MLB Network "Cardboard Treasure"

[BBSD]

Tonight @ 7pm pacific the MLB Network will be airing "Cardboard Treasure" A 60-year history of Topps. Enjoy. Barry

[mintacular]

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[GrayGhost]

Im watching this as I type. Awesome show!!!

[Teamsets4u]

I felt like I was watching a commercial for Topps.

[prewarsports]

Agreed. 5 minutes worth of cool stuff and 55 minutes of worthless promotion of the Topps company and interviews with current players talking about buying Griffey Rookies back in the day. Still worth watching, but it could have been a really cool show especially if they had shown more in the Topps vault and history behind the company and not so much modern crap and promotion. Just my opinion.

[GrayGhost]

Yeah, I really liked it overall, but the vintage stuff would have been even better. Perhaps we will see another show on the more historical evolution of collecting.

[nebboy]

Originally Posted by Teamsets4u

I felt like I was watching a commercial for Topps.

I must agree it seemed more like a payed info-mericial for Topps.
But if the hobby gets a few more people interested, all the better.

Also kind of sad that when they showed T206 backs it was the modern issue backs and not the pre-war T206 backs.

I did see some very nice T205s!!!

[hunterdutchess]

Looks like cards are getting some bling bling, WTF! Out of all the uncut sheets to show us they pick a reprint sheet? And Brandon Inge did not put cards in his spokes when he was a kid (B.S.). I am his age and we put that early 90's stuff in a box in the closet to keep them mint, that is why they are worthless!! Other than that great show, loved the Billy Ripken "sorry" bat.

[wolterse]

Originally Posted by nebboy

I must agree it seemed more like a payed info-mericial for Topps.
But if the hobby gets a few more people interested, all the better.

Also kind of sad that when they showed T206 backs it was the modern issue backs and not the pre-war T206 backs.

I did see some very nice T205s!!!

Agreed, but not surprising given that Topps is the only remaining manufacturer of Cards today...who else would they focus on?