Unboxing Topps Wall Art 10x14s

[mouschi]

(Video of me unboxing at the bottom!)

I have drank/drunk/drinked/drankethed the kool-aid and picked up some Topps Wall Art "posters" (the 10x14s). I actually loathe that they call them posters, because they are not poster stock; they are card stock.

Before picking them up, I tried to do research on them, and there really doesn't seem to be a whole lot on them, so I thought a video and pics would help.

I had mixed feelings on them, but thanks to a black friday deal, I picked up some. The mail lady dropped them off this morning, and I do have a few more coming up!

Firstly, though I knew the dimensions, they are larger than I thought they would be. I am not typically a collector of oversized stuff, but I do love different parallels / rainbows, so I went ahead and pulled the trigger.

Here is a list of pros and cons for me:

CONS:
- They don't come in top loaders
- No backs
- They are oversized
- Yet ANOTHER parallel to chase

PROS:
- They are much more fun than I thought!
- Very unique addition to rainbow/parallel runs
- Showing off a massive baseball card to non-collectors might be worth the price of admission alone!
- They are now checklisted in Beckett

I kind of let out an audible sigh whenever I see Topps adding even more 5x7s, 10x14s, etc. but I dunno ... I do like these for some reason!

Here are the 4 different sizes of the A&Gs.


And for you astronomy geeks ....


And, here is a video of me showing them off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NVqYTMXDYk

[bn2cardz]

I have only bought one. It was 1/1 of Nolan Ryan that I knew I would flip. I wasn't that impressed with the final product when I received it and didn't even know if I would be able to flip it because it just wasn't impressive to me.

I was able to flip it and had a good feedback so I guess it works for player collectors, but I don't see any other reason someone would collect them.

[bnorth]

I didn't think I would like them till I looked at the Wade Boggs selection and now I might have to buy one.

Congrats to your reverse twin on the new job.