[melcmd]

Let me start off by saying that I'm not a big Topps fan. Since I seriously started collecting in 2006, I have tried to do one big auto rookie set from each company.

I tried Triple Threads. After 2 years, I was bored because it all looked the same. I tried Chrome. Though popular in the hobby, other than going to on card autos, it always bugged me that it was essentially a 'shiny' version of the base Topps rookie with different colored borders (often hideous) with poorly centered images.

Last year I thought I'd give Topps Museum a shot. Unfortunately, it came out shortly before Five Star. I did not want to spend a fortune on the 2013 rookie class by going after National Treasures, especially with my experience (going back to 2007, 2008)in the past with poor resell dollars. I figured Five Star had worked out the kinks after a few years.

I was wrong.

It's a thick card with a thin piece of jersey/patch that looks almost the same as Museum and Finest. Also, there are a lot of irregular and ink bubbles in a lot of the signatures which are all on card.

There were 40 cards in the rookie set. I have 33 in hand. I'm not overly excited about it, but I will try to finish it in the next month or 2. I thought I'd share the images since I'm normally associated with Certified and haven't shared anything in a while. Overall, I'm not disappointed that Topps is leaving football. I miss Upper Deck and their innovations, but I remember why they are only college cards now.

Hope you enjoy these......

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I'll post the final seven when I find them at a reasonable price. Still need 2 of my Steelers, Keenan Allen and Tavon Austin (+ the other 3). Let me know if you have any available in your possession.

[ricky williams 34]

Very nice Mel!! I like the design of these this year, but agree with the auto quality. I won't miss Topps either unfortunately...

[savagenate]

Nice cards man! Lots of nice patches!

[Kingofallmarks]

Not that bad looking but i agree on the patch size. It's hard to believe that it's a fairly high end product with the size selections of the patches and the quality of the autographs. I am right there with you about not missing Topps in football.

[mooncricket916]

Very nice looking set so far! Not a big fan of rookies but those are some great looking cards!

[uwash97]

They look really sharp when presented like this. Thanks for sharing! Although I won't NECESSARILY miss Topps, it's just going to be weird without them around. Football (and basketball) cards took a downturn when Upper Deck lost their license. Panini and Topps just went on autopilot since they didn't have to keep up with the lead innovator anymore. It suddenly became OK to keep churning out the same crap year after year after year. Honestly I'd say I wouldn't miss Panini either, but then there'd be nothing...

[sconnienation3]

They look really sharp when presented like this. Thanks for sharing! Although I won't NECESSARILY miss Topps, it's just going to be weird without them around. Football (and basketball) cards took a downturn when Upper Deck lost their license. Panini and Topps just went on autopilot since they didn't have to keep up with the lead innovator anymore. It suddenly became OK to keep churning out the same crap year after year after year. Honestly I'd say I wouldn't miss Panini either, but then there'd be nothing...

What he said...lol

[melcmd]

Very nice Mel!! I like the design of these this year, but agree with the auto quality. I won't miss Topps either unfortunately...

Thanks, Wendy. For a product like this,you would think Topps would have a product that the players could actually write on. I don't think that I would grade these.

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Nice cards man! Lots of nice patches!

Thank you. After Museum and Finest, though, it feels like the same-old stuff.

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Not that bad looking but i agree on the patch size. It's hard to believe that it's a fairly high end product with the size selections of the patches and the quality of the autographs. I am right there with you about not missing Topps in football.

I agree.they don't look bad.....just overpriced for the quality of the work.

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Very nice looking set so far! Not a big fan of rookies but those are some great looking cards!

I'm not as big of the rookies either. Unfortunately, they drive the hobby. That's why I buy very few products any more. More veteran products and less autos for me!

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They look really sharp when presented like this. Thanks for sharing! Although I won't NECESSARILY miss Topps, it's just going to be weird without them around. Football (and basketball) cards took a downturn when Upper Deck lost their license. Panini and Topps just went on autopilot since they didn't have to keep up with the lead innovator anymore. It suddenly became OK to keep churning out the same crap year after year after year. Honestly I'd say I wouldn't miss Panini either, but then there'd be nothing...

I agree for the most part. At least Panini has tried some new things. I don't like a lot....especially the market saturation and the killing of one of my favorite products (CERTIFIED). At least they are trying.