Is anyone excited about eTopps T206 cards?

[HOF Yankees]

I dislike all modern cards and the modern companies so I won't buy any., I started off buying vintage and I have to agree its a waste and looks bad to put modern players on vintage styles, ehh to topps on this one.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by HOF Yankees

I dislike all modern cards and the modern companies so I won't buy any., I started off buying vintage and I have to agree its a waste and looks bad to put modern players on vintage styles, ehh to topps on this one.

I'm mostly a pre-war guy myself, but modern-wise I'll still pick up Auto's, HOF rookies, and Topps Complete sets(or build 'em myself). The sets mostly because the ultimate goal is to work my way up to the full standard Topps run from '51-current, and possibly the '48 Magic Photos.

I definitely have to agree with you though, Modern players on vintage styles, or even vintage players on modern styles is just bad in my book. Almost sickening.

[painthistorian]

I am sure one day someone will eventually come out and make E-Topps reprints, maybe a new grading service will grade those! Not excited about any E-cards that were not made 100 years ago personally....

[fkw]

eTopps are not baseball cards

"A true collector card will always be issued FREE with a product or service of some kind."

The day they took the gum out of the packs is the day true collector cards changed to a limited edition collector issue. ie TCMA, etc.

[Section103]

The bit about buying a card I dont possess has always made my mind turn into quick drying cement - I cant begin to conceive of the merits.

[Fred]

After reading the different posts about eTopps and what it is supposed to be I only have one question. Seriously, did people really buy into that crap?

[DixieBaseball]

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[jrb97]

Originally Posted by Fred

After reading the different posts about eTopps and what it is supposed to be I only have one question. Seriously, did people really buy into that crap?

New to vintage and to the board but thought I'd answer your question. People did buy Etopps and it failed miserably. I'm guilty of buying a few unfortunately David pretty much summed up Etopps very well but thought I'd add one more point.

At the beginning of the week, Topps would announce the cards offered and the "maximum" print run for that particular card. Some cards had a max print run of something like 2,000, while others had a max print run of 10,000. Topps then took orders during the week for the cards. The "actual" print run would be based on the orders it received during the week. Topps got very few orders for some of the less popular players and this created "scarcity". I think some may have had print runs of just 200-300 (even though the max print run was going to be say 2,000). In other cases (e.g. Lebron James), Topps issued the maximum print run.