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Do you consider Chrome releases as a parallel to the regular Topps/Bowman sets?
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mjbuchanan80
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It's packaged and sold as its own set - so stand alone.
uniquebaseballcards
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Let's consider the elements:
Same front design?
Same back design?
Same player selection?
Same player photos?
Given the answer to these questions is generally yes, they can reasonably be considered parallels.
1998 Donruss Collections was a massive parallel set of all of the Donruss and Leaf sets that year, I don't see chrome being very much different.
Same front design?
Same back design?
Same player selection?
Same player photos?
Given the answer to these questions is generally yes, they can reasonably be considered parallels.
1998 Donruss Collections was a massive parallel set of all of the Donruss and Leaf sets that year, I don't see chrome being very much different.
leatherman
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For what it's worth...
In 1975, Topps released the mini set exactly the same as the regular Topps set. There is no difference other than size. They are considered parallels.
In 1975, Topps released the mini set exactly the same as the regular Topps set. There is no difference other than size. They are considered parallels.
Chrome does contain the rookie autograph subset, which regular Topps does not. Also, if I recall correctly, card numbers are slightly off between sets some years.
I consider Chrome a unique set, although it is also a "counterpart" to the regular Topps set.
I consider Chrome a unique set, although it is also a "counterpart" to the regular Topps set.
sportscardtheory
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I don't really understand why that is. They were released in pack form separate from the regular Topps issue, thus being a separate set from the 1975 Topps. I have always been under the assumption that parallels are cards that are inserted into the same packs as the "other" card, thus paralleling them.
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IMHO, If you're in a different set structure, different numbering structure, and in your own packs, you're a stand alone set.
Topps Traded Chrome in Topps Traded packs can be a parallel, whereas Topps Chrome in its own packs feels like a standalone set.
That throws Bowman with Chrome and Bowman Chrome draft in a strange situation, but since the real draw in those sets is the chrome auto subset, (sometimes a 45 card monster set) it feels like a standalone set, not a parallel.
Topps Traded Chrome in Topps Traded packs can be a parallel, whereas Topps Chrome in its own packs feels like a standalone set.
That throws Bowman with Chrome and Bowman Chrome draft in a strange situation, but since the real draw in those sets is the chrome auto subset, (sometimes a 45 card monster set) it feels like a standalone set, not a parallel.
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I didn't expect the voting to be overwhelmingly one-sided. My opinion is much like uniquebaseballcards', the cards look identical despite coming in different boxes.
FCB has primarily prospectors/rookie collectors, who seem to devour the chrome products, but I wonder if the voting would be different among vintage collectors.
FCB has primarily prospectors/rookie collectors, who seem to devour the chrome products, but I wonder if the voting would be different among vintage collectors.
Hendersonfan
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Cards that come in the same pack and are the same are a parallel. i.e. Collector's Choice with gold and silver signatures. Cards that do not come in the same pack are a different product. I hate how Topps uses the same pictures and everything for different products, but they are different.
uniquebaseballcards
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Its easiest to think of Chrome as being its own, different series within each respective, larger set.
Topps has: Series 1; Series 2; Updates and Chrome.
Bowman has: Bowman; Draft; Chrome and Chrome Draft.
Topps has: Series 1; Series 2; Updates and Chrome.
Bowman has: Bowman; Draft; Chrome and Chrome Draft.
