We are all tired of 1952 Topps remakes, which is why I am really enjoying the 2021 Topps Chrome Anniversary set. I featured a few cards from the set a couple of posts ago. The cards came out a year late and are the latest in a seemingly endless carousel of 1952 Topps remakes/rehashes.
When I see the 2021 Topps Chrome Anniversary cards on Ebay, COMC, or Facebook trade groups, I want to be mad that this is the 20th time (seemingly) used this design for a modern baseball card set. I just can't do it. The cards look too nice.
This Scott Rolen card is tremendous and I apologize for nothing.
First, it's Chrome, so it's a shiny object.
Second, it's signed by Scott Rolen, who should be in the Hall of Fame.
Maybe I am drawing a blank here, but this is my favorite Cardinals card I have added to my collection in 2022. I might as well go out and find a bunch of other autographs from this set.
I love the cards as well.
ReplyDeleteIt's the best 1952 Topps remake since the 2001 Topps Heritage set.
DeleteI don't have any particular attachment to Rolen or the Cardinals, but...70 WAR. The guy's a Hall of Famer,
ReplyDeleteIt is taking a lot of Hall of Fame voters too long to figure this out.
DeleteI'm sure you've probably already seen it, but Gene Tenace has a bunch of autographs in this set as well. I've already lost out on like five of them on eBay. Good times!
ReplyDeleteI had that same experience, but then I sold a few things on the Bay. I got lazy and used the money to just do a Buy It Now. Probably overpaid by a few dollars, but it's here sitting on my desk.
DeleteI'm really looking forward to opening my retail box eventually. It doesn't make a lot of sense... since this design has been run into the ground. But I really like what I've seen so far. I wonder how many people end up building a complete set.
ReplyDeleteIf it were 200-400 cards, I would be there in a second. It seems like a lot of time and money as the set is constructed.
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