Topps Gypsy Queen came out in April, but I’m just getting around to looking at the Mets cards in it now. (Thank you, Stubby, for sending along most of the team set.)
Gypsy Queen is one of several retro products on the Topps release calendar. The cards are based on 19th century tobacco cards, but they use modern photos that have been run through a few too many filters.
I still need to track down two short prints and one insert to complete my team set, but here are the rest of them.
The Mets team set checklist:
- 6 David Wright – New York Mets
- 82 Mookie Wilson – New York Mets
- 92 Matt Harvey – New York Mets
- 101 Lucas Duda – New York Mets
- 124 Mike Piazza – New York Mets
- 131 Zack Wheeler – New York Mets
- 171a Dilson Herrera – New York Mets RC (fielding)
- 171b Dilson Herrera – New York Mets (pointing to the sky after a home run)
- 195 Jacob deGrom – New York Mets
- 196 Travis d’Arnaud – New York Mets
- 202 Juan Lagares – New York Mets
- 207 Jonathon Niese – New York Mets
- 214a Daniel Murphy – New York Mets (pinstripes)
- 214b Daniel Murphy – New York Mets (camouflage)
- 233a Bartolo Colon – New York Mets (pitching)
- 233b Bartolo Colon – New York Mets (batting)
- 241 Curtis Granderson – New York Mets
- 285a Jenrry Mejia – New York Mets (pinstripes)
- 285b Jenrry Mejia – New York Mets (orange Los Mets jersey)
- 311 Tom Seaver – New York Mets (shortprint)
- 320 Gary Carter – New York Mets (shortprint)
- 327 Dwight Gooden – New York Mets (shortprint)
(Regular shortprints are not that difficult to pull at 1:4 packs. Photo variation shortprints are another story at 1:165 packs, or approximately one every seven boxes.)
Inserts:
Pillars of the Community (1:24 packs)
- PC-DW David Wright – New York Mets
The Queen’s Throwbacks (1:6 packs)
- QT-19 Curtis Granderson – New York Mets
Walk Off Winners (1:4 packs)
- GWO-17 Lenny Dykstra – New York Mets
- GWO-25 Mookie Wilson – New York Mets
Checklist information courtesy of The Cardboard Connection. Check out that site for information about parallels, relics and autograph cards for the 2015 Topps Gypsy Queen set.
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