What card do the masses like, that you don't like?
 

There have always been a few cards that most like, that I don't of the players I PC.

Who do you collect? What card of theirs is liked by most, that you actually don't like and thus don't have in your PC?

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Topps Chrome.

Triple Threads. Sentences with compressed text garped up with sticker autographs.

Cosmic Chrome, Mega, Finest, Holiday, are all garish.

Panini Prizm is garish for any sport.

I don't like chrome products except cleanly designed refractors, and a couple parallels like black or gold refractor. Chrome lost its appeal for me after 2005 when they stopped "layering" the refractor finish.

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LOLOLOL. Jua Loto looking like he just smelled something off.

Heritage is overrated

I am not a fan of Sapphire. The Acuna RC is a great card, and maybe an occasional image variation or auto, but otherwise, it's just another parallel.

sports autographs

Unlicensed cards where the players look like they are wearing pajamas.

Rookie Patch Autos. The only relic cards I can really stand are bat relics. I also generally prefer a non-auto over the auto for a flagship rookie. Just give me a clean blue parallel with no auto of my Royals rookies.

Rookie logo cards that aren’t first appearance cards, but you all know that!

Any card that looks like Marvel

Or put another way, anything that the mop hair kiddos want

Pretty much all of them.

[QUOTE=Big35Hurt;19744850]Unlicensed cards where the players look like they are wearing pajamas.[/QUOTE]

The masses agree with you on that

What card do the masses like, that you don't like?
 

[QUOTE=Big35Hurt;19744850]Unlicensed cards where the players look like they are wearing pajamas.[/QUOTE]

This is like in an unpopular opinion thread someone giving one that’s almost universally popular ;)

As to the OP…hmm I take it it’s more meant a single specific card that’s liked but you don’t…maybe I’m wrong. Thread seems to be going on the premise of sets.

Ooh fun, I normally keep these opinions to myself but they seem fair game here.

I dislike Mosaic, newer Finest, Prizm, and most of the shiny cards that edit out the backgrounds.

I find most booklets awful.

I won't let a Negative Refractor in my house lest the ugliness infect the rest of my collection.

I don't get Kabooms at all.

Downtowns have gotten increasingly bizarre in their imagery.

I hate the fact that there is a perception that thicker cards means higher quality. I'm looking at you Brooklyn.

Topps cards with gold frames I also avoid.

Easy : Topps Chrome.

National Treasures : Too boring. Too much white.

Football : Contenders - Never like the them of the ticket.

The images give me a headache. Something about the 3-D effect.

Photo variations don't get me excited unless the variation uses a more unique image. I don't care about the card that just shows a player with a different jersey color. Give me a flagship Alonso holding up the OMG.

I've started to really appreciate great photography on cards and have been picking up a lot of Stadium Chrome singles since those sets use a lot of unique shots. They're also quite affordable. The 2023 Frank Thomas is a fun example.

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Any "relic" card, doesnt matter what it is (patch, bat, jersey, other, ect) they all look like trash/stupid.

1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr. It's not that rare, people, and it's not a great looking card either.

[QUOTE=DioBrando;19744885]Any "relic" card, doesnt matter what it is (patch, bat, jersey, other, ect) they all look like trash/stupid.[/QUOTE]

With very rare exceptions, totally agree. 99.9% are trash.

When I saw the title of the post I was thinking 1987 Topps but as far as a single card of a player I collect - I hate the Shohei Ohtani cards that are a picture of another Ohtani card and uninformed people pay stupid prices for them thinking they are getting the real original card. I am not interested in owning that even though they are Topps licensed cards.

High wax prices.

[QUOTE=fishepa;19744985]High wax prices.[/QUOTE]
The masses like this? :confused:

[QUOTE=sandyfrank;19744947]When I saw the title of the post I was thinking 1987 Topps but as far as a single card of a player I collect - I hate the Shohei Ohtani cards that are a picture of another Ohtani card and uninformed people pay stupid prices for them thinking they are getting the real original card. I am not interested in owning that even though they are Topps licensed cards.[/QUOTE]

I remember an insert set where Topps did that in the late 10s somewhere that used images of some Trout & Bryant hits. Where have they repeated this shenanigan?

My macro answer is “Bowman photoshops” but a single card answer would be the Pete Rose rookie card.

[QUOTE=ThoseBackPages;19744847]sports autographs[/QUOTE]

Same here, mars the card.

[QUOTE=StateEx;19744888]1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr. It's not that rare, people, and it's not a great looking card either.[/QUOTE]

I don't care for it either. That is why I don't even own one.

