tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post8364164042856361867..comments2024-03-29T07:44:22.008-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: I'm getting too old for this @*%&#night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-81307698618768806612017-06-11T10:32:52.580-04:002017-06-11T10:32:52.580-04:00The negative on the 1982 cards is ..... no "I...The negative on the 1982 cards is ..... no "In Action" subset, which I have a always really liked. But I think they did use that as a tough-to-pull insert in some other product, I forget.<br /><br />The positive of these cards - after two years of full bleed in the S1/S2/Update set, it is nice to get some 'regular' baseball cards of the current players.<br /><br />You made the right choice with the hanger pack, the cards are cheaper that way by a smidgen. And I bet you have a bunch of loose Topps Coins kicking around in a box somewhere that you can't throw out, and can't display, and just can't figure out what to do with, like me. The last thing I want is to add to that little pile by buying a blaster of '17 Archives and acquiring more of them to go with the Topps Chipz and the Qubi widgets, tooooooooBase Set Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054124302870175858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-63916367792715476202017-06-10T21:09:01.114-04:002017-06-10T21:09:01.114-04:00S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night! maybe it's time to take...S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night! maybe it's time to take my Roller posters off the wall. at my age, its becoming more difficult to explain. on another note, i haven't purchased nor will I, 2017 Topps Archives. I'll keep every card sent to me but not forking over the dollars. The 1960 design is one of my favorites but I won't be sucked in by it.acrackedbathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056658025780679689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-79983188959654382082017-06-10T12:47:42.710-04:002017-06-10T12:47:42.710-04:00That's one impressive (and funny) rant. I foun...That's one impressive (and funny) rant. I found myself nodding in affirmation a few times. How was the collation? I got two of the Goose cards..in fact I <i>think</i> I got that same grouping of five faux '60s twice. <br /><br />The Schilling would have gone straight into my trash can. Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49077757348668312242017-06-10T07:02:09.586-04:002017-06-10T07:02:09.586-04:00Some Wal Marts have the drug cartel thing going on...Some Wal Marts have the drug cartel thing going on, so that base is covered. The Lindor is not an NBA design, it's totally new. <br />My take from an outsider's perspective: I like the concept of Archives but the execution could be improved. The first Archives set I believe was actually an NBA release in 1992, which gave a card to people who entered the league when Topps did not have the license, using baseball designs for the front that corresponded with the year they entered the league. All well and good, but disappointing. What they should have done was issue a set for each year they did not have the license, a set that would have been issued had they been producing cards during that time. I know their history with baseball is better than the NBA, but could you imagine if every year Archives was a set based on a year Topps did not produce a set of cards? Considering professional baseball has been around as long as it has been there are lots of years from before Topps started that could use a set dedicated to it in the Topps style. The problem I can envision though is that of photographs. Might not be easily available for early players.Billy Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847326710191224832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-52700574389440290372017-06-10T02:54:40.047-04:002017-06-10T02:54:40.047-04:00It's a card I'd like to have, but if I don...It's a card I'd like to have, but if I don't get it, it's no biggie, I have plenty of Cey autograph cards.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-71731528055407756982017-06-10T01:34:03.516-04:002017-06-10T01:34:03.516-04:00I'm an older collector now, but I'm not th...I'm an older collector now, but I'm not that old yet and I probably fall under the category of not being a traditionalist where I tried to put together sets, but do like the novelty of the old designs used for a retro themed, current year product.<br /><br />While I don't feel particularly nostalgic about 1992 Topps cards, I guess I do remember how Topps switched over to the cleaner, white card stock, a friend being able to buy at least a case of that stuff and trying to cheat with the Topps Gold contest cards and looking for a Ryan Klesko four-player prospect card and also the Brien Taylor draft pick card.Laurenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560491721875658178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-1744289273377248862017-06-10T00:47:38.635-04:002017-06-10T00:47:38.635-04:00"Is waiting in line behind people who must di..."Is waiting in line behind people who must discuss every item that comes out of their shopping cart entertaining?"<br /><br />YES! One of the more annoying things I've noticed since I started working retail is the odd, compulsive need of some shoppers to openly announce every item they see or every store they pass. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed it.<br /><br />As a young(ish) collector, I guess I enjoy Archives (and Heritage, for that matter) because it grants be the simple reason that it allows access to older sets I never got to experience in the first place. I get the idea that, to collectors a generation older than myself, certain sets and designs have a special place in one's heart, but collectors my age didn't grow up in an era where one could easily declare allegiance (because ain't no one declaring allegiance to 1999 Topps). I'm also partial to the '92 design because that's the year I was born.