The Hobby Is Supposed To Be Fun Right?

I have to be honest; I have done nothing but trash Fanatics since they took over Topps and then took over all of the licenses. On top of that, they also created what I consider a hobby into a money pit. It's all about the hits, it's all about the flipping, it's all about the money.

"the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil," as the saying goes from the Bible. I feel like there has been a dark cloud over the hobby since they took over and sadly their reign of terror doesn't end any time soon. If anything, they will only get stronger.

Despite this, there has been one tiny mini happy spot for me with Fanatics/Topps and it has nothing to do with their sports cards. They have however made some decent non-sport cards with strong autograph checklists. 

One of their latest releases, 2026 Topps Chrome Disney included a celebration of one of my favorite cartoons of all-time, Darkwing Duck.

I have been counting down for weeks and once I saw that he was on the checklist for this product, I knew I had to have as much as I could. Fast forward to release day yesterday, and I finished the entire 35th Anniversary insert set in a day by using eBay gift cards and searching for cheap deals. I will share those once they arrive.

Here was the checklist,

Darkwing Duck 35th Anniversary Checklist
10 cards.

Parallels:
Orange Refractor /25
Black Refractor /10
Red Refractor /5
SuperFractor 1/1

DD-1 Darkwing Duck
DD-2 Drake Mallard
DD-3 Gosalyn Mallard
DD-4 Gizmoduck
DD-5 Launchpad McQuack
DD-6 Splatter Phoenix
DD-7 Dr. Reginald Bushroot
DD-8 Megavolt
DD-9 Quackerjack
DD-10 Negaduck

Some of these characters I would have switched out, I think my favorite Darkwing character needed to be on here in Liquidator since he was one of the original villains but that's a rant for another day.

And there is also a base card,
135 Darkwing Duck - Darkwing Duck

With many parallels,
Refractor
Prism Refractor
RayWave 
X-Fractor
Magenta Refractor /399
Pink Refractor /250
Pink Mini Diamond /250 
Yellow and Green Ray Wave /225 
Aqua Refractor /199 
Aqua Mini Diamond /199 
Aqua Wave /199 
Purple and Light Green Shimmer Refractor /175 
Blue Refractor /150 
Blue Mini Diamond /150 
Blue Wave /150 
Dark Blue and Light Blue Lava /125
101 Dalmatians Black and White Shimmer /101
Green Refractor /99 
Green Mini Diamond /99
Green Wave /99 
Purple Refractor /75 
Gold Refractor /50
Gold Wave /50
Pearl Refractor /30 
Mickey Mouse Red and Black Refractor /28 
Orange Refractor /25 
When You Wish Upon A Star Refractor /15
Black Refractor /10
Red Refractor /5 
Red Wave /5
Superfractor 1/1

There is definitely a lot to chase here, but I will only tackle the ones that I can afford with future eBay gift cards since trading really isn't a thing for me right now being down an arm. I will come back and cross off the ones I grab and hopefully some of you will pin this and think of me if you see Darkwing Duck.

I am sure some collectors would shake their heads knowing I am not chasing the big hits from this product or buying some to open and try to flip. But that's not what the hobby is to me. It's nostalgic and it's supposed to be fun. I think many have forgotten about that aspect now.

Give me Darkwing Duck over some lame ole prospect autograph any day. It's what makes me happy.

Because the hobby can be fun once you make it what you want it to be, so I make mine about stuff I enjoy and I enjoy Darkwing Duck.

In comments let me know if you think the hobby is supposed to be fun or is it only about flipping and making money?