1991 Topps Desert Storm Non-Sport Forum

Also, were they a promo or an after-release commemorative?  Did Topps produce these?  I couldn't find anything in my internet searches.  They look like something Danbury Mint would produce.

C2Cigars wrote:

Were these verified as legit?

Actually, that's what you did. You asked about it, and we only moved the thread to the set after you created the set. So you were on the right path to begin with.

However, you fell into the trap that a lot of newer members to the database fall into - which is the "get the set and checklisted ASAP" mentality. at the sake of the checklist being complete. See, here's the problem - you might find out what card #3 is tomorrow. How do you add it? You don't. Now, you've had to get a Level 8 permission member to help you out. So instead of them doing something else that needs to get done, they're now fixing a set that you, if you had more patience, would have been able to upload a complete checklist for.

Please allow this thread to serve as an educational piece for not only you, Kidd Fan 5, but for all of our newer members who are very passionate about listing all of their cards here. Sure, we all love to list everything, but not everything is here, and not everything belongs here (not the case with these, these certainly belong, but we're not 100% sure if this is the right location or if the cheklist is complete).

The site is crowd-sourced, meaning it's EVERYONE'S responsibility to do research and to provide full information. There are a handful of helpers who will make fixes to errors and other omissions (like adding cards that weren't loaded in the first place like they should've been), and a larger amount who will answer questions on the forums. We like to help. We want to help. But you don't wait for the help, or the info, that's when our hands get tied, and we can't help you.

What you are doing now (contacting Topps, trying to get more info) is the right thing. It should have taken place before adding the checklist. Now you know for next time. And I do hope there is a next time. Please use this instructively. It's meant to educate (again, you AND all the other newer members). Thanks!

Thanks for your service.

Happy Easter!

And again, I know you're a good person. :) And know we've all learned from this set. Learning is good. In the meantime, if this is the complete set, cool!

The Bronze set was a promotional set given to dealers who ordered a certain number of cases from Topps when Desert Storm 1st Series was first released. The reason it contains cards 1, 2 and 4, but not 3, is that those three gentlemen were the most popular at the time. I obtained my set at the time of release from such a dealer and learned how they were released from him and several other dealers who ordered large case amounts. Even though Topps produced a huge amount of cards, they were not a lot of these Bronze sets produced, but an actual number of sets was never released by Topps to my knowledge.