deaconblues63
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banjar
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That should have been on my list. Great set, great idea, one tiny little problem.
finestkind
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Is that water dangerous because it's wet ? I can't see the bottom of it. Your mom's gonna get mad if you go in over your knees. 
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BBCgalaxee
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How about those 90s mystery finest cards with that black peel which is super hard to peel off?
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finestkind
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Didn't Topps produce a set for each sport that was all ready in a plastic slab ? Sort of like PSA slabs. One card in each pack I think.
JVHaste
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Remember those "dare to tear?" cards where a mini card is inside with a random value? They should bring back that concept but only put shtty tablecloth cards on the inside. :lol:
chris19978
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How about the 30 different colors of every Topps cards now makes collection one player impossible to get them all.
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My BEST ideas
-Topps/Panini/UD (whomever has the license) form a partnership with Nike/adidas/UA and insert a pack within shoe boxes. If you can get those collectors on board, you've got a whole new base. Plus I LOVE the idea of cards inserted into products. That's our origin and should get back to that.
-Topps/Panini/UD (whomever has the license) form a partnership with Nike/adidas/UA and insert a pack within shoe boxes. If you can get those collectors on board, you've got a whole new base. Plus I LOVE the idea of cards inserted into products. That's our origin and should get back to that.
Redemption cards with expiration dates are the worst. All the other ideas mentioned, I like some, dislike others, but none really make me upset. But if you buy a pack of cards more than 3 years old, or less in some cases, why should you not get the card you are promised? What do they do with them, throw them out? Backdoor them? Redemptions should be good for a MINIMUM of 10 years, if you're going to put a limit on it. And if you can't fulfill the redemption for some reason, send the person a full box of cards, or a generous replacement, not going by Beckett or ebay or some other ridiculous metric. Be UP FRONT and GENEROUS about how you'll compensate your customer for your screwup.
Not to mention the fact that redemptions open the door for shenanigans about promising value they potentially never intend to deliver. Redemption cards for things that will never be made, or autographs of players they don't have under contract, all sorts of ridiculous things. There was that golden baseball fiasco. Something like a gold-leafed baseball signed by Willie Mays, except Mays wasn't under contract, or refused to sign it, or something. Took forever to get that item to that person.
Not to mention the fact that redemptions open the door for shenanigans about promising value they potentially never intend to deliver. Redemption cards for things that will never be made, or autographs of players they don't have under contract, all sorts of ridiculous things. There was that golden baseball fiasco. Something like a gold-leafed baseball signed by Willie Mays, except Mays wasn't under contract, or refused to sign it, or something. Took forever to get that item to that person.
mouschi
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I do! I had a box of them last year or the year before. I did not dare to tear.
Philip J. Fry
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Oh, and this...
Couldn't even get the Bowman Scout to hand sign their own card.
Oh, and this...
Couldn't even get the Bowman Scout to hand sign their own card.
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death2redemptions
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Easily those DNA pubes....
death2redemptions
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At least with those Bowman Scout cards you have a shot at pulling a sweet [MENTION=1770]Jaypers[/MENTION] autograph....what I cannot stand is when they insert trading cards of Topps employees! My Topps Heritage case hit was a box topper of their executive team *BARF!!!!* I was excited at first because before opening it I saw the odds of pulling them were really tough...but as soon as I saw the tag team of old white dudes I began pondering what I would do with it....burn it? Samurai sword it to death? Boil it in acid? Or maybe just draw funny pictures on it.
Topps "innovative" ideas. Cool the first year or two and then they overdo it to death.
Topps reprints in what seems like every flagship release. Especially I opened a box of flagship from a few years ago the other day and one of the Berger's Best inserts was a reprint of the front of that year's card (Buster Posey I think was the player). Lame to have a reprint of a card in that card's same year release! I was not sick of the buybacks because those are cool. It's overdoing it on the reprints that I don't like.
1988 UD Documentary - awesome idea but horrible execution in that they didn't even use an image from the game that the card was detailing.
Topps reprints in what seems like every flagship release. Especially I opened a box of flagship from a few years ago the other day and one of the Berger's Best inserts was a reprint of the front of that year's card (Buster Posey I think was the player). Lame to have a reprint of a card in that card's same year release! I was not sick of the buybacks because those are cool. It's overdoing it on the reprints that I don't like.
1988 UD Documentary - awesome idea but horrible execution in that they didn't even use an image from the game that the card was detailing.
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BBCgalaxee
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This is a 2013 bowman chrome sapphire reprint of Yasiel's rookie card.
It was issued the same year as the rookie card it's reprinting.
So it's a reprint of a rookie card which also happens to be a rookie card.
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It was issued the same year as the rookie card it's reprinting.
So it's a reprint of a rookie card which also happens to be a rookie card.
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u2me57
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1995 Fleer
finestkind
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Massive over production of cards
timtom
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I disagree. As a 9 year old I loved 95 fleer. I even got a hot pack with all inserts that I won with tickets from an arcade and nearly lost my mind.
Granted the set did not age well, but at the time it was pure 90s awesomeness
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chris19978
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I felt the best of the base sets I liked the 1993 Ultra it was my favorite wish they had Jeter in that set would have over 100 right now if they made one and why I had to get the 2001 Auto all those years ago.
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mrmopar
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I think most gimmicky (bad) ideas have been mentioned already. Micro sized cards are one that might not have been mentioned yet though. Those 90s Topps and Donruss cards that were 1/4 the size of the regular card. They made for a few more unique cards for collectors, but why? If you didn't need a magnifying glass to read the backs then, you definitely will eventually.
I will also bring up the multiplayer jersey and auto cards that have no player images on them, mostly the SP signature series and ITG stuff issued in the last couple of years. Some folks like them and I have a bunch for a couple of reasons, but they are just boring and ugly to me.
I will also bring up the multiplayer jersey and auto cards that have no player images on them, mostly the SP signature series and ITG stuff issued in the last couple of years. Some folks like them and I have a bunch for a couple of reasons, but they are just boring and ugly to me.
