First Buzz: 2020 Topps Chrome baseball cards

BlowoutBuzz · 12-30-2019, 03:38 PM

First Buzz: 2020 Topps Chrome baseball cards >> BlowoutBuzz.com #collect

cj828282 · 12-30-2019, 03:43 PM

Boy, Topps is pumping the Alvarez RC now. It could be the showcase of every product.

The Accountant · 12-30-2019, 03:50 PM

Hm, not sure how I feel. TCU stickers won't look good on these.

Hollywood42 · 12-30-2019, 03:52 PM

TCU stickers never look good

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Originally Posted by The Accountant

Hm, not sure how I feel. TCU stickers won't look good on these.

fulltritty · 12-30-2019, 04:01 PM

Always a nice break at the National.

Keyser Soze · 12-31-2019, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood42

TCU stickers never look good

This.

Hollywood42 · 12-30-2019, 03:50 PM

Doesn't seem like these parallels are going to pop very well. Maybe they'll grow on me over time

Wil · 12-30-2019, 04:00 PM

Not excited about any 2020 cards I’ve seen so far.

BlowoutBuzz · 12-30-2019, 04:10 PM

I think these will look better than the mocks -- all small images in this case that I had to blow up in some instances.

anusinha · 12-30-2019, 04:21 PM

only 20000 cases this year

HarryLime · 12-30-2019, 04:23 PM

First time I've looked at the 2020 Topps design in a while. Yeesh. Gonna be a long year.

Arthur

Soxfanguy · 12-30-2019, 04:40 PM

The sideways thing is so dumb

bchynoweth · 12-30-2019, 04:58 PM

Looks like poooo...this is how a nice chrome color should look...

s-l500 by Brandon Chynoweth, on Flickr

IHaveHisCard · 12-30-2019, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bchynoweth

Looks like poooo...this is how a nice chrome color should look...

s-l500 by Brandon Chynoweth, on Flickr

I so miss the full border color.

ThoseBackPages · 12-30-2019, 05:05 PM

cant wait!

HarryLime · 12-31-2019, 08:42 AM

Topps is producing so much nonsports stuff right now that is all shot widescreen and they're used to using horizontal cards with no borders to capture that. That's awesome. Nonsports has a history of horizontal cards and for a widescreen television show or movie that makes sense to do with no borders.

But stop. Really. That entire design is based on a horizontal photograph. It doesn't work at all for a vertical photo and doesn't make any kind of sense, compositionally. With everything going on right now, we need borders to measure more than ever. Be conscious of what is going on in the hobby.

Arthur

HYPTZEMDSTRPLES · 12-31-2019, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryLime

Topps is producing so much nonsports stuff right now that is all shot widescreen and they're used to using horizontal cards with no borders to capture that. That's awesome. Nonsports has a history of horizontal cards and for a widescreen television show or movie that makes sense to do with no borders.

But stop. Really. That entire design is based on a horizontal photograph. It doesn't work at all for a vertical photo and doesn't make any kind of sense, compositionally. With everything going on right now, we need borders to measure more than ever. Be conscious of what is going on in the hobby.

Arthur

I agree with this. The refractors look a lot better with colored borders.

MoreToppsPlease · 01-01-2020, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryLime

Topps is producing so much nonsports stuff right now that is all shot widescreen and they're used to using horizontal cards with no borders to capture that. That's awesome. Nonsports has a history of horizontal cards and for a widescreen television show or movie that makes sense to do with no borders.

But stop. Really. That entire design is based on a horizontal photograph. It doesn't work at all for a vertical photo and doesn't make any kind of sense, compositionally. With everything going on right now, we need borders to measure more than ever. Be conscious of what is going on in the hobby.

Arthur

New Topps product: “2020 Topps Chrome Borders”...and of course it will be available exclusively online.

Perhaps they’ll make bordered and in-bordered variations every year now.

Soxfanguy · 01-01-2020, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MoreToppsPlease

New Topps product: “2020 Topps Chrome Borders”...and of course it will be available exclusively online.

Perhaps they’ll make bordered and in-bordered variations every year now.

And then 2020 Topps Chrome Borders Sapphire

DaBaddestHic · 12-31-2019, 12:13 PM

I wish I could get excited for this, but at the $100+ per hobby box it'll be, or retail with scant autos/color, it's hard to anymore. I don't even have a complete base set yet from buying I think $300+ in retail this year.

