This set is not for the faint of heart. You can rip through most of Series 1,2,3 but then you hit Series 4 and you grumble at this difficult Series. Series 5 is generally doable but then you hit Series 6, 7 and 8 and the difficulty increases to hair pulling mode and some of the cards are rarely offered. There are cards in Series 8 which I have never seen offered for sale in the last 20 years.
I'd like someone to write a comprehensive article on this set and reasons for lack of availability. I assume that distribution of cards in the Chatanooga and Memphis area must have played a part in their scarcity in Series 8.
I've been working on this set (along with the orange border variations) for over 20 years and it's been an ordeal. I am so far in to it that I can't quit now but I have realistically come to grips with the fact I'll never get the last 5-10% needed before my time on this planet is done.
tbob
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