These three days you walked this show have been the most enlightening, the most entertaining, and the most digestible videos ever on this channel. I enjoyed the hell out of these videos. Pure magic.
Thanks for the multi-day footage of the show! I like the mashup of experiences with a big card show and other festivities. Javits Center is a nice looking venue, too. Too bad they missed on those VIP bags; probably lost a lot of current and future customers there. I’d definitely check out that card show sometime though, with such fantastic inventory showing up.
NEO, more like Nat Geo! I'm gonna need a David Attenborough type narration from now on in your POV cardshow videos... Hey, I didn't choose the bit, I chose it to be super-funny. Lol. Awesome coverage of this weekend for us who can't afford these types of shows!
I dont know where he got that number from. You could make $200 off a hobby and $20 off a blaster on the show floor. On Friday you could have got $30 off a blaster
I think it was a fair and thoughtful commentary on the show. Look forward to your newt video on it. Whomever Rubin has in charge of Fanatics should treat you well because I can tell you're good for the hobby. And have a great perspective on it and they can benefit a lot for insights from people like you.
Bro you're killing me w/ these videos. Love the Wild Kingdom quips about card collectors in their natural habitat, but nothing beat the Beckett comment in your prior video.
I live in NY and was only available to go on Sunday and got there at around 12. I noticed some dealers had signs up but hadn’t even set anything up for that day and other dealers started packing up at around 2, so I’m not sure how well dealers actually did. Next time, I’ll be going on Saturday.
Great job Neo !!!! Thank You !!!! Your analogy of those people racing for the exclusive Topps boxes was awesome !!! We have been to 24 Nationals and various Super Bowl and MLB and NBA All Star Game Fan Fests and have just about have seen everything when it comes to hobbyists behavior !!! Again Thank You !!!
That speed walking is to prevent people from trampling over each other. If they're speed walking you can at least prevent trampling and big issues. As for that grown men speed walking for $50, that is absolutely nothing. If you truly want to see something, the chaos at San Diego Comic Con when they open the doors daily is the real deal.
Thanks for the info. To me it looked more like a Mixed Sport Fan Fest than a card show. The facility looked great. I didnt see people sweating. No long food or bathroom lines. A $50 price tag to get in for one day seems a bit much. I can always go to a major card show in Philly for example and spend a lot less money on an entry fee (like $15) From what I saw the dealers tables looked pretty sparse as far as customer traffic. I can tell when dealers are sitting are their behinds that it is a bad show. It sounds like your goodie bag was terrible. The deal at the Topps table for "exclusive" wax that you can buy on Ebay for $50 more makes little sense to wait in line. Sounds like very few $5 boxes or $1 boxes. I didn't see a whole lot of wax either. I found your credit card comment interesting. So dealers are still wanting to deal in cash (and evading taxes). Anyway for the largest city in the country and the biggest sports fan base I think the emptiness was obvious. Maybe a show closer to Christmas makes more sense. This was too close to the National.
Cool video thank you for the updates. By the way, they dont open the doors all the way because its part of crowd control and not having everybody stampede in.
Maybe this will start to force dealers to take forms of payments that my local farmers market take. What Fanatics is doing to the LCS's I can see them modernizing the Card/Fans experiance shows.
Haven't been to an actual card show or national in well over 30 years, however, in 2024, extremely surprised by your comment that its STILL mostly a cash transaction based event. Not sure that makes the most sense for safety and security of everyone involved at these shows involving mass amounts of people and opportunity for those up to no good.
Cash business so they don't have to claim it on their taxes...every dealer scared of taxes and CC fee of 3%, since 3% to them is life changing, but yet you can have it for 20% off if you pay cash....does any dealer actually do math???
I look forward to seeing your comic con footage. Never been to one not really my thing but would love to see what it’s about. Check out the “vibes” as you would say but from my couch
@@NEO_Cards_Comicslol I figured that I live in New York upstate now but I’m from Brooklyn I understand just thought maybe you did lol. But thanks anyway
Those days of flipping wax boxes for a big profit are long gone. Prices on todays wax is so overinflated. 9 out of 10 things you buy today, you can buy cheaper in 3-6 months. Demand has fallen but prices and quantity have increased.
