The Official 2020 TLA NRL Traders thread.

Also in case you get confused.. Best and Less are already selling the other series for 2020.

DMC said:

Also in case you get confused.. Best and Less are already selling the other series for 2020.

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do you have a copy of the checklist by any chance

A question to all. I am putting together the full product breakdown on my website and having a little trouble getting my head around the full breakdown. If you can confirm below if I am correct and also answer some unknowns I have.

Variations of Startoons are all found in starter packs and not boxes ( Yellow, Green, Pink and Black )

There are three variations of Street Art ( Normal, Black ) found in boxes and Bronze.
Where are the bronze street are found and what are the odds ?
Do the black version have a limited to number ?

Where are the League Leaders found ?

Are there 3 variations of the League Leaders ( Bronze, Silver and Gold ) and if so where are they found and what are the odds ?

Thanks in advance for your help

Gameday Online said:

A question to all. I am putting together the full product breakdown on my website and having a little trouble getting my head around the full breakdown. If you can confirm below if I am correct and also answer some unknowns I have.

Variations of Startoons are all found in starter packs and not boxes ( Yellow, Green, Pink and Black )

There are three variations of Street Art ( Normal, Black ) found in boxes and Bronze.
Where are the bronze street are found and what are the odds ?
Do the black version have a limited to number ?

Where are the League Leaders found ?

Are there 3 variations of the League Leaders ( Bronze, Silver and Gold ) and if so where are they found and what are the odds ?

Thanks in advance for your help

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Bronze street art are found in priority boxes numbered to 30 (1:box along with 1 club hero parallel)

league leaders are found in "hobby" Starter packs

DMC said:

Also in case you get confused.. Best and Less are already selling the other series for 2020.

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wow that was quick

Gameday Online said:

A question to all. I am putting together the full product breakdown on my website and having a little trouble getting my head around the full breakdown. If you can confirm below if I am correct and also answer some unknowns I have.

Variations of Startoons are all found in starter packs and not boxes ( Yellow, Green, Pink and Black )

There are three variations of Street Art ( Normal, Black ) found in boxes and Bronze.
Where are the bronze street are found and what are the odds ?
Do the black version have a limited to number ?

Where are the League Leaders found ?

Are there 3 variations of the League Leaders ( Bronze, Silver and Gold ) and if so where are they found and what are the odds ?

Thanks in advance for your help

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yes startoons are correct. Found only in retail starter packs.
Bronze Street art are found in priority boxes only ( i think 40 cases) 1 in each box. numbered out of 30.

League leaders are found only in hobby starter packs, dealer stocks only.
yes 3 variations. Gold #100, Silver limited to 400 and Bronze limited to 620

left side are parallels
Top right is common
Bottom right is gold
Same players as regular traders????

Leith Holding said:

Or they are numbered to 37 but they’ve decided to hold back a card (Like the Select 2s) and the 36 just happens to be that card...

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they can hold back as many 36 cards as they want.
Im done, 2019 was my last year, 50 years worth of collecting.

bigrob2307 said:

Nah Redline for me. Too many GTSs get stolen Be spewing but at least you didn’t still own it i suppose

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Í 've got ist dibbs on my old mans redline, never drives it except to take it in for a service.

saintsforever said:

they can hold back as many 36 cards as they want.
Im done, 2019 was my last year, 50 years worth of collecting.

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I'm starting to feel this way in 2020. Went through the motions last year and now with all the parallels etc and what looks like more parallels in the Best & Less 2020 set, I think I'm close to done.

And further, my biggest dislike, already there are bulk lots of Traders for sale at $30, $50, $80 (less than $1 per card).

Aside from the parallels in Priority, the values will drop so quickly again.

Not a fan of the pilfering of newsagent starters for financial gain either. By all means, but a mini case and if you hit a few numbered Startoons, go nuts. Driving from shop to shop, searching starters and selling all numbered hits, not my thing, can’t get behind it.

I'm lucky I have a dealer who has looked after me for many years to keep me going.

And two sons who have the NRL / cricket card bug big time now...so much of what I do is for them now.

Brendan_B said:

And further, my biggest dislike, already there are bulk lots of Traders for sale at $30, $50, $80 (less than $1 per card).

Aside from the parallels in Priority, the values will drop so quickly again.

Not a fan of the pilfering of newsagent starters for financial gain either. By all means, but a mini case and if you hit a few numbered Startoons, go nuts. Driving from shop to shop, searching starters and selling all numbered hits, not my thing, can’t get behind it.

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I’m not even confident that the Parallel variants in the Priority boxes will hold value... Seems a bizarre statement given that they are /15 and /30 etc but we’ll see.

saintsforever said:

Í 've got ist dibbs on my old mans redline, never drives it except to take it in for a service.

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haha nice. i couldnt let it sit and not drive it lol

I give up... my head hurts from all the variation and what comes form where

The Mad Hatter said:

I'm starting to feel this way in 2020. Went through the motions last year and now with all the parallels etc and what looks like more parallels in the Best & Less 2020 set, I think I'm close to done.

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I know how you feel.That,s why im only collecting retirement cards.And thats it.

Brendan_B said:

And further, my biggest dislike, already there are bulk lots of Traders for sale at $30, $50, $80 (less than $1 per card).

Aside from the parallels in Priority, the values will drop so quickly again.

Not a fan of the pilfering of newsagent starters for financial gain either. By all means, but a mini case and if you hit a few numbered Startoons, go nuts. Driving from shop to shop, searching starters and selling all numbered hits, not my thing, can’t get behind it.

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alot of the newsagents local to me have them behind the counter either piled up or hanging to stop the searchers

Sharky said:

alot of the newsagents local to me have them behind the counter either piled up or hanging to stop the searchers

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They must be the exception!! Last year my local tried this and had buyers refuse to take random starters off the wall.

When the hobby hits a stage where ‘collectors’ bust to make $$, there is something very wrong.

TLA should put a frosted coating on the plastic so you can’t see what you are getting.

From memory, the ST /100 were about 1:18 or 19 starter packs. I am not sure if this is still the case as the production run on them might have gone up or down. In any case, when you see someone with multiple numbered ST you know what they are doing.

Brendan_B said:

They must be the exception!! Last year my local tried this and had buyers refuse to take random starters off the wall.

When the hobby hits a stage where ‘collectors’ bust to make $$, there is something very wrong.

TLA should put a frosted coating on the plastic so you can’t see what you are getting.

From memory, the ST /100 were about 1:18 or 19 starter packs. I am not sure if this is still the case as the production run on them might have gone up or down. In any case, when you see someone with multiple numbered ST you know what they are doing.

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they should just put them in a wrapper can just be a plain silver wrapper, but this would protect the card and stop searchers

I've been warning my locals about this and the majority are now keeping packs behind shelves. They don't wanr to lose sales becausec of searched packs.