2017/18 Revolution basketball is one of those rare products where I’m not overly concerned with the ROI because it’s such a unique + fun break. My boys love chasing the set and some of the parallel’s for their favorite teams. That alone makes this product a win. But… that’s not good enough! We need to know how to approach this product and if there is a good ROI possibility. So…. we take care of it for you. Read the details below, watch the video of the product, and decide if it’s a good investment.

What is this product about?

First off, here is the PRODUCT PAGE — find real-time pricing for boxes here!

This is a parallel collector’s dream. There are 9 different parallels + base — 6 are NOT #’d. It truly is the High Tek of basketball…and it delivers some absolutely beautiful cards for your collection.

Each box has 8 packs w/5 cards. Expect to see the following in a box:

• 24 Base
• 7-8 Parallels
• 1-2 #’d Parallel’s or Auto
• 5 Inserts
• 3 RC’s

Don’t be upset if you don’t get that Auto…. these are the icing. You are chasing the parallels… here they are:

Box / Case Break:

Before you purchase the product OR jump into a break, check out this video. Here is a quick box opening + overview of Case Hits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsAsLshoOs8&feature=youtu.be

As mentioned in the video, this was a mediocre break. Outside of the Lonzo Ball Auto + Collins Galactic it was just….meh. But….. I think this is still a very good product for the money. Check out the breakdown of our case with the updated AVERAGE SALES PRICE per parallel:

There are obviously lots of variables to consider when looking over potential sales. When I take the average sales price, I look at the LAST WEEK of sales and I remove any outliers that I can. I’m also not including potential revenue from BASE sales.

You will get ALMOST 2 complete BASE SETS and 80-90% of a RC set. That is likely another $100 in revenue.

With that in mind, our case should yield us the following:

So, if you hit 7 AUTO’s and 1 GALACTIC you could potentially pay for half of your case…based on average sales prices. The diversity of the cards + singles average sales price is what makes this product so intriguing. It’s one of the lower-risk products for the lowest risk sport (basketball).

OUR HITS

Here are some pics of our best hits.

If you want to purchase any of them, head to our eBay page HERE

RISKS

Biggest

The big problem with this years Revolution is the absolutely horrendous coalition. I had 4-5 players where I hit 3-6 of their parallels. When you are only getting 10-15 TOTAL of some parallels, this is a bad sign. Fortunately my lucky players were Jordan Bell, Zhou Qi, and Josh Hart.

But, there was a couple of instances where I pulled 3 of the same player in ONE BOX — 1 base + 2 parallels. No one complains when you are seeing that with Lonzo Ball + Tatum…. but my goodness, it makes completing a set almost unfeasible.

Also consider…

Folks still don’t know how to price some of these parallels. For instance, Fractal‘s are harder to pull then Cosmic & Sunburst but yet they sell for 50% of the price. This presents a golden opportunity for collectors to snatch up rare parallels for key players, but it makes it difficult to fully realize the value of this product.

Final Thoughts

I love this product. If you are looking for a basketball product to jump into don’t look any further. It provides a ton of entertainment, potential for huge hits, and a solid amount of ROI. If you can afford to grab a mini case ($600 ish) then that’s the route I would take, but single boxes @ $60 are hard to beat!

FINAL ROI

We will update this post with the final ROI #’s over the next few days. We may even add a few more boxes to the total to see if we prove out our pricing theory. 🙂

Please leave your comments below or jump into the Forum to discuss this with fellow collectors!

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