I guess I sort of eased into the hobby...
1969 - 1 pack But I got Reggie! Still have it.
1971 - 1 pack still have the coin, probably a couple commons, but they spent the next couple years i the toybox with the 69s.
1973 - Moved to a new town, and most kids were into cards. Picked up a few after September.
1974 - Not counting the FB and other sports from winter 73-4, the first set I really collected. Finally bought the Mike Schmidt sometime in the mid 90s to finish it.
Bought all three sets in 82 and the update in 81, so the first complete sets I had.
The first set I completed from individual cards was 48 bowman. Even the ones from 77 -80 when I hung out at a card shop and occasionally collated sets for them went unfinished until the 90's. I still need something like 11 commons for 76.
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