Hello Gentlemen, I am new to the channel. I, too, grew up collecting in the 90's and reading the monthly Beckett PG. XRC to me has become the RC. Just as long as the player is in his MLB uniform, that is all I needed it to be a true RC. Obviously, the market influenced most of my decision as well. Still, I like the look/design of certain XRC's over there RC's, for example Darryl Strawberry. Plus, it is his only card from 1983. Dwight Gooden's 1984 Topps and Fleer, to me, are nicer than the 1985's. I prefer the 1982 Traded Ripken over his regular since he is by himself, of course it is in lesser quantities. Still, another obvious market influenced card is 1985 Topps Mark McGwire, which you cannot even call it an XRC or RC. In the 90's, instead of Traded/Update sets, the four major card companies decided to produce them is series. I know Topps came up with Debut sets and Donruss with their Baseball's Best sets. Yes, that is another arguable topic. Not to mention, the 1989 Topps Debut set had the 1990 Topps design...smh!!! Bottom line, I stopped collecting heavily after 2000. Yeah, I missed the boat on 2001 (Pujols/Ichiro). I tried to jump back in 2002 but the designs were getting uglier and the number of sets were getting out of hand. It seemed like every other week a new product was being launched. Nowadays, I don't know. The RC's of Trout and now Judge has given me headaches. At least, Shohei has no questions to his RC's. Be a Blessing!!!
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Hello Gentlemen, I am new to the channel. I, too, grew up collecting in the 90's and reading the monthly Beckett PG. XRC to me has become the RC. Just as long as the player is in his MLB uniform, that is all I needed it to be a true RC. Obviously, the market influenced most of my decision as well. Still, I like the look/design of certain XRC's over there RC's, for example Darryl Strawberry. Plus, it is his only card from 1983. Dwight Gooden's 1984 Topps and Fleer, to me, are nicer than the 1985's. I prefer the 1982 Traded Ripken over his regular since he is by himself, of course it is in lesser quantities. Still, another obvious market influenced card is 1985 Topps Mark McGwire, which you cannot even call it an XRC or RC.
In the 90's, instead of Traded/Update sets, the four major card companies decided to produce them is series. I know Topps came up with Debut sets and Donruss with their Baseball's Best sets. Yes, that is another arguable topic. Not to mention, the 1989 Topps Debut set had the 1990 Topps design...smh!!!
Bottom line, I stopped collecting heavily after 2000. Yeah, I missed the boat on 2001 (Pujols/Ichiro). I tried to jump back in 2002 but the designs were getting uglier and the number of sets were getting out of hand. It seemed like every other week a new product was being launched. Nowadays, I don't know. The RC's of Trout and now Judge has given me headaches. At least, Shohei has no questions to his RC's.
Be a Blessing!!!
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