Whole bunch of 1993 Topps goodness for today's Completely Red. Ooh yeah. I'm fairly certain all of us love the flagship '93 offering. It was Topps' first full-on glossy major release. Crisp, unique photography. Huge 825-card set, plus a 132-card Traded set. PLUS the sweet, sweet golds. Topps experimented with gold parallels in '92, and infamously screwed up the 'winners' vs. regulars. Everyone still loved 'em though, and the 1993 gold parallels looked damn good. This was the beginning of the end, kiddies. I'm half-expecting an Archives-style re-release with gold, red, purple, blue, black, orange, green, yellow, plaid, polka-dot, and Uranium-238 parallels. I shouldn't have put that in print. Oh wait. No one from Topps reads my nonsense.
Bonus: The Topps Micro team set. What an annoying set of cards. Put out alongside the 1991, 1992, and 1993 releases, these things are obnoxiously small. I've chosen to display them with their big brothers, which I kind of like. Notes for the completists out there: 1) Topps chose not to goldify the checklists, so they created three new cards in gold-only, including Red Keith Brown (which makes it not a parallel, I guess. 2) No golds were created for the traded set. This was amended in 1994. 3) No micros were created for the traded set. 4) Be on the look-out for a Bip-Attack.
STATS:
Cards: Base - 31, Micro - 31, Traded - 3, Gold - 32
RC's - 2 (Chad Mottola, Tim Pugh)
All Stars - 14 (Norm Charlton, Reggie Sanders, Barry Larkin, Bip Roberts, Chris Sabo, Paul O'Neill, Rob Dibble, Tony Perez, Greg Swindell, Tom Browning, Dan Wilson, Davey Johnson, Roberto Kelly, Kevin Mitchell)
Hall of Famers - 2 (Barry Larkin, Tony Perez)
Reds Hall of Famers - 5 (Tony Perez, Jose Rijo, Tom Browning, Barry Larkin, Chris Sabo)
Full-Sized Bips - 2 (1 base, 1 gold)
MicroBips - 1
CHECKLISTS:
Base, Micro
29 Dwayne Henry
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56 Chad Mottola
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57 Norm Charlton
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83 Reggie Sanders
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110 Barry Larkin
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138 Joe Oliver
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165 Jose Rijo
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193 Steve Foster
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219 Bip Roberts
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245 Chris Sabo
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276 Paul O'Neill
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301 Cesar Hernandez
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328 Scott Ruskin
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356 Freddie Benavides
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361 Scott Bankhead
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382 Tim Belcher
404 Travis Fryman & Barry
Larkin
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437 Chris Hammond
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470 Rob Dibble
503 Buck Rodgers & Tony
Perez
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515 Greg Swindell
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546 Hal Morris
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577 Tim Costo
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608 Bill Doran
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642 Milt Hill
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671 Dave Martinez
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702 Tim Pugh
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733 Tom Browning
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764 Willie Greene
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784 Jeff Branson
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813 Dan Wilson
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Traded:
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36 Dallas Green - Davey Johnson
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105 Bobby Kelly
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112 Kevin Mitchell
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Gold:
29 Dwayne Henry
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56 Chad Mottola
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57 Norm Charlton
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83 Reggie Sanders
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110 Barry Larkin
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138 Joe Oliver
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165 Jose Rijo
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193 Steve Foster
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219 Bip Roberts
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245 Chris Sabo
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276 Paul O'Neill
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301 Cesar Hernandez
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328 Scott Ruskin
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356 Freddie Benavides
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361 Scott Bankhead
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382 Tim Belcher
404 Travis Fryman & Barry
Larkin
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437 Chris Hammond
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470 Rob Dibble
503 Buck Rodgers & Tony
Perez
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515 Greg Swindell
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546 Hal Morris
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577 Tim Costo
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608 Bill Doran
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642 Milt Hill
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671 Dave Martinez
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702 Tim Pugh
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733 Tom Browning
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764 Willie Greene
784 Jeff Branson
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813 Dan Wilson
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823 Keith Brown
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Go Reds
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