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Judge Dred (Fred)Bob,
First of all I'd like to say CONGRATULATIONS!  That must have been a pretty neat feeling when you finally had the card in your hand.
Would you mind if I steered this thread in a "common" direction?  I was wondering what's the longest it's taken anybody to complete a prewar set?  
I spent about 10+ years completeing a T201 set.  I realize that the T201 set is the easiest of T cards sets to complete but I wasn't really concentrating on it.  I'd just pick up odds and ends here and there.  Then one day it was complete.  Your Obak set is genuinely TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH!