Today we celebrate our Independence Day

Since 2018, Topps has been printing Independence Day parallels in their flagship releases.  

I have gotten the parallel each year, but so far haven't picked up the lone copy available on the secondary market from 2021 Topps Series 2.

This year's parallel just doesn't do it for me as you can see in the screenshot taken below from an eBay listing.

The stars look nice, but there's just nothing that screams out America Freedom on this design.  In previous year's designs there were at least attempts at showing off not only the stars, but also the stripes of our great country.  This year, nothing.

I do like the Topps Bunt app Independence Day cards though.

The above digital format only "card" looks very patriotic.  

Let's look at the flagship parallels year by year and you can all comment below which is your favorite.

2018 Topps Series 1

2019 Topps Series 2

2020 Topps Series 2

2021 Topps Series 2 (not in my possession)

In addition to discussing your favorite year for the Independence Day parallel, leave a comment below how you plan to spend your 4th of July.

Today We Celebrate our Independence pt2

Independence Day was one of my favorite sci-fi movies of all time.  Obviously the concept of the movie had no real links to the original day of independence.

One of the best new parallels to appear in Topps flagship this year is the Independance parallels numbered to 76 copies to commemorate 1776, when America was truly declared as the United States of America.

I am still in search of some of the other parallels for this card, but this is by far one of my more favorite cards in recent years to feature stars and stripes.

I would much rather get a cool parallel background like what you see above instead of the traditional manupatches Topps has done in the past.

Case in point, the version you see below....

Or this one I showed off last year from the 2010 release with 229!!! player checklist.