2021 Topps Baseball Forum

I can't think of a worse idea, pictures of auto cards and 1/1's from previous years, not to mention that these are paralleled as well. You can literally get a 1/1 of a picture of a 1/1 Trout. Beyond goofy (not to mention that there are multiple listings on ebay thinking the base is 1/1 because of the picture). 

Just thought I'd gripe on this, I'm usually not very opinionated but wondered if others had thought the same in this case. 

I absolutely agree with you. It is, honestly, one of the fundamental reasons I have not bought a single flagship pack yet this year.

I agree. So many people are selling these cards as "auto" cards and people are buying them up. I contacted two sellers letting them know that the were selling replicas. No responses yet.

I still have no idea why they did this

I pulled a Trout and had to run to the bathroom. Then realized it was one of these...

I pulled one of these.  I thought I had pulled a Cal Ripken auto, but instead it was a card with a picture of a Cal Ripken auto card.  Very odd.  

And God forbid your big hit is the "Topps becomes exclusive MLB card" one, which is just a "hit" telling you how you are stuck with Topps.

I really feel like I need context for this...

A 1/1 of a picture of a 1/1. Reminds me of the time I went to a goodwill and found a framed poster that was a photo of a movie poster. It was so ridiculous I had to buy it.

Also reminds me of the people who are selling printed photos of things on Ebay, for hundreds of dollars. Such as "printed photo of video card" which is perfectly legal (I guess) but people are buying these things as if they were the real thing. Kind of like when people buy custom magnets for cards thinking they are the actual card. A sucker is born every minute as they say.

Agreed.  Not a fan of them.