hey! die cut cards are for wimps, right? why not use a frickin' laser!?!?! that's what topps was thinking in 1996, and the result was…meh.
here's a hideo nomo card
which is pretty much the same as ismael valdes' card
don't fret - not all the cards used the same template. here's an eric karros card as proofi appreciate the view from above, and the fact that karros is shown in his swing follow through, just like the laser batter guy. in a way, i see a bit of a penrosian quality in this card although that doesn't really work in two dimensions, so never mind.
here are two more dodger cards from the set - raul mondesi
and mike piazza
both fielding their positions and with a fielder's pose cutout. there was also a fourth template in the set - a baserunner - but there were no dodgers that i know of in that subset.
credit topps with trying something new, i guess, and definitely credit them for matching photos to the laser cutouts, but at the same time understand that there certainly was no clamor for a 1997 topps laser release.
4 comments:
I still can't decide whether I love or hate these things.
One of the most defective sets ever.
http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2013/07/tmdsik-1996-topps-laser.html
If Topps was dynamite with a laser beam, how come the set wasn't guaranteed to blow your mind?
I appreciate the fact that Topps tried something different. I won't say it's one of my all-time favorite sets, but I still like them.
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