Topps Project 2020 is the worst product since 1991 Fleer

[ThoseBackPages]

its a rare day when vides' card is not the worst release of the day! lol

[TacBacJack]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

the Crisp is too symmetric

To be fair, Coco kept his fro well-maintained.

[cnote81]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

its a rare day when vides' card is not the worst release of the day! lol

I'd argue this is the second time it's happened. A sign of the end times? Possibly.

[hammertime]

Not a big fan of the Vides, definitely not buying one, but it does seem like he's putting in a bit more effort than he did with P2020.

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by hammertime

Not a big fan of the Vides, definitely not buying one, but it does seem like he's putting in a bit more effort than he did with P2020.

difficult not to be

[Oliroller]

Bet you don't see a lot of 3-packs sold today

[cubsfan2154]

No idea what is going on with this Mantle. The off centered borders take up more of the card then Mantle does

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[eldustino]

We have three Yankees and a Lambo, in a way.

[BH34]

vides mantle - not my favorite, but I think I'm gonna have to buy one. pretty big deal for topps to get MM back on board.
coco gamble - very fun card, but can't/won't spend $20 on it. loved the original/source.
rickey - I'd choose an OMA card each and every day and twice on sunday over stuff like this.

[fjdlrw]

Print runs this week will be interesting. I'm kind of surprised how well they've maintained without dropping off too much. I'd expect Gehrig and Mantle to be strong numbers, but will the rest of the more "common" (for lack of a better term) cards continue to sell in the 2000-3000 range? Can the Coco crack 2000? I'm probably a bad judge of it though, I though the Bobby Hundreds Strawberry would be sub 2k.

[JRX]

The white dots represent flash bulbs I think

[Cliffroach]

Originally Posted by eldustino

We have three Yankees and a Lambo, in a way.

Andrew Lambo? Deep cut for Pirates fans.

[Cliffroach]

Beck released Ohtani P70 autos if that's your thing.

[1977 Cloth]

Originally Posted by eldustino

You're not a fool, I just personally think it's absolutely incorrect that foils are guaranteed even with 100 cards. I would bet all 100 card orders got one, but, random is random. Ordering 20 cards was never intended to guarantee a foil, or else they would have described it differently.

The coincidence is too spot on to be a coincidence.

[WhoKilledTupac]

The Vides Mantle is a perfect Vides design. I really like it.

Bronson cards are funny, I am not buying any, yet.. Waiting for him to do a painting style of his rather than weird photoshop on purpose.

[1977 Cloth]

Originally Posted by eldustino

We humans tend to consider our own experience as indicative of a trend, even though in truth it's random, and basically binary in terms of outcome (you either get one or you don't; you never get 80% of a card). All I can prove from my experience is that Topps did give golds to one card orders (at least one anyway). I maintain (general life philosophy until the lottery payout is large enough for one ticket Expected Value to exceed cost), that only the first lotto ticket is 'worth' buying. If I need a foil of a card, I'd rather buy on aftermarket than spend $1,450 trying to land 4-6 on average (this was last year's math). This year there is no sense in buying large quantities unless you want lots of base cards.

When every other order falls exactly to the 20 to 1 mark, and others have received the same that is not random. In my 10+ other orders I got exactly a 20 to 1 distribution. I understand math quite well and you are correct in your coin flip analogy, but logic is another thing. It is fair to make assumptions when the math fits so perfectly. We will agree to disagree.

[ptbbreaks]

Efdot teasing us.


Here's a peek at my next @Topps #Project70 card
Can't wait for you to see the full card soon (tonight?)!




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[Shinjoy]

The Mantle reminds me of this one, which was my first Mantle (since it was his cheapest). It’s Mantle as a home run-bashing superhero, Mantle performing under the constant pressure and bright lights of NYC, Mantle as the most famous baseball player in the ‘50s.

I like the card, but as Oli said last night, I wish Vides could have made the contrast between Mantle and the crowd a little stronger to make Mantle stand out more.

[TacBacJack]

Originally Posted by ptbbreaks

Efdot teasing us.


Here's a peek at my next @Topps #Project70 card
Can't wait for you to see the full card soon (tonight?)!




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Looks like a backflipping Ozzie Smith

[fjdlrw]

Back flip Ozzie.

[ThoseBackPages]

looks like an ozzie back flip on a 1990 design

[WhoKilledTupac]

Action Bronson’s original sketch for Rickey, haha.


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[ThoseBackPages]

id barely spend $20 on an Ozzie RC

[fjdlrw]

Originally Posted by WhoKilledTupac

Action Bronson’s original sketch for Rickey, haha.


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He should've gone with this one.

[cjraleigh]

Originally Posted by rms13

He basically racked up a lot of wins by pitching until he was 44. He’s a definitely a HOF but he wasn’t a strike out pitcher and his era wasn’t incredible for a pitcher of his generation. Koufax and Randy Johnson were better than Spahn and Steve Carlton probably was too


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Oh my. Shots fired. haha

Spahn was far more than just a compiler. 4 straight NL strikeout crowns and was the preeminent pitcher of the 50’s.

Lead the league dozens of other times in many many different categories. Dominant through age 42...only 1964-65 showed signs of slowing down.

Top 10-20 all-time in almost every meaningful category.

Despite all of this...a niche interest for P70.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...pahnwa01.shtml

Case and point: take a look at the photo gallery on the complete game leader page and see what’s different about Spahn. ha

https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...G_career.shtml