That is the question.
I’ve been collecting Topps Heritage sets for a few years now. I am enchanted by the homages to the designs of my youth, especially the early 60s when I started the hobby in earnest. I figured this might be a good way for me to familiarize myself with today’s players. One knock on the producers is the lack of consistency. Some teams might have 25+ cards while others get just in the mid-teens. How are these decisions made, I wonder?
I only discovered the Heritage series relatively recently and have spent a lot of time (and money) on eBay trying to catch up. Some of the earlier sets are out of my price comfort zone, pushed up by rookie cards of the modern stars.
So this piece from Sports Collectors Daily came in my mailbox this morning: “2026 Topps Heritage Baseball Melds Past, Present.”
This year’s release mirrors the 1977 set.
This was not one of my favorites when it originally came out. The design didn’t do anything for me. Fairly plain and to my mind a bit lazy. I would love to be at Topps when they figure out the annual format. (One of the first things I notice was that the team names now come with a registered trademark symbol. That’s funny.)
Don’t know if I will end up buying this one. In my day, the little bonuses would come in the packs. Now they’re a whole extra subset (so many subsets) which drives up the cost.
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