2016 Topps Base Design

[Jaypers]

No borders works for me. :mrgreen:

http://www.topps.com/blog/topps-reveals-base-design-for-2016-topps-series-1-baseball/

 

[AnthonyCorona]

Agreed!

 

[olerud363]

I like it!

How are they going to do the dozens of color parallels without borders though?



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[MisterT]

Definitely like the full bleed. Parallels will likely be in the foil as they do in Stadium Club.

 

[WillBBC]

Topps really loves filters!

 

[Dilferules]

The parallels in the base set and with Topps Chrome could be color variations in the "cloudy" white space to the upper right and lower left maybe. If they also stamped the player name in foil it would be nice since it looks like it's not foil in the base card and that would help to make them stand out.

 

[selah150pslm]

I really do like the design, but it just seems like base Topps should have borders.

 

[nkdbacks]

Interesting...I like it a lot, but I also enjoy putting together the Topps Black parallel set every year, so curious to see what they do with that. But Acetate's have kind of trumped Black for me lately, and those would look great with this design. Pretty excited!

I'd be good with the TC colors being in that cloudy area- though frankly they could just slap a border around the parallels still and call it a day. Would be pretty nice to see them go back to Bowman Chrome circa 2004 when it was the actual inside of the card that had the color and not just the border.

 

[A_Pharis]

It looks good on that card because of the way Posey is positioned. Will all cards have the white "smoke" in the same exact spot or will it vary with how the player pictured is positioned? Gotta' be honest... I'd like it more with a bit less of the "smoke" and making sure is was consistently in the same spot on each card without obstructing the player's image.

 

[A_Pharis]

Topps really loves filters!

"More drop shadow! More embossing! More glare!"

"Sir, don't you think that's enough with the filters?"

"IT'S NEVER ENOUGH!"

 

[fordman]

I like the design. Gives it more of an up to date feel rather than bland white border with the similar border year after year.

I think the colored parallels will be with either the bottom right corner or the blurred background will be different like the 'orange day glow' is in Archives.

Just my thoughts.

Fordman

 

[trauty]

Looks like Topps 2016 tribute to 1991 Pro Set Football. If this is modern, Pro Set must've been way ahead of the times.

 

[PujolsCollector]

Just curious as to how grading will work for these as far as centering is concerned.

 

[gt2590]

I really do like the design, but it just seems like base Topps should have borders.

Agreed!

 

[AmishDave]

I like it, but I like borders as well. If they bring back the Acetate parallel, they'll seem awfully similar to Tek.

 

[smapdi]

I don't like it. As a Stadium Club design or something it would be fine. But I like base Topps to have solid color borders (this year's was also ugly), and the team logo should be over top of the bars, not covered by them. Trying to design cool is the best way to not come up with a cool design.

 

[Therion]

I like it, but so much filtering. It looks like what I would create when I first discovered Photoshop eight years ago.

 

[moxacaine]

This is the first time in many years ive really liked their mock up.

 

[Hawk8]

I like it

 

[JVHaste]

Not good for base Topps but if you're going to take chances it might as well be on the base because the diehards don't bust it much.