E90-1, The Kraken (AKA The E-Monster) - post your collection progress

[brianp-beme]

Four months is a long time without the E-Monster...the Kraken must have been in hiding. Here is a E90-1 Hartzell that has come out of hiding after apparently kraken himself up.

Brian

[TigerMike]

I'm in. Start me out with 18....

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by TigerMike

I'm in. Start me out with 18....

Welcome aboard, and keep us updated!

Brian

[riggs336]

Still slogging along...177.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by riggs336

Still slogging along...177.

Congrats...you slogged your way past me. Keep it going!

Brian

[familytoad]

It’s apropos that I waited until almost the end to acquire a Miller Sunset version for my Kraken Kwest.

The sun is setting on my set.

This gives me 119/121 cards.
223 Kraken Points.

I would like to thank new pal Denny Walsh for this opportunity. A neat guy to deal with as you may already know.

Mr Kraken Kounter, can I get three points please?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by familytoad

It’s apropos that I waited until almost the end to acquire a Miller Sunset version for my Kraken Kwest.

The sun is setting on my set.

This gives me 119/121 cards.
223 Kraken Points.

I would like to thank new pal Denny Walsh for this opportunity. A neat guy to deal with as you may already know.

Mr Kraken Kounter, can I get three points please?

Damn Toad, 119/121 is very impressive. Great job picking up the sunset Miller. Such a nice looking card and tough too. Who do you need besides Jackson now?




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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by familytoad

It’s apropos that I waited until almost the end to acquire a Miller Sunset version for my Kraken Kwest.

The sun is setting on my set.

This gives me 119/121 cards.
223 Kraken Points.

I would like to thank new pal Denny Walsh for this opportunity. A neat guy to deal with as you may already know.

Mr Kraken Kounter, can I get three points please?

Nice Brian...the Miller sunset card is probably something I would have snagged back in the day, if I had known about! Now it is something I am content to admire at a distance.

You have been Krakened upward on the Kraken Kwest list.

Brian

[familytoad]

Hey Andy…Thank you for the encouragement:-)

Wagner (Batting) is gonna be the last Kraken card for me.
I’m not envisioning the Jackson card coming my way.
I’ll be ecstatic with 230 Krakens!
I’ve got a few that could use an upgrade so I’ll be working on this set for a bit longer.

What abacus type set is next? I enjoyed the point system here !
What else ya got , BP?

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Damn Toad, 119/121 is very impressive. Great job picking up the sunset Miller. Such a nice looking card and tough too. Who do you need besides Jackson now?




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[ullmandds]

my kraken # is approximately 8

wagner throwing
cy young boston
miller w/sunset
miller no sunset
keeler pink
a few other highlanders

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

my kraken # is approximately 8

wagner throwing
cy young boston
miller w/sunset
miller no sunset
keeler pink
a few other highlanders

Welcome aboard Pete, but you do have more than eight Kraken points. Here are the values of the cards you listed:

wagner throwing - 10
cy young boston - 4
miller w/sunset - 3
miller no sunset - 1
keeler pink - 1
a few other highlanders - ?

You have 19 points with what you have specifically identified. Check out those Highlanders...I believe all the rest of the Highlanders besides the two other Keeler cards would be 1 pointers. Let us know the results, and I should be able to eventually get you up on the leader board.

Brian

[ullmandds]

Count me in for 21 kraken points then!!!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Count me in for 21 kraken points then!!!

Pete, consider yourself officially enshrined in the Kraken Hall of Fame, dental (bite) wing.

Brian

[TigerMike]

Brian, just moved my number to 26 with a couple of solid pickups. Long way to go!

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Pete, consider yourself officially enshrined in the Kraken Hall of Fame, dental (bite) wing.

Brian

holy MOLAR!!!!!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by TigerMike

Brian, just moved my number to 26 with a couple of solid pickups. Long way to go!

Must have been a couple of toughies to move 8 up on the K-Scale. Keep up the solid work!

Brian

[deadballfreaK]

I have been working on this set, but failed to report my progress. I'll have to go back and figure it all out. I know I added Bescher, O'Connor, and Chance. Oh yeah a crappy Plank. Maybe a couple more. Should move me up a bit in the Kraken list. I'll make an official report in a couple of days.

[riggs336]

This REA win represents one more halting step in the long, slow march toward the Kraken's lair. A weary 181.

[puckpaul]

Joining the list here, i have 19 cards, but some of the harder ones already clocking in at 61 points. Slow slog…picked up 2 in REA last night, got fatigued on all the lots…would have preferred a group! My best are a speaker (psa 2), a Mitchell (raw), Cobb and Red Keeler. Wish I had prioritized a long time ago (as I am sure you all are thinking….). It has become one of my favorite sets.

[riggs336]

That's a great Speaker, Paul. A PSA 1 sold for $5760 last night.

[puckpaul]

That was a strong number! Saw that. I love that Speaker card and pose, it’s one of the best cards period.

I remember when i bought most of the tough ones in a Clean Sweep Auction (8 years ago?), i would buy cards like that i liked and then think, what am i doing buying random cards (i am pretty big on set collecting and having a purpose to my buys besides “cool card I will buy some of those”)? If you are going to set collect you have to buy the big ones first or its hard to ever finish, and I did some of that with those E90-1s back then, but never got the Jackson and haven’t made much more progress yet…stared at many of them.

