Things are looking up! In the face of mounting problems it seems like somebody at Topps Digital (Jer? Is that you buddy?) said “We gotta fix this” and then did that right there.
What followed was a massive wonderful wave of awards for all the wave 3 marathons and boy howdy, those were some really nice awards! Things kicked off with Splash featuring New Orleans QB Drew Brees (dude’s clutch). Limited followed up with a BIG hit with Tom Brady. Next the dreaded Relic Marathon that had long ago promised Andy Dalton, but then had Andy Dalton in that wave already arrived and it was….Not Andy Dalton! The crowd goes wild! It could have been just about anyone (well maybe not you, Jay Cutler. Or you Tony Romo) but Mark Ingram was a solid choice and so unexpectedly not Andy Dalton that people were quite pleased with it. Andy Dalton could not be reached for comment. Archives award was another big hit with Ben Roethlisberger. Rising Stars recognized Seattle’s Tyler Locket as a star who is in fact rising and the Marathons finished on another high note with the Steeler’s Antonio Brown. It was a pretty great lineup of awards. A bunch of other awards for sets like Valor and Vapor also came out and a lot of loose ends were tied up with a neat little bow. Hey, was the a segue? Yes! Speaking of neat little bows, the grand unwrapping of the mysterious ticket redemption presents came with some fun stuff inside. First let me gush, one of my favorites was a rather humble 5.0x boost of Matthew Stafford. I love the 5.0x Team Color design and after the season is over I plan to only keep the 5.0x and try to track down any other 5.0x boosts I might have missed. They look fantastic even if the arms race has kicked into high gear now that we are into the playoffs. I just like the look of them. Some recent sets got another blast for collectors to run down including the bee suit Topps Finest Fibers Antonio Brown relic, a Topps Finest Signature for Von Miller, Inception sigs for Terrell Davis and Dak Prescott. The two super mysterious Gold Bows at 5 and 10 tickets respectively got mixed reviews. I think a lot of people were banking on something more current and maybe scoring but we got what I though two very cool rookie cards. One for Drew Brees who just looks weird in a Chargers uniform and my favorite which was Mike Ditka’s rookie card signed in blue. It looks old and cheesy and garish and hilarious and I love it. It’s also only the second Mike Ditka card in the app as far as I can see. Things have been a bit smoother moving into the new year. A lot of true fans whose seasons have ended will be finishing off their few loose ends and looking sullenly at the playoffs in spite of themselves and we all look forward to the candy colored fireworks shooting train wreck of another Super Bowl. It’s been a fun season and I’ve learned a lot. Though it feels a lot less busy that the Star Wars app that was my entry into the world of Digital Cards I actually appreciate that about it. I’ll be turning my attention back to SWCT more in the offseason. I look at the mess they have over there and am less excited about that than I should be. Here’s hoping they too have heard the criticisms and have owned them and pledged to do better in the coming year. Yeah I am an optimist!
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