{"id":326,"date":"2010-01-05T11:53:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2010-01-05T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T12:13:09","slug":"topps-twilight-autograph-cards-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Topps Twilight Autograph Cards PROOF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_329\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight-letter.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-329\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-329\" title=\"twilight letter\" src=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight-letter-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight-letter-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight-letter.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter from Topps clearly showing the redemption information <\/p><\/div>\n<p>So a lot of naysayers harped on about the lack of autographs from the new Topps Twilight set, calling into question both the legitimacy of the Topps advertisements and our reporting on the cards. You all know who you are, and you can now\u00a0wallow\u00a0in your wrongatude and bow to the <a title=\"Truthieness\" href=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Colbert-truthiness.jpg\">Truthiness <\/a>of our original report. One of our readers HAS pulled an autograph card and kindly supplied me with photos of the card both front and back, AND a copy of the letter from Topps for those who have a distrustful nature.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_327\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/TwilightAuto.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-327\" title=\"Ashley Greene\" src=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/TwilightAuto-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/TwilightAuto-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/TwilightAuto.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Topps Autograph<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Its an Ashley Greene autograph card and there was just a three week turnaround time on the redemption so we can assume\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0how long it takes Topps to order from Amazon and\u00a0affix\u00a0a sticker&#8230; \u00a0It looks a little bit like another card&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The fact is however this was a MASS market product released throughout Europe, with a very large print run, yet only 1000 redemption&#8217;s so finding one was always going to be a needle in the hay stack.<\/p>\n<p>That said some interesting things have cropped up, because of these photos and the comments from the lucky owner.<\/p>\n<p>First of all this card is NOT the same size as the other over-sized Topps Photo Cards, it is regular card size (2.5&#215;3.5).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_328\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilightBack.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-328\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-328\" title=\"Twilight Autograph Card Back\" src=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilightBack-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Auto Back from NECA?\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilightBack-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilightBack.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Topps and NECA? WTF<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More interesting than that it seems to have the NECA logo in the bottom right hand side of the back of the card, yet smack in the middle of the lower back is the Topps Authentic Hologram<\/p>\n<p>In fact this is EXACTLY the same card issued with the jewellery set on Amazon but with a Topps hologram stuck on the back. Originally these cards were listed as limited to 3000 on Amazon, now add another 1000 for Topps.<\/p>\n<p>This is just bizarre and a massive slight of hand. Topps are issuing NECA Cards and just adding stickers to them. \u00a0The whole thing seems more than a little on the shady side. I will update this if Topps UK respond to my requests for a\u00a0comment.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\">(Thanks again to Violet from London for providing the photos and congratulations on pulling a very very rare card).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So a lot of naysayers harped on about the lack of autographs from the new Topps Twilight set, calling into question both the legitimacy of the Topps advertisements and our reporting on the cards. You all know who you are, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/?p=326\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}