Epoch released their "
NPB Luxury Collection" the other day. My first impression of it was that it was Epoch's version of Topps Chrome - basically an ugly parallel version of their flagship set, although in this case it's only ugly parallels of a quarter of the set (108 out of 432 cards). But once I took a closer look at the set, I realized there's a little bit more to it than that.
Now don't get me wrong - it really is an ugly "chrome" parallel of a quarter of
the original NPB set from last May. However two "Luxury" cards are different than their original cards - one's a minor change but the other's a little bigger.
The minor change is on Eagles rookie Katsutoshi Tai's card. For God only knows what reason, they photoshopped the white face on his hat on his NPB card to be solid maroon on his "Luxury" card:
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| 2022 Epoch NPB #321 |
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| 2022 Epoch NPB Luxury Collection #78 |
The bigger change was on Akira Neo's card. Neo switched from being an outfielder to being a pitcher back in June and Epoch updated his card accordingly:
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| 2022 Epoch NPB #171 |
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| 2022 Epoch NPB Luxury Collection #37 |
(I swiped the card images off of
Jambalaya.)