But I'm trying to buy less boxes next year anyway because my collection is getting too large and taking up too much space. So maybe it's a blessing I'm not that excited? Some of those rookie reprint relics could be really nice though.

80pc · 12-31-2019, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DaBaddestHic

I wish I could get excited for this, but at the $100+ per hobby box it'll be, or retail with scant autos/color, it's hard to anymore. I don't even have a complete base set yet from buying I think $300+ in retail this year.

But I'm trying to buy less boxes next year anyway because my collection is getting too large and taking up too much space. So maybe it's a blessing I'm not that excited? Some of those rookie reprint relics could be really nice though.

This years chrome put me off. I like the product but too expensive for a bunch of autos nobody wants. I check the price of it every day and laugh every time it increases. I think this stuff is going to be around forever.

I truly love opening packs, but have removed Topps Chrome from that and will only buy the parallels I want.

CubKings · 12-31-2019, 01:29 PM

I don't love this design for flagship.

I know they've been getting weird the past 5 years, but this looks more like Bowman to me than Topps. Kinda blah.

eye4talent · 12-31-2019, 01:37 PM

The 2020 flagship design reminded me of something from the past. Turns out I was thinking of some much hallowed Score inserts from the early ‘90s!

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robert67 · 12-31-2019, 05:49 PM

Groovy.

notoriousrmb · 12-31-2019, 06:31 PM

Topps will never do full borders again.

If they did, they would have the grading crowd flooding them with hate mail complaining about cards not looking perfectly centered in every pack.

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12-30-2019, 03:43 PM	#2
cj828282 Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 13,967	Boy, Topps is pumping the Alvarez RC now. It could be the showcase of every product.

12-30-2019, 04:01 PM	#5
fulltritty Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: King George, VA Posts: 76,283	Always a nice break at the National.

12-30-2019, 04:00 PM	#8
Wil Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 510	Not excited about any 2020 cards I’ve seen so far.

12-30-2019, 04:21 PM	#10
anusinha Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,453	only 20000 cases this year

12-30-2019, 04:23 PM	#11
HarryLime Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Spaceball 1 Posts: 4,794	First time I've looked at the 2020 Topps design in a while. Yeesh. Gonna be a long year. Arthur

12-30-2019, 04:58 PM	#13
bchynoweth Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: West Lafayette, IN Posts: 3,204 cabhed	Looks like poooo...this is how a nice chrome color should look... s-l500 by Brandon Chynoweth, on Flickr

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12-31-2019, 08:42 AM	#16
HarryLime Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Spaceball 1 Posts: 4,794	Topps is producing so much nonsports stuff right now that is all shot widescreen and they're used to using horizontal cards with no borders to capture that. That's awesome. Nonsports has a history of horizontal cards and for a widescreen television show or movie that makes sense to do with no borders. But stop. Really. That entire design is based on a horizontal photograph. It doesn't work at all for a vertical photo and doesn't make any kind of sense, compositionally. With everything going on right now, we need borders to measure more than ever. Be conscious of what is going on in the hobby. Arthur

12-31-2019, 12:13 PM	#20
DaBaddestHic Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,301 DaBaddestHic	I wish I could get excited for this, but at the $100+ per hobby box it'll be, or retail with scant autos/color, it's hard to anymore. I don't even have a complete base set yet from buying I think $300+ in retail this year. But I'm trying to buy less boxes next year anyway because my collection is getting too large and taking up too much space. So maybe it's a blessing I'm not that excited? Some of those rookie reprint relics could be really nice though. __________________ Supercollecting Carlos Delgado (Always looking - PM me) Want List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-9lweoNywcAp-ApoiwSnXGqzQz5-rjoXo3DkOAzXmDY/edit?usp=sharing

12-31-2019, 01:29 PM	#22
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eye4talent Member Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 7,916 eye4talent eye4talent	The 2020 flagship design reminded me of something from the past. Turns out I was thinking of some much hallowed Score inserts from the early ‘90s! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

12-31-2019, 05:49 PM	#24
robert67 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,028	Groovy. Last edited by robert67; 01-22-2020 at 04:01 PM.

12-31-2019, 06:31 PM	#25
notoriousrmb Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,798	Topps will never do full borders again. If they did, they would have the grading crowd flooding them with hate mail complaining about cards not looking perfectly centered in every pack.