Some of these buybacks are a bit silly

[GasHouseGang]

That's terrible. Can't they figure out a better spot than right over his face?

[G1911]

I kind of want to collect these travesties. Tom Terrific ain't so terrific.

[Exhibitman]

We are all collectors and investors. An investor is a collector who has been offered a lot of money for a card he owns. It's just cardboard, just stuff. Not only would I sell my collection, for the right price I will carry it out to your car.

[G1911]

Many are collectors who become investors when the price is right. Many are pure investors (see the modern world especially) and some are pure collectors. I will not sell most of my items for any price. I would not sell my boxing T collection for 20x it's value. I only sell my dupes or random pickups I find and don't really want but recognize are an easy flip. I give away for free more than I have sold. Some things are just for fun, and hobby land is a lot more enjoyable when it's not run as a $$ game. Cards are a break from the cash race for some. Collectors tend to rail at investors, investors tend to deny collectors really exist. Collecting isn't better than half/half or pure investing, but it is an extant thing.


Regardless of which of the 3 we all are, this card sucks for everyone. Right on Wright's face. It's odd because Topps did pay attention to the stamping on plenty leader/manager and standard design base cards. Most base cards have the stamps on the left or right bottom where it interferes with the picture less depending on the players pose. Some of the leaders like this McDowell/Lolich/Johnson have it placed in a spot clearly intended to not totally ruin the card, so they didn't blindly stamp everything.

[G1911]

Pulled one of these hunks of crap myself. Topps got lazy as hell in 2021 and didn't even put the in a wrapper, or pay attention whatsoever to where they stamp the card. You'd think they'd stamp the left side, and not the right here....

[G1911]

Pulled last week. Wrong orientation and poor placement. Sometimes the stamps are found oriented properly for a horizontal card, so Topps is capable of it. They often just don't. Kind of ruins what is otherwise a cool card. Bryant hit .165, so a batting pose is an odd choice for him in action

[ALBB]

I see the point of " ruining " the insert card..but If I collected new cards ( I dont) , I would find it " underwhelming " if my scarce insert pull was a VGEX shape 72 T common