I was watching a YouTuber go through some of newest hauls and he showed off one of these cards - I didn't know what they were, but they are apparently bonus cards in 2021 Topps Series 1 jumbo boxes.
I ended up doing some browsing on eBay and ended up putting a bid and winning an Ichiro card from the set - regardless of the other players on the checklist, I can't go wrong with this all-time fan favorite.
The fronts are very generic and make me think these cards are MLB team issued cards from the 1970s or 1980s perhaps - though that is how the originals might have looked.
I'm not that collector who nitpicks at how faithful the details are replicated - when it comes to modern cards mimicking past designs.
I do like how Topps made good use of the colors on the back of the cards - where it's not as sleepy as the fronts.
Besides a copy of the Ichiro, it was kind of a no brainer to look for the Angels on the checklist - which ends up being Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout obviously.
In-hand, the cards end up being smaller [3.5 x 5 inch] than I assumed, but larger than a regular sized card - for the most part I want regular sized cards, though I may have to make exceptions for odd-sized stuff like these box toppers.
Oh, that's definitely based on 1988 Topps Minis. The font on the front is a little off, but the backs are clearly the same. https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/48368/1988-Topps-Major-League-Leaders-Minis%C2%A0
ReplyDeleteA little funny to have oversized cards based on a mini design.