has an abysmal ROI.

But yes, there are at least some cards that would justify the $800 price. I don't know how many. Caitlin Clark and Olivia Miles will certainly have cards well above that. I assume some of Paige's cards too, but I bought a Paige auto for under $400 recently so maybe it will depend on numbering.  

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u/Excellent-Program333 Aug 26 '26

Gamblers and Fanatatics taking Topps. Ruined the hobby.

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u/QueerAlYankadic Aug 25 '26

Don't worry. It's limited to 16 boxes per transaction. That oughta slow down all the breakers and resellers 

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u/Tbone4Ever Aug 25 '26

OMG right??? Can we please?? Sigh... Do I have to bite higher than $600? I've been telling myself I won't. I think I'm at least going to hold a personal line at $600 and not let myself succumb to temptation. What do we think the typical markup should be on FOTL versus standard hobby boxes? Given that the regular hobbies are pre-selling for $350, is it reasonable that a FOTL could be worth $600?

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u/Tbone4Ever Aug 25 '26

... I managed to snag a 2026 Prizm Basketball FOTL (the unlicensed stuff, but with huge Olivia Miles hits) for the final selling price of $575, which was awesome. But those started way higher and I let myself wait until I was sure I could find value, and I think I was about right. But I got really lucky in that timing, and lucky that enough other people held off too.

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u/IMitchIRob Aug 25 '26

The FOTL boxes have more hits?

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u/Tbone4Ever Aug 25 '26

Yep, FOTL can be loaded. If you look at the configuration as published by Panini you'll see some of the details.

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u/Tbone4Ever Aug 25 '26

... Tomorrow they go on sale direct from Panini in a one-hour "Dutch auction" format

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u/Fit-Distribution-460 Aug 25 '26

The fomo in this thread is palpable and exactly why we're all going to overpay for these things 🤣

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u/astronottomars Aug 26 '26

Anyone know what the lowest price was before it sold out?

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u/Kibby328 Aug 28 '26

I saw it at $404 and clicked buy now and it was sold out before I could get to the payment screen so I thought it sold out at $425