Hobby Chat with Karvin Cheung (@Karvinc)

Link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/j-ibp5QAl8k

Original Airdate: November 7th, 2020

Joining me on the channel this time will be Karvin Cheung (@Karvinc), a long-time collector, an industry veteran with a resume including Upper Deck, Panini, the creation and design for The Cup in hockey, Exquisite, and Immaculate.

Today he works on the distribution end as the Director of Business Development for GTS Sports.

He has a wealth of knowledge and experience that opens the door for a variety of insights on the current and past hobby. What does he think of the current market? What else is catching his eye?

If this is the first time you're checking out the channel thanks for watching!

For some more background on Karvin, check out his discussion with Jeremy from Sports Cards live back in April:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmlfO4Q777Q

Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Start of Stream / Karvin the Collector

00:12:30 Starting to work for Upper Deck and Manufacturing side

00:34:30 Differences between his role at Panini versus UD

00:37:24 Any players that were difficult to get autographs for?

00:48:30 What were the differences in Immaculate vs Exquisite, the Cup and other premium brands he did?

00:53:10 Continuation / Discussion of Elements of Card Set Design

01:07:56 Concept of “Value” in Card Set Design and production

01:17:49 Could we use “technology” cards to reduce reliance of game-used?

01:23:25 Game Used vs “Player worn”

01:40:42 Creating variation in card sets over time

02:07:46 Talking Kaboom cards and comic style cards

02:12:35 Briefly discussing the differences in “Kids” Products vs what sells

02:27:18 Are manufacturer’s pushing the envelope

02:44:01 Bringing back older designs / General chat

03:10:47 What is the role of the Distributor?

03:15:22 What has changed in the market since April?

03:22:56 Discussing WWE (and a little UFC) Products

04:01:21 Is Karvin concerned about anything with the current market? / Market Psychology

04:31:08 Product or Insert idea that he liked, but didn’t work out

04:37:08 Karvin shows off some Champs auto cards that didn’t make production

04:42:35 Story about Kawhi Leonard / General Talk

05:04:25 Quick points on unlicensed products / Unopened product

05:11:46 Crosby Prospects vs Ovechkin and other players / End of Stream

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