The 2014 Topps (High) Tek Thread

rsmath · Jan 13, 2015

what's the definition of "diffractor".

I opened one box, my numbered card was numbered /50 and I think i've researched it to be a "gold diffractor". It does have a lot of gold color in the design, so "gold" makes sense but I don't understand what "diffractor" means. The gold color does not have a "refractor" type look to me, but there are other elements in the design on the front that look like they have a "refractor" like finish to it. Does "diffractor" mean that some elements of the card -- such as the gold colored areas -- are lacking that "refractor"-like element?

onionring9 · Jan 13, 2015

Bane50 said:
I have a NL Grid pattern with a print flaw. Has anyone seen enough of these for me to consider it a variation?

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First I've seen, great find!

onionring9 · Jan 13, 2015

rsmath said:
what's the definition of "diffractor".

I opened one box, my numbered card was numbered /50 and I think i've researched it to be a "gold diffractor". It does have a lot of gold color in the design, so "gold" makes sense but I don't understand what "diffractor" means. The gold color does not have a "refractor" type look to me, but there are other elements in the design on the front that look like they have a "refractor" like finish to it. Does "diffractor" mean that some elements of the card -- such as the gold colored areas -- are lacking that "refractor"-like element?

Anything with a serial number I think is labeled a diffractor (except I think gold).

/50 is disco diffractor
gold is /99

RustyGreerFan · Jan 13, 2015

Bane50 said:
I have a NL Grid pattern with a print flaw. Has anyone seen enough of these for me to consider it a variation?

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To me that's production damage. All in all, though, this version of Tek sure does a better job of having clean cards than the earlier version of Tek!

RustyGreerFan · Jan 13, 2015

[MENTION=2122]robertwolf1[/MENTION] - awesome Chris Sales and Cano Clouds Auto!

robertwolf1 · Jan 13, 2015

Thanks I got lucky early on with the Sale. It seems not many of his rarer parallels are popping up.

rsmath · Jan 13, 2015

onionring9 said:
Anything with a serial number I think is labeled a diffractor (except I think gold).

/50 is disco diffractor
gold is /99

so you are basically saying "refractor" is to bowman chrome as "diffractor" is to TEK? I thought the word diffractor actually had some meaning other than just to be associated with TEK.

as for the numbering, I got mixed up - my gold is indeed /99 - in my first post, the /50 was my auto card and I got mixed up in the numbering when posting.

RustyGreerFan · Jan 13, 2015

rsmath said:
so you are basically saying "refractor" is to bowman chrome as "diffractor" is to TEK? I thought the word diffractor actually had some meaning other than just to be associated with TEK.

as for the numbering, I got mixed up - my gold is indeed /99 - in my first post, the /50 was my auto card and I got mixed up in the numbering when posting.

They simply borrowed the term Diffractor from the extremely popular parallel from the original 1998 issue to bring attention to their product. We generally refer to them as Gold, (Cracked) Ice, Disco, Clouds, Red Storm, and Blue Dots and don't add the unnecessary "diffractor" when referring to them. Also sellers just add it randomly to their listings to get in more search results.

onionring9 · Jan 13, 2015

RustyGreerFan said:
They simply borrowed the term Diffractor from the extremely popular parallel from the original 1998 issue to bring attention to their product. We generally refer to them as Gold, (Cracked) Ice, Disco, Clouds, Red Storm, and Blue Dots and don't add the unnecessary "diffractor" when referring to them. Also sellers just add it randomly to their listings to get in more search results.

Exactly. Diffractor is just an attention grabber because of how ridiculously popular that term is from the 1998 set. It's a bit of an annoyance because it messes with the current search for the real diffractors! ('98)

bigunitcards · Jan 13, 2015

Lost out on the RJ 1/1 GC Auto, Best Offer'd out at $800. I was only willing to go $500-$600, and that felt steep for a non-Superfractor. Oh wellers, maybe I'll luck out on the 1/1 non-auto.

corockies · Jan 13, 2015

onionring9 said:
Exactly. Diffractor is just an attention grabber because of how ridiculously popular that term is from the 1998 set. It's a bit of an annoyance because it messes with the current search for the real diffractors! ('98)

The ice cards /75 seem to actually be diffractors as their pattern background is very similar to the 1998 diffractors.

Ghumbs · Jan 15, 2015

It's not a true rainbow without… http://www.topps.com/artwork/acrylic.html

Anyone else see these?

RustyGreerFan · Jan 15, 2015

Ghumbs said:
It's not a true rainbow without… http://www.topps.com/artwork/acrylic.html

Anyone else see these?

Had not seen that! Cool stuff! Too bad the backgrounds are an ugly red/orange on some of those.

Ghumbs · Jan 15, 2015

Looks like they just added more, so I grabbed the Jeter Tektonics. If you're going to order one, don't forget to mess around on the site until you get a 20% off popup if you enter your email. It offered me 5%, 10%, and 15% too, but I just kept opening private browsers until I got the 20% off, then I entered my email and checked out.

RustyGreerFan · Jan 15, 2015

Ghumbs said:
Looks like they just added more, so I grabbed the Jeter Tektonics. If you're going to order one, don't forget to mess around on the site until you get a 20% off popup if you enter your email. It offered me 5%, 10%, and 15% too, but I just kept opening private browsers until I got the 20% off, then I entered my email and checked out.

Nice grab! Looks like some of those aren't even actual cards! Joc Pederson?

Ghumbs · Jan 15, 2015

Nice catch on the Joc Pederson. That's pretty crazy it's essentially the only "card" with that Tek design.

onionring9 · Jan 15, 2015

corockies said:
The ice cards /75 seem to actually be diffractors as their pattern background is very similar to the 1998 diffractors.

They actually do a bit!

onionring9 · Jan 15, 2015

Latest and greatest buyback just arrived! That makes 3 (the one on the left), I'm hoping there is one more '99 and then a '98. That would be pretty sweet to have one from each variation of the base Tek sets:

RustyGreerFan · Jan 15, 2015

onionring9 said:
Latest and greatest buyback just arrived! That makes 3 (the one on the left), I'm hoping there is one more '99 and then a '98. That would be pretty sweet to have one from each variation of the base Tek sets:

The one on the left is awesome!

Has anyone actually seen a 1998 Buyback yet? Looks like none have hit ebay. Maybe the redemption buybacks will be 98s?

MansGame · Jan 15, 2015

onionring9 said:
Latest and greatest buyback just arrived! That makes 3 (the one on the left), I'm hoping there is one more '99 and then a '98. That would be pretty sweet to have one from each variation of the base Tek sets:

Wow, all those you own and all are 1/1s? Holy moly that is awesome and also you must have deep pockets

Thanks for sharing! Good luck on the balance of the ones outstanding.

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