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Therion
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I love being a player collector. It is incredibly challenging hunting down rare cards of one of my favorites but Topps has broken my spirit with one thing: online parallels.
I have never minded chasing crazy rare cards that had to be obtained through different means like mail-ins, being a member of some collector's club, or attending a national. All of those things are fine. But the number of online "short-prints" drove me a little crazy last year. Last year saw parallels of the base set that included a 5x7 regular set, a #/10 5X7 red set, the multiple mini-sets, and a handful of other weird little sets. This year has been insane. The 5x7, red 5x7, gold 5x7 all exist for multiple sets. Now there is the Blue Sapphire, Gold Sapphire, and Superfractor Sapphire. With Heritage High Number coming out, there is likely to be another run of these all available only online and for prices that are a little nutty.
So I'm done. I will still work on my player collection of Darryl Kile and Eric Bruntlett, but I am done with the active guys. So add me to the #ThanksTopps crowd.
I have never minded chasing crazy rare cards that had to be obtained through different means like mail-ins, being a member of some collector's club, or attending a national. All of those things are fine. But the number of online "short-prints" drove me a little crazy last year. Last year saw parallels of the base set that included a 5x7 regular set, a #/10 5X7 red set, the multiple mini-sets, and a handful of other weird little sets. This year has been insane. The 5x7, red 5x7, gold 5x7 all exist for multiple sets. Now there is the Blue Sapphire, Gold Sapphire, and Superfractor Sapphire. With Heritage High Number coming out, there is likely to be another run of these all available only online and for prices that are a little nutty.
So I'm done. I will still work on my player collection of Darryl Kile and Eric Bruntlett, but I am done with the active guys. So add me to the #ThanksTopps crowd.