Topps all time basic set.

[doug.goodman]

I am working on everything pre-1993

I aspire to be Al (ALR-Bishop), although I have no interest in the unopened packs.

For the purposes of collecting, I define the cards in 3 ways :

Regular Issues - those are the regular sets (and variations) from 1952 thru 1992

Inserts - these are the "misc." sets from 1948 thru 1992, and include anything that isn't a "regular issue". These include items such as the 1991 Desert Storm and 1992 Winners sets.

Impossible Sets - these aren't necessarily "impossible" to get (like the 1961 Dice game) but are sometimes just crazy expensive (like the Hocus Focus sets)


At this moment, I need 107 cards to complete my regular issue run. Unfortunately, this includes both Mantle variations from 1952, I also need both Jackie's. The 97 1982 blackless cards that I need kind of annoy me, because I'm still of the opinion taht these are glorified print marks, but the damned catalog lists them...

I refuse to look for the 1958 Herrera, because that one is a glorified print defect, too. I bought the 1958 blue backed Aaron on ebay last month, so I feel like I'm even.

I need 169 inserts. These consist of 2 1951 redback panels, 10 1951 teams, 17 1956 pins, 4 1961 stamp panels, 6 1962 stamp panels, 3 1964 tatoos, 19 1964 banquets, 1 1965 transfer, 2 1968 stickers, 6 1971 winners, 37 1971 greatest moments, 6 1972 cloth, 15 1974 emblems, and 41 1974 deckles

From the impossibles, I plan to eventually have (at least) one of each issue, so I'm looking for a 1951 ML Allstar, 1956 Hocus Focus, 1961 Dice game, 1963 Mantle plaque, 1967 standup, 1968 plak, 1970 cloth, 197 candy lid and a 1973 comic.

I'm sure that something else will rear it's ugy head, long before I finish (like the Hunt 1965 transfer variation), so I expect to be working on these for quite a while.

Happy collecting,
Doug