Thursday, August 4, 2016

Out of uniform

Timing can be everything, and sometimes a trade happens in that time before a set is released, but after photos have been taken and cards are basically set, leaving manufacturers with a conundrum of what to do. Well, O Pee Chee, in a couple examples below decided the best solution was to slp the new team name in the design, and have the picture include the player in the old uniform. Makes for a different look to the card overall, but I think I like it better than trying to touch up the photos - though that is likely easier for baseball than hockey.

Highlights:

Case and point of the above is the Redden card.

The rest
Keepers:

I really dislike the Thrashers uniform shown so nicely on the Klee card - there have been some down right ugly uniforms, especially over the last 15-20 years or so.

Traders:

Hossa is the second O Pee Chee example - it looks funny, the contrast between the Red Wings colours compared to the Pittsburgh uniform.

Through 3440 cards:
Specific Accomplishments:
- Complete 2007-08 UD McDonald's Checklist Subset (6 cards)
Hockey Baseball Basketball Football Austin Powers Other
Toronto 70 5        
Inserts / Var Kept 111 7        
Error 11 1        
Keep 886 101        
Doubles/Sell 324 17 702 834 232 19
Doubles Inserts / Var 28 1 44 47    

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