the hobby can still be fun.
As a collector who started in 1986, some of the top cards were the 85 McGwire, 84 donruss Mattingly, 82 Ripken, etc. but easily the coolest card of my youth was the 89 Upper Deck Griffey. I bought packs as a kid, and occasionally since, and bought plenty of other stuff as singles, but never got the Griffey for whatever reason.
So the other day I broke down and bought an unopened box. And I decided to open a pack day. On day nine, I finally got my white whale. In the grand scheme, pretty meaningless, but for me that was a moment 25 years in the making.
This hobby can still be fun.
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