Topps recycling the same pictures

[OakAth]

Never noticed this before, is this normal and I have just been oblivious or maybe Trout is injured on picture day every year lol......2021-2023 Topps Finest Purple Pink Refractors /3. It appears they changed the coloring on his belt and wrist band and a whole new elbow pad in 2022.

 

[Dilferules]

They are all very slightly different photos if you look at the ear/arm area, bat/helmet area, and belt loops on the left. His mouth is also slightly more open on the 2023, and the bill of the batting helmet is riding a little higher than the other two photos.

They could have mixed it up at least a little bit, though, especially when it's the same set for 3 consecutive years and the pictures are SO similar.

 

[smapdi]

Trout has a very consistent stance, what can you do?

I agree they recycle pictures way too much. Even back in the 70s-80s, are there really only 3 pictures to choose from for guys who played for 20 years? And today with digital where taking 500 pictures at a game is completely feasible, there's no excuse.

 

[mrmopar]

The 60s were an especially bad time for this, but I am pretty sure poor Bubba Smith set the standard for recycled images. What is worse, his ROOKIE and LAST card use the same image and they were different teams! In fact, that shot was used for cards with 3 different teams!



These are his only other regular cards where he got a reprieve.

 

[banjar]

Wow! I'm speechless. That is so incredibly lazy.

The 60s were an especially bad time for this, but I am pretty sure poor Bubba Smith set the standard for recycled images. What is worse, his ROOKIE and LAST card use the same image and they were different teams! In fact, that shot was used for cards with 3 different teams!

 

[michaelstepper]

It's always been an issue. really since the monopoly started in 09 it picked up heavy again.