Image Variation

Where it was sold

Retail

How we know: a source states this channel exclusively.

Applies to

the Box Topper Memorabilia set

Notes

EXISTENCE IS SOURCED; THE PRINT RUN IS NOT, AND tcdb DOES NOT CARRY THIS TIER AT ALL. sportscardchecklist lists "2017-18 Panini Threads Box Topper Memorabilia Image Variations (25 Cards)" (https://www.sportscardchecklist.com/sport-basketball/year-2017-18/index-panini-threads/trading-card-checklists-and-product-information) and its set page (https://www.sportscardchecklist.com/set-146202/2017-18-panini-threads-box-topper-memorabilia-image-variations-basketball-trading-card-checklist) renders a 25-name roster that is exactly the Box Topper Memorabilia roster (Grant Hill, Ricky Rubio, Jameer Nelson, Gordon Hayward, Larry Bird, Rudy Gobert, Nikola Vucevic, Andrew Wiggins, Rodney Hood, Zach LaVine, Brook Lopez, Dirk Nowitzki, Noah Vonleh, Derrick Favors, John Wall, Carmelo Anthony, Kris Dunn, Karl-Anthony Towns, Shaquille O'Neal, Gorgui Dieng, Kenneth Faried, Kevin Garnett, Kyrie Irving, Kobe Bryant, Damian Lillard), so the roster match is a real check and not a name match. cardboardconnection's parallel list carries an unscoped "Image Variation" entry with no print run (https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2017-18-panini-threads-basketball-nba-cards). AGAINST that: tcdb sid 176610 renders 25 rows and NO "VAR" token on any of them, on two differently-parameterised fetches (https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/176610/2017-18-Panini-Threads-Box-Topper-Memorabilia and https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/176610/2017-18-Panini-Threads-Box-Topper-Memorabilia?sort=0). So the tier is recorded as single-source and its print run is UNKNOWN: no source states one, and an editorial checklist omitting a figure is not a statement of fact (EXTRACTION_SPEC 2.1). Gap opened. 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.