Thanksgiving Card Rips, NFL Predictions & Hobby News You Need Today

What this episode is about

The discussion focuses on hobby-related traditions during Thanksgiving, particularly the enjoyment of ripping card packs while watching NFL games. It highlights trends in the trading card market, noting the significant sales spikes during the holiday season, and discusses the performance and potential of last year's quarterback class, along with insights on industry plans from major manufacturers like Panini and Topps.

Key takeaways

• Thanksgiving: where turkey meets trading cards—what a feast for both the appetite and the collection!
• Black Friday's not just for deals; it’s prime time to snag trading cards as families recover from turkey-induced naps.
• Drake May’s legacy proves last year’s rookies are this year’s hot tickets—sometimes nostalgia sells better than fresh prints.
• Cleaning up post-Thanksgiving may be less fun, but who else can say they clean up while sipping wine?
• The Manel Awards: proving the collectible world thrives on creativity—who knew awards could be as exciting as the cards?

Who speaks in this episode?

• Ryan Alford (Host) · 13 min speaking
• Brian Luen (Guest) · 8 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Collectibles.show, Brian Luen, Lux
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Otani, Evan Parker, Manel Awards
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Lex
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Collectibles.show
5. 20:00 – 20:51: Collectibles.show

Notable quotes from "Thanksgiving Card Rips, NFL Predictions & Hobby News You Need Today"

• Hello and welcome to Trading Cards and Collectibles here on the Radcast Network. Always powered by LUX. Always powered by Brian Luen. What's up, Brian?

  about Brian Luen · at 0:54

• It is. Hey, teamwork makes the dream work. Collectibles.show is where you'll find all of the channels and learn more about what we're doing. And ultimately, hey, we want to hear from you. You do case hits at.

  about Collectibles.show · at 4:15

• What's happening with the Manel Awards?

  about Manel Awards · at 5:06

• Category and then one's a player. I don't I Okay, I'll take Otani. I don't know.

  about Otani · at 7:10

• Collectibles. But, if you're on the list, congratulations. it means something. But, as a show powered by Lex and because they're the best scanning card app on the planet, we're going to vote for them. And we did a thousand times.

  about Lex · at 11:09

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Brian Luen — Person · Co-host / recurring on-air partner · 1 mention · first at 1:00
  He co-leads the conversation, shares hobby analytics (scan volume, sport mix), and discusses products and market dynamics with Ryan.
• Otani — Person · Referenced athlete (baseball star; product tie-in) · 1 mention · first at 7:15
  Referenced as a top athlete and as the subject of a Topps '50/50' product; also used as an example of a desirable card (Ohtani Flawless).
• Evan Parker — Person · Referenced hobby organizer/awards figure · 1 mention · first at 5:27
  Credited as a key person behind the 'Manel Awards' and described as doing things the right way; mentioned to validate the awards' credibility.
  It's it's just it's just a great thing for the hobby. Evan does Evan Parker is a great guy and does you know does things the right way. but it's super interesting because I mean we could go through and we could pick our.

Places & events

• Manel Awards — Event · Key argument · 1 mention · first at 5:06
  Discussed as an important event in the trading card hobby, with various categories and nominations.

Sponsors

• Collectibles.show — Company · Sponsor · 4 mentions · first at 4:16
  Promoted as the platform for the podcast and a hub for trading card enthusiasts to share their collections.
• Lux — Company · Sponsor · 1 mention · first at 1:00
  Highlighted as the power behind the podcast, with a focus on their scanning card app.
  Hello and welcome to Trading Cards and Collectibles here on the Radcast Network. Always powered by LUX. Always powered by Brian Luen. What's up, Brian?
• Lex — Company · Sponsor · 1 mention · first at 11:12
  Promoted as the best scanning card app on the planet, with features for tracking and selling cards.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 I wonder if a lot of people have hobby related traditions for Thanksgiving. I personally can't think of a better time than watching football, eating turkey, [clears throat] and ripping some packs.

0:09 Our scans go way up on Thanksgiving. Thursday, not so much, but Friday and Saturday, Sunday is probably our biggest days around Christmas. Also,

0:16 last year's quarterbacks are actually carrying this year. Drake May, Bicks, Hale Williams. They're getting a lot out of last year's class.

