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Tell me what is up with the Dark Topps Logo Variation? Is this a bonus card set,. Should I be looking at them as a different set? I got to box 3 of 10 boxes of them when I happen to look to see what bonus cards are with the set then saw this listing about the dark logo. I thought they were just better printings.

There is no reported price for the set, so are they worth more if you can make a set of them?

Im completely lost on this one.  Need info!!!  Feed my brain. :)

They are not a bonus or insert set. They are a parallel to the regular set. The "Topps 40th Anniversary" logo on the back of the cards (as background to the stats) is dark orange instead of the pale pink color of the regular cards. Print-run seems to be along the same lines as the regular Topps cards. The Dark Logo Back also has a glow-back version just like the regular set.

Oh great, confuse me more. What is a glow back?? lol

I am also intrigued by this "glow back" you speak of.

Yeah so am I. do I need a black light????

Wow.  You'll never find them if you look for a dark orange logo.

The dark logo on the back is very much bolder in print than the regular issue but it is the same shade of pink as all other cards. Open both of these links and you will clearly see the difference.

Regular Issue: https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/167/cid/61910/1991-Topps-10-Gregg-Olson

Dark Logo VAR: https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/133609/cid/8551508/1991-Topps---Dark-Topps-Logo-Variation-10-Gregg-Olson?PageIndex=1

If you have any in your collection, they will stand out. You may find some that you think might be a dark logo but when you have ther real ones, you will discard the others. Only some print sheets A and B were done in this way.  They are much rarer than the regular issue if my large sample size is any indication, I would estimate at 1 in ten. There are only 255 cards even though two complete sheets would be 264.  That is because manager and all star cards were not produced with the dark logo (if someone can prove me definitely wrong in this, I would welcome it).

As for the glow backs, there have been several threads about this in the past and very recently. Yes you either need extremely special eye sight or a black light to find these. Someone just provided a link to one here in Canada that I plan topick up tomorrow.

I don't know how Managers or All-Stars could have a "Dark Logo" version as they don't have a logo on the backs of those cards!

Exactly! That is why 7 of the cards from sheets A&B are not in the Dark Logo parallel.

9?

How hard are these to find? I recently opened 2 Rack boxes and 1 Wax box anf found 0 Dark Logos. I have 1 Wax box to open yet,