# The future of baseball cards...today!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-baseball-cards-today/489791>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 17, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-baseball-cards-today/489791 "2009-03-17T20:07:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-baseball-cards-today/489791/1 "2009-03-17T20:07:10Z")

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I saw this when it was a prototype (it was a little green monster) and just couldn’t find a way it would be marketable. That’s why I don’t get the big bucks. Someone smarter than me found a way:  
[3D Baseball Cards](http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/03/08/technology/1194838407541/topps-3d-live.html)

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-baseball-cards-today/489791/2 "2009-03-17T20:50:57Z")

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Neat. Something similar from GE was making the rounds last week.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-baseball-cards-today/489791/3 "2009-03-18T15:32:25Z")

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Ah, the 2009 version of the last great leap forward in baseball cards, the Topps SportsTalk set. And they’re 20 years apart too.

[http://temdee.zoovy.com/product/SPORTSTALK01/1989\_TOPPS\_SPORTSTALK\_PLAYER\_WITH\_9\_TALKING\_CARDS.html](http://temdee.zoovy.com/product/SPORTSTALK01/1989_TOPPS_SPORTSTALK_PLAYER_WITH_9_TALKING_CARDS.html)