At least the brick of cards I have when opened the box was split into two bricks, the card on top was actually salvageable. That was 1 out of 700+. I paid $100 for the bricks off eBay. I’m an idiot. So was the guy who decided to go with the gloss.

This is a pretty nice set but the quality of the cards themselves is poor. What an annoyance. How many of us have cards where the images are compromised due the card being stuck to another? Plus the corners ding way too easily.

Factory Set is now a large block of card board. All the cards are stuck together forming a bricklike set. Pitiful

Yes, 790 cards tightly compressed in the factory box to the point where in time they have stuck and bonded together. Trying to separate these bonded blocks of cards ruins them, including my Ichiro rookie. It is the only factory box set I have where this happened. If there is a way yo separate the cards without pock marking the finish coating I would like to know. Otherwise the set is a bust.

Employee stamp pressed into card not visible on scan.

Largest Topps base set since 1993.