First Buzz: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (will update) - Page 4

THE(NEXT)LEVEL · 02-25-2025, 08:21 PM

Looking at that Brett makes my eyes hurt....wtf..

rudan007 · 02-25-2025, 09:35 PM

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Thats both interesting and unnecessary.....

Looks like an Upper Deck Vintage design rip-off from the early 00s.

MotorboatJones · 02-25-2025, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by THE(NEXT)LEVEL

Looking at that Brett makes my eyes hurt....wtf..

Seriously. That Brett

What are they actually thinking…

ThoseBackPages · 02-25-2025, 09:39 PM

gimmics bro

Ten X!

MotorboatJones · 02-25-2025, 09:41 PM

It sucks. Why not just make the borders checkerboard. Absolutely horrible. This isn’t Project 2020.it would be better if they kept the design the same and changed the image.

PuddleMonkey · 02-25-2025, 09:50 PM

Arrest & Prosecute

mikejones · 02-25-2025, 11:39 PM

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I guess they are really trying to get rid of heritage after all? That looks hideous. At least try to make the color break even.

ObanMontecristo · 02-26-2025, 12:30 AM

Heritage has always stayed pretty true to the original design, maybe (hopefully) this is just some kind of SP variation?

bub838 · 02-26-2025, 12:38 AM

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Heritage has always stayed pretty true to the original design, maybe (hopefully) this is just some kind of SP variation?

It’s called the “reverse” auto per Topps twitter.

OhioLawyerF5 · 02-26-2025, 08:15 AM

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It’s called the “reverse” auto per Topps twitter.

Ok, so just a weird variation. I guess that's not so bad. If they were all like that, it would have been a disaster.

ScooterD · 02-26-2025, 08:50 AM

At least put the color split in the middle of the card - for the sake of our OCD

PoPCulture · 02-26-2025, 09:48 AM

That Brett card is the result of a meeting where a Topps project manager asked their team “So…what can we do to make people stop talking about flagship black parallels”?

whitmm · 02-26-2025, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ScooterD

At least put the color split in the middle of the card - for the sake of our OCD

But the split on the regular card isn't in the middle.

base set · 02-26-2025, 11:43 AM

I just want a simple thing in HHN: legible card backs.

BlowoutBuzz · 02-26-2025, 11:46 AM

Reactions are lighter than I thought they would be. This card really, really bugs me.

BlowoutBuzz · 02-26-2025, 11:46 AM

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I just want a simple thing in HHN: legible card backs.

Word.

JoshMN · 02-26-2025, 11:46 AM

They already did a "standard" 1975 Brett auto in both regular 2024 Heritage and the mini version. So the decision was probably either 1) not include Brett at all in HHN or 2) do a different version of the card so they would not just be reproducing a card they already released a few months ago. A different image was one option, but they went with the classic Brett image and instead changed the border design (keeping colors the same).

Sounds like y'all think "no Brett" would have been the better choice.

mfw13 · 02-26-2025, 01:15 PM

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Sounds like y'all think "no Brett" would have been the better choice.

Well, it's been pretty standard for the entire history of Heritage that players get one auto per year, either in low number OR high number.

Very few players, if any, have had two different autos in the same Heritage year.

For me, at least, having Ryan, Yount, Reggie Jackson, Yaz, Judge, Betts, Acuna, Kershaw, Verlander, and Scherzer autos is much more important than having a second Brett auto.

And I would like to see 3D inserts for Hank Aaron, Yount, Seaver, Reggie, Yaz, Verlander, Scherzer, Trout, and Witt.

NYBBFAN · 02-26-2025, 01:24 PM

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Arrest & Prosecute

This is an under-reaction. As far as the variations are concerned…

ThoseBackPages · 02-26-2025, 04:40 PM

should have made an OPC Auto

OhioLawyerF5 · 02-26-2025, 04:54 PM

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should have made an OPC Auto

That is a fantastic idea! I now really hope they do this for future sets.

ScooterD · 02-26-2025, 05:19 PM

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But the split on the regular card isn't in the middle.

You’re right - but I guess that it shows more lopsided on the vertical than horizontal

Skipscards · 02-26-2025, 05:25 PM

The card is awful. They call it reverse because the team is on the bottom and the name/position is on the top. That would have been enough. But, no, let's also rotate the color scheme 90 degrees for no reason.

Look, I'm happy they convinced King George to sign for 2024 Heritage. That was victory enough. But seriously, they have taken an iconic card and ruined it. What's next a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle variation where he looks like Whistler's Mother from Bean?

scotchtape0 · 02-26-2025, 05:28 PM

If any of you who are posting about how terrible the Brett auto looks ends up pulling it, I'll happily take it off your hands to spare you from the horror, for no charge

auctionjmm · 02-26-2025, 06:20 PM

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The card is awful. They call it reverse because the team is on the bottom and the name/position is on the top. That would have been enough. But, no, let's also rotate the color scheme 90 degrees for no reason.

Look, I'm happy they convinced King George to sign for 2024 Heritage. That was victory enough. But seriously, they have taken an iconic card and ruined it. What's next a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle variation where he looks like Whistler's Mother from Bean?

That's a bit dramatic. You can't "ruin" an iconic card. The 75 will always exist. The legit Heritage RO auto will always exist.

What an artist does with a reprint/variation/gimmick cannot ruin the original. We have like 7 or 8 different Project 2020 versions already. Why would THIS be the card that sends you over the edge?

Or are you more a fan of this...

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02-25-2025, 08:21 PM	#76
THE(NEXT)LEVEL Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South Jersey Posts: 4,647	Looking at that Brett makes my eyes hurt....wtf..

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PuddleMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,656	Arrest & Prosecute

02-26-2025, 12:30 AM	#83
ObanMontecristo Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Collegeville PA Posts: 1,839	Heritage has always stayed pretty true to the original design, maybe (hopefully) this is just some kind of SP variation?

02-26-2025, 08:50 AM	#86
ScooterD Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 5,149	At least put the color split in the middle of the card - for the sake of our OCD

02-26-2025, 09:48 AM	#87
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 8,475	That Brett card is the result of a meeting where a Topps project manager asked their team “So…what can we do to make people stop talking about flagship black parallels”?

02-26-2025, 11:43 AM	#89
base set Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: NW Michigan Posts: 9,342	I just want a simple thing in HHN: legible card backs.

02-26-2025, 11:46 AM	#92
JoshMN Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,472	They already did a "standard" 1975 Brett auto in both regular 2024 Heritage and the mini version. So the decision was probably either 1) not include Brett at all in HHN or 2) do a different version of the card so they would not just be reproducing a card they already released a few months ago. A different image was one option, but they went with the classic Brett image and instead changed the border design (keeping colors the same). Sounds like y'all think "no Brett" would have been the better choice.

02-26-2025, 05:28 PM	#99
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