Rubin isn't trying to grow the hobby. He didn't even know the pricing of the admission tiers or what you even got for them during his CNBC interview. Here is what Rubin is focused on: When he says he wants to make a Comic Con for sports, believe him. The business strategy is clear at this point. Create a convention that can scale GLOBALLY across all sports; including sports entertainment. Rubin said he would like to do this in LA, Paris, China, and other global cities. And if you look at the other sports leagues, especially NBA and WWE, they want to increase their global footprint and expand the number of fans that engage with their sports. Not just watch and attend games, but also gamble and buy merchandise for the leagues. If you think about it, sports cards are just a small part of the merchandise subsegment. And of the different revenue lines, it's probably one of the smallest and biggest headache to manage. Rubin provides value to the leagues with Fanatics Fest because he's able to scale what they cannot. He can bring together fans across multiple sporting leagues in one place at each event at a cheaper price than it would cost to do the same for each league on their own. So the NBA and other sports leagues have their All Star weekends that they use to promote sports in one city each year. It's too expensive to do so in multiple cities because of the cost. But with Fanatics Fest they can do so in multiple cities each year across multiple countries. Or so the vision and business plan goes. And for the WWE the sell is that they can peal off fans to watch them from other sports leagues easily at events like these. When you think about everything I just wrote, how important do you think sports cards were to this? Beyond subsidizing the cost of the event because of sports cards collectors and dealers paying up to attend, what really is the value to Fanatics and the sports leagues? In terms of money and profit it's nowhere near the value that tv deals, gating revenues, and gambling revenues generate for them. Not even close.
Expected to get screwed on the Travis Scott cards but I couldn’t even find the rat t-shirt to buy? Was that vip only? Tried to buy a Kobe card at the veefriends booth but they didn’t take credit cards for higher end cards 🤷♂️
Maybe I missed it but how busy was the CGC booth? I know you said Beckett was dead and PSA was busy. Just curious if the new partnership with JSA is drawing more interest from the sports card community.
I think I am done going to the Nationals. Have not seen any significant innovation the years I’ve gone. It looks like Fanatics Fest is the Event to go to now. I imagine they will only get bigger.
so glad Michael Rubin wasted everyones time with this bull shit event. This is a golden rule, more does not = more. Rubin is on his last bucket list wish, so athletes, rappers and influencers are ripping him off
@@NEO_Cards_Comics I didn't but from what I could see, its trying to cram everything into 1. If your going to be about sports cards, than be about sports cards
@@ryanadonis you’re totally missing the point. He’s trying to GROW the hobby . If you have just another card show guess who’s coming ? People already in sports cards. He wants things to attract non sports cards people in and then show them the hobby
Rubin isn't trying to grow the hobby. He didn't even know the pricing of the admission tiers or what you even got for them during his CNBC interview. Here is what Rubin is focused on: When he says he wants to make a Comic Con for sports, believe him. The business strategy is clear at this point. Create a convention that can scale GLOBALLY across all sports; including sports entertainment. Rubin said he would like to do this in LA, Paris, China, and other global cities. And if you look at the other sports leagues, especially NBA and WWE, they want to increase their global footprint and expand the number of fans that engage with their sports. Not just watch and attend games, but also gamble and buy merchandise for the leagues. If you think about it, sports cards are just a small part of the merchandise subsegment. And of the different revenue lines, it's probably one of the smallest and biggest headache to manage. Rubin provides value to the leagues with Fanatics Fest because he's able to scale what they cannot. He can bring together fans across multiple sporting leagues in one place at each event at a cheaper price than it would cost to do the same for each league on their own. So the NBA and other sports leagues have their All Star weekends that they use to promote sports in one city each year. It's too expensive to do so in multiple cities because of the cost. But with Fanatics Fest they can do so in multiple cities each year across multiple countries. Or so the vision and business plan goes. And for the WWE the sell is that they can peal off fans to watch them from other sports leagues easily at events like these. When you think about everything I just wrote, how important do you think sports cards were to this? Beyond subsidizing the cost of the event because of sports cards collectors and dealers paying up to attend, what really is the value to Fanatics and the sports leagues? In terms of money and profit it's nowhere near the value that tv deals, gating revenues, and gambling revenues generate for them. Not even close.
These three days you walked this show have been the most enlightening, the most entertaining, and the most digestible videos ever on this channel. I enjoyed the hell out of these videos. Pure magic.
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Thanks for the multi-day footage of the show! I like the mashup of experiences with a big card show and other festivities. Javits Center is a nice looking venue, too. Too bad they missed on those VIP bags; probably lost a lot of current and future customers there. I’d definitely check out that card show sometime though, with such fantastic inventory showing up.
NEO, more like Nat Geo! I'm gonna need a David Attenborough type narration from now on in your POV cardshow videos... Hey, I didn't choose the bit, I chose it to be super-funny. Lol. Awesome coverage of this weekend for us who can't afford these types of shows!
Make it make sense....people standing in line for Topps Chrome to make $50? That meteor can't hit soon enough
It’s basically an easier minimum wage job at that point
@@alessandrorossi1294 gen admission was $50 a day to get in lol.
