Night Owl Cards

I don't want to be on of those collectors who can only criticize Topps. There is no productivity in that. When Topps does something right, I want to acknowledge it. Here is what I want to acknowledge: Topps has improved its game in almost everything it has released so far this year. The flagship set is much better. Opening Day, for those of you who care, is also better all around. I won't say the same for Heritage because I'm still annoyed about the cardboard and even more annoyed by who is in the SPs this year. But overall, much better. The area where it's an across-the-board route is with the parallels. The retail red and blue (and purple) parallels are vastly better than last year's. The pink and camo are a nice touch (not that I'll see any). The emerald sparkle is a million times better than the gold sparkle. And the traditional gold parallels are back in the base set where they belong. In Opening Day, the blue sparkle things are better than the drab...