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.

My Newest Logoman

When Topps became the exclusive licensed trading card product of the MLB, a set was released to celebrate the partnership.

A limited number of MLB Logoman Manufactured patches were released as well. I have had the base for years, but just recently picked up the manupatch.

It looks very similar to a real logoman, but obviously feels slightly different.

Here are the manupatch and base together

And their backs.

You'll notice that it states the 50 card set highlights the top 50 players in MLB history.  Well....if that's the case, Cutch better prepare his Hall of Fame speech the minute he retires.

And here are all my authentic logoman cards that I have shown off on my previous blog, Pirates Treasure Room.  I think these 3 below are a bit better than the manufactured logoman above.

First up all three together

And their backs

Then each seperately