Say what you will about Sterling, this card is sick...

[Halonut]

the paralells look pretty sweet out of this stuff and i am sure the base autos aren't quite as disappointing once they are in hand.

 

[69MetsFan]

The design this year really stands out nice. I like them.

 

[ballerskrip]

I think the Gold/Black/Reds look nice. The base autos are very ugly in my opinion.

skrip

 

[colts1888]

yea i like them i know people say they should be on card but i think it would be hard to see the auto with the shiny background

 

[Ty Hope]

yea i like them i know people say they should be on card but i think it would be hard to see the auto with the shiny background

The blue ink would stand out just fine on a shiny background. They are on shiny stickers arent they? Topps is just lazy, period.

 

[tramers]

looooks niiiice

 

[pigskincardboard]

I'd rather have a card with a sticker than have someone call a card "sick".

 

[sneekc]

I have to admit they do look nice. Stickers have always detracted from them, but whatever.
Still, the box price really isn't justified in my opinion

 

[Moonlight Graham]

That is so nice it is unhealthy

 

[asmth312]

But still, why the NL/AL logos in the background? Does anyone care? Why not the team logos at least?

Sterling has lost it's way. What started as a high-end alternative to chrome has gone the opposite way: repeating chrome's player selection at half the secondary-market value. On-card jersey autos, a unique autograph checklist, and a lifetime ban on WBC content would go a long way in establishing some brand identity for this product.

 

[mredsox89]

The golds, blacks, and reds are all solid. The base and base refractors are not.

 

[P_Manning 18]

More etching on that 1 card than we have seen on Bowman Chrome in what... 3 years?

 

[Superfractor]

Yeah, that's a pretty sick card there.

 

[aaron41984]

Sterling Reds are awesome, period. No matter the year, they will alwaysbe sick unless Topps really goes down the crapper. Heck, that rivals this year's tan Super and may be better.