Sunday, June 7, 2009

Retro football cards

Terry Bradshaw at Louisiana Tech. Jim Brown at Syracuse. Randy Moss at Marshall.

These are just three of the autograph cards that you'll be able to get in the 2009 Magic Set, which is sort of a remake of the 1951 Topps Magic set. It will include current players and former football legends. The basic set consists of 200 cards with 50 additional short-prints.

There are also mini parallels (one per pack) and mini black parallels as well. Also included are buyback cards and several insert sets. What makes this set almost irresistible for collectors or college football fans is all of the history contained in these packs. However, at a suggested $4 a pack (eight cards per pack) it won't be cheap.

Here are some of the players included in this set:

Jackie Robinson, UCLA
John Elway, Stanford
Eric Dickerson, SMU
Tony Dorsett, Pitt
Dan Marino, Pitt
Bo Jackson, Auburn
Ray Lewis, Miami

Happy collecting.

1 comment:

nearmint said...

Thanks for posting this. I haven't bought a modern card for years, but I'm kind of intrigued by this set. You can see the entire original 1951 Topps Magic set here. The "magic" part was a rub-off section on the back that revealed a picture of the player's college.