I dont know where he got that number from. You could make $200 off a hobby and $20 off a blaster on the show floor. On Friday you could have got $30 off a blaster
the zebra / hyena analogy was fantastic lol
I think it was a fair and thoughtful commentary on the show. Look forward to your newt video on it. Whomever Rubin has in charge of Fanatics should treat you well because I can tell you're good for the hobby. And have a great perspective on it and they can benefit a lot for insights from people like you.
Bro you're killing me w/ these videos. Love the Wild Kingdom quips about card collectors in their natural habitat, but nothing beat the Beckett comment in your prior video.
I live in NY and was only available to go on Sunday and got there at around 12. I noticed some dealers had signs up but hadn’t even set anything up for that day and other dealers started packing up at around 2, so I’m not sure how well dealers actually did. Next time, I’ll be going on Saturday.
Great job Neo !!!! Thank You !!!! Your analogy of those people racing for the exclusive Topps boxes was awesome !!! We have been to 24 Nationals and various Super Bowl and MLB and NBA All Star Game Fan Fests and have just about have seen everything when it comes to hobbyists behavior !!! Again Thank You !!!
That speed walking is to prevent people from trampling over each other. If they're speed walking you can at least prevent trampling and big issues. As for that grown men speed walking for $50, that is absolutely nothing. If you truly want to see something, the chaos at San Diego Comic Con when they open the doors daily is the real deal.
This was a good show for us may actually mean we kept ourselves in Fanatics good graces.
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The WWE booth was like the Marvel booth at NYCC
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Thanks for the info. To me it looked more like a Mixed Sport Fan Fest than a card show. The facility looked great. I didnt see people sweating. No long food or bathroom lines. A $50 price tag to get in for one day seems a bit much. I can always go to a major card show in Philly for example and spend a lot less money on an entry fee (like $15) From what I saw the dealers tables looked pretty sparse as far as customer traffic. I can tell when dealers are sitting are their behinds that it is a bad show. It sounds like your goodie bag was terrible. The deal at the Topps table for "exclusive" wax that you can buy on Ebay for $50 more makes little sense to wait in line. Sounds like very few $5 boxes or $1 boxes. I didn't see a whole lot of wax either. I found your credit card comment interesting. So dealers are still wanting to deal in cash (and evading taxes). Anyway for the largest city in the country and the biggest sports fan base I think the emptiness was obvious. Maybe a show closer to Christmas makes more sense. This was too close to the National.
NEO love this style of content. Keep up the good work.
rubin walked right by you at 16:00 lol
Cool video thank you for the updates. By the way, they dont open the doors all the way because its part of crowd control and not having everybody stampede in.
Thanks for sharing these videos.
Do you think all the shows are keeping online prices down?
Circle Back to the Flight Deck. Thanks Top Gun.
Maybe this will start to force dealers to take forms of payments that my local farmers market take. What Fanatics is doing to the LCS's I can see them modernizing the Card/Fans experiance shows.
yep, it is easier to wait before entering. There's no rush
Haven't been to an actual card show or national in well over 30 years, however, in 2024, extremely surprised by your comment that its STILL mostly a cash transaction based event. Not sure that makes the most sense for safety and security of everyone involved at these shows involving mass amounts of people and opportunity for those up to no good.
Cash business so they don't have to claim it on their taxes...every dealer scared of taxes and CC fee of 3%, since 3% to them is life changing, but yet you can have it for 20% off if you pay cash....does any dealer actually do math???
NEO, good meeting you and yes I did activate my speed walking skills a few times 😂.
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Thanks NEO, good tuff
I look forward to seeing your comic con footage. Never been to one not really my thing but would love to see what it’s about. Check out the “vibes” as you would say but from my couch
I have one question NEO well two but the same ! How was trying to find a parking spot and price of parking?
You don’t drive into nyc
@@NEO_Cards_Comicslol I figured that I live in New York upstate now but I’m from Brooklyn I understand just thought maybe you did lol. But thanks anyway
We stayed at a hotel a couple blocks away zero chance I was going to drive into the city
Funny. If they were flipping the boxes for $50 profit that would mean they were selling them for $400. When will we be able to pay that on eBay?
Those days of flipping wax boxes for a big profit are long gone. Prices on todays wax is so overinflated. 9 out of 10 things you buy today, you can buy cheaper in 3-6 months. Demand has fallen but prices and quantity have increased.
