Today's brand new card is masquerading as an old card.
Card Number 379: Topps Archives, 2020; #106
Yes, it's Topps Archives, which this year has resurrected a few card templates from the history of the Topps company. Players are allocated a design based on either the 1955 card set, the 1974 card set, or the 2002 card set. (That one is quite clever because Topps included the year on the card front in 2002, which they have replicated but transposed the last two digits so it reads Topps 2020.) Tony appears on a card in the '74 template, which means he features on a card template from a year earlier than one he was given last year.
Given that the player in question has retired, and in Tony's case has actually passed on, it feels a bit mean to include his weight on the back. Particularly as Topps have chosen the upper end of the spectrum that Tony's weight moved along during his career.
Overall, however, it's a nice-looking card set in a 'classic' template.
Total: 379/394
Cool card. Hope to add a copy to my collection one of these days. My only complaint is the photo. Kinda wish they had used a photo with one of the brown jerseys from earlier in his career.
ReplyDeleteYes, a card like this could easily use a picture of Tony taken in his early seasons.
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