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Best baseball cards sets from the last 15 years

ghooper33ghooper33 Posts: 312 ✭✭✭✭
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Hello all - long time lurker and vintage card collector here, but after reading the vintage vs. modern card thread it got me courious about modern sets and I was prompted to check out some modern cards. There was so much material I was soon overwhelmed, bu I thought it would make a good topic for debate of what are the best sets from the last 15 years. I am a set collector so I wanted to see what you guys think of the sets rather than focusing on individual cards from the last 15 years.

I love reading these types of threads and have intentionally left the definition of the term "best" ambiguous to see how everyone determines what qualities make a set the best.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” -Aristotle

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  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    Topps Heritage
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Good question. I wonder too as far as what base Topps set has the best selection of rookies over the last 15 years?? I have always had a soft spot for 2008 Topps baseball. Like the semi-retro design, has some decent rookie cards.
  • GuruGuru Posts: 3,127


    << <i>Topps Heritage >>



    +1
  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    topps heritage nothing else.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love the bazooka stand-up subsets.
    Mike
    Bosox1976
  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    ........
    Collecting 1970 Topps baseball
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭
    2007 Topps Pepsi
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  • ghooper33ghooper33 Posts: 312 ✭✭✭✭
    I like the Heritage sets - are there any subsets within the Heritage sets that are worth looking into or is it just the base sets themselves?
    “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” -Aristotle
  • LargentcollectorLargentcollector Posts: 760 ✭✭✭
    2012 Topps Valor

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    Tim
  • mygottamygotta Posts: 1,652


    << <i>

    << <i>Topps Heritage >>



    +1 >>



    +2
  • esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Topps Heritage >>



    +1 >>



    +2 >>



    +3. I have all the base sets and now am going back and adding the SPs and inserts. While I have all the basic Topps sets, Heritage are the only ones that I ever pull off my shelf to look at, to be honest.
    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
  • 3BoyzTrading3BoyzTrading Posts: 798 ✭✭
    Baseball
    Topps Base
    Topps Heritage
    Bowman Draft(current years draft class plus)
    Topps Chrome(current years rookie class)

    Football
    National Treasures(expensive)
    Playoff Contenders(rookie autos)
    Topps Chrome(rookies and variations)

    Basketball
    Flawless 2012plus
    National Treasures 2009 to present

    Other
    Allen and Ginter
  • jrbolesjrboles Posts: 566 ✭✭
    2012 Topps Mini. There was considerable buzz on this board for the first few months after it was issued and it has completely dried up. It is the only modern set I collect.
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭
    ghooper, nice to see you over here!
    My Autograph Projects

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  • SlugSportsSlugSports Posts: 240 ✭


    << <i>2012 Topps Mini. There was considerable buzz on this board for the first few months after it was issued and it has completely dried up. It is the only modern set I collect. >>



    +1

    2012 Topps Mini is the only modern set I collect also. A strong lineup of short printed autograph cards said to be 50 or less of each one. It makes it really tough to put a complete master set together! Also trying to put a mint set of the gold cards together (#'d /61) is even tougher!

    Brian
    I have no collecting direction. I just buy stuff!
  • 86nova86nova Posts: 187 ✭✭


    Topps Heritage-- fun set to build.
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