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Monday, July 18, 2022

Year: 2016

“ I like the base set from this year. Not near as boring as the normal Topps release. ” -tinyshogun

“ For 2016 I like the peek of the logo with team color bars. However I’m not a fan of the smoky fade in the two adjacent corners and blurry backgrounds. ” -Tscastle

“ Hmm "Vintage stock"? Shouldn't the back ground look sort of grayish due to being raw cardboard? Or am I missing the point Topps is making? ” -captkirk42

“ This reminds me of some weird custom photo retouching that Facepage keeps giving me ads for. ” -jackal726

“ Probably my favorite newer set. I didn't know that vintage stock was numbered either. ” -TwinKiller

“ Good picture on the front . . . You can feel the intensity of his coiling up . . . Back is routine but it gets the job done. . . ” -georgecf

“ In my opinion, this is the worst Topps flagship design of all time. Followed closely by 2017. ” -hiflew

“ Meh. For a /99 parallel, it's underwhelming. ” -BigBoyOnWheels

“ I love 2016 Topps. Such a nice classic-style design. ” -pugchump

“ I actually liked this parallel for some reason, although, if not for the serial number, I never would have known I had a parallel. ” -muskie027

“ is there anything that makes this vintage other than the throwback topps logo and SN99 ? ” -abide

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spazmatastic

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Monday, July 18, 2022 2:34 AM

I just see another useless Topps parallel and nothing about the card is "vintage". Even the old Topps logo isn't vintage if they use it for every year for a decade! I did actually like the 2016 Topps design much more than the several years before it and most of the years since then. However, this "parallel" seems completely pointless. Even the SN99 doesn't make this a better card. It's just "BLAH".

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vrooomed

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Monday, July 18, 2022 6:30 AM

Since these were fairly limited, and not everyone collects baseball, a couple items of note:

The Vintage stock cards were actually on "cardboard", similar to the cards of the 70s and 80s. Unfortunately, they are on a stock that is more similar to the Hetitage cards rather than the actual "vintage" cards, but at least it's not the thin stuff that is used for cards today.

Everything else about the card is the same as the base set card (photo & layout-wise), with 2 exceptions - the Topps logo in foil on the front is the oild "umbrella" logo and the card has a serial number on the back. So there would be no "graying" in the background - that was just the background Topps used on Casilla's card.

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AAARRT

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Monday, July 18, 2022 8:15 AM
Great card!! Go Giants!!

Onemorepoint

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Monday, July 18, 2022 2:31 PM
They don't look vintage but guessing vintage stock is more to do with the material of the card and not the appearance. Not sure how necessary it was.

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