This year marks the fifth for the Holiday set. I thought it would be interesting to see how the look of the cards has evolved over the five years.
The first three sets, 2015 - 2017 did nothing more than add snowflakes to the flagship.
Topps got a bit more festive in 2019 as the snowflakes were replaced with holly. Holly was also added to the border and the font colors were just red and green.
I still like the 2019 design more. I think they could have extended the tree trimming all the way up the 2020 card. Still, I love that Topps is trying. I never gave a second thought about those first three sets.
ReplyDelete2019 is by far the best. 2020 is basically putting lipstick on a pig. You can't fix ugly.
ReplyDeleteO.K. is looks like some collectors including me think 2019 is better. I think it also stems from the fact that 2019 is a better design than 2020 (of course 2018 is the best design of the last 5 years).
ReplyDeleteBut I just happened to take a look at your blog archive, You are the Cal Ripken/Lou Gehrig of Sports Card Blogging. Look at those numbers - posts between 358 to 368 a year from 2011-2020. Talk about consistency.