Last seen in 2005, Topps brought back the Gallery brand with a 200 card set. Of course, they had to ruin a good thing by making the last 50 cards short-prints. The Cubs had four players in the common numbers and four more in the SPs. Having eleven out of 200 is about double the expected.
These two were among the short-prints. We also get a good look at two different versions of the shoulder Cubbie patch. Man, I do wish they'd go back to one that Ernie wears.
Lester and Contreras were the other short-prints. The Contreras card looks like something that Panini makes, with no visible team logos.
The seven in the common set are the usual suspects, with the exception of Ian Happ. I guess there always has to be a rookie in the mix.
It doesn't bother me much with Happ being in the set... but when Topps picks a guy like Rob Z., who has had little to no success in MLB, then I get a little frustrated.
ReplyDeleteThis set is "meh" for me. I'm a fan of the less is more design and the Master, Artisan, Apprentice tiers as a concept but I feel some of the artwork is just ok.
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