(This is post No. 1,500. I don't have anything special set aside for this post, but there IS a contest on its way. Someday. When all this high school nonsense is over. Meanwhile, thanks for reading. It's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 115th in a series): I don't think anyone has noticed that Topps did away with the Classic Combo type cards that it has foisted on collectors the last five years. At least there are none in Series 1. Between 2006-09, Topps added these combination cards to the set. In 2010, the combo cards were still there, just not as frequent, not advertised as combo cards, but just as ghastly . I never liked these cards. I thought they were meaningless filler, taking up space that some other player could use. But then I realized that I DO like these cards because I can't get enough of the '50s and '60s cards that did the same thing. So, what's the difference? What's the difference between this and this ? Well, d...
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