Saturday, August 14, 2021

Target Acquired!!!!

Back in May I declared that I wanted to add more of the rare 2009 Andrew McCutchen cards to my collection as one of my main goals for the rest of the year.  You can revisit that post here.

Well, my friends...

That Target has been acquired
Quite literally actually

Before Topps started to make glossy backed vintage logo designs in hobby packs with serial numbers to 99 copies, Topps was making Throwback variants in Target exclusive Hanger boxes.  
These Target exclusive vintage "umbrella" design logo of Topps weren't numbered and had a very vintage cardboard look and feel to them, especially the backs.
These days not only can you not find packs of cards at Target, but are now associated with red parallels, made famous of course by the 2011 Topps Update Mike Trout.

Do you think Topps should make the throwbacks with the classic cardboard non glossy stock again?


3 comments:

  1. I'm kind of tired of Topps and the plethora of parallels they produce as a whole... but the throwback parallels don't bug me nearly as much as the 20 different colored refractors they have.

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  2. Congrats, that's a great find. Always liked the umbrella Topps logo.

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  3. I'd be happy if they started selling cards in the stores again!

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