Anyone see this? 2010 Topps Abe Lincoln Variation

[chaddie84]

The most disappointing thing I have found with Topps this year is that you don't get any real bang for your buck with regard to inserts. Give me some innovation instead of a tired Turkey Red and reprint sets, Topps Town, Topps Attax (Whatever the hell that is), some $8 autos and game used that I can't sell for $2 delivered on ebay, and some weird manufactured patches. Even the concepts of the inserts are ok, with the history of the game cards, and the old/new stars, but give me some holofoil or die cut, or thickness or something. 90% of the new inserts just look like base cards.

I miss Donruss

 

[dankir96]

I don't worry about all these SP and GIMMICK cards anymore.

 

[metsman1986]

AUTaxMan, dead on right about the reprint sets..................How many have there been since Topps started doing insert subsets? 2001 Through the Year reprints, Mantle, Mays, Clemente, Aaron, Ryan................Wait until they are 60 years next year..................Mike

 

[Tim Carroll]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Topps-Milt...ZViewItemQQptZUS_Baseball?hash=item45f1966d25

It is now on ebay. BIN for $499.........


Tim

 

[timfsu2k]

OK, I admit it, I do not know how The 16th President of the US and a (IMO) MLB player with an attitude who never lived up to his potential are related?

Tal

Per Wiki:

Unsatisfied with his profession, Bradley taught himself lithography and print-making, producing an image of Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 presidential campaign that sold well in the heavily Republican Massachusetts. Lincoln’s decision to grow a beard, and the resulting iconic connection of facial hair to the sixteenth president, immediately rendered Bradley’s lithograph obsolete, and left his fledgling printing business without a marketable image.

 

[Dunndeal]

Better keep looking. Seems like there are more Cubs players with good ole Abe on some of there cards lol.

#135 Ryan Dempster-Behind Dempster
http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Topps-ABE-...ZViewItemQQptZUS_Baseball?hash=item20afed093d

#326 Tyler Colvin-In dugout

#123 Jeff Samardzija -In crowd
http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Topps-ABE-...ZViewItemQQptZUS_Baseball?hash=item1e5ae45263

 

[worldwideed]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Topps-ABE-...ZViewItemQQptZUS_Baseball?hash=item20afed093d

http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Topps-ABE-...ZViewItemQQptZUS_Baseball?hash=item1e5ae45263

These are really stupid, especially the Dempster card.

 

[jdshuskers]

This is absolutely ridiculous! Why is anyone buying these and the dozens and dozens of variations in the 2010 UD base set?

 

[valediction]

This is absolutely ridiculous! Why is anyone buying these and the dozens and dozens of variations in the 2010 UD base set?

Same reason people put together 1988 Topps sets, or collect Jeff George cards, because it appeals to them.

 

[worldwideed]

Tyler Colvin
http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-TOPPS-TYLE...ZViewItemQQptZUS_Baseball?hash=item439df51c2a

 

[dankir96]

So what do the Cubs or the city of Chicago have to do with Lincoln?

 

[tribefan]

This is one of the reasons I'm thinking about getting out of the Hobby....Even the regular base sets from Topps are becomng a pain in the butt to complete, not to mention the pain in my wallet....Why can't they just make a set witout these SPs and so-called errors....I have not been able to put a full set together since 2005.
2006 has the 4 variations of Alex Gordon, plus a couple of others

2007 has some NO SIG cards (not so tough to get), but in the Update set you have the Squirrel card and the Joba Chamberlain variations

2008 you have the Johan Santana #661, Red Border Gulianni card, and the upside down cards in the update set (Bruan, Bruce, Fukodome)

2009-- all of those SP cards of the old time players

2010-- Abe Lincoln on the wall?

Its more of a scavenger hunt now....It is taking the fun out of set building for me personally, partly my fault though because in my mind the set is not complete unless I have those "other" cards

I don't know about other set collectors but I don't consider these gimmick cards to be part of any set... that includes the variations over the years that were legitimate corrections.

Consider them inserts and "easy money makers" if you happen to land one!

 

[tribefan]

Wait until they are 60 years next year..................Mike

Yeah, I hear they are going to do something new and exciting.... such as, Topps GOLD #/2011!

 

[saferseas]

The most disappointing thing I have found with Topps this year is that you don't get any real bang for your buck with regard to inserts. Give me some innovation instead of a tired Turkey Red and reprint sets, Topps Town, Topps Attax (Whatever the hell that is), some $8 autos and game used that I can't sell for $2 delivered on ebay, and some weird manufactured patches. Even the concepts of the inserts are ok, with the history of the game cards, and the old/new stars, but give me some holofoil or die cut, or thickness or something. 90% of the new inserts just look like base cards.

i'm so glad other people are on the same page with me! I'm disappointed about topps being exclusive, mostly because of their cheap quality. The first time i opened 2009 topps, i threw away the toppstown cards because i thought they were like those "stay in school" ad cards they used to put in packs. "Oh, these are actually considered inserts!?"

 

[Tim Carroll]

So what do the Cubs or the city of Chicago have to do with Lincoln?

Might want to check the White Sox cards as well..........THE LAND OF LINCOLN (Illinois).


Tim

 

[JamesNevans]

Why Abe Lincoln this year and not last which would have been his 200th birthday?