Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Am I The Only Person That Likes Topps Unique?

Most people who I've seen mention Unique didn't like it. I really love it. A couple of the first cards I picked up after getting back into the swing of things were of the Unique variety.

Anyways, I may have overpaid a tad for this Bills autograph - $6.99 shipped as the only bidder - but I really like the Solo Shot Autos.


The seller has a dirty scanner, I do believe. But a good enough one for me to steal this scan of theirs. So, am I alone in wishing Topps would bring back Unique?
Posted By Greg Zakwin @ 8:02 AM
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9 comments:

  1. Funner HereApril 13, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    I like Topps Unique. Not sure why others don't...

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  2. AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    I love Unique... They have some players in their former teams.

    Beltre:
    http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo82/JesRey7/PC/Dodgers/GUs/img350.jpg

    I also like the set with 3 players from the same team.

    Dodgers:
    http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo82/JesRey7/PC/Dodgers/GUs/img299.jpg

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  3. SpastikMoossApril 13, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    I like it, especially those Solo Shot autos. I have a Rich Hill version and it's a beaut! I too picked up a lot of this when I first came back to the hobby - sure it's around somewhere haha.

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  4. The Card InvestorApril 13, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Topps Unique was a nice set, the main problem though was that it didn't really do anything to give itself a lasting identity. There were some really nice patches that came out of it though.

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  5. FujiApril 13, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Can't really comment on Topps Unique as a whole (didn't bust any)... but your particular autograph is pretty sweet.

    Nice pickup!

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  6. Greg ZakwinApril 13, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    Glad to see I'm not the only one!

    Jesse- That Kemp/Martin/Manny card is so sick! Congrats!

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  7. AnonymousApril 16, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    It was pretty overpriced when it came out, and seemed to be missing promised hits at an unusually high rate. The look of the auto & regular game-used didn't seem to do it for anybody when it initially released. The base set & parallels looked great though, there was one awesome insert set, and the bigger patches were pretty sick, though the normal-sized ones seemed kinda "meh" from the player checklist standpoint when I watched a bunch of breaks on youtube back then.

    Someday I'll get in gear and get around to trading with you, btw!

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  8. The Card InvestorApril 16, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    I almost forgot about the messed up hits. I remember having to send back several "patch" pieces since they were obviously jersey pieces and not even single-colored patch pieces. Topps did a good job of replacing the cards with mice multi-color patch pieces, but now that the product is old, you won't be able to do that.

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  9. Greg ZakwinApril 16, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    lonestarr/TCI- Glad I was out of the hobby then, missed and bad hits wouldn't make me very happy haha.

    lonestarr- Let me know whenever you're ready to deal! I've still got those two Ginter minis for you we talked about previously.

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