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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Year: 1991

“ Topps how could I have been so loyal for so long. When I was just collecting and not paying attention as closely as I do now that I have been doing RCOTD, I really liked Topps. Now that I have been doing this, Topps is becoming less and less in my estimation. Too many sets with white borders that look bland. Too many parallels. Not enough innovation. In close to 70 years of Topps only about 20 sets have not had white borders and many of them are the borderless sets that they are going with currently. ” -davidhandberry

“ I just got a set of these recently in a big lot I purchased. Not sure who the target market was supposed to be for this design, but there are Cardinals in it, so I'll pull them for my PC. ” -Brimose

“ I can't read the numbers on regular size cards. ” -NJDevils

“ I have always not liked these micro cards for the very reason they are micro cards. Even Cracker Jack prize cards were slightly bigger and could be read. These things were hard to read late 20something, now as a mid 50s guy I don't even dare try to reading any damn thing on these. Good thing I have never had more than maybe 4 or 5 of these things. Why make the entire 700 card set of these? I can understand a top 20 or maybe 50 but an entire set? How many UERs did this set have? How many corrected errors? Silly. ” -captkirk42

“ The micro set is what you do as a company when you have already overproduced the standard size card. ” -YoRicha

“ Are the stats on the back even readable? ” -vanstryland

“ Has anyone inspected the micros for variations? I would, but I don’t have an electron microscope. ” -DocOso

“ I think I finally need glasses. ” -volbox

“ Micro cards come up a lot on RCOTD, don't they? ” -muskie027

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spazmatastic

Posts: 5905
Joined: Dec 2014

Thursday, August 29, 2019 12:37 AM

These cards are a pain in the EYES! Having acquired a complete set in the auction haul last October, I know. It forced me to buy a standing magnifying glass just so I could sort the set in order to make sure it was complete. Luckily, it was and had several duplicates too. I already have someone that wants the set. I guess Topps thought that since the Topps Big set wasn't being made anymore they'd go the opposite direction. I wish they hadn't!

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Lyrical Kees

Posts: 142
Joined: Aug 2015

Thursday, August 29, 2019 6:33 PM
Wonder WHY they made such a small set, but I agree w others about too many parallels (also inserts) Topps is running out of original ideas for designs on cards. Bowman I like a bit better, but sets are small.

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