Mike D's 1976 Topps Binder Project

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Bad news - the 3rd lot I bought is late. Was supposed to be here yesterday, but judging by where it's, maybe Tuesday after the holiday.



Good news - I picked up another lot of 200 1976 Topps cards from board member mintacular - and they should ship out Tuesday.



So next week will be a good week at the mailbox for this project.



In the meantime, I may start sorting what I have a bit...I'm getting impatient.

Not that you need my approval, but I like what you are doing. I was born in 1973. After many years of collecting other eras, I am coming back to these. There's a lot of nice, affordable stuff from late 60s to mid 80s...baseball and football. I have a 1976 baseball set from past collecting efforts. I am starting this run with a '71 set. I have about 100 cards so far. It will be fun!

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[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

Not that you need my approval, but I like what you are doing. I was born in 1973. After many years of collecting other eras, I am coming back to these. There's a lot of nice, affordable stuff from late 60s to mid 80s...baseball and football. I have a 1976 baseball set from past collecting efforts. I am starting this run with a '71 set. I have about 100 cards so far. It will be fun!

I started collecting in 1987, but pretty quickly locked in on 70's and 80's era HOFers as a favorite. I've since branched into the 60's and dabbled in the 50's, but the 70's-80's does hold a special place in my collecting world.

[mortimer brewster]

I have been collecting since 1978. My goal is to collect every set from 1953-1983. I am like today's starting pitchers. I haven't completed anything. At my current pace I will finish in the year 2197. I think I'm going to run out of time.

[brob28]

I've put together all the '70s sets. Started with the '75's (regular and mini) and had a great time with it, all are in binders. Lots of childhood memories from that era. The last '70's set I completed was the '72 set. Not sure if it was the size of the set or just needing a change, but I definitely had set building fatigue by the time I finished that one!

Good luck, its fun to follow your progress.

[Mike D.]

Wow, you guys are light years ahead of me, set wise. I’ve never really been a set builder, but figured I’d try something different.

I’m going to REALLY fight the urge to start a new set project until this one is done or at least fairly close.

70’s sets aren’t too pricey, but some of those 50’s and 60’s sets must be pretty big investments to build!

[Bigdaddy]

I recently completed a '56 and '57 set - sets that I never thought I'd be able to do. Just follow the same course you're going with the '76 set, and it won't seem like that big of a hurdle. Just keep chipping away.

Death by a thousand cuts - or by 792 cuts. One card at a time.

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Hey Mike, just wanted to say thanks for starting this thread, it’s fun watching other collectors complete their projects.

I’m still working (slowly) on my first binder set...a mostly EX condition raw 1952 Bowman. I’ve been at it for a couple years, and am about 75% of the way there.

There’s something special about seeing an entire set coming together in a binder card by card. While most of my set is raw, i’m Picking up the higher dollar cards graded...just because I want to ensure authenticity. But I’m still including them in four pocket pages at the back of my binder (and inserting reprints in their normal spot in raw pages).

I’ll be looking forward to watching your progress. Oh, and as a big Royals fan, I can’t think of a better card to start your set with than George Brett