Rainbow in the Dark 36: Josh Reddick 2013 Topps Printing Plate

I've been working on a Josh Reddick 2013 Topps 'Super Rainbow' for a long time. I call it a Super Rainbow because Topps used the same picture for his 2013 Topps Series 1 card, his 2013 Topps Opening Day card, his 2013 Topps Chrome card, and his 2013 Topps Mini card. I've been trying to track down all of the different variations, and I have everything except for a number of 1 / 1 variations. The last time I added to this collection was in November 2014, when I got the Magenta Printing Plate out of 2013 Topps Chrome. That post I linked to also has a big row of scans showing everything I'd collected for the Super Rainbow to that point.

That Magenta plate was the 38th variation in my collection, and this Cyan Printing Plate from 2013 Topps Series 1 is the 39th. The blue plate was up on eBay for quite a while at a price that I thought was about 3x what my top-end for it would be. After a couple of months the seller dropped the price gradually down to about 2x my top-end price and then never came down any further. Eventually I broke down and paid up for the card because I 'needed' it for this Super Rainbow. It's interesting that you can see ghost images of other card fronts on here, including a recognizable Braves logo.

After this addition I am down to needing just four cards from 2013 Topps Series 1 (Platinum 1 / 1, Black PP, Magenta PP, Yellow PP), four cards from 2013 Topps Opening Day (all four PPs), three cards from 2013 Topps Chrome (Magenta PP, Cyan PP, Yellow PP), and five from 2013 Topps Mini (Platinum 1 / 1 and all four PPs). There also may be some Blank Back Topps Vault cards out there, but they were sold on eBay as opposed to being sold in packs, so I won't count those unless I am able to acquire them. Every card I need is a 1 / 1, so I am kind of at the mercy of fate as far as when or if those individual copies pop up. I guess that means there are still 16 pack-inserted variations out there, which seems like a lot, but when you consider that only one copy of each exists it makes sense to consider the rainbow pretty much completed. I will still keep an eye out for the rest of the cards, and I especially hope to grab at least one 1 / 1 card from Opening Day and Topps Mini so that I can have a 1 / 1 representative from each set.