For the past couple of years, the designs for Topps’ High Tek baseball product has sent geometry lovers into ecstasy, with card designs featuring swirling lines, sharply angled rectangular shapes, wavy backgrounds and crisscrossing lines. Now, Topps has decided to shift High Tek to its Bowman line. 2017 Bowman High Tek Basics Scheduled for release in late … [Read more...]
2015 Topps High Tek Football Box Break-Review
Back in the 1990s, when the first iteration of Topps Tek baseball was on the marketplace, I was not a big fan. To me, it was just odd that you could call the 90 different players a “set” but in actuality, to have a true complete set you needed all 90 patterns for each player (8,100). I wasn’t crazy about two such extremes. However, there were several collectors who were very … [Read more...]
Topps High Tek Has Pattern Of Diversity
Angles. Circles. Parallel lines. Wavy lines. Sounds like geometry class, but those are just some of the background patterns that collectors can expect to see when 2015 Topps High Tek baseball is released on Wednesday, October 14. Throw in foil and acetate, and there will be plenty of diversity in this product. Tek made a comeback last year, but fans of the original set in … [Read more...]
Topps Tek 2014 Box Break and Review
From 1998-2000, Topps Tek had a brief but spectacular history. It was the first release to take the concept of the super collector to a higher level. With 90 players in the set and 90 varieties in terms of patterns and designed of each player that brought up a total of 8,100 total card needed to complete the full set. As a collector, I was perfectly happy with just one … [Read more...]
2014 Topps High Tek Baseball Checklist and Most Watched
Like the title of a song says, "Everything old is new again." Rumors keep going around about Upper Deck being serious regarding a rebirth of Fleer Retro for baseball. The Donruss product released by Panini hit a friendly nerve with many collectors who loved the 1980s throwback. And, earlier this year we learned another late 1990's/early 2000's issue-- was in the … [Read more...]