The "Why am I wasting my time/money" thread

[Bigdaddy]

I dedicate this thread to anyone putting together a 1972 Topps baseball set.

[skelly423]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

I dedicate this thread to anyone putting together a 1972 Topps baseball set.

Please enlighten me. I like the 2021 Heritage set and was considering the 1972 set as a companion. What sort of landmines do I need to be aware of before venturing into this set?

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by skelly423

Please enlighten me. I like the 2021 Heritage set and was considering the 1972 set as a companion. What sort of landmines do I need to be aware of before venturing into this set?

In a word, centering.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by skelly423

Please enlighten me. I like the 2021 Heritage set and was considering the 1972 set as a companion. What sort of landmines do I need to be aware of before venturing into this set?

787 cards (largest set of the Seventies) with a full run of semi-hi and hi cards. Some cards have graphics that are not quite rectangular so pretty much no such thing as a centered card even without the miscuts. Then there are the miscuts. Killebrew and Aaron IA spring to mind. Most people just capitulate and keep one that isn't too badly o/c.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

I dedicate this thread to anyone putting together a 1972 Topps baseball set.

I was speaking mostly to the cost of putting the set together vs the cost of buying one complete. The high numbers will eat your lunch if you buy them one at a time. Much more cost effective to find one of these sets complete and jump in the deep end rather than wading in slowly and chasing it.

Probably more so than any other 60's or 70's Topps set.

[insidethewrapper]

I almost always buy the complete set. Piecing together is so much more expensive and paying postage for each card is not fun at all. Sometimes a nice lot can get you going on a set you never even considered before.

[darkhorse9]

One "set" I've been struggling with for years is a complete Master Set of the 1969-72 Fleer Cloth Stickers.
You know, the ones that you peeled off the team name or logo. Each team had two versions, but through the years there were several slight (or even major) variations. That's what I'm obsessing over.

I currently have 140 different stickers with just eight more to go. I've seen a couple of the missing variations pop up on ebay but I couldn't get the trigger pulled on them. A couple I've never seen offered anywhere.

My big question to myself is...what the heck do I do with them once I do complete the master set?

[ALR-bishop]

I do those as well. Do you use the Fleer sticker project blog for your checklist ? Is that where the 148 comes from ? Which ones are on your need list ? I get it if you do not want to say. I am looking for one that I know about. Can trade info off line if interested.


Do you do any of the other Fleer issues from the 60s ( beyond the 61, 62 and 63 sets) and 70s ? I am in touch with a guy who has provided me scans of some stuff not on the Blog

[darkhorse9]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I do those as well. Do you use the Fleer sticker project blog for your checklist ? Is that where the 148 comes from ? Which ones are on your need list ? I get it if you do not want to say. I am looking for one that I know about. Can trade info off line if interested.


Do you do any of the other Fleer issues from the 60s ( beyond the 61, 62 and 63 sets) and 70s ? I am in touch with a guy who has provided me scans of some stuff not on the Blog

I've got all the major Fleer sets (don't have a Ted Signs for my '59 though)

I've wasted my time collecting the Laughlin World Series, Weirdest Plays, Pioneers etc. I've gone so far as to collect all the different quiz cards that came with the stickers. Man there are a ton of those and they're tough to find.

[ALR-bishop]

Have done all those. If you give me an email will send lists of what I have.

Edit --Never mind, just saw your pm

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

I've got all the major Fleer sets (don't have a Ted Signs for my '59 though)

I've wasted my time collecting the Laughlin World Series, Weirdest Plays, Pioneers etc. I've gone so far as to collect all the different quiz cards that came with the stickers. Man there are a ton of those and they're tough to find.

You know you have not spent your time/money wisely when you have collected both the 1971 Fleer WS set issued in 1971 and the 1978 version of the 1971 Fleer WS set like I have.