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Originally Posted by skelly423
Personally I've really enjoyed Project 70. Not every card appeals to me, but it's a real departure from the mass produced base sets with 15 different parallels and refractors. There are some really creative people doing some really cool things I've never seen on a baseball card before. I love that they're able to tip a cap to the history of the game and have some fun with it....
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Totally. I also think this is a direction (maybe one of many) that younger collectors are pushing the industry. My own eye is drawn to some of the beautiful "classic" design cards being released in other sets (the Project 2020 Jackie Robinson above, for instance), but based on sales I'm not in the majority. And I think it's pretty cool that sales/orders for each card are tracked.
My son, who turns 6 this summer, loves the Alex Pardee cards (the artist who did the Willie Mays above). So I picked up and Artist's Proof (out of 51 or something like that) of the Trout and Acuna cards. Those should make great cornerstones for a collection if he starts one. For myself, I picked up an artist's proof of the the Griffey Jr cards from Project 2020. That ones seems like it will be a classic, and I really loved to watch him play.