tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post3920260584716678108..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: OK, just onenight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-22282637700070895502014-06-07T18:44:56.396-04:002014-06-07T18:44:56.396-04:00i don't like the fact that they threw in the 1...i don't like the fact that they threw in the 1980 design again like they did in 2012. Topps makes too many "retro-style" sets that it's becoming a snoozefest. I say that they should stick with just heritage and eliminate the rest. The Topps Baseball Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339956905866411066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-5361669564552351992014-06-07T00:33:54.725-04:002014-06-07T00:33:54.725-04:00I have a great solution. It avoids both issues of...I have a great solution. It avoids both issues of a) us getting crappy cards, and b) Topps making money from us with their sub-par junk: Buy the ACTUAL old cards.Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-71434365444664324302014-06-07T00:11:46.568-04:002014-06-07T00:11:46.568-04:00I can't disagree with anything you've said...I can't disagree with anything you've said about Archives. What tips me in the direction of buying them, though, in nearly obscene amounts, is this: The flagship card designs of the last 5 years or so are all the same and all irredeemably ugly. All the pictures in the flagship look exactly alike, making the flagship even uglier. 2014 is, without a doubt in my mind, the ugliest Topps card design of all time. Quite possibly the ugliest card design of all time, period. At least Topps was still TRYING when they first came up with the designs used in this set. And you not only get a mix of old timers and current stars (albeit all the good ones as SPs), you get a good mix of posed, action and candids, as we discussed before. I am not so unrealistic as to hope that Archives would aspire to what it could be; I just wish the flagship could aspire to be what Archives currently is (albeit without the short prints). Having said that, I have little doubt that 2015 Topps will be even uglier and more boring than this year's flagship. I feel Topps hit a home run with Heritage this year, so they could certainly do better if they wanted to. They just don't want to.Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-30202116050094991702014-06-06T23:28:13.572-04:002014-06-06T23:28:13.572-04:00"Archives can't be what I want it to be.&..."Archives can't be what I want it to be."<br /><br />That pretty much sums up my feelings towards this set in one sentence. So much wasted potential.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-86991154762419242392014-06-06T22:47:02.638-04:002014-06-06T22:47:02.638-04:00I am happy that Topps "borrowed" my idea...I am happy that Topps "borrowed" my idea from my 2012 Quarry Unlimited set and made the Tigers orange. I am not going to collect this entire set, but I am going to have to collect all the 1986 Topps knockoffs. If anything just so I can do a side-by-side comparison with my set.hiflewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128126188366882765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-91873344541951861682014-06-06T22:25:16.773-04:002014-06-06T22:25:16.773-04:00I do believe it's the same.I do believe it's the same.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-6482962044912578282014-06-06T22:00:03.388-04:002014-06-06T22:00:03.388-04:00How does the card stock compare to, say, last year...How does the card stock compare to, say, last year's?maddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493650721714521989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-37131489918605874322014-06-06T21:50:08.648-04:002014-06-06T21:50:08.648-04:00Can't argue with anything you've said. Th...Can't argue with anything you've said. The 1973's are my favorites too. I own the three ATFF's sets and have them in a binder as well and nothing has come close to beating them. I've yet to spend a dime on Archives.Hackenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507810776309048794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-69759628432028955622014-06-06T21:29:19.478-04:002014-06-06T21:29:19.478-04:00I guess the higher-ups at Topps are trying to spur...I guess the higher-ups at Topps are trying to spur sales of the 843,294 cases of 1989 cards that they still have in their possession by including their designs both as the "die-cut minis" and then in Archives. I would have preferred 1979 instead.<br /><br />But hey, if you want to send me Carlos Gomez...I mean, I wouldn't say no.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-60653666505413481822014-06-06T21:28:58.717-04:002014-06-06T21:28:58.717-04:00I'm ok with them using the 1989 design for thi...I'm ok with them using the 1989 design for this set. If you can ignore the fact that we all have a million of the cards & are sick of looking at them, the design does have some classic appeal.<br /><br />I am not ok with Don Mattingly appearing on a 1989 Topps-style card unless it is a reprint of his actual 1989 Topps card. New cards of old players on old designs confuses me & makes me feel old. :-)Paul Hadsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886355050567035004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-48358620046606553832014-06-06T21:24:16.491-04:002014-06-06T21:24:16.491-04:00The main thing that interested me in this set were...The main thing that interested me in this set were the Major League cards, but once I saw that Topps was offering a special 5"x7" set of the cards, I jumped at those with a 10% off code and left these as an afterthought. Any autographs of players that interest me can usually be picked up fairly cheaply on eBay. The cost of the box, the short prints, and the lack of pulling anything that warrants the price of the box will keep me far away from this stuff.Offyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528345612847787915noreply@blogger.com