Last week’s and this week’s releases definitely present a very large gap in the two types of products that hit shelves. Triple Threads is a hyper-modernization of today’s built around sticker autos and under-designed cards that only exist to deliver relic content in the most annoying possible way. Heritage High Number (second of the Heritage sets released this year), is completely on the other side of the spectrum. It is aimed at delivering tribute content to a set from the Topps catalog that is meant to trigger nostalgic feelings for the people that open it.

Here are some of the cards from the new set:

2015 Heritage High Numbers Kris Bryant Chrome Gold Refractor /5

2015 Heritage High Numbers Noah Syndergaard Real One Red Auto

2015 Heritage High Numbers Clayton Kershaw Red Ink Real One Auto

2015 Heritage High Numbers Carlos Correa Auto Real One

2015 Heritage High Numbers Byron Buxton Red Ink Real One Auto

Last year, High Number was not a wide release, and as a result, didnt even come close to the budget that this year’s set obviously had. Just in looking at the autograph content alone, the boxes are much more attractive to open. All that being said, the non-Real One autograph and Relic content is still horrendously ugly, and for someone like me, the set itself really isnt a reason to buy.

There are some SPs and photo variations that provide a lot of reason to dive deep into cases of this product, and that isnt even talking about the Chrome and Chrome parallels that can sell just as high. If you are lucky enough to pull a Black or Gold, you are pretty much set to gain back the cost of your box. This is one of those times where non-autograph content is almost more attractive than autograph content, and that is always a treat for people who love sets like Heritage. The SSP photo variations can fetch a SHIT TON of money, and its going to be a race for the master collectors to chase them all down.

On top of that, the on card Real One autographs are some of the most widely collected autographs in Topps baseball. Up until this point, they are usually consisting of subjects from the year that the set was commemorating, and rarely have the big name checklist we are seeing here. Not only do Buxton and Bryant have cards in the set, but newly signed Topps exclusive Carlos Correa has autographs in there too. HOFers and stars are in there too, including ones that were part of the original set.

Im not usually someone that goes nuts over sets like this, but its hard to stay away when you see all the cool content that is delivered. Even though I fucking hate the look of the punch cards and clubhouse collection, the rest of the set is calling my name.