Tuesday, April 24, 2012

2012 Topps Gypsy Queen- Dodgers Base Cards

This was probably my favorite Baseball set from last year.  Topps Gypsy Queen is back again in 2012, and it blows away my expectations.  It's just a great looking set. 

It was officially released last week, so there has been plenty of banter about it already.  Heck, just about every collector blog out there has already posted about it, so I figured I should too.  After all, I don't think there is anything to dislike about it.  The design is flawless, and the painted look of the photographs adds a vintage feel to the cards.  This makes sense since it is fashioned after a card set originally produced in the 1880's.

Below are the Dodgers base cards within the set.  Furthermore, both Kemp and Kershaw have "short-printed" variations seeded in packs.  Examples of those are below.  As always, parallel versions exist for each card; including mini parallels.

18 Jackie Robinson


31 Ted Lilly

38 James Loney

44 Matt Kemp
 (On the Left is the Normal Version, On the Right is the Short Printed Card)

 
46 Chad Billingsley

124 Dee Gordon

 135 Clayton Kershaw
 (On the Left is the Normal Version, On the Right is the Short Printed Card)


 233 Duke Snider

290 Sandy Koufax