2022 Topps Throwback Thursday

Year: 2022
Manufactured: Topps
Set: Throwback Thursday
Card Number: 12

Print Run: 741

My first new Yount card of 2022 and my first new 2022 Yount card is this awesome Throwback Thursday from the 4th set in the first subset that uses the 1983 Topps Football design.  Topps revamped their Throwback Thursday sets last year and now each week a new 3 card set is released on their website.  They release 4 sets all with the same design and then move on to the next 12 cards design set.  So this year Topps started with 1983 Football, the set after this is 2008 baseball (and I would have loved a Yount in the design as well), but I love the 1983 Topps Football design and if the image looks familiar it is.  It's the photo artist Jared Kelly used for Robin's Living card from last year.

The overall print run for the set was only 741 and I had really hoped I might have snagged one of the super rare parallels, but alas all I got was the base cards.  Robin also came with Vlad Jr and Tatis Jr in the set and I thought they might garner a bit more of a print run but under 1000 is pretty nice and makes this a nice low print run card.  

Did any of my other Yount collector's pick this one up?

On the Radar - 2021 Leaf Art of Sport Yount checklist

 Of course we have to have stragglers when it comes to the 2021 Yount checklist and coming in maybe, but likely not, last is this offering from Leaf.  Leaf has kind of become known for these eclectic multi-sport offerings and Robin is in a couple of the sets.  I'll neaten up serial numbering when and if I can.  I'll add images as stuff starts popping up.

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 #d to 45 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 Emerald Holofoil #d to 5 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 Gold Holofoil #/1

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 Navy Holofoil #d to 25 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 Platinum Holofoil #d to 3 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 Purple Holofoil #d to 5 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 Red Holofoil #d to 9 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Stroke of Genius Autograph Relics #SG-RY1 Silver Holofoil #d to 2 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 #/35

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 Emerald Holofoil #/3

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 Gold Holofoil #/1

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 Navy Holofoil #d to 25 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 Platinum Holofoil #d to 3 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 Purple Holofoil #d to 5 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 Red Holofoil #d to 9 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Objet d'art Dual Relics #ODA-25 Silver Holofoil #d to 2 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 #/30

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 Emerald Holofoil #d to 5 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 Gold #/1

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 Navy Holofoil #d to 25 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 Platinum Holofoil #d to 3 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 Purple Holofoil #d to 5 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 Red Holofoil #d to 9 or less

2021 Leaf Art of Sport - Retired Remnants Relics (w Molitor) #RR-15 Silver Holofoil #d to 2 or less

2005 Upper Deck Reflections Blue

Year: 2005

Card Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: Reflections

Card Number: 152

Card Type: Base Parallel

Parallel Set: Blue

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 07/75

Have I told you how much I've missed Upper Deck in the baseball card scene?  The very crowed card market of the early and mid 2000s saw lots of innovation and gimmicks to try and grab the attention of the average card collector.  Upper Deck's Reflections gimmick was that it was shiny or at least a lot of the inserts and parallels were shiny.  The product offers all the trappings we've come to expect out of a product, autographs, relics, relic autographs and of course base parallels.  Reflections offered 6 colored and shiny base parallels.  

Here is Robin's blue parallel.  Numbered to only 75 it's got great eye appeal pairing well with his Brewers uniform.  The backs of the base card are pretty basic with just a line of total career stats and a small blurb.

 

1991 Donruss - Retail vs Factory Set and how to spot the difference

 Greetings fellow Yount-o-philes. 

Over the last couple year's the diligent members of the Trading Card Database have been adding all the minutia variations from the junk wax era.  I was combing through my collection and the TCDb to see if I could add any of the new variations and I was able to add about 10 cards not previously parsed out.

I've posted about the common Donruss variation with the missing period at the end of Donruss Inc at least with the 88 set.  Another variation that affects the 1990 and 1991 sets are that the borders between the retail (or rather pack distributed) cards and the one's put in the boxed factory set are different.  It may be hard to see at first and if you didn't have both side by side the very 90s design might fly right by you.  But on closer inspection the two border designs are almost completely different.

