Hello! Just thought I would introduce myself since I just joined the forums - I decided to get back into baseball (and football) card collecting this year. I missed everything about the hobby and its fans, so I am here. So backstory on my question (and forgive me if there is already a thread on this somewhere as I apologize) -
Decided to get back into collecting on a whim - was driving through KC some months back and a lcs caught my eye. Decided to stop in to see what cards these days looked like, and since i have never stopped being an avid fan of both baseball and football, decided to pick up the start of my collection again. Went with a box of bowman chrome 2011. Didn't do too terrible as the auto hit was the Matt Moore so decided to go back to the lcs. The owner and another customer were opening a pack of 2012 Topps Tribute - and the cards that came out of those were great looking, so I bought 2 packs. The first had a Hellickson auto redemption blue, and the second had a Mike Schmidt Inkable Auto Yellow Printing Plate 1/1 - I was pretty ecstatic - especially since I was new back into the hobby and was a pull from only the third thing I had bought.
I love the concept of the printing plates - but what are other peoples thoughts on them? Obviously for PC players, collectors are going to love them. But for other players - because of their nature - one color, etc, they usually aren't the most eye pleasing cards - as opposed to sharp color, patch auto's for example. So just curious! Thanks!
Decided to get back into collecting on a whim - was driving through KC some months back and a lcs caught my eye. Decided to stop in to see what cards these days looked like, and since i have never stopped being an avid fan of both baseball and football, decided to pick up the start of my collection again. Went with a box of bowman chrome 2011. Didn't do too terrible as the auto hit was the Matt Moore so decided to go back to the lcs. The owner and another customer were opening a pack of 2012 Topps Tribute - and the cards that came out of those were great looking, so I bought 2 packs. The first had a Hellickson auto redemption blue, and the second had a Mike Schmidt Inkable Auto Yellow Printing Plate 1/1 - I was pretty ecstatic - especially since I was new back into the hobby and was a pull from only the third thing I had bought.
I love the concept of the printing plates - but what are other peoples thoughts on them? Obviously for PC players, collectors are going to love them. But for other players - because of their nature - one color, etc, they usually aren't the most eye pleasing cards - as opposed to sharp color, patch auto's for example. So just curious! Thanks!