2021 Topps Heritage Baseball Forum

Apparently the Wrongback cards are intentional.  100 cards total (50 pairs), issued in blaster hot boxes.

how did you get this info?

Several message boards and complete sets listed on eBay

Since it doesn't look like they are going to be listed here, how would you guys recommend logging these cards?

Maybe log the front player and put a note?

Why can't they be listed as errors then? I feel like they should be listed whether they are intentional or not. I have a bunch of these and don't know how to log them. 

So why doesn't someone who is knowledgeable and has the info provide it to Admin for decision? Send all info and applicable links under him decide? This could be an example of where it's allowed. Not it, tho, not schooled on this year's Heritage.

Because 99% of the time, the site doesn't list wrong-back errors: https://www.tcdb.com/FAQ.cfm?ITEM=WrongBacks

If it's unintentional, and the process happened like the FAQ item linked above describes, they wouldn't get listed. This seems possible, since it's apparently all the same cards that are affected (meaning that it could have been the same series of sheets that this happened to).

If it's intentional, and Topps intends for these cards to be considered unique collectibles, then they would get listed. This also seems possible because Topps.

Now, we also need to be conscious of the fact that if they're unintentional, but wide-spread enough, Admin may make an exception to have them listed. He has done so before with certain errors that aren't usually catalogued here (I wish I remember what set it was, but there was a late 2000's Topps baseball insert set that had a ton of foiling errors, and it affected most, if not all, cards in the set. Admin granted those an exception because of the mass production of them).

I haven't revisited this for a while. Has anyone seen confirmation from Topps and/or a hobby source that these are intentional? That would be a good starting point. Not a forum thread or eBay results, but actually from the manufacturer themself? Last I looked, I hadn't. I wouldn't necessarily trust a customer service rep to be in the loop either, honestly.

These asre unintentional wrong backs, and it very clearly states in the FAQ (https://www.tcdb.com/FAQ.cfm?ITEM=WrongBacks) and when you attempt to insert a card in a set that they are not allowed here. Here is the text in the warning when inserting a card:

Please do not insert entries for cards with missing foil, wrong or blank backs, or that are mis-cut. These are not catalogued here as they are printing errors and are due to random misfires during the printing process.

With this being an intentional thing it reminded me fo the 2021 Topps "Double Headers" insert set. Those are a player's first card and last card it seems, not wrong backs.Different animal.

Topps should be the ONLY source for confirmation of intent.  No other hobby source, be it forums, blogs, sites, dealers, etc. should be used for confirmation.