Getting a bit mad at card companies

[steve B]

Buybacks are ok, I got a few earlier this year. The foil stamping is a bit cool. No big names, but at least someone is making money off late 80's commons.

I wonder how much trouble I'd be in if I foil stamped a bunch of 80's cards with my own special logo? The guy that made 3-d cards out of laser cut early 90's cards got in a bit of trouble, but things are a bit touchier these days.

[mrmopar]

Folks were doing that for a while. I remember some "Special Olympics" 1/1 foil stamped cards that I am pretty sure had nothing to do with Special Olympics.

Originally Posted by steve B

Buybacks are ok, I got a few earlier this year. The foil stamping is a bit cool. No big names, but at least someone is making money off late 80's commons.

I wonder how much trouble I'd be in if I foil stamped a bunch of 80's cards with my own special logo? The guy that made 3-d cards out of laser cut early 90's cards got in a bit of trouble, but things are a bit touchier these days.

[steve B]

Well, the Topps "Common" is actually an SP.

One that took some time to look up, as it's a second series number, and says second series right on it.
The checklist of second series SPs doesn't include that number.
But the checklist of update Sps does. Apparently they included a new batch of second series SPs in the update series.

Could it be any more confusing?

And since I was looking at checklists I checked the Pannini ones too. They are inserts, just stuff like rated rookies with the exact same design as Donruss and extensions of the Donruss numbering.

Why even give the sets names?
I think I'll make a card set with no name, and no coherent series. Maybe I'll do the wrappers with a green stripe and just "baseball cards" Like the old 70's generic products were. Hey, if I just call it "sports cards" I won't even have to stick to baseball........

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by steve B

Buybacks are ok, I got a few earlier this year. The foil stamping is a bit cool. No big names, but at least someone is making money off late 80's commons.

I wonder how much trouble I'd be in if I foil stamped a bunch of 80's cards with my own special logo? The guy that made 3-d cards out of laser cut early 90's cards got in a bit of trouble, but things are a bit touchier these days.

That would be Rob Veres (and his son) of Burbank Cards making that money.