0:22 Panini locked into it. That was our last year printing and then Topps gets the seniors this year or juniors this year. done. Hoping for some 101 ones. Drake May or something. Be awesome, right? Sell that thing faster than I could beat that turkey leg. Welcome to the Trading Cards and Collectibles podcast on the Radcast Network. From Chasing Grails to Callin Bluffs and going inside the hobby. Are you ready to collect? Let's get at it. Here is your host, Ryan Alford. Hello and welcome to Trading Cards and Collectibles here on the Radcast Network. Always powered by LUX. Always powered by Brian Luen. What's up, Brian?

1:08 Hey, we got the Yeah, I know we do. We're really rocking the brand here. All that X all the time, baby.

1:18 I can't af I can't afford you anymore, man. You're moving up. the Kool-Aid, you know, man, I'm drinking it thick. Uh here on our Black Friday edition, we got no lines and no sales, so you know, you get it all for free no matter what if you tune in. So hopefully everyone has had a great turkey day. Uh we're thankful that you're listening wherever you are, whenever you are. You never know. That's always an interesting one, Brian. You never know when someone's listening,

1:47 but true, you you know, it's possible. um in full transparency because that's what we do here. We're transparent, you know. We're uh we live in the gray, but we're always transparent. Uh we we are recording this because we believe in celebrating family. We are recording this before Turkey Day, but we are going to talk through and, you know, be a laid-back episode. We'll see how long it goes. No matter how long it goes, we appreciate you for being here. We are thankful for all of our listeners so far. We appreciate everyone that's helped make this show a hit so far, even if our in our own minds.

2:27 And I'm I'm thankful for uh the opportunity to be on here with you, Ryan, and and your team and Bella. So, yeah, it's been it's been fun. And uh you know, we'll keep it going.

2:39 Exactly. What's happening? What What are some of We talked last week, you know, Thanksgiving's both of our favorites. I think somewhat of a sign of age for me. At least I I can admit that. Uh but it's also the the time that you get with family all around together being the same day every year. What's some of the favorite things you'll do on Thanksgiving?

2:59 Well, we do like we'll do my I have three brothers and all in Chicago. So on Thanksgiving, actually, we do kind of a smaller thing, just my family and kids. And then on Saturday we do family and friends.

3:15 Okay. And this year we're having 35 people Saturday. Good number. Two 25 pound turkeys.

3:23 And I just bought two cases of wine. Nice. So is this at the the Len Chatau? It is.

3:33 It's at the homestead. But no, it's always fun. I love Thanksgiving. Are you a Do you cook or do you have it prepared?

3:42 I buy I go to the liquor store and buy liquor. Yep. Because that's more important than food.

3:50 Yeah. I clean I clean I'm I'm the freaking best cleaner, man. At like everyone leaves at like midnight or whatever and I clean from like midnight to 1:30 and everything's done.

4:02 That's Hey, you got to have both ends. It's easy to do the prepare. you're in a good mood, having wine, but cleaning up is not fun, you know, so you got to have that too.

4:14 It's an important teammate. It is. Hey, teamwork makes the dream work. Collectibles.show is where you'll find all of the channels and learn more about what we're doing. And ultimately, hey, we want to hear from you. You do case hits at collectibles.show. We want you to send in your favorite pulls of the week. And here's the difference. This isn't about just value. Hey, we want to see some $10,000 hits. Had a couple of those myself a few months back. But it's not just about the value. It's about what you're collecting. What means something to you? Share a story. Share a video of you holding up the card that you hit last week that was your favorite player and you nailed it. So, case hits at collectibles.show. Send in those videos. I want to know the stories.

4:53 We're going to bring them to life here on the show. We're going to do a segment each week once we get rolling and get some videos in where we share that on the show with us. We want to feature you on Collectibles show.

5:06 What's happening uh with the Manel Awards? Well, the Manel Awards um close at on the 21st at midnight.

5:15 Um so that's already closed by the time we're airing the show. Um and it's getting a lot of cool press, you know. It's it's just it's just a great thing um for the hobby. Evan does Evan Parker is a great great guy and does you know does things the right way. Um but it's super interesting because I mean we could go through and we could pick our favorites

5:42 from the list. Um but there's a lot of a lot of categories. A lot more than I thought.