Prefer the Donruss Rated Rookie.

Bowman Chrome prospect cards.

Vertical cards. I really love horizontal cards. I can understand the hate for them though because there are a lot of slab bros and Bowman bois out there.

Modern sets with retired players. There, I said it.

[QUOTE=Boredlawyer;19744818]Topps Chrome.

Triple Threads. Sentences with compressed text garped up with sticker autographs.

Cosmic Chrome, Mega, Finest, Holiday, are all garish.

Panini Prizm is garish for any sport.

I don't like chrome products except cleanly designed refractors, and a couple parallels like black or gold refractor. Chrome lost its appeal for me after 2005 when they stopped "layering" the refractor finish.[/QUOTE]

Agree with chrome. It's ugly.

[QUOTE=MiamiMarlinsFan;19745279]Modern sets with retired players. There, I said it.[/QUOTE]

Totally agree! The worst is parallels of said retired players.

Graded cards

[QUOTE=MiamiMarlinsFan;19745279]Modern sets with retired players. There, I said it.[/QUOTE]

Yes!

[QUOTE=LVDan;19745286]Graded cards[/QUOTE]

Yes x 1000

[QUOTE=StateEx;19745284]Totally agree! The worst is parallels of said retired players.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Big35Hurt;19745302]Yes!

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…Maybe it’s not a minority opinion then?

[QUOTE=MiamiMarlinsFan;19745279]Modern sets with retired players. There, I said it.[/QUOTE]

I second this.

[QUOTE=rfgilles;19745350]I second this.[/QUOTE]

I’m on board with this too

I do own them but out of 90’s Essential Credentials the 98 one’s are my least favorite. The see through plastic just looks cheap to me. I know it’s the most popular year but I just don’t love them.

I truly cannot stand Allen & Ginter cards.

[QUOTE=REGGIE206;19745392]I truly cannot stand Allen & Ginter cards.[/QUOTE]

I like the baseball cards but I have no need of a card showing the Loch Ness monster.

All this hate makes me feel warm inside.

Kabooms... not for me. Actually most ultra modern.

I think Topps Chrome refractor parallels are overvalued. I think they look nice but they cost way more than they should relative to their rarity.

I'll take a nice flagship gold/indy/black/camo over a TC refractor every time.

The anti-kaboom movement has really taken off lately.


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[QUOTE=BaseRookieCards;19745632]Kabooms... not for me. Actually most ultra modern.[/QUOTE]

100%.....

I don't particularly care for Superfractors and like the look of xfractors more.

what's an xfractor?

[QUOTE=PuddleMonkey;19745694]what's an xfractor?[/QUOTE]
grid of squares, often
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Ben Baller.

Tyson Beck.

In Person Autographs.

[QUOTE=towerymt;19745748]grid of squares, often
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It's very... Nascary.

[QUOTE=towerymt;19744809]#1
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This is Exhibit A for me too! :D Awful photo! If they had used his International Ink photo instead, this could have been such a great card! Still a great card, because of its importance and because he has a great signature, but not one for my Soto collection!

1. Non baseball Ginter cards
2. Relics/patches
3. Horizontal cards
4. Multi-player cards
5. Cards before the year the players MLb debut (bowman 1sts, ‘60 Yaz, ‘93 Jeter, 02 Votto, etc)

[QUOTE=Drew3000;19745772]1. [B]Non baseball Ginter cards[/B]
2. Relics/patches
3. Horizontal cards
4. [B]Multi-player cards [/B]
5. Cards before the year the players MLb debut (bowman 1sts, ‘60 Yaz, ‘93 Jeter, 02 Votto, etc)[/QUOTE]

I'm right there with you on numbers 1 and 4.

[QUOTE=MiamiMarlinsFan;19745279]Modern sets with retired players. There, I said it.[/QUOTE]

I'm in agreement on this one. I don't want to see a 2022 Babe Ruth card or 2024 Mickey Mantle card unless it's an insert tribute set.

Not a specific card, but 50 parallels of 1 card.

Also Topps Chrome knock off products. TC Black, Cosmic, Gilded, Sapphire, Sonic, Ginter, Platinum, Logofractor. And I'm sure they will continue to add over the years.

