On the Radar - 2021 Leaf Industry Summit Autographs

 Given out (or maybe sold) at the 2021 Industry Summit. Cards came in a sealed box with one encased auto numbered 1/1.  Lots of different parallels per player and the set included all four major sports, plus  tennis, MMA, boxing and likely a few more sports I didn't see.  Robin is featured in the set and while no checklist has been provided I've seen at least 5 examples and it appears that Robin's cards feature sticker autos, so I think I can safely assume he's also in all of the parallels.  

If Leaf actually releases a checklist I'll update accordingly.  

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Black #/1

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Bumble Bee (Black and Yellow Stripes) #/1

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Gold #/1

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Purple #/1

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Red #/1

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Silver #/1

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Tiger Stripe #/1

2021 Leaf Industry Summit #ISA-RY Zebra Stripe #/1

On the Radar - 2021 Panini Spectra Baseball Yount checklist

 Robin has a few relics and autos to chase in the set.  I'll update card numbering (since Panini can't seem to release a checklist with correct card designations on it) when stuff starts popping up.

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Gold  #/10

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Hyper #/75

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Nebula #/1

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Neon Blue #/50

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Neon Green #/25

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Neon Marble #/5

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Neon Orange #/15

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Neon Pink #/20

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Psychedelic 

2021 Panini Spectra - Epic Legends Materials #EL-RY Splatter #/8

2021 Panini Spectra - Illustrious Legends Signatures #ILS-RY Gold #/10

2021 Panini Spectra - Illustrious Legends Signatures #1ILS-RY Hyper #/15

2021 Panini Spectra - Illustrious Legends Signatures #ILS-RY  Nebula #/1

2021 Panini Spectra - Illustrious Legends Signatures #ILS-RY   Neon Marble #/5

2021 Panini Spectra - Illustrious Legends Signatures #ILS-RY   Psychedelic

2021 Panini Spectra - Illustrious Legends Signatures #ILS-RY   Splatter #/8

On the Radar - 2021 Topps Gold Label

 Robin isn't in the base set this year, but he does have a few autos and a relic to chase.  I'll add actual base serial numbering and images as stuff starts showing up.

2021 Topps Gold Label - Framed Dual Auto (w/Yelich) #FDA-YY #/10
2021 Topps Gold Label - Framed Dual Auto (w/Yelich) Black  #FDA-YY #/5

2021 Topps Gold Label - Framed Dual Auto (w/Yelich) Gold #FDA-YY #/1

2021 Topps Gold Label - Golden Greats Framed Auto Jumbo Relic #GLAJR-RY #/50 or less

2021 Topps Gold Label - Golden Greats Framed Auto Jumbo Relic Black  #GLAJR-RY #/5

2021 Topps Gold Label - Golden Greats Framed Auto Jumbo Relic Gold #GLAJR-RY #/1

2021 Topps Gold Label - MLB Legends Relics #MLR-RY #/50 or less

2021 Topps Gold Label - MLB Legends Relics Black #MLR-RY #/5

2021 Topps Gold Label - MLB Legends Relics Gold #MLR-RY #/1

1991 Topps Stadium Club Variations

 

This morning there was a forum post over at the Trading Card Database discussing a variation in the 1991 Topps Stadium Club set.  It seems that most if not all of the cards have a one of these back variations.  While some members are working on putting a checklist together it's noted that cards fall into one of three catagories.  Some cards have and A or B by the Topps copyright on the bottom right of the card, or a C or D, or E or F.  Robin falls into the A or B category.  I don't think there's any rarity to either variation as I found an example of each is just a handful of cards.

If you're having trouble seeing the variations, you're not alone I had trouble with my old eyes as well.  Here's a close up of the two different variations.

On the Radar - 2021 Topps Now Turn Back the Clock

I posted a card earlier today, hoping I wouldn't jinx it and I was rewarded but Topps actually producing this card finally.  I had hoped this would have come out last year on Sept 9th, the date Robin hit his 3000th hit back in 1992.  If you hurry you can get one, this one's only available for 24 hours off of Topps' website.  There is also a chance for a a couple super rare parallels.  Squeeeeeeeee!  I'll update with PR total when it's released.

2021 Topps Now - Turn Back the Clock #162 PR436

2021 Topps Now - Turn Back the Clock #162 Cherry Wood #/7

2021 Topps Now - Turn Back the Clock #162 White Ash #/3

 

2020 Topps - WARriors of the Diamond Black

Year: 2020
Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Flagship

Card Number: WOD-48

Card Type: Insert Parallel

Insert Set: WARriors of the Diamond

Parallel Set: Black

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 010/299

Next up in my recent COMC delivery is this 2020 Topps - WARriors of the Diamond Black Parallel.  In recent year's Topp's designs do not lend themselves well to color parallels.  At least some of the color parallels, Franchise Feats also comes to mind from this set.  You'd be hard pressed to tell this was a color parallel without noticing the serial numbering on the back.  As for the insert, I like the play on words and maybe not so much the photo used.  In the simplest of terms WAR stands for Wins Above Replacement and measures the players value being on the field versus them not and how much the player contributes to a team win, or something like that.  It's one of those fancy shmacy sabermetrics that the math guys love.  And the card marks Robin's career high WAR of 10.5 that he had on the 1982 Brewers World Series team.

 

2019 Panini Prizm - Neon Orange Donut Circles Prizm

Year: 2019 

Card Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Prizm

Card Number: 216

Card Type: Base Parallel

Parallel Set: Neon Orange Donut Circles

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 130/150

From my last COMC order I picked up quite a few of the 2019 Prizm parallels over that last couple years.  The last couple year's Panini has gone crazy with the base parallels with over 40, so 2019's 27 base parallels seems almost tame (not really that's still an insane amount of base parallels).  But that also means I have many, many Yount cards to chase.  Panini also likes to give some of their parallels interesting names like Forest Green Flash, Navy Blue Kaleidoscope, Cosmic Haze, etc etc.  So the Neon Orange Donut Circle Parallel kind of falls into that long weird naming convention, but actually pretty accurately describes what the parallel looks like.

I'll be honest the parallels are pretty hit or miss with me, but this parallel and it's sister parallel the Lime Green Donut Circles really pop and are hard to miss.  I've lamented over how terrible the color correction and air brushing is on Panini cards so no reason to rehash that.  I can see why NFL and NBA collectors really like Prizm though, imagine this card with correct colors and logos (chef's kiss).

 

1976 Hostess

Year: 1976
Manufacturer: Hostess
Set: Hostess Baseball
Card Number: 11
Card Type: Base

Continuing the series looking at the cards from my latest COMC delivery.

The oldest and really only vintage Yount pick up was this 1976 Hostess card.  I did already have a complete box and Twinkie version of this card, but I didn't have a stand alone version so I found a nice cheap example for the collection.

I was hoping to find an example with more of the border still intact that I could recut, but I'll take this handsome example.  I love the old Hostess cards for their simplicity and subtle beauty.  Plus the backs has Robin's full stats, even minor league, and a huge number.