Image Variation

Where it was sold

Retail

How we know: a source states this channel exclusively.

Applies to

the Box Topper Memorabilia Rookies set

Notes

THIS TIER IS RENDERED BY tcdb INSIDE ITS BASE SET'S OWN SID RATHER THAN AS A SEPARATE SID. https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/176612/2017-18-Panini-Threads-Box-Topper-Memorabilia-Rookies?sort=0 renders 50 rows over 25 distinct numbers, the extra 25 carrying the literal token "VAR" and either a b suffix (BTR-CSWa / BTR-CSWb) or a repeated bare code; confirmed on a second differently-parameterised fetch at https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/176612/2017-18-Panini-Threads-Box-Topper-Memorabilia-Rookies . sportscardchecklist lists it as its own set, "2017-18 Panini Threads Box Topper Memorabilia Rookies Image Variation (25 Cards)" (https://www.sportscardchecklist.com/sport-basketball/year-2017-18/index-panini-threads/trading-card-checklists-and-product-information), and cardboardconnection carries an unscoped "Image Variation" entry (https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2017-18-panini-threads-basketball-nba-cards). PRINT RUN REFUSED: no row of sid 176612 carries any token beginning with "SN" on either fetch, but that is NOT a within-sid discriminative test - the non-variation rows of the same sid are equally tokenless, so the reading cannot separate "this tier is unnumbered" from "tcdb records no numbering for this sid". No source states a run either. UNKNOWN/UNKNOWN with a gap, rather than writing unnumbered off an absence (EXTRACTION_SPEC 3.2, direction-neutral rule). An eBay listing that would have corroborated the tier (https://www.ebay.com/itm/134542514879) was REJECTED: its title is "2017-18 Panini Threads - Box Topper Rookie Memorabilia Jayson Tatum #BTR-JTT (MEM, RC)" and carries the tcdb flag string "(MEM, RC)" verbatim. CHANNEL: two INDEPENDENT exclusivity statements cover the whole product, so CAV-010 exclusivity is earned on every row here. cardboardconnection: "Scaling back, 2017-18 Panini Threads Basketball offers one jumbo box topper memorabilia card per box in a retail-exclusive format." (https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2017-18-panini-threads-basketball-nba-cards). Panini America, first-party and off that lineage: "Panini America's retail-only 2017-18 Threads Basketball is starting to arrive on store shelves right about now (primarily Target locations nationwide)" (https://blog.paniniamerica.net/panini-americas-2017-18-threads-basketball-delivers-games-biggest-memorabilia-cards/). No channel_sku is written: the two retailers that stock the single box configuration title it differently ("5x7 Jumbo Jersey Blaster Box" at dacardworld, "5x7 Jumbo Jersey Box" at steelcitycollectibles), and a box SKU resting on one retailer's product title is not sourced. Gap opened.