5:47 Yeah, I I think we should go through it. Uh, we've got I'll go I'll name the categories, but we got best sports card product, best nonsports card product, hobby shop. Hopefully both of ours will be on there next year. Best sold memorabilia and innovation or what was the innovation?

6:12 So those don't they have like best podcast also on there? Maybe they do. I don't know. my list. Uh I think they do have the best podcast. But as we've mentioned now, if you're even on the list, congratulations. You know, it's a big deal and and to get acknowledged and there's a lot of I don't know players in the game and lots of things going on. So, if you even make the list, I think you've you've won. I'm not usually a participation trophy guy, but I think for this one, I think I will uh admit that if you're on the list, that's that's an accomplishment. Let's look at some of these. We got best sports card product. So 2024 Tops Chrome update 2324 Upper Deck Cup 24 Panini NFL National Treasures 2024 Panini WNBA rookie royalty 2024 Tops 5050 Show Atami. That's interesting. We've got all these category and then one's a player. I don't I Okay, I'll take uh Otani. I don't know.

7:20 You might as well. He's the best at everything. Exactly. I think he plays all those other, you know, he plays all the sports now. He's now playing football, hockey, and uh WNBA basketball.

7:32 I mean, there's so many products. This is like it's it's really it's like if you had 16 kids and say, "Who's your favorite kid?" There's so many so much product. Yeah. I mean, I've heard people say this, but I haven't heard Panini. Has Panini come out and said, "We're just not gonna make without the license. We're not even going to make these anymore."

7:52 No, I think they I think they will. I mean, cuz I've been watching these breakers like I've mentioned Pac-Man last week, but Pac-Man like does his thing and he's been going, "This is the last Mosaic Football." And I'm like, "Are they not going to make it even if it's not licensed like next year?" I haven't heard that announcement. That's a tough one because like if you don't have the athletes, you don't have the players association, like what do you really have? I mean, I I think some of their top products can still stay alive. I mean, I have a a Otani Flawless and that's still a cool card, but you know, you can't really go too deep with with without the license.

8:29 So, yeah. Best non-sports card product. I'm just telling you, my boy. Well, you can hate on them all you want, but uh Gary Vee V be friends. I I'll take be friends for 500.

8:41 Me, too. Of course. Gary's doing big things and more motivated than anyone on the planet and trying to do the right things. And I think he is. And so, I don't know. I can show him.

8:53 He's got my boat. Uh hobby shop. H I haven't like It's hard because I just haven't I haven't been to most of

8:59 I've been to Bleecker. in New York and it's cool but it's kind of cool cuz you're in New York but it's not and I like those guys don't nobody come hating on me but it wasn't that destinationy you know it was just kind of a cool street in Manhattan

9:15 about three blocks from where I lived so [clears throat] it's cool but uh I don't know I think uh we got lots of opportunity with the uh let uh store within the stadium at the stadium uh looking at the stadium and you know badass store that it is. Uh did I say a cool store that you're open? The only Are you going to be the I think you are right. The only trading card store that's like overlooking a Major League Baseball team stadium. I don't know of any others, but might be one.

9:54 Card has some locations inside of arenas. So similar. But are they as uh awesome as yours? Let's be honest.

10:02 They have a different awesomeness. Their owner their owner is way more awesome than

10:06 I mean if you want to say Tom Brady's awesome. Okay. Yeah. Can't compete with that.

10:11 He has a goat. But no, it's cool. Lettuce card shop will make the list and we'll we'll carry up the rear with the most eclectic uh hometown spot here with Collectible Station. That'll be the goal at least for the next year or two.

10:26 Yeah, you'll do it. Uh yeah, those are Dude, that's what I do. You go big or go home baby.

10:32 Yeah. The uh Innovators Awards. I don't have all the list. Um I only have the um hopeful absolute without a doubt should winners um list, which Lex is on. Um

10:48 they got my vote, too. Yeah. Uh it's uh I don't know who else is in the category. I don't want to do them any disjustice. I mean, all look, if you're on this list, congratulations. Like, in all seriousness, like we we have fun. We're joking around. This is light-hearted uh Thanksgiving edition of Freddy Cards and Collectibles. But, uh if you're on the list, congratulations. You know, it means something. But, uh as a show powered by Lex um and because they're the best scanning card app on the planet, uh you know, we're going to vote for them. And we did a thousand times.