But BOY am I glad now that i did buy things like that…i also bought a Wilson Franks Williams like that, because I love the silly hot dog package floating on the cards…and it was Ted Williams, no great risk or leap of course….went for almost $20k last night??!

[brianp-beme]

Nice posts today to reawaken the Kraken. And puckpaul starting strong with some heavy hitters...I too admire the Speaker and the red Keeler.

Brian

[TigerMike]

Release the Kraken again! A few pickups from REA takes me up to 44. Long way to go. Some awesome examples in this thread!

[brianp-beme]

May your E90-1 journey be filled with twists and turns of the pleasant nature, such as tackled in mountain roads by a driving enthusiast.

Brian (always willing to stretch a nonsensical allusion to its maximum)

[riggs336]

Three new pickups, some prettier than others. Sorry about the photo.
Should take me to 194 Kraken points.

[Yoda]

In the upcoming LOTG auction (Happy Anniversary, Al) I have consigned a Walsh and Keeler throwing, both nice cards but only graded as 2's. Leon, I hope this kind of post is ok.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by riggs336

Three new pickups, some prettier than others. Sorry about the photo.
Should take me to 194 Kraken points.

Sweeney is one of the cool looking E90-1 kids. I have updated you to 194.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Yoda

In the upcoming LOTG auction (Happy Anniversary, Al) I have consigned a Walsh and Keeler throwing, both nice cards but only graded as 2's. Leon, I hope this kind of post is ok.

Forget Leon (Leon, forget that I wrote this), it is okay with me, especially since I am still missing Mr. Walsh.

Brian

[TigerMike]

Brian,

Added a few recently. Release the Kraken number up to 73 for me! Duffy and Cleveland Cy helping my number along.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by TigerMike

Brian,

Added a few recently. Release the Kraken number up to 73 for me! Duffy and Cleveland Cy helping my number along.

A Cy and a Duffy can do the Kraken Number wonders.

Maybe someday a Duffy will come to my Kraken number rescue.

Brian

[riggs336]

Three more Kraken points. Please update me to 197.

[brianp-beme]

I always liked the somewhat off-balance throwing pose seen on the Karger.

Here is my example for a closer look, and your Kraken has been boosted.

Brian

[t213]

My score is 44

Andy Cook

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I always liked the somewhat off-balance throwing pose seen on the Karger.

Here is my example for a closer look, and your Kraken has been boosted.

Brian

Maybe he's been drinking and is balancing himself on the dugout rail.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by t213

My score is 44

Andy Cook

Nice Andy, I would love to see you get crackin' on your Kraken.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Maybe he's been drinking and is balancing himself on the dugout rail.

That is a reasonable explanation for his off-kilter look.

Brian

[brass_rat]

Hi Brian,

I would love to play along here. I reached the point in several other sets where I might be waiting for years (or possibly forever) to finish them, so this will be enjoyable to collect.

I already had a few cards from the set, but I kinda cheated my way to a bigger number last night by buying the partial set in LOTG. I like getting a jump start, but I also think this was the Kraken equivalent of taking PEDs and juicing numbers.

So please list me with 184 points but throw an * onto my number. Once I upgrade a sufficient number of cards or otherwise put forth some real Kraken collecting grit, I'll request that the * be removed.

Here's my Young that I acquired from a nice board member last year.

Cheers,
Steve

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

Hi Brian,

I would love to play along here. I reached the point in several other sets where I might be waiting for years (or possibly forever) to finish them, so this will be enjoyable to collect.

I already had a few cards from the set, but I kinda cheated my way to a bigger number last night by buying the partial set in LOTG. I like getting a jump start, but I also think this was the Kraken equivalent of taking PEDs and juicing numbers.

So please list me with 184 points but throw an * onto my number. Once I upgrade a sufficient number of cards or otherwise put forth some real Kraken collecting grit, I'll request that the * be removed.

Here's my Young that I acquired from a nice board member last year.

Cheers,
Steve

Ah, you won that? I was an underbidder, thought hard about another go….I have a bunch of the toughies, but still need the Jackson and the two Wagner, so…decided that was the wrong order. But I think you got a very good deal and there are some real toughies and a lot of HOFers and they look good in lower grades, I wouldn’t upgrade unless something is really bad in there. Congrats!

Paul

[brass_rat]

Thanks! I guess we'll see how it really looks when the cards are in hand. Without all of the front scans and no back scans, there's always going to be some surprises.

I generally try to upgrade for eye appeal within reason, but I don't play the holder game. The Authentic cards, especially if they are missing any of the name/team captions or have major back damage, will be on the "upgrade desired" list.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

Hi Brian,

I would love to play along here. I reached the point in several other sets where I might be waiting for years (or possibly forever) to finish them, so this will be enjoyable to collect.

I already had a few cards from the set, but I kinda cheated my way to a bigger number last night by buying the partial set in LOTG. I like getting a jump start, but I also think this was the Kraken equivalent of taking PEDs and juicing numbers.

So please list me with 184 points but throw an * onto my number. Once I upgrade a sufficient number of cards or otherwise put forth some real Kraken collecting grit, I'll request that the * be removed.

Here's my Young that I acquired from a nice board member last year.

Cheers,
Steve

Nothing wrong with revving up your E90-1 collecting career. It worked for Barry Bonds and friends in their athletic endeavors. I have added an asterisk by your Kraken number, and for fun added a bunch of other symbols too!

Brian

[brass_rat]

Thanks, Brian!