Before these posts about the retail and repacked cards I bought in January were interrupted by the release of 2016 Topps Series 1, I opened a pack of 2014 Topps Update from the repack box and didn't have much to say about those cards. Well, I have even less to say about today's pack, a 9-card pack of 2013 Topps Heritage. I got back into card collecting in late 2013, and this is one set that I never really got into. I went all-in on 2014 and 2015 Heritage, but the 2013 and earlier releases never grabbed my attention.
Carlos Gomez has been making frequent appearances in this repack. I really hope that he and the Astros can keep up the momentum they built last season and do well again this year. A deeper run in the playoffs would be ideal, but every fan base out there is hoping for the same thing.
I don't even know what to say about these cards. This is the kind of pack that reminds me why I have turned to just buying hand-collated sets for the most part. I know that Heritage is all about the set-building and less about the inserts and flashy junk, but buying a one-off pack of Heritage is about the least exciting thing I can imagine outside of maybe something from the junk wax era or Panini Triple Play, which I don't even open half the time anymore.
This is the 9th card that makes trouble when I try to break things up into even scans. I could have done a full 9-card page, I suppose, but that gets to be too many cards in one picture and I can't handle that. I am not a Giants fan at all and for the most part I find fans of the Giants and 49ers to be irritating. It must be something in the water down there. I have a couple of friends who are fans of those teams and I tolerate them because they have other redeeming qualities, but whenever they start going off about their teams I have to walk away for a while.
I'm old and thus you would think these cards would be nostalgic. Rather I think I've become accustomed to seeing actionshots and these bore me to tears. If I were a team collector I guess I'd get a Cubs team set and maybe a few chosen players but overall they don't do anything for me.
ReplyDeleteI understand that Heritage is a product where you can't really skip a year, but some years are just duds and probably shouldn't be replicated. Maybe I've just been pulling the wrong cards, but 2013 Topps Heritage/1964 Topps just aren't a good match for me and my collection.
DeleteI like Heritage. Other than Gypsy Queen, its usually one of my must haves.
ReplyDeleteI like Heritage, too, but the 2013 edition just never grabbed my interest.
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