Random Card of the Day

 Black borders are terrible.   This set shows every nick which would be unnoticeable on most cards.   Looks like their template for cutting lines was obstructed by the black borders and they had no way of cutting them straight.

Yearly designs by Topps had been stale for years, so these black boarders were a nice change of pace. Quality control had to be non-existent because I have several with mismatched backs. Backs printed in the wrong position in relation to the fronts and some with the wrong back altogether.

@whoisrob - Those are most likely caused by the sheets being flipped the wrong way when printing. If you compare the wrong backs (or mis-matched alignment backs) with correct cards, the text on the backs will probably go in the opposite direction.

@vroomed-- you mentioned that you didn't like how you have a picture going one way and the name going the other.  I'm fine with that AS LONG AS the name is oriented the same as the back when you put the card in a binder or penny sleeve.  I really hate cards like this one: http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/5495/cid/1241868/1998-99-O-Pee-Chee-Chrome-168-Kris-Draper

 I thought I had this card.  I had to click it to find out I didn't.

@Howintensive: Yes, the Draper card drives me crazy too (we have lots of Red Wings cards, my wife is a fan - became a fan when Steve Yzerman was drafted, and has loved them since - even after Stevie Y). Last year, Topps baseball had an insert set called Chasing History which had some cards veritcal and some horizontal. Backs were all vertical. Putting them in 9-card pages, Series 1 horizontal cards oriented with the bottom on the left side, while the Series 2 cards oriented the bottom on the right. So, to have all the cards be "upright" on the reverses, they go two different directions on the front. OCD kicks in.