BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 51: FINEST

I HAVE A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH FINEST. I HATE THAT IT'S SO EXPENSIVE AND HARD TO FIND BUT I LOVE THE WONKY DESIGNS THEY TRY AND FAIL TO PULL OFF. HERE'S A CARD FROM A SET THAT WAS WILDLY UNPOPULAR WHEN IT CAME OUT BUT I LOVED EVERY BIT OF IT. FROM THE GOOFY RETRO DESIGN TO THE FACT THAT IT IS CHEAP AS HELL NOW

2021 TOPPS FINEST DOMINIQUE WILKINS

THIS SET WAS SO FUN WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS SO EXCITED THAT TOPPS WAS BACK IN THE BASKETBALL GAME AND THEN WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IT WAS A BUNCH OF OLDER DUDES IN STREET CLOTHES, SUITS AND THE OCCASIONAL FUR COAT AND ALL THE NOOBS WHO JUMPED ON FLIPPING CARDS DURING THE LOCKDOWN WERE ALL HORRIBLY ANGRY AND CONFUSED. OH MAN, DID THIS SET GET SOME HATE ON THE INTERWEBS. THE HATERS CAN CRY FOREVER, THIS SET IS AMAZING. 1) IT'S ON FINEST CHROMY STOCK 2) IT'S GOT A COOL FAKE 90S VAPORWAVE DESIGN THAT GOES EXTREMELY WELL WITH THE FINEST CHROMY STOCK 3) IT'S BASICALLY A 1991 STUDIO SET FOR BASKETBALL. AND OH MY GOD, THE CHECKLIST IS INSANE. EVERY STAR, KINDA STAR, AND GUY WHO WAS HYPED ENOUGH TO GET INTO A BUNCH OF INSERTS SETS IN THE NINETIES AND EARLY 00S WHO IS NOT CONTRACTUALLY FORBIDDEN FROM BEING IN THIS SET IS IN THIS SET. IN RETROSPECT I SHOULD HAVE ALSO PICKED UP THE VINCE CARTER AND DIKEMBE CARDS BUT I SETTLED ON GETTING THE PLAYER WHO HAS HIS OWN BINDER ON MY BOOKSHELF

DOMINIQUE PRETTY MUCH IS THE HAWKS IDENTITY AT THIS POINT. HE'S THE BEST PLAYER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY UNTIL TRAE CATCHES UP. HE'S BOB RATHBURN'S WINGMAN ON THE HAWKS TV BROADCASTS. IT IS ILLEGAL TO PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF NBA DUNKS WITHOUT SHOWING OFF A TOMAHAWK. HE'S LITERALLY THE HUMAN HIGHLIGHT FILM. IF YOU SAY 'NAME A HAWKS PLAYER' TO A RANDO ON THE STREET MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK YOU MEAN THE SEAHAWKS OR BLACKHAWKS ARE GONNA SAY NIQUE. A GREAT CARD FOR A GREAT PLAYER. I HAVE MY WILKINS BINDER ORGANIZED BY TEAM. THERE'S BULLDOGS CARDS IN THE FRONT, A WHOLE BUNCH OF HAWKS CARDS IN THE MIDDLE AND SOME USA BASKETBALL, CLIPPERS, CELTICS AND SPURS CARDS AT THE END. I STILL HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ORLANDO MAGIC DOMINIQUE CARD AND I DOUBT IT EXISTS AT THIS POINT UNLESS IT'S SOME ODDBALL AUTOGRAPH IN A RECENT PANINI SET. NOW I HAVE NIQUE IN HIS BROADCASTER UNIFORM, A NICE CAP TO A NICE BINDER