[jchcollins]

I like cards like this and think they are a really great alternative to just buying a reprint of an actual card that I know I'll never be able to afford. With reprints the first thing I think of in looking at them is that I know they are reprints, but not with these "cards that never were." I particularly like the Topps Archives series. I have a set of them from the year they first came out, but never followed-up, I may need to look at getting back into this as a cheaper alternative to real vintage cards LOL.

I will say it's odd I think when they do a design that is not in line with the "era" of the player. For example in the first Topps Archives set, they did Willie Mays on a '55 Topps card, but the pic was clearly older and he had a SF Giants cap on. My mind immediately went to "well, that's not right..."