11:26 Why not? Uh when do they when do they get announced? Well, I saw sometime in December, but I'm not really sure.

11:34 Okay. The voting closes. They have to count the mail in votes. You know, they have to go to the super PACs, make sure [gasps]

11:44 and uh I am curious like I wonder if a lot of people have hobby related traditions for Thanksgiving, you know? I mean, I can't say I sit here and know that they do, but I'm sure some people do. Like the family football game.

11:57 Yeah, that and like that. Everybody watches the football game, but they but cards or you know something to do with collectibles that's related to it. Does that always save like packs to rip like we're talking about with the boys like setting that tradition? I don't know. You'd think so. A lot of family time sitting around. I mean I personally can't think of a better time than watching football, eating turkey and ripping some packs.

12:17 I think that you got to start that tradition. Well, we will for sure. But uh you can send us in some DMs. Let us know. We'll bring them up. Send us some pictures. need some p I need evidence like and hey nothing nothing salacious nothing don't get your behind

12:31 I'm sure there's our scans go way up on Thanksgiving it's do they oh it's insane Thursday Thursday not so much but Friday and Saturday Sunday is m probably our biggest days well around Christmas also

12:44 did you guys see pops with Pokemon with all the releases that have been happening yeah I mean have y'all seen any incre I would think you had to right

12:51 yeah they uh they kind of overtook basketball for a little bit and then basketball fell below. So, it's always it's it's it's baseball, football, and then Pokemon or or basketball. Um, and then they kind of it depends if like what product comes out

13:09 when the season's over like football season and then you've got just basketball for a little while or maybe like spring training or whatever, of course. But does basketball ever get close to the other sports? Like even in when those sports aren't in

13:24 they're they're like maybe 10% lower than football and football's like 30% lower than baseball. So it's it's kind of it's it's [clears throat] not like a huge gap.

13:32 But as a percentage of scans and roughly now you don't have the number and data sit in front of you, but roughly what percent of all scans is baseball?

13:41 Half. What? 40. 40% 40%. Yeah. And I mean that lines up with probably the hobby. And you know what? That's you know what's so crazy about that that I feel like I've got to get my baseball mojo back like and the World Series helped. I'll say that the whole World Series and the whole playoffs helped get me kind of the the baseball juices going again.

14:02 But I mean, you know, so football. Yeah, that gap is contingent on like this year it's going to be really shitty. Like I don't like that gap. Baseball always stays consistent. If you don't have a quarterback class, like last year was a great quarterback class. This year,

14:17 like I I see that gap between football and baseball becoming much larger next year.

14:23 Yeah, because you got Jackson Dart who's on a crappy team who's good, but you know, he he might be a star. I think he has a good shot at it, but he's on a crappy team, not getting the pub because, you know, that's if Scataboot stayed healthy and they could win some games and be like 500 that could have maybe fueled some of it. But that was like the worst thing that could happen to football with with Scataboo getting hurt and the Giants kind of sucking. So that those one two being in the New York market too could have really elevated a lot, you know. Yeah. Yeah. But I mean there were six quarterbacks in the top 10, I think, last last year.

14:59 This year, I don't think there's going to be one in the top 15. No, but you see that Drake May last year's quarterbacks are actually carrying this year.

15:11 Yeah. Drake May, Bon Knicks, Caleb Williams, Jaden's still popular even though he's hurt. I mean, that they're getting a lot out of last year's class. Oh yeah. No, it was a great I mean Panini l you know lucked into it you know that was our last year printing you know and then Topps gets you know gets the seniors this year or juniors this year.

15:32 Oh there you go. I'm hoping for some like 101 ones like yeah 101 uh Drake May or something would be awesome right now

15:40 and sell that thing faster than I could eat that turkey leg cuz it's uh it's getting that bump and I like drinking. is going to be good for a while, but uh still sell the hell out of that thing. Um so I got lots of options here. Maybe maybe we'll get lucky here. Get these on.

