Topps & other companies have been doing this for over 5+ years maybe more - They hold back putting a potentially hot prospect from Bowman to put into Bowman Chrome or to put into Bowman Draft & lately instead of Bowman draft they wait to put said prospect into the following years Bowman.
Really I think it is an issue if you want to have a MLB license and compete with Topps. If you don't get the younger collectors interested in your product now, what makes you think they'll be interested when their older ?
You can make a collector & customer for life if as a 12 yr old spending $5...
Hmmmm.... Hey Mike has BG ever responded to your inquiry as to why Leaf hasn't put out a low end product that children 10-15 yrs old could afford to purchase in your store ?? Does he care that they can't afford to lay out $75 - $200 for a box of his product unlike panini & topps ??
Still waiting
Alot of people bought into Leaf Valiant 2 years in a row ---ooops what happened ??
those people got the short end of the stick --- that's what happened
Wow some people here have their panties all caught up in their crack. :-|
The op asked a legit question about these cards
For a product which cost $150 - I would have expected a better looking product
Especially from a company that claims to be innovative and caring towards what "collectors"...
These have to be some of the ugliest cards I've seen in a while. Absolutely hate the use of these player / event worn jersey patches - how do they add any value to the card ??
Quality control is another issue here - How is it they can get Taveras to sign some cards (Inscriptions)
But not his...
Austin Romine's 2013 stats
G AB H AVG HR RBI 2B 3B SB CS BB K R SLG OBP
52 119 27 .227 1 8 9 0 1 0 8 31 14 .328 .279
On July 1st Austin had a BA of .136 his SLG was .182...
I believe the Topps rep was DINANBBS - when he was here he was very helpful. But I guess he couldn't take the barage of complaints, some of which were directed at him at times, so he left. We can be our own worst enemy sometimes.
The Musial card is Topps way of squeezing everything they could from Stan Musial. It wouldn't surprise me if Topps had a representative at his death bed with sheets of stickers - they disgust me in the same manor as John Henry did getting his father to sign everything and anything up until his...
Really ??
So putting a card like this into Tier One makes it a healthy product :confused:
Enough already with these Musial autos.....
I can't wait for their next product to include a dual auto / gu of this lovely couple
Cards weren't ready when the show was closing
Had a friend pick'em up on sunday - if they were ready when I went to pick'em up I would have had it sent then for encapsulation
It's been a little over 2 years since I sent these redemptions in to Topps :|
A Base & Gold Matt Harvey Platinum Auto - Went to the show at White Plains and had both cards RCR graded
Just got'em back and I'm pleased with the results
Will probably send them back to be encapsulated -...
Lenny Dykstra arrived in NY after being released from prison in CA
Looks like he had some issues in prison :o
Has any other team in Baseball have as many issues as this '86 Mets team ???
I have bought over 40 of their autographed Hall of fame balls. They are shipped in a cube with a psa certificate of authenticity and grades. NONE of them were damaged in shipping
If this is true for all the redemptions then its total BS from Historic Autographs. I have been buying their products because I liked that they were certified/psa autos (balls,hof plaques or cut autos). This product 5 Boroughs had psa authentic cut autos of players from the Dodgers, Giants...
Here's a couple that were pulled in my neighboorhood store
Juan Padilla
Nice job BG..... good choice for a cut auto :confused:
Now this one is more interesting
Andrew O'Connor
Pitched one game - 10/6/1908 for the NY Highlanders
0-1 10.13 ERA 8 IP CG 15 H 11 R 9 ER 7 BB 5 SO 3 HBP
Seriously Mike? I've had more than a few of those cards thru the years... Basically I used them in my kids bike spokes, great for patching holes in my sheetrock walls, target practice when I go to the range and kindling for starting up the yule log during christmas