A Halloween Special. Cuz this is sort of spooky.
I’ve been working on going through the 1988 Topps set to do a “completed set” post (which I should have done tomorrow), and I just had to point this out…
Note – I’m not even complaining that this happens. I understand (mostly) why it can and does happen for older players – though for Gwynn it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense since pictures of him should be aplenty! If anything, I think it’s cool that I went through the 1988 set, saw the Tony Gwynn card that I have probably seen 100 times before. But I’m now seeing it through 2012 goggles, and now I think “that looks familiar – it’s got to be the same photo as the Gypsy card that also has a miniscule variation that is really the same photo cropped differently”. On some level, that’s actually kind of cool. Or pathetic. Whatever.
I also noticed this happened with Gwynn elsewhere – his 2012 Ginter card is the same photo as one of the Topps Glossy sets. This is a much cooler photo for that to happen, in my humble opinion.
I hadn’t noticed that. Think I’ll have to do some investigating now …
Haha, I can’t wait to hear the results…