Rubin isn't trying to grow the hobby. He didn't even know the pricing of the admission tiers or what you even got for them during his CNBC interview. Here is what Rubin is focused on: When he says he wants to make a Comic Con for sports, believe him. The business strategy is clear at this point. Create a convention that can scale GLOBALLY across all sports; including sports entertainment. Rubin said he would like to do this in LA, Paris, China, and other global cities. And if you look at the other sports leagues, especially NBA and WWE, they want to increase their global footprint and expand the number of fans that engage with their sports. Not just watch and attend games, but also gamble and buy merchandise for the leagues. If you think about it, sports cards are just a small part of the merchandise subsegment. And of the different revenue lines, it's probably one of the smallest and biggest headache to manage. Rubin provides value to the leagues with Fanatics Fest because he's able to scale what they cannot. He can bring together fans across multiple sporting leagues in one place at each event at a cheaper price than it would cost to do the same for each league on their own. So the NBA and other sports leagues have their All Star weekends that they use to promote sports in one city each year. It's too expensive to do so in multiple cities because of the cost. But with Fanatics Fest they can do so in multiple cities each year across multiple countries. Or so the vision and business plan goes. And for the WWE the sell is that they can peal off fans to watch them from other sports leagues easily at events like these. When you think about everything I just wrote, how important do you think sports cards were to this? Beyond subsidizing the cost of the event because of sports cards collectors and dealers paying up to attend, what really is the value to Fanatics and the sports leagues? In terms of money and profit it's nowhere near the value that tv deals, gating revenues, and gambling revenues generate for them. Not even close.
Sports merchandise monopoly fest is more accurate
A lot of Window Shoppers
8:05 FOMO is real
Shout out to the kid at 12:05 with the customized Brady Expos jersey.
Oh, another one at 14:26 ... perhaps fanatics was selling them at the event?
It’s just like listening to Attenborough narrate this …
Fanatics Fest Looks like its going to be a big deal every year from now on :)
This is a high end Nationals😮
What were dealers paying for cards if they were buying percentage wise?
No idea didn’t try to sell.
Expected to get screwed on the Travis Scott cards but I couldn’t even find the rat t-shirt to buy? Was that vip only? Tried to buy a Kobe card at the veefriends booth but they didn’t take credit cards for higher end cards 🤷♂️
Who tries to buy cards with a Credit Card?
Is Gary pumping Veefriends again?
Lol 😂
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Maybe I missed it but how busy was the CGC booth? I know you said Beckett was dead and PSA was busy. Just curious if the new partnership with JSA is drawing more interest from the sports card community.
I think I am done going to the Nationals. Have not seen any significant innovation the years I’ve gone. It looks like Fanatics Fest is the Event to go to now. I imagine they will only get bigger.
You'll be flying to Paris and Asia soon
so glad Michael Rubin wasted everyones time with this bull shit event. This is a golden rule, more does not = more. Rubin is on his last bucket list wish, so athletes, rappers and influencers are ripping him off
Did you attend the event because it was far from a waste of time?
@@NEO_Cards_Comics I didn't but from what I could see, its trying to cram everything into 1. If your going to be about sports cards, than be about sports cards
@@ryanadonis you’re totally missing the point. He’s trying to GROW the hobby . If you have just another card show guess who’s coming ? People already in sports cards. He wants things to attract non sports cards people in and then show them the hobby
It’s suppose to be everything…… that’s the entire point. How much of SDCC and NYCC is actually about just comics.
Rubin isn't trying to grow the hobby. He didn't even know the pricing of the admission tiers or what you even got for them during his CNBC interview. Here is what Rubin is focused on: When he says he wants to make a Comic Con for sports, believe him. The business strategy is clear at this point. Create a convention that can scale GLOBALLY across all sports; including sports entertainment. Rubin said he would like to do this in LA, Paris, China, and other global cities. And if you look at the other sports leagues, especially NBA and WWE, they want to increase their global footprint and expand the number of fans that engage with their sports. Not just watch and attend games, but also gamble and buy merchandise for the leagues. If you think about it, sports cards are just a small part of the merchandise subsegment. And of the different revenue lines, it's probably one of the smallest and biggest headache to manage. Rubin provides value to the leagues with Fanatics Fest because he's able to scale what they cannot. He can bring together fans across multiple sporting leagues in one place at each event at a cheaper price than it would cost to do the same for each league on their own. So the NBA and other sports leagues have their All Star weekends that they use to promote sports in one city each year. It's too expensive to do so in multiple cities because of the cost. But with Fanatics Fest they can do so in multiple cities each year across multiple countries. Or so the vision and business plan goes. And for the WWE the sell is that they can peal off fans to watch them from other sports leagues easily at events like these. When you think about everything I just wrote, how important do you think sports cards were to this? Beyond subsidizing the cost of the event because of sports cards collectors and dealers paying up to attend, what really is the value to Fanatics and the sports leagues? In terms of money and profit it's nowhere near the value that tv deals, gating revenues, and gambling revenues generate for them. Not even close.
looks like a bust
would have been cool if you said out loud the dogs are barking then loudly go WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF in the middle of fanatics fest