2013 Topps Retail Issues

A friend from twitter (Thanks again!) picked these up for me on a recent trip to the Twin Cities to catch a Yankees game. I thought I'd compare and contrast the set vs. 2013 Topps. These team sets are relatively cheap, and can be found at your local Target/Walmart usually for 10$.

In addition to a different numbering scheme(MIN-1, MIN-2, etc.) some photos have been known to be different, or players that weren't in the base set are known to be in this team set, so I asked if he could pick me up a set. Interesting, I didn't notice any cropping or different photos used like NightOwl did for his 2008 Dodgers set. No, I don't have a Morneau from series 2, if anyone wants to ship me one? :D.

Let's look at the retail checklist and their 2013 Topps counter-part:
MIN-1 Joe Mauer - 107 Joe Mauer - Also has a photo variation short print.

Interesting that the backs have different "code". With the retail team set ending 3828, Base with 2820, and the short print ends in 3022.

MIN-2 Justin Morneau - 575 Justin Morneau
MIN-3 Josh Willingham - 216 Josh Willingham - Also has a photo variation short print.
MIN-4 Darin Mastroianni - 528 Darin Mastroianni
MIN-5 Chris Parmelee - 446 Chris Parmelee
MIN-6 Ryan Doumit - 460 Ryan Doumit
MIN-7 Jamey Carroll - 88 Jamey Carroll
MIN-8 Brian Dozier - 596 Brian Dozier
MIN-9 Scott Diamond - 656 Scott Diamond
MIN-10 Trevor Plouffe - 629 Trevor Plouffe
MIN-11 Glen Perkins - 547 Glen Perkins
MIN-12 Vance Worley

MIN-13 Liam Hendriks - 590 Liam Hendriks
MIN-14 Pedro Florimon - 451 Pedro Florimon
MIN-15 Kevin Correia












MIN-16 Mike Pelfrey












MIN-17 Minnesota Twins/Target Field

Which leaves these without counterparts:
102 Denard Span
335 Chris Herrmann
346 Aaron Hicks
467 Brian Duensing
636 Cole De Vries
MIN-12 Vance Worley
MIN-15 Kevin Correia
MIN-16 Mike Pelfrey
MIN-17 Minnesota Twins/Target Field

Photo stream:

Finally a group shot of cards from the team set without a Series 1, or Series 2 issue.