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CardSlave
Posts: 89
Joined: Aug 2021
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 7:31 AM |
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Ah yes...the old Topps Opening Day set. Basically a way to update the flagship set before doing the actual Update Sett later. Topps was dominant in the market at the time and did what they wanted. It's an okay set as far as design. Topps produces a lot of cards in all types of genres so this probably falls in the middle somewhere.
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Slug03
Posts: 251
Joined: Sep 2016
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 10:51 AM |
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My first card pack as an 8 year old was of this set, and it was the one that got me into collecting. My goodness the memories.
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KalamazooCollectible
Posts: 7
Joined: Mar 2020
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 11:23 AM |
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If I am not mistaken, Topps creating the Opening Day set was specifically directed at pulling more children into the hobby, as Slug03 testified, and georgecf hinted at in the quotes above. The price point was around $10 for a blaster, half of the flagship package prices, and you still got a ton of cards. I am sure they reduced the production cost by making hardly any insert sets, reducing the amount of materials needed for the entire run as a whole. I bought, and still have, a ton of these 2007 OD singles, as that was the era in which I had tons of adult money, and time, for cards. Man, alot has changed in 14 years, in my life, and in the card hobby. I liked this set for many reasons, most significantly, the memories the design brings back for me. Ah, nostalgia.
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tenlbpain
Posts: 375
Joined: Aug 2015
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 12:58 PM |
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My favorite "opening day" set of all-time is 1987 Donruss Opening Day. A set of the actual starting lineups from that year. Wish they had kept it up.
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Onemorepoint
Posts: 1446
Joined: Apr 2014
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 3:47 PM |
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That border is just too wide.
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captkirk42
Posts: 2269
Joined: May 2011
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 4:30 PM |
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As jdogg said back in the days when Opening Day was more than just a parallel with the "Opening Day" logo stamped on the front. It made wanting to hunt for the Opening Day set fun, now it's just another of a zillion parallels that aren't worth even looking at.
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Jamie Haydu
Posts: 4
Joined: Jul 2020
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 4:36 PM |
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One of my favorite sets, I got a box of these at the huge Toys-R-Us in New York City when I was younger. 2007 was when I first got big into collecting as a kid, so might be my favorite nostalgic topps set. Might be my overall favorite if the borders where white like this instead of black.
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mzentko
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Joined: Jun 2012
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| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 6:11 PM |
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regarding Abide's comment about what is happening in the action photo, it appears to me that he walked, and is about to toss the bat toward the batboy...
just my guess...
mark
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