tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post6912612012863708005..comments2024-03-20T04:07:19.586-04:00Comments on The Baseball Card Blog: Card Critic: 2012 Topps Heritage Reviewjosh Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212453263195870177noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-68827181893242482022012-03-19T10:43:01.623-04:002012-03-19T10:43:01.623-04:00One thought on the photoshop quality. Though Princ...One thought on the photoshop quality. Though Prince Fielder may appear seamlessly transitioned into a Tiger, the discerning viewer will notice that Prince is sporting a "D" on his hat that is at least 2-3 times larger than actual size.<br /><br />This is something that Topps has shown a consistent inability to get right, having screwed up at least one hat "D" in photoshop in each of the last four years.Grand Cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658028013441039898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-90818813136969250682012-03-19T10:18:09.458-04:002012-03-19T10:18:09.458-04:00Nice review, Ben. A question: The 2007 Heritage s...Nice review, Ben. A question: The 2007 Heritage set had white letter and yellow letter variations because the 1958 Topps set did. Were there actually color swaps in the 1963 set or is that something Topps made up just to add some variations? (The image swaps are obviously just frivolous--and unnecessary, IMHO.)<br /><br />By the way, it's too late now, but here would have been a good variation for the 2011 Heritage set. Topps issued a Venezuelan set many years in the 1960s, but AFAIK, the only year there were cards added that weren't copies of the first two series of the basic Topps set was 1962, when they added cards of Elio Chacon and Luis Aparicio. IOW, cards 1-196 copied Topps's first two series, and then those two were added. Oddly, instead of being added as 197 and 198, they were added as 199 and 200. Anyway, it would have been great if Heritage 2011 had two short-printed cards numbered either 199 and 200 (like the Venezuelans) or, better, 503 and 504 (3 and 4 above the end of the existing set) of Venezuelan players that weren't otherwise in the set. Considering BBRef lists 84 2011 players born in Venezuela, the options would have been numerous.Steve F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00753488569249068229noreply@blogger.com