tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post323697688231475142..comments2024-03-29T07:44:22.008-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: The unsung laborer(s) of 1977 Toppsnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-22864747371456160262016-11-22T11:48:09.775-05:002016-11-22T11:48:09.775-05:00#324 John Curtis "Giants" will go down a...#324 John Curtis "Giants" will go down as one of the smoothest full body brush jobs I've ever seen... so says my six year old self.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07274236515576733236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-24912762780855362762015-09-09T08:29:23.336-04:002015-09-09T08:29:23.336-04:00Well, that would explain why the logo on the Jays ...Well, that would explain why the logo on the Jays caps were inconsistent in size and shape.. I always thought it was something with the manufacturing of the hats.. <br /><br />Topps still has some horrible airbrushing going on.. Mike Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423029196949506523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-20044660217239317122015-09-08T18:37:26.558-04:002015-09-08T18:37:26.558-04:00Picked up my first 1977 cards at a Kay Bee toy sto...Picked up my first 1977 cards at a Kay Bee toy store in a Orland Park mall on March 5th 1977. Huge bin full of rack packs. My buddy and I thought we struck gold....... GOGOSOX60https://www.blogger.com/profile/04536101210272537783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-979082986781207572015-09-08T16:13:40.473-04:002015-09-08T16:13:40.473-04:00If you don't want to suffer with the airbrushe...If you don't want to suffer with the airbrushed Reggie, you can always opt for the Burger King version, which is really nice: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ymebO4EZL.jpg<br /><br />I do think that for McCovey, a 1973 photo would have been better. Hey, just give us the unretouched original of the photo on his 1974 card, thereby kind of killing TWO bad airbrush jobs! (The '74 is really bad.) Brett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-78647840251706043252015-09-08T07:31:18.720-04:002015-09-08T07:31:18.720-04:00Artist #1: What's this photo?
Artist #2: Ric...Artist #1: What's this photo?<br />Artist #2: Richie Hebner with a pillbox hat and a black warmup jacket. Supposed to be a Phillie.<br />Artist #1: Did you airbrush it?<br />Artist #2: (sliding the photo across the table) *I'm* not gonna airbrush it. *You* airbrush it.<br />Artist #1: (sliding the photo back) I'm not gonna airbrush it...<br />Artist #2: Let's get O-Pee-Chee! He won't airbrush it, he hates everything!<br />(O-Pee-Chee airbrushes Richie Hebner into a Phillies cap)<br />Artist #1: He airbrushed it! Hey, O-Pee-Chee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-51085765830928155122015-09-08T01:38:14.612-04:002015-09-08T01:38:14.612-04:00Back when I started collecting I rarely noticed th...Back when I started collecting I rarely noticed the airbrushing but when I did I just thought that Topps had odd looking hats to give players for their pictures. Seeing them now I can't believe how naive I was. arpsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906792508761334151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-23950600233506823902015-09-07T20:52:20.433-04:002015-09-07T20:52:20.433-04:00Add in all the airbrushed Toronto Blue Jays and Se...Add in all the airbrushed Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners cards, and you have this whole department that must have been expanded by 10 times that year. <br /><br />That Sal Bando-as-a-Brewer reminds me of how the Brewers had so much turnover in players in the early 1970s that there was at least a handful of those amazing satin-like hats every year.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.com