No autographs on cards for me. I have been collecting Freddie Freeman since 2012. I was excited to find this jersey #'d card in 2021....but ended up hating the picture they used for it so much that I sold it less than a year later. No regerts! ;)


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[QUOTE=Drew3000;19745772]1. Non baseball Ginter cards - agree
2. Relics/patches
3. Horizontal cards
4. Multi-player cards - agree
5. Cards before the year the players MLb debut (bowman 1sts, ‘60 Yaz, ‘93 Jeter, 02 Votto, etc) - agree [/QUOTE]

Agree on 1, 4, and 5. #2 can look really cool if not overdone. Some are just gaudy. #3 my OCD agrees with you, but there are some cool designs. If the whole set is horizontal like 1955 Topps, I am all for it. The random horizontal cards drive me crazy, though.

I can't stand modern Bowman,Bowman Chrome,Bowman Draft and Bowman Platinum. To me they're just glorified minor league cards.

I'd say Bowman's Best too,but I do like the card design every year so they get a pass.

[QUOTE=MiamiMarlinsFan;19745279]Modern sets with retired players. There, I said it.[/QUOTE]

So what you're saying is you don't like the Retrofractors in Bowman? :cry:

I don't like any Chrome or Acetate Cards; personally they're not cards if they're not "paper"

Check out this concept. I collect what I like and don't give a rat's a$$ about the masses

[QUOTE=Big35Hurt;19745836]Agree on 1, 4, and 5. #2 can look really cool if not overdone. Some are just gaudy. #3 my OCD agrees with you, but there are some cool designs. If the whole set is horizontal like 1955 Topps, I am all for it. The random horizontal cards drive me crazy, though.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I will say that if I was doing a whole set and it was horizontal, I’d be fine with it. But I don’t do sets so I choose to not collect horizontals

[QUOTE=fulltritty;19745786]I'm in agreement on this one. I don't want to see a 2022 Babe Ruth card or 2024 Mickey Mantle card unless it's an insert tribute set.[/QUOTE]

This problem flows both ways in that mixing positional GOATs, Inner Circle HoFers, and crash-burn Rookies all together frequently gets comical these days. There is an easy solution - throw the Wander card in the trash and skip bothering to complete insert checklists.

Not specifically a card but I find the obsession with the HOF to be silly

Bowman 1st of unproven talent. They only become relevant when the player establishes themselves. I realize that's a big chunk of the hobby.

[QUOTE=base set;19746175]This problem flows both ways in that mixing positional GOATs, Inner Circle HoFers, and crash-burn Rookies all together frequently gets comical [B]these days[/B]. There is an easy solution - throw the Wander card in the trash and skip bothering to complete insert checklists.[/QUOTE]

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I know this is the baseball section - but prizm. just so ugly to me.

I also don't care for prospect cards. The photoshopped uniforms are a turnoff.

Yall already did a great job of naming pretty much everything I hate

- Topps Cosmic
- X-Fractors
- cornball Ben Baller getting his own set for no reason
- retired players being in current sets

I’m not big on Bowman 1st cards either. I’ll wait on them to set foot on a MLB field first

And nobody likes sticker autos but I absolutely hate them. I only have 1 in my entire collection

those floating head topps 60's rookie cards

1st Bowman autographs

I can understand years ago when 1st Bowman autos where the only autograph players had but now most players have autos in the next years flagship Bowman and every Bowman product after

Just seems silly to me to pay such a premium to have that “first” when a guy has multiple autos in 5 or 6 bowman products a year

[QUOTE=OlMissCollector;19747012]1st Bowman autographs

I can understand years ago when 1st Bowman autos where the only autograph players had but now most players have autos in the next years flagship Bowman and every Bowman product after

Just seems silly to me to pay such a premium to have that “first” when a guy has multiple autos in 5 or 6 bowman products a year[/QUOTE]

Also I’m not sure anybody likes them but I absolutely despise leaf baseball and really any sport they do, they keep pumping out worthless 1/1’s after 1/1’s and they just gunk up eBay search results

I love Heritage but I hate all the dumb variations. Color swap, action image, flip stock, chrome, refractors, error, blah blah blah...... :D

Pro Debut Patch Autos

Rip cards are dumb. Let’s destroy a serial numbered regular card and likely get an unnumbered EXT mini of a rookie who might already be out of the league.

Any card that is A color

Parallel does not equal color

For some reason all modern day parallels are colors

I’m unsure if this is due to modern day cultural change phenomenon but I’m sick and tired of rainbows being shoved everywhere INCLUDING on my cardboard.

Make parallels great again and stop making them colors! We want textures, patterns, die cuts, print technology. Not blue gold red white green yellow orange purple pink black navy blah blah. BORING! Basic and trashy!

[QUOTE=BdotHobbs;19746743]And nobody likes sticker autos but I absolutely hate them. I only have 1 in my entire collection[/QUOTE]

They piss me off so much I get mad at other people for buying them or buying products they're in.