tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post3343860096255669819..comments2024-03-29T07:44:22.008-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: Night Owl's all-time Topps set countdown (40-37)night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-18915001670761867442015-05-25T13:14:11.254-04:002015-05-25T13:14:11.254-04:00For me there's a line of demarcation between T...For me there's a line of demarcation between Topps sets that have full color glossy backs and those that don't. 1992 is sort of on the fence, but 1993 and '94 are both on the wrong side of that line. It's hard for me to even consider sets from '93 on as the same product as those from prior to '92.Stack22https://www.blogger.com/profile/17776094817608096430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-38528869716603156792015-05-25T09:57:11.268-04:002015-05-25T09:57:11.268-04:00I'm trying to reserve judgement on your rankin...I'm trying to reserve judgement on your rankings until I see the whole list...BUT, 82 Topps were my very first baseball cards, and 85 was my first set, and both have a "top 10" ranking in my own mind as a result. I think the 1985 Eddie Murray is the greatest baseball card ever, and it's a head shot, so I don't want to throw all of them out with the bath water...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747695048840426263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-30422488091324467962015-05-23T13:25:07.267-04:002015-05-23T13:25:07.267-04:00I'd put 82 lower, and below 81. Washed out ho...I'd put 82 lower, and below 81. Washed out hockey sticks? Blech. <br /><br />I remember when I first saw 85 and thought "This is it?". After 83 and 84 it just seemed a big step back.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896780361855961353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-58113658188295946772015-05-23T11:46:20.698-04:002015-05-23T11:46:20.698-04:00Love the 82T set. It's in my Top 20... possib...Love the 82T set. It's in my Top 20... possibly Top 15. It as to do with the bright colored hockey sticks, plus it was a childhood favorite. The 85T set probably falls somewhere in the 20's for me. I loved that design back in the 80's and 90's... but over the years it's sort of lost its luster. As for the other two sets, they're probably in the 30's or 40's for me. I don't really like them, but they're not terrible either.<br /><br />P.S. Totally with ya on 93UD. It'd be in my top 5 UD base sets of all-time.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-91794499688746679412015-05-23T11:39:08.285-04:002015-05-23T11:39:08.285-04:00My pitchfork and torch remain in the tool shed for...My pitchfork and torch remain in the tool shed for this post... No indignant response from me. All of these sets fall into the category of "I like them just fine, but I have no problem with them being in the middle of the pack". That being said, in a later post I may go back and indignantly rant about how you ranked some Topps set as #19 while 1982 Topps was relegated to #37.<br /><br />To me, the expansion teams are the crown jewels of the 1993 set, and not just because it was fun to have different teams on the cards... The way they took some of the boring spring training poses and posed the players in front of cacti, rock outcroppings, palm trees, scoreboards or whatever landmark-y looking structure is behind Jeff Conine... Those are the cards I think of when I think of 1993 Topps. OK, and the Bonilla.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49841798205917469132015-05-23T00:37:37.879-04:002015-05-23T00:37:37.879-04:00With the.exception of the '82 set, which I bou...With the.exception of the '82 set, which I bought the complete set via mail order from Renata Galasso, I collected all of the sets in today's countdown in great quantities. The '82 set is in mint condition today but the printing qualty is poor (hazy and too much bleeding). C'est la vie.<br /><br />I believe the '93 set to be a much better design than the '94 set. In fact, when the product was released I was very disappointed with the quality of the gold parallels that I returned several poor examples along with a complaint. The photography in the '93 is much better than the '94 and I enjoyed collected ting this series. When it comes down to the collection or participation in a hobby, if fun was part of the experience then that is half the fun.<br /><br />Thanks for the countdown and I look forward to the next one. AthleticGiganteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993227153949066667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-76035100949095312582015-05-22T23:58:10.464-04:002015-05-22T23:58:10.464-04:00Pretty sure Topps brought back the In Action card ...Pretty sure Topps brought back the In Action card and ditched the team cards for team leaders in 1982 to keep up with Fleer and Donruss having multiple cards of a player in 1981.steeleherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413236126581293109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49434448209798211352015-05-22T23:31:19.728-04:002015-05-22T23:31:19.728-04:00Besides the '81 World Series shun, another dem...Besides the '81 World Series shun, another demerit for this set was it marked the discontinuation of the All-Star designation on the base cards. I love that about 1975 when the glorious seven year stretch began.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127231103426175652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-57304160949615447962015-05-22T23:22:29.890-04:002015-05-22T23:22:29.890-04:00AAAhhh '82 Topps, my first love. One of these ...AAAhhh '82 Topps, my first love. One of these days I'll be less busy & I'll restart a blog about that set. Next time though, I'll do it in card # order & I'll talk about the cards a bit more than the season itself. I've always loved the hazy look of some of the photos, 'cause when I was 8, they struck me as having a certain classic olden days feel to 'em. I can see why others wouldn't like that, and I might not have either, if I'd seen other baseball cards before this set. <br /><br />The "hockey stick" design always came across to me as a very modern stylish new wave-ish look when I was a kid. My favorite photo in the set is the Carlton Fisk in action card, hands down. The headshots didn't bother me, 'cause it helped me know a lot of the players by lookin' at them. <br /><br />One thing that bugged me though, was some of the colors. Like, why did they use hot pink on the Dodgers, Phillies, & Cardinals cards?!?!? It kind of worked on the Dodgers ones, but it was still a mystery why pink showed up there. I've always thought it clashed with the red of the Cardinals & Phils. <br /><br />In hindsight, I don't like all the cards of players whose careers were over by the time '82 started, and would never return. Of course, Topps couldn't have known that at the time, but still, they could've focused a bit more on players that appeared to have more of a future than guys like Joe Strain & his .189 BA in '81. There's actually several cards of players who ended their careers in the beginning of June '81 and didn't have the kind of stats to suggest they'd be back again after the strike - ever. I got so familiar with these players that hadn't even played a game since June the previous year, that it was disappointing to never see them again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com