Topps will be bringing Bowman back as a stand alone brand in 2012.This time under the name Bowman Signature.This will be a one autograph per pack product.Each pack has 4 base cards(@vets and 2 rookies) plus an autograph.There will also be the usual assortment of parallels.Topps is also going to be releasing the first cards of Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow in their new uniforms.Those cards will be short prints.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Topps adds new autographs to 2012 Allen & Ginter!
Topps has announced the addition of 4 new autographs for 2012 Allen & Ginter.
The product will now include signatures from:
*Yu Darvish (MLB Rookie / Japanese pitching phenom) image attached
*Yoenis Cespedes (MLB Rookie / Highly touted Cuban prospect)
*Richard Petty (Car Racing Legend)
*Rulon Gardner (Olympic Gold Medalist)
New 2012 Topps Archives Autograph pictures.
Here are some cards recently returned to Topps for 2012 Topps Archives.
Topps 5 Star Baseball is coming!
Topps announced at the Las Vegas Trade Conference today that thy will be releasing 5 Star baseball.They said it was in response to the high demand coming from various social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter.No further details are available at this time.
2012 Topps Heritage Short prints.
Here are the confirmed 2012 Topps Heritage Shortprints this far.The normal short prints are #426-500.
Image Swap Variations:
| 44 Justin Verlander 52 Dustin Pedroia 56 Cliff Lee 91 Roy Halladay 106 Tim Lincecum 183 Mark Teixeira 186 Joe Mauer |
193 Starlin Castro 197 Ian Kennedy 200 Curtis Granderson 246 Felix Hernandez 276 Ryan Braun 279 Matt Kemp 289 Mariano Rivera |
348 Miguel Cabrera 415 Chris Carpenter 453 Troy Tulowitzki 468 Nelson Cruz 476 Prince Fielder 481 Justin Upton 483 Mike Stanton |
486 Josh Hamilton 489 Jose Bautista 494 Ryan Zimmerman 497 Jered Weaver |
Color Swap Variations:
| 20 Derek Jeter Regular Base Card Bottom: Green Sp Color Swap Bottom: Yellow 83 Lance Berkman 85 Buster Posey 87 Andrew McCutchen 90 Joey Votto 115 Jacoby Ellsbury 137 Nyjer Morgan 177 Evan Longoria 201 Yovani Gallardo |
215 B.J. Upton Regular Base Card Bottom: Yellow 217 Dexter Fowler 264 Robinson Cano 277 David Price 282 Jeff Francoeur 285 Adrian Gonzalez 290 Albert Pujols 356 David Ortiz |
373 Michael Young Regular Base Card Bottom: Yellow Sp Color Swap Bottom: Red 408 Ian Kinsler Regular Base Card Bottom: Red Sp Color Swap Bottom: Blue 414 Corey Hart 415 Chris Carpenter 468 Nelson Cruz 480 Carlos Gonzalez 485 Mike Napoli 495 James Shields |
Error Variations:
- 15 Darwin Barney
- 29 Brad Peacock RC
Devin Mesoraco RC
Justin De Fratus RC
Joe Savery RC
Error: Card says ‘1962 Rookie Stars’ instead of ‘2012 Rookie Stars’ - 54 John Gaub RC
Addison Reed RC
Adron Chambers RC
Dellin Betances RC
Error: Card says ‘1962 Rookie Stars’ instead of ‘2012 Rookie Stars’ - 113 Kerry Wood
Error: On card front – main image is of Aramis Ramirez and not Kerry Wood - 231 Dan Haren
Error: On card front – main image is of Mark Trumbo and not Dan Haren - 341 Ryan Madson
- 380 Carlos Pena
- 454 Julio Teheran
Error: On card back – area around card # has no white border - 483 Mike Stanton
2012 Topps Inception preview!
Here are some preview pictures for 2012 Topps InceptionIt is a great looking set but it looks way to similar to last years set.
2012 Topps Football preview!
Here are some early preview images for 2012 Topps Football.As of right now all I can say is thank god they changed the design of the base cards instead of using the baseball design.The base cards look much better than 2012 Topps Baseball.
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