More packs that were long ago set aside, that I'm finally posting.
I have no idea why it took so long to get to something like 2007 Bowman Heritage - but it did!
That Mets card is spectacular. The Ferris wheel in the background really plays into the prospect feel you get from a Bowman release, since that's the Wonder Wheel in Brooklyn - home of the Mets' minor league Cyclones. Despite the Ferris Wheel's inventor, George Ferris, being a 2/14 baby, and that I have a couple A&G cards featuring it in my 2/14 collection, that card will not count.
Also, Joe Crede and Carlos Lee have nice facsimile sigs.
For those that want to play a game of matching the photo/sig to the player, here's the backs of the cards of all the players in the pack without printed names on the front.
Franchise Flashbacks, an insert set devoted to retro uniforms, was one of only a handful of insert sets I just had to complete. Fortunately, it was in a super low-end set like Opening Day. Aside from that, pretty boring pack.
Now a drawn set - that's definitely more my speed. With Bregman and Bellinger, there's some pretty good rookie content here. Jesse Winker was a Mets hero earlier in the week, but it is still somewhat disappointing to find so much rookie content in a set that could have had really fun veteran content over a limited base set.
But that Yount is spectacular.
With it, the Smith in Heritage and the Rizzo in Opening Day, at least all the packs had at least one interesting card.
I have a love/hate relationship with Topps Gallery. I was a big fan of the 90's sets that used photographs... and the early 2000's sets with paintings. Most of the recent releases are solid... but I've come across a few cards with some non-flattering paintings.
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