I have  maybe 50 1991 Yount Donruss cards (maybe more I didn't count them up) and after looking through all of them I was only able to find one factory set specimen.  Of course the factory sets were produced in significantly smaller numbers than the various pack out items, but even so that could me cards produced around 100,000 instead of 1 million.  

The Year in Yount - 2021 Edition

 We still have a few 2021 baseball products yet to be released, but the likely hood of Robin showing up in those products is slim (not impossible, but slim), so I think it's safe to post a year end review.  If Robin does happen to have a few more cards show up, I'll of course add them and post about them.

I'll be totally honest when this year started I did not think it would end with 2021 become the year with the second most Robin Yount cards ever produced.  As I write this my count is at 739 and I know there are a few oddball products I haven't included in that list and I didn't include any of the Archive Signature Series cards either, (since Topps doesn't release detailed information on those sets and I'm having trouble finding solid information on products like Jersey Fusion).  Ahem.  

Even with the huge amount of new Younts to find I really didn't add to many to my collection.  I've really given up on eBay both as a buyer and seller.  Shipping has just become too expensive to pick up base and abundant parallels.  My go to for Yount picks over the last few year's has really become COMC, but with their recent growing pains and prices on the site being a little too high.  Lucky for me I've become very patient. And it's nice to see a lot of new cards being added almost daily. I think 2022 will be a very good year for picking up new Yount cards.  That's not to say I still haven't picked up a Yount here and there on the site. And surprisingly I've gotten a bunch of new Younts via trades.

While I haven't added a lot of new cards to my personal collection, I have really enjoyed blogging about and keeping track of the new cards as they are released.  I've also enjoyed connecting with fellow Brewers and Yount collector's on social media.  I love the card community and instead of being jealous of awesome card pick ups most times fellow collectors are genuinely happy when you get a great card for your collection.  

2021 also saw me get to check off one of my white whales.

This 2004 Topps Bazooka Headliners relic card.  May seem silly but I've had this card on my radar for over 16 years and I was finally able to snag one for a really good price back in May.  Now to track down the foil serial numbered version.  

With Robin being featured in one of the first Topps Throwback Thursday sets and that he's also in the 1987 Topps Baseball insert in Series 1 - 2022 is also off to a great start for new Yount cards.  

On the Radar - 2022 Topps Series 1

 With the new year comes new cards and I'm always a little excited with Series 1 finally comes out.  While I've been mainly focusing on my player collections (mostly just Robin) I still enjoy putting together the flagship Topps set and update set each year.  This year there are quite a few inserts that Robin has the potential to show up in, but I can confirm we he does have cards to chase in Series 1.

Topps is once again beating the dead horse of the 1987 Topps design.  Not that I mind, I love the 87 set, it was the first set I ever put together.  And Robin is in the 100 card Series 1 set.  With all the parallels and also the Chrome parallel and autograph parallel.  Man 2022 is off to a bang with new Yount cards!  It's also possible that Robin might be in a Legends base variation.  I'll add images as stuff starts popping up.

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball #T87-54
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball #T87-54 Black #/299
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball #T87-54 Blue
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball #T87-54 Gold #/75
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball #T87-54 Platinum #/1
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball #T87-54 Red #/10
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball #T87-54 Wood #/1

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13 Blue #/150

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13 Gold #/50

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13 Green #/99

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13 Orange #/25

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13 Purple #/75

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13 Red #/5

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome #T87C-13 Superfractor #/1

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome Autographs #T87C-13

2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome Autographs #T87C-13 Orange #/25
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome Autographs #T87C-13 Red #/5
2022 Topps (Series 1) - 1987 Topps Baseball Silver Promo Pack Chrome Autographs #T87C-13 SuperFractor #/1