It just seems superfluous. The design and a majority of the photos used are an exact carbon copy of the Topps flagship set released a couple of weeks ago. Of course, you get the snazzy looking "Opening Day" logo on the card, but is that really worthy of a whole new card brand? On the plus side, this set is more affordable; therefore, it's geared to kids and the budget minded.
Having said all that, we do get a glimpse at Jimmy Rollins first official Topps card as a Dodger. So, that's cool. And a couple of the variations use some great photos (see those at the very bottom). Go here for a complete checklist of the set.
BTW, I used the "Blue" parallel versions of the Adrian Gonzalez and Zack Greinke cards below - which look awesome. They should've made all the Dodger cards like that.
#40 Clayton Kershaw #63 Adrian Gonzalez
#75 Jimmy Rollins #85 Zack Greinke
#193 Joc Pederson #198 Yasiel Puig
A complete checklist of all the variation cards in the set has yet to be compiled, but I figured I would share pics of the known Dodger issues now. As you might have guessed, both Clayton Kershaw and Yasiel Puig have photo variations in the set and they are glorious - particularly the Kershaw card. I also included a pic of the Justin Morneau photo variation since it includes Yasiel Puig.
Photo Variations
#40 Clayton Kershaw
#198 Yasiel Puig
#159 Justin Morneau w/ Yasiel Puig
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