"Need List"
I've added a new page to the sidebar, a "Need List." It's right below the counter that shows the number of people that think Wallach should be in the Hall of Fame. I'd like to become more active in trading and this seems like the best way to go about it. It'll be on an ongoing task, and in shameless acts of self-solicitation I will post updates to it here occasionally. Here's the inaugural one, I'll be working backwards as I post these:
2017
I've actually already completed two trades with people on this set (probably a record for me). It's been a lot nicer than buying packs for a stray need, 9 duplicates, and two throwaway non-base set cards.
2017: 14, 53, 87, 318
2016
Since I returned to collecting back in 2008, I've been focused on set building. This is the only one I've completed. No coincidence that it's also the only one I opted to go the factory set route on. This is on my short list for worse Topps design of all-time, though 2017 seems to be saying "hold my beer" (the jury's still out for me). Last year I decided that I wasn't going to torture myself by opening and chasing these ugly things down. Two packs when it came out, and an afternoon sleeving a set in the summer. Over, done, and forgotten. I couldn't go two years without opening packs however, and am back at it this year.
2016: Complete
2015
One of my favorite designs since I started buying packs again. I was beginning to think I'd never see another non-white dominated design.
2015: 472, 482, 507, 513, 521, 532, 616, 617
2014, 2013, and 2012 are all pretty dicey for me with a lot of needs remaining. They be on the page, but I'm not taking the time to list them here. I don't feel like I bought any less in those years, especially given I actually really liked the 2013 design, but the numbers say other wise.
2011
This set is a situation where I like the idea, I applaud the effort of Topps, and hope they take more chances like this in the future. But it just doesn't work for me. I can live with a set I don't like if I feel like Topps is coming from a good place. Unlike 2016 and 2017 which are both just dogs and what I view as lazy efforts, 2011 clearly belongs to the same family of cards that Topps has been putting out since 1952. Sure, it's not my favorite, but it's clearly part of same lineage.
2011: 13, 19, 29, 52, 83, 84, 87, 97, 100, 103, 108, 109, 117, 130, 135, 138, 139, 145, 146, 155, 165, 193, 196, 202, 235, 306, 313, 321, 334, 355, 359, 362, 374, 391, 394, 395, 401, 412, 417, 418, 421, 424, 433, 442, 446, 452, 459, 461, 494, 501, 503, 516, 524, 533, 540, 541, 550, 591, 595, 606, 629, 633, 658
2010
I really liked this set at the time, but feel like it hasn't aged well. I think it's the color photos on the back. Topps backs should be for stats (all of them), cartoons, and weird facts about what the player did in high school. The photos go on the front.
2010: 353, 449, 451, 643, 645, 658
2009
I find this to be another set that hasn't aged all that well. It's bland and inoffensive, but also very forgettable.
2009: 387, 449, 451, 643, 645, 658
2008
I love this set, I think it's probably best design since Topps ditched the gum. It's simple, clean and yet still colorful and fun. Like any good design, it's immediately recognizable as the year it's from. I know people have their issues with the subway signs for team names and smaller photos, but I'm not one of them.
2008: 1, 4, 6, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 41, 42, 45, 48, 49, 51, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 70, 72, 75, 80, 89, 90, 96, 99, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 113, 1116, 117, 120 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 134, 136, 137, 138, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149, 151, 153, 155, 156, 157, 162, 164, 166, 173, 175, 176, 178, 182, 186, 188, 194, 197, 200, 201, 209, 211, 216, 218, 221, 225, 226, 229, 232, 233, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 251, 255, 256, 258, 259, 268, 269, 281, 283, 285, 287, 288, 289, 291, 294, 296, 297, 298, 300, 301, 303, 307, 313, 317, 318, 321, 329, 338, 344, 348, 350, 356, 357, 359, 361, 363, 378, 382, 393, 403, 410, 418, 426, 428, 430, 434, 437, 439, 443, 446, 457, 460, 461, 463, 468, 469, 476, 481, 483, 489, 492, 498, 505, 518, 534, 535, 538, 540, 541, 550, 553, 556, 558, 569, 585, 587, 589, 591, 593, 598, 602, 607, 608, 614, 615, 618, 621, 623, 625, 631, 632, 636, 643, 644, 652, 653
If you're so inclined to help me out with any of these, point me in the direction of your need list, and I'll see what I can do.
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