General Forum

I like refractors, die-cuts, and acetate. I don't mind the idea of other parallels, but there are far too many for me. Make just a few and serial-number them. Serial-numbers are always good. I used to love relic cards, but I'm not such a big fan of them anymore. They just don't do much for me.

Come on, old school people, where are you?! 
'Tis a fine post, but I hate all the modern gimmicks, really, mostly because of what they've done to the hobby--the rushes at Walmart; people thinking they can never complete sets, etc. And I'm all about vintage. 
That said, I've fallen into collecting modern Gypsy Queen, which I consider to be a gimmick. I love my triple folder and double folder tobacco cards. And my Turkey Red Cabinet. And I'd love to get ahold of an 1800's die cut Cub. 
Oh, and I did seek out the whole 1971 Topps baseball coin set. 
So I guess I go in for some. We're ALL suckers. 
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Make no mistake... vintage is still king! (or queen, no discrimination)

When I found this site I was very surprised by how many set collectors were on here.  That is part of what drew me here and have kept me here.  I think that set collectors are an endangered species in the hobby these days and the companies making cards are not making it easy on us.   

I am with Sandyrusy and Vvvergeer on this one.  I am not a fan of the "gimmicks".  The artifical scarity that the "gimmicks" have created has added a gambling aspect that I don't like. It does not make any sense to try to build sets by ripping packs anymore.  It ends up costing $250 to buy the packs to build the flagship base set.  I think that most of the reason for the inflated costs is those "gimmicks".   I wish they would have "base" packs which is only base cards with no "gimmicks" that was like 10 cards for $1.  That would allow kids an entry point into the hobby.   I think that is what Opening day was supposed to be but never quite hit the mark for me. 

Vintage had it's gimmick.

Skip numbering, so you'd keep buying in an attempt to get the card numbers that were missing in the middle. Now THAT's a gimmick!

I really like Refractors. Something about holding the card in your hands and having it shine from different angles gets me. 

I am a set collector. I don't mind parallels or inserts. I believe is there is too much product available.

TOPPS BASE BASEBALL - according to TCDB lists

2011 Topps BASE SET ( Cards)
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2001 Topps BASE SET ( Cards)
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1991 Topps BASE SET ( Cards)
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1981 Topps BASE SET ( Cards)
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1971 Topps BASE SET ( Cards)
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1961 Topps BASE SET ( Cards)
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