2020 Topps - Turkey Red Chrome

Year: 2020

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Flagship (Series 2)

Card Number: TRC-51

Card Type: Insert Parallel

Insert Set: Turkey Red

Parallel: Chrome

Continuing my posts from my most recent COMC delivery...

Next up we have this beautiful 2020 Topps Turkey Red Chrome card from Series 2.  The Turkey Red inserts were retail exclusives and I can't remember if the chrome versions were specific to the blasters, hanger boxes or fat packs.  I was very pleased to see Robin included in the Series 2 checklist.

A brief history of the Turkey Red brand.  Originally a tobacco premium cabinet cards available from the American Tobacco Company and are given the designation T3 in the American Standard Catalog.  Topps released it's first Turkey Red homage set in 2005, basically as a follow up to it's T205 and T206 homage releases and just before the inaugural Allen and Ginter Set in 2006.  Topps would release 3 Turkey Red sets in 2005, 2006 and 2007.  Topps then released two Turkey Red inserts sets in 2009 and 2010 flagship and then  followed that up with an online exclusive sets in 2013 and 2014, till we get to 2020 where once again Topps brings back the Turkey Red brand as an insert, whew.  

I have to say I'm pretty smitten with this card.  The base card is ok, but the chrome treatment really makes this card pop.  The halo around the player makes stand out and of course the card is very shiny!

There are 3 very limited parallels for this card, Blue (#/50), Green (#/10) and a 1 of 1 Superfractor.  

 

2010 Topps Update Turkey Red Insert

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Year: 2010

Card Set: Update Series Baseball

Card Number: TR145

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Turkey Red

This year is the first year Topps hasn't included some mini, retro, or vintage insert in it's flagship set. But back in 2010 the insert was Turkey Red and it ran through Series 1 and 2 and Update.  Of course Topps also released a Turkey Red insert in 2009 and 3 full sets of Turkey Red from 2005 to 2007 and offered  smaller sets exclusively online in 2013 and 2014.  

The 2009 and 2010 sets are some of my favorites and an insert set I actively sought to complete.  I finished off the 2010 set pretty quickly and I still need 11 more cards to complete the 2009 set.  And while I fell in love with these insert sets I made no move to aquire any of the other stand alone products other than cards for my Brewers team sets.

Robin's card was found in Topps Update, as 50 cards were released in each series.

It's a great looking card even if the photo used has graced lots of other cards.