16:01 It's nice to have choices. Yes. Yes, we do. Um I'll never forget a good story. Like this was like just regular Don Rust, but these Don Rust mega boxes were really hot this year. And literally I walked in and they had they had lots of big hits in them and they had the optic previews and you had all the hot quarterbacks and I walked into like uh a sporting goods store. I won't name them because they need to be a sponsor. So I'm not gree pub Ryan. We don't give free pub here. Um unless your name's Len because you make the best on the planet. Um, and but in all seriousness, walked in and these things were like going for triple retail, like you know, like they're 45 $50 box. They were going for like 150 bucks, you know, like on the dark market. Some I don't know about it, but I heard there was one. Um, and the uh walked in and they just got in a case of these things and I became a scalper. I'll admit it. I bought every

17:03 one and that was the last Yeah, that was the last I got it for like $47 a box and I swear I looked them up like I could have walked out of the store and sold in the parking lot for like$125.

17:15 It's the weirdest thing with freaking retail and some of this when it gets hot. Anyway, this is the last box from that. I sold I think all of them and opened a bunch or did some breaks and then to save the last one. There's at least six downtowns in here loaded. Who knows? downtown Caleb Williams. Got him. And uh I do have some cool Caleb cards. That's probably my favorites. My Mike Baker did a grading on my uh uh color blast.

17:45 Oh, you got one? Yeah, Color Blast Nick Color Blast. That's on a break. I've got a Micro Mosaic Drake May. It's a really cool card. And

17:57 Oh, yeah. I I got a Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, that's a cool card. Yeah, I actually have two of your three of our last week's top players. I have uh a Bryce Young

18:09 Micro Mosaic and I've been holding on to rookie. Uh it's Greg May is obviously a rookie too. And so uh

18:17 these guys can keep playing well. I'd appreciate it. Can you make that happen, Brian? Brian,

18:21 just help the man out a little bit, man. Exactly. Uh what else we got? Anything else on this condensed Turkey Day edition? No man, I'm just you know like I said grateful for you know everything this country get lets us the opportunities to start companies like this to speak on freely on on podcast and uh you know it's just really a great time a year to just reflect on how lucky we are uh in this country uh to be born here and uh you know surround ourselves with wonderful people. So that's my that's my Thanksgiving

18:59 100%. Never forget how lucky we are and uh you know just don't take it for granted. I think we all do sometimes and just remember that and I don't know it's uh it's a wonderful time to be alive and to have uh a friend like you Brian. Appreciate you brother.

19:21 Back at you. Hey guys you to find us collectibles.show. You can find all the highlight clips, the full episode. We appreciate you. We really do. I mean, Ryan and I are having fun doing this, but we It doesn't happen if you're not listening. It probably would still happen if you weren't listening, but you know what? It helps. Uh at least for us to tell our wives, uh you know, why we're caring out time for it, that we actually do have listeners, uh and that uh you might go, uh support us in some way, shape, or form. But you want to support yourself, you just go to the App Store and you download that app.

19:54 this L Ude X. Get it, thank me later. Scan the cards. You'll put them into a collection that you can keep track of. You can immediately list them to eBay for sale. One of the sickest integrations on the planet with trading cards. You we talk about it. We're going to demo it next week. I promise that we're going to show you how slick it is. It's like it's really slick. But anyway, there's your teaser. I hope everybody has a great turkey day. Appreciate you, Brian, and can't wait. The best is yet to come. We'll see you next time on Trading Cards and Collectibles.

20:27 Thanks for tuning in to the show. Don't forget to follow us on your favorite podcast platform. And don't miss the full video version on YouTube. You can find us at www.collectibles.show or follow Ryan on Instagram at Ryan Olford. Now get out there and collect yours.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Thanksgiving Card Rips, NFL Predictions & Hobby News You Need Today"?

Ryan Alford (Host), Brian Luen (Guest).

What is "Thanksgiving Card Rips, NFL Predictions & Hobby News You Need Today" about?

The discussion focuses on hobby-related traditions during Thanksgiving, particularly the enjoyment of ripping card packs while watching NFL games. It highlights trends in the trading card market, noting the significant sales spikes during the holiday season, and discusses the performance and potential of last year's quarterback class, along with insights on industry plans from major…

What is mentioned in this Collector Nation episode?

7 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Brian Luen, Otani, Manel Awards, Evan Parker. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Thanksgiving Card Rips, NFL Predictions & Hobby News You Need Today"?

The episode runs 21 min; the transcript is about 3,787 words in 69 timestamped sections.

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