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60 Years of Topps Baseball Countdown – #39: 1991 Topps
Jul 30th
By Drew Pelto, AKA *censored*
Back at set #58, I mentioned how bad 1990 was in the card world. Sadly, 1991 was probably worse. The 1991 Topps set was the saving grace in a world of bright blinding yellow Fleer cards and the first ever Upper Deck set to get a rating of “meh” on a scale of puke to ZOMG AWESOME! Night Owl Cards did a comparison of 1990 and 1991 baseball cards as a whole and 1991 came out slightly better.
And I agree, at least partially because of Bowman, Score, and this 1991 Topps set. Let’s be honest: Topps More >
60 Years of Topps Baseball Countdown – #55: 2007 Topps
May 21st
By Drew Pelto, AKA *censored*
Remember when an error card was just that? An error. A mistake. An honest-to-goodness “Okay, we done goofed and you caught us” moment. I remember that. And 2007 was the year of the forced error, a gimmick that nearly killed my interest in collecting.
Card making used to be a semi-serious business. You get the photo, you get the stats, maybe a fun little cartoon on the back like the 1960’s and 70’s sets had. Hockey sets were awesome for those. If someone made a mistake along the line, it was caught, the error was corrected, and More >
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