NON-SPORT FRANKENSET - CARD #6

FOUND THE REST OF THE CARDS FROM MY FRANKENSET (INCLUDING SERIES 2!) SO ASSUMING THE SCANNER DON'T BARF I SHOULD HAVE THIS SERIES DONE AND POSTED BY 2027 ASSUMING ASSUMING WE AREN'T ALL DEAD FROM RADIOACTIVE HURRICANES BY THEN

LET'S GET ON WITH THE SHOW

2009 Topps Heritage American Heroes - Emily Dickinson

EMILY DICKINSON, EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLER'S FAVORITE GOTH GIRLFRIEND. ACCESSIBLE MELANCHOLY POEMS ABOUT LOSS AND DEATH YOU CAN SING TO THE TUNE OF THE GILLIGAN'S ISLAND THEME OR THAT COKE COMMERCIAL WITH ALL THE FILTHY HIPPIES. I WONDER IF ANY SONGS FROM THE 21ST CENTURY WORK. 'BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH' AS PERFORMED BY TAYLOR SWIFT. I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED ON THE OLD TOWN ROAD. SOMEONE THROW DOWN A TRAP BEAT. ACTUALLY SCRATCH THAT, THESE LYRICS WOULD GO GREAT WITH METAL.

REMEMBER WHEN TOPPS DID FUN HISTORICAL SETS LIKE THIS? AND THEN THEY GOT THE EXCLUSIVE AND STOPPED MAKING AN EFFORT. AMERICAN HEROES RECYCLED SEVERAL VINTAGE DESIGNS WITH HISTORICAL SUBJECTS ORGANIZED BY THEMES. THE FIRST TEN ARE LITERARY FIGURES PLASTERED ON THE EXCELLENT 1953 TOPPS DESIGN. I LOVE THIS DESIGN SO MUCH AT ONE POINT I CONSIDERED TRYING TO COLLECT EVERY TOPPS CARD THAT USED IT. ACTUAL SET, REPRINTS, INSERTS, ARCHIVES, ALL OF IT. THEN THE LIVING SET HAPPENED AND I'M HERE WAITING FOR DEATH TO STOP BY. IF TOPPS EVER DOES ANOTHER FUN SET ONE DAY WHEN THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME ACTUAL COMPETITION I HOPE THEY USE SOME FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL DESIGNS. SYLVIA PLATH ON A 1963 TOPPS FOOTBALL DESIGN. TONI MORRISON ON A 1977 BASKETBALL DESIGN. URSULA K LeGUIN IN A 1967-68 O-PEE-CHEE HOCKEY DESIGN. IT WOULD BE A HUGE HIT. I BET THEY'D SELL TENS OF BOXES.

WAIT - NEVERMIND. THEY'D JUST MAKE IT AN ON-DEMAND SET. NO MORE FREE IDEAS FOR TOPPS, I'M STICKING TO MY FRANKENSETS.