I like Topps Archives for a couple of reasons. 1) The base set is pretty small at 200 cards and 2) The inserts are usually pretty neat. I bought a blaster today and rather enjoyed opening the product. As you perhaps already know, the Archives base set is broken into four 50 card groups (I'm ignoring the SPs because I don't usually chase SPs) with each group featured in a Topps base set design from the 70's, 80's and 90's.
My blaster yielded about 14 cards of each group, plus a few SPs and inserts. Here are some of the base cards I got that I liked:
Cards 1-50 are patterned after the 1972 Topps Set. 1972 is getting a lot of love this year, what with the mini insert cards in this style in flagship.
Cards 51-100 are based on 1982 Topps. I didn't get much I cared about in this group, but the Robinson is pretty cool.
This 1985 style is probably my favorite- covering cards 101-150. Maybe I like it because I got a Jurickson Profar?
Finally, cards 151-200 are done in the 1990 Topps style, the least interesting of the bunch IMO.
I only got a few inserts, this being my favorite:
My scanner had a little hiccup I guess, but you get the idea. Does it matter to anyone that this design comes from a Topps Football set? I don't care, and like the cards myself. I also like the inserts that I've seen based on the 1972 Basketball set. Didn't get any of those dagnabit.
I'm confused a little by this 4-in-1 sticker card. I know the design is based on 1969 Topps, but was there a 4-in-1 sticker card like this in 1969 too?
I've also seen that there are some cool "stained glass" looking cards and a Topps Stadium Club Triumvirate set that would be fun to collect. Too bad there are no Rangers in either of those sets.
I suppose I should wrap up my 2012 Archives set first before building this one. But I had a good time opening the blaster, and isn't that kind of the whole point of this hobby?
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Paul Molitor! And I agree with you that is the best design.
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