5 yrs & 10 mos. Mission accomplished...

[vintagetoppsguy]

That is awesome! Congrats!

[71buc]

Congratulations! I lack the focus to complete such an impressive feat

[Marslife]

It's a beautiful thing! congratulations!

[4815162342]

Congrats Frank! Besides a cheap Hobby falling into your lap, what's next?

[Tcards-Please]

Thanks all for the kind words. It has been a blast, and I'm glad that we were able to finish before he heads off to college next year.

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Congrats Frank! Besides a cheap Hobby falling into your lap, what's next?

Daryl, I haven't quite decided between the T3s or Cracker Jack. I like each for various reasons, but I am leaning slightly toward the T3s. Whichever I choose, I won't tackle that until I transfer next summer as I've got quite a bit to do over the next year.

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

Congrats frank! that's awesome, I know its a hard task! I hope to complete the set also. Is the Hoblitzell the only card missing??

Steve, I"m sure you will reach that goal quicker than I did. It is great to see fresh new people who are interested in the set. It certainly doesn't get the attention like some of the other pre-war cards/set do. I got side tracked throughout the almost 6 years we have been collecting the set. The Hoblitzell "no stats" is the only card I'm missing. I'm waiting for one to fall into my lap as Daryl mentioned.

Originally Posted by peterb69

Welcome to the club. I also have all cards except the Hobby No Stats. It is by far my favorite set.

Thanks Peter, glad to be a part of the club. How long did it take you to complete your set?

Originally Posted by familytoad

Another long time T205 guy here, finished my base set two years ago, but have been upgrading a little, gathering the back variations (i have the front variations) and slabbing them with SGC.

Frank, I see your set on the registry every time I update mine. (and of course a few other guys here too)

Congrats for getting them all, its an awesome set! Way to go!

Thanks Brian. Like you, I see quite a few familiar people when I go to update my registry. It's pretty neat to see the progress and accomplishment of others on here. I hope that you will share a picture of yours (T205s that is) once you have completed it.

Originally Posted by T205 GB

So that makes 2 of my hobby friends completing the set this yr. What a neat thing. I am glad I could help in anyway possible. I did notice that the right side of that slab ocean has a wavy boarder. I am going to have to grade that an A sir. A for AWESOME

Andrew, Thanks again for your contribution not only to the hobby, but more specifically what you have provided for all the T205 collectors out here. I know some of us have different opinions about a particular subject, but it is great to see the collaboration that takes place on here.

r/
Frank

[T205 GB]

Originally Posted by T's please

Andrew, Thanks again for your contribution not only to the hobby, but more specifically what you have provided for all the T205 collectors out here. I know some of us have different opinions about a particular subject, but it is great to see the collaboration that takes place on here.

r/
Frank

Thank you Frank. I started as a collector a few yrs before you and wasn't familiar with the set. Then I found Net54 from a board member contacting me on the SGC registry and........well the rest is history from there. As time went there was a lot of unanswered questions and other things I started chasing and questioning. There has been a lot of help from others in the hobby and I want to send a big THANK YOU to all of them. We 205's guys have made leps and bounds in research in the last 5 yrs. Hope to continue on and unlock more of the secrets to the set. I do hope to launch into the hobby full time in the next yr or so(cross my fingers) and make a bigger ripple where it needs to be. If I come across a NO Stats I will hit you up. When your ready to upgrade your AB's and sell them let me know

[Tim Kindler]

Frank,
Seeing all of your T205s laid out like that is a beautiful sight! Congratulations on reaching a collecting goal! Those are really cool!

Tim Kindler

[PolarBear]

Awesome! I started a set about 6 years ago but gave up after a dozen cards. It's still one of my favorite sets of all time. The Joss tribute card is one of the best cards of all time.

I agree too, that adding bio's was innovative and in fact, I think that makes T205 the first "true" baseball cards as opposed to just being pictures of baseball players. I really wish they would have done the entire 400 subject set. That would have truly been awesome.

As far as the Hoblitzell goes, personally, I would consider the set complete without it. There are many back variations, including different cigarette brands, so unless you're doing a complete master set of every single back variation, I personally don't think you need this card to be 100% complete.

Anyway, congrats on a great achievement! It makes me want to start this set again.

[g_vezina_c55]

wow congrat !

[EvilKing00]

Congrats frank! that's awesome, I know its a hard task! I hope to complete the set also. Is the Hoblitzell the only card missing??

[peterb69]

Welcome to the club. I also have all cards except the Hobby No Stats. It is by far my favorite set.

[Bugsy]

Just beautiful!

[KCRfan1]

Congratulations!

[Gmrson]

Congrats on finishing the set!! I don't know much about this set other than the information and great pics shared on here. I'm going to have to do a search on Hoblitzell to learn more about that one.

[Scott L.]

Incredible accomplishment.........congrats!

[btkpath]

That is a beautiful site! Congrats!