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-56423345215015392752017-06-09T23:54:10.788-04:002017-06-09T23:54:10.788-04:00Yeah, I'm not really buying the older collecto...Yeah, I'm not really buying the older collector/younger collector theory. I think it's more about your "serious" collector and your "fun" collector. Your "serious" collector wants a set that's true to the original. These are all modern players on the old design (the same old design, it should be added). You've got SPs, lots of rookies, and plenty of guys for whom these are the first cards in their new uniforms (even if they have to be digitally altered to be in them). In recent years, case breakers (even box breakers) are making good money on the "rare" hits while your set collector has a set that is challenging, yet possible to complete. Archives is more of a lark. They've got the old designs, but its only been in the last year or two they've really tried to match the photo selection to what you might have found back then. The thickness of the older design card stock this year is a big plus. It's a mix of current players and retired players. Everybody gets a chance to pull a Babe Ruth, Ted Williams or Sandy Koufax out of a pack. Sure, that's wearing a little thin, after all these years and all these products. But is there any card collector out there who opens a pack and says, "Crap, its a stinkin' Babe Ruth card."? I don't think so. Not an older collector anyway. Doesn't matter that they aren't worth anything, it's still a tickle to pull a Babe Ruth card out of a pack of baseball cards. But the real reason I can't see Archives as the card of the younger collector is because the real draw of Archives to anyone I've ever spoken to who digs it is the two autographs per box...especially BECAUSE they are mostly minor stars. You don't buy Archives looking for an auto of Aaron Judge or Johnny Bench (even if some of those are in there). You buy Archives to get an autographed card of Cleon Jones, Turk Wendell, or Bill "Spaceman" Lee (or, for the Dodger fan, Manny Mota, Ron Cey and Wally Moon). Those are not cards you are going to make money on and a younger collector has no connection to those players. But an older collector who wants to really be transported back in time--whose in it just for the fun--well, that Cleon Jones is going to mean the world to a guy like me in a way that a Tom Seaver really wouldn't. Why? Because other products--the "serious" products--will have Seaver. But only Archives would have a Cleon Jones. You get some of the minor stars in Heritage, too. But with autographs falling like one in every 5 or 6 boxes in Heritage, you kinda want an auto that you can bank on, if you're lucky enough to pull one at all. At 2 a box, it's a hoot to pull an autographed Lenny Randle or Kevin Maas.<br /><br />As for that Lindor insert, people like me have been after Topps to do a new design that is old school and less ESPN/computer graphics-y. So that is Topps' "be careful what you wish for" design. I think they call it "Modern Retro". I could design a better card in my sleep (and have).Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-79548996938555661572017-06-09T22:55:44.309-04:002017-06-09T22:55:44.309-04:00But you have to love that Little League card of Tr...But you have to love that Little League card of Trea Turner. Seriously, how skinny is he? Trevor Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207010676916110937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-57459372344339472372017-06-09T21:53:19.898-04:002017-06-09T21:53:19.898-04:00Curious what you think of the Ron Cey auto from th...Curious what you think of the Ron Cey auto from this set? It looks like the picture is from the 1981 NLCS.steeleherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413236126581293109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-77434592589185407962017-06-09T20:51:24.802-04:002017-06-09T20:51:24.802-04:00If I still have your correct address I'll send...If I still have your correct address I'll send it right out to you.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-80041429277942868362017-06-09T20:32:16.326-04:002017-06-09T20:32:16.326-04:00We have dubbed those phantom Topps Archive design ...We have dubbed those phantom Topps Archive design as "the pizza" cards!!GOGOSOX60https://www.blogger.com/profile/04536101210272537783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-21931925545474997062017-06-09T20:23:12.233-04:002017-06-09T20:23:12.233-04:00Interesting take on Archives vs. Heritage. Never t...Interesting take on Archives vs. Heritage. Never thought about it that way, but it makes sense. I don't collect either, to many sp's in Heritage and just not into Archives. What can I send you for the Lou Gehrig? I don't know why, but I've started a PC of him. I must be nuts.The Baseball Card Snobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810899668654576874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-11079050862342509172017-06-09T20:14:39.088-04:002017-06-09T20:14:39.088-04:00I grabbed 3 blasters at Walmart (there weren't...I grabbed 3 blasters at Walmart (there weren't any packs at all). I'll have a comparison of the 3 later this month, but HUGE difference in the boxes. I do like the thicker stock. But I believe this is the last year of building archives unless I score a bunch from the nickel boxes or find a cheap base set.Johnnys Trading Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05202597965281782849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-37878234983398668502017-06-09T19:49:59.355-04:002017-06-09T19:49:59.355-04:00I've said elsewhere that if I were to collect ...I've said elsewhere that if I were to collect this year's, I'd go for the 82s and 92s.Mike Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423029196949506523noreply@blogger.com