2021 Topps Update Baseball Forum

I just received my 2021 Topps Update Phillies cards from a break I got in.  After sorting numerically, i reviewed the card fronts.  Many of the "portrait" cards backs were "upside down", that is, their backs were oriented 180 degrees from the others.  Anyone else notice this while sorting?

Yep. Super annoying. They did it with 2020 Update too.

Indeed it is!  Funny..didn't notice it last year!   Hmmmm....

Drove me nuts last year. Didn't seem to be as many this year though.

It drives me nuts as well. It happened with 2020 update as well and it makes putting them in binders annoying.

Fun fact: The 1954 Topps baseball set also has "reverse card backs".

You're not helping Jay.  It's annoying for the 1954 Topps also. It might have been 'cute' last year, but now it's enormously frustrating.  

jayoneill wrote:

Fun fact: The 1954 Topps baseball set also has "reverse card backs".

1987 Donruss can be fun too!

This set can't be compared to 1954 Topps. The 54 set was printed with old tech. The greens on the back were side by side and the white borders on 3 of the 4 sides were side by side with others for ease of printing to hide miscuts. This disgrace of a set is just laziness and lack of give-a-f@ck. In 54 they were trying to produce quality. This is just a rushed product to move through the presses and keep the cash flowing. The writing was clearly on the wall with the buyout by Fanatics. Hopefully they can rejuvenate this depreciated company.

Regardless of how I feel about the set, here is a list of the cards with a reversed back for those that care about such things.

(35 Cards)

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2, 19, 20, 24, 26, 30, 35, 43, 54, 66, 67, 75, 89, 92, 96, 105, 117, 120, 131, 136, 138, 149, 157, 160, 166, 171, 192, 218, 228, 233, 236, 253, 324, 325, 330