2011 Topps Diamond Sparkle SP’s
I thought I would follow up on the earlier post about the Diamond sparkle SP’s that are popping up. I think this is a better gimmick idea than most years, however I won’t be chasing any of them.
Here are a few I found:
I think eventually these will end up being around a $30 card. There is no way people are going to buy these for $200.
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I find this gimmick silly. Not sure what is worse though, last year's pie in the face or this. Leaning towards 2010. I don't see these selling for $60+ either.
That Cabrera is awful.
The BINs for those are ridiculous.
I honestly want to see one with the sparkle in the crotch. Just because.
I'm beginning to think that this more of an extremely SP'd parallel set. I would have compared this to the Pie in the Face cards from last year (and was actually going to), but it may be possible that EVERY card has this "sunburst"/"sparkle" variation.
Sincerely,
JayBee Anama
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Mariebay,
that will be Ben Roethlisberger's card in the next Topps Football release.
I tend to not like Gimmick cards, but I feel like this is particularly bad–worse than the PITF cards.
My reason is simple: the sparkle is nothing but a unnecessary, contrived addition that doesn't even add to the aesthetics of the card–in most cases it distracts. At least the PITF cards were actually different looking cards.
Maybe this will cure people of chasing the Topps super short-print cards?
Nah…
Wow. If I pulled one of those before reading this post I would have been so confused.
I like the PITF much better, that happens in baseball, random diamonds, maybe in rappers, not baseball players
Givin' your blog a little advertisement on the sports card forums…
http://www.sportscardradio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1533&p=15944#p15944
Derek – you made me chuckle with that comment.
82redbirds – thanks for the shoutout.