I am not sure if this topic has come up before, but on every forum I have been able to find regarding 1998 Topps Tek, talking to other collectors, and baseballcardpedia.com, 1998 Topps Tek Diffractor Pattern 49 does not exist (at least non have popped up in the 25 years since this product was released).
Has the idea of removing that specific Diffractor pattern from the database been discussed before?
I have noticed that someone posted a picture of the Cal Ripken card for Diffractor Pattern 49, but it looks like the base card.
I also noticed that someone apparently has a 1998 Topps Tek Diffractor Pattern 49 of Bernie Williams #7 on their For Sale/Trade list.
I am not sure if they meant to put that on the base card as well.
On the other 89 cards, there are no mentions of Collections or For Sale/Trades, only Wantlists.
I wanted to start a discussion on this before writing up an IR in case someone has some information that I don't.
Who knows, maybe there is a hot box out there with nothing but Diffractor Pattern 49 cards (there are 4 boxes up on eBay).
I thought maybe 25 years is long enough to say they maybe don't exist until one is discovered.