Topps has been doing a load of internet only very short run stuff for a couple years now. These aren't much different, they're just selling them through the Toppsvault on Ebay instead of through the emails/website.
There's no telling how collectors will look at them in the future.
The only comparison I can make is the stuff issued in the 80's-90's that was exclusive to a particular market or promotion. And those end up all over the place.
90 Donruss learning series - sold only to schools. I had a connection and got a few sets. They aren't as good as I'd hoped.
198? I forget the year Hoops/sears basketball set. Poorly written ad for a set of 100 cards. The catalog made it sound like either a partial set or a random bunch of 100 cards. Bought two, and was pleasantly surprised to find that they were actually their own set. Same design, but only 1-100 and with yellow borders.
A ton of stuff was HSC exclusive. I have a Signature rookies set that came with a HSC exclusive signed card. Pretty cool, but about as valuable as any of their other stuff (In other words not worth a whole lot since it's not Jeter or another huge star) I didn't buy it from HSC but later, so I paid what it's worth now.
On the other hand there's the 84 Topps/Nestles cards sold as a set of sheets. I have the original ad/order form, and passed on the set because the ad showed normal Topps cards. And I'd just seen 1983 sheets on clearance at the toy store (which one was big but didn't survive toys r us? childworld? )
Of course those turned out fairly well.
Steve B
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