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Originally posted by Justice41:
The Sketch cards we were given were the worst quality paper stock i've ever worked on. It was like drawing or painting on an oil covered surface. The pencils sat on top and would easily be brushed away, inks pooled and beaded up and would get smeared, watercolors blotted and beaded up. only those willing to sit and sand down or gesso the surface managed to get decent results. This is why you see so many bad cards. It's not from lack of trying it's from trying to get something done on a card stock that didn't want to be worked on. It looks like the printers UV coated the entire card surface making it almost unusable. Those who did get it to work gessoed and painted their cards. Topps knows because we all complained and some even sent the blanks back un done.

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Originally posted by Raven:

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Originally posted by Justice41:
The Sketch cards we were given were the worst quality paper stock i've ever worked on. It was like drawing or painting on an oil covered surface. The pencils sat on top and would easily be brushed away, inks pooled and beaded up and would get smeared, watercolors blotted and beaded up. only those willing to sit and sand down or gesso the surface managed to get decent results. This is why you see so many bad cards. It's not from lack of trying it's from trying to get something done on a card stock that didn't want to be worked on. It looks like the printers UV coated the entire card surface making it almost unusable. Those who did get it to work gessoed and painted their cards. Topps knows because we all complained and some even sent the blanks back un done.

Mr. Cover you've done quality sketches in many products from Star Wars to Star Trek to Buffy. I'm lucky enough to have pack pulled one of your Star Trek spaceships. I totally believe you. It explains a lot, just weird that it would happen. Everyone knows you can't even write an autograph on a coated card.

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Originally posted by MARKPERRY2000:
Anyone else think that TOPPS is flooding the marketing and that it's going kill what little life the Non-Sports niche has been able to crave out. I think that the need to reign it in a bit and make fewer products per year. Just to allow the market to catch it's breath. It's just so over whelming. The various sets and their sub-sets,chase cards, parallels ,etc. and this is not to say that there the only company that's doing this. After so many years we as fans of certain genres and franchises are reveling in the movies and TV shows that are being produced. I understand that as a company it's all about profit, but respect your customers and don;t take advantage of there love for this card market and beat them over the head with product. If it's good, it will sell. I just want the Non-sport market to thrive and go on as long as possible, I love it so. I apologize for the rant,just my 2 cents.