2017 Topps Baseball Forum

Sheesh. Now I wonder which set I own. I guess I'll check when I get home. Then I'll put the binder back and never think of this silly discrepency again.

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It's not that bad.  Factory sets come with a 5-card bonus pack that includes variations of the base card.  You'd know if you had them.  

I think it's just the variations that say "complete set" on the back.  I checked the base cards from my factory set and I didn't see any that said "complete set"

That is correct. 

*Base set cards say either "Series 1" or "Series 2". 

*Factory Bonus cards say "Complete Set".  The only ones I know about right now are the 5 Rookie Bonuses and the 5 All-Star Bonuses.

*Update cards say "Update Series". 

Oh, I don't know if the SP variations say anything different because I don't collect those.

ketchupman36 wrote:

I think it's just the variations that say "complete set" on the back.  I checked the base cards from my factory set and I didn't see any that said "complete set"

Personally, I don't see the point in variations made on purpose.  They rank up there with parallels on my hate list.  What do you do if you want to make a Red Sox team set and don't know if you have a base Ortiz or one of the 700 variations?  Parallels are an absolute waste of cardboard.  Either put an insert in a pack that's worth collecting or don't put anything in the pack at all.