2024 Archives: Always excited to see Archives hit the shelves and we saw them hit ours last week. We'll kick it off with The Sultan of Swat who put up numbers nothing short of video game worthy stats.
I'm a big Topps Archives fan. I enjoy the variety and the look back at past designs on new cardboard. This first look has me a little disappointed. The designs just don't speak to me. Not a knock against the brand. It's just the 1994, 1970 and 1961 designs just don't wow me even in this new look.
Plenty of rookies to show off including Yoshinobu Yamamoto who started 18 games for the Dodgers in his rookie season and helped them win the 2024 World Series winning game two against the Yankees.
Love the backs of these cards. We get the awesome career stats of Stan the Man with lots of color on this 1994 card back. The man could hit.
I pulled 11 retired greats which was double what was in my other blaster. That Fernando is one of my four black parallels that come in each blaster. Retired greats are always fun.
A back from the 1970 design. Love seeing the stats for these old timers.
The Wrecking Crew and Own the Game inserts feel a bit out of place considering the set is about retro, and those don't look retro. And neither look that great to me. At The Break cards don't look bad.
These talk to how a batter was doing at the break in the 2024 season. Different. Not bad. Just different.
The back of the '61 design. And more greatness. Just ignore the Yankee years. .328 for his career and even hit .301 in his final year. Great way to go out.
Not gonna lie, I'm still a bit underwhelmed but I'll roll with it. I'll pick off singles and maybe fat packs if I see them but this and the other blaster may be my last in that format. Again, not bad cards just designs that don't excite me.
BREAKDOWN:
56 – Total Cards
18 – 1961
18 – 1970
17 – 1994
16 - RC
11 – Retired Greats
1 – At the Break
1 – Own the Game
1 – Wrecking Crew
56 – Total Cards
18 – 1961
18 – 1970
17 – 1994
16 - RC
11 – Retired Greats
1 – At the Break
1 – Own the Game
1 – Wrecking Crew
Had no idea Archives was out. I like that 1994 is included.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize it was hitting the shelves either but it was a nice surprise. The 1970 design is my favorite of the three.
DeleteI did get some Archives last weekend and it did not excite me like previous editions of the product. I am torn if I want to get more or wait to see if I can find some of the cards I am looking for at card shows or flea markets this summer.
ReplyDeleteI guess they have to eventually include boring card designs unless they just repeat the good ones.
ReplyDeleteNice Fernando! My archives post is coming next week. Hugely disappointed with the 1970 cards as they ignored the cursive name text even as they used the cursive font for 1994.
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