Last Airbrushed Cap?

PaulMaul

When did Topps stop using the egregious airbrushed caps? My guess is the last year these were used was '71 or '72.

Also, why did they eventually discontinue this annoying practice? Did they just start using fewer out of date photos?

One last thing...why did Topps frequently use the shot of the player from below so that only the underside of the cap brim is visible? They wouldn't know at the time of the photo that the player's team would change later, right? This always puzzled me.

grote15

I may be mistaken, but aren't there a couple of airbrused caps in the 1978 Topps set?

PaulMaul

<< <i>I may be mistaken, but aren't there a couple of airbrused caps in the 1978 Topps set? >>



Could be...but they definitely seemed a lot more common in 1971 set and earlier.

billwaltonsbeard

There are dozens of airbrushed caps in the 80s too. I can't remember any off the top of my head, but I remember seeing them all the time as I busted packs in the late 80s.

Edited to add: Doesn't the Upper Deck Griffey RC have an airbrushed Seattle 'S' over the Bellingham logo?

mlbfan2

Have they stopped?

ajw

They just do a better job, now. I'm guessing there are 2014 cards of Robinson Cano and others with airbrushed (or, to be more accurate, Photoshopped) photos.

itzagoner

the '72 Topps set is loaded with player portrait shots of them looking skyward, presumably for the pop fly that never landed.

zep33

<< <i>the '72 Topps set is loaded with player portrait shots of them looking skyward, presumably for the pop fly that never landed. >>

DanBessette

<< <i>Edited to add: Doesn't the Upper Deck Griffey RC have an airbrushed Seattle 'S' over the Bellingham logo? >>



Yes.