[petesahuttt]

Just finished up a trade for this odd 2012 Gypsy Queen mini. Color is as you can see much different than the normal 'green' mini. I didn;t scan the back but it has the base mini design and color on back.
Always love picking up oddball mini's for the collection!

[cybertrenz02]

They did have green minis.....think i have musial

[Phillies_Joe]

Very nice.

Pete...noticed with this years GQ that some of the base/mini's thoughout had a darker/vibrant yellow boarder like pictured above. Seems to be the same cards (ie Jonny Gomes #66...sorry no scanner access right now). Any reason you'd be aware of for this? ie, unannounced SP parallels...or just printing process errors.

[DrMitchJ]

Very nice.

Pete...noticed with this years GQ that some of the base/mini's thoughout had a darker/vibrant yellow boarder like pictured above. Seems to be the same cards (ie Jonny Gomes #66...sorry no scanner access right now). Any reason you'd be aware of for this? ie, unannounced SP parallels...or just printing process errors.

Joe, I Noticed that with the regular cards, too. Some of the base cards looked almost white in comparison to the yellow. Printing variance, bad quality control, errors or 'on-purpose' cards? Who know? I'm betting on quality control issues.

[Phillies_Joe]

Joe, I Noticed that with the regular cards, too. Some of the base cards looked almost white in comparison to the yellow. Printing variance, bad quality control, errors or 'on-purpose' cards? Who know? I'm betting on quality control issues.

Thinking the same re process problems. That Griffey is def an "on purpose" error. Nice grab Pete!

[petesahuttt]

The unique mini is the Carp, I only scanned the Griffey to show the difference between the greens.
I'll provide some more scans in a little bit

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Okay here on the left is the base Carp mini, on the right is the weirdo lime green

These are the backs, the one in the toploader is the lime green.

These are a couple of the other different backs from '12 GQ, Red Back and Straight Cut backs, both Carp's, front is exactly the same as first scan in this post on the left.

The Kiner is a regular Green mini, the back is also printed in a dark green, this is compared to the lime green Carp, the back of this one is printed in the base brown color.

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[rentzington]

What's even weirder is the carp is the color of the 2013 minis

[petesahuttt]

Very nice.

Pete...noticed with this years GQ that some of the base/mini's thoughout had a darker/vibrant yellow boarder like pictured above. Seems to be the same cards (ie Jonny Gomes #66...sorry no scanner access right now). Any reason you'd be aware of for this? ie, unannounced SP parallels...or just printing process errors.

I have noticed some of the base mini's have a slight shade difference, perhaps printed in a different factory? In 2011 GQ the base mini's that are slightly lighter are the photo variations but that doesn't seem to be the case with any of the later years of GQ.

[rossmaute]

It's not just a printing variation. The little ornamental flourishes on the Griffey are really dark but the mint Carp they're almost white. If it was just an issue with ink coverage, the action photo would have to be really messed up, too, but it looks pretty normal. Plus, the Gypsy Queen logos are spot-on matches as well.

[sfreinker]

Just finished up a trade for this odd 2012 Gypsy Queen mini. Color is as you can see much different than the normal 'green' mini. I didn;t scan the back but it has the base mini design and color on back.
Always love picking up oddball mini's for the collection!

The Carp is 2012's unknown Aquamarine parallel. LOL J/K Interesting to see side by side though.