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mrdallas
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Each day I pull up Google searches to see if I can find those ever elusive cards that I have been searching for what seems like an eternity. And each time I see my own threads on the forums (FCB, BO, Beckett, etc.) pop up. Well, as is probably known by many I have been posting on my Preferred set for some time in the baseball sections and my Leaf R&S master set on the football sections. I never realized how long I have been looking on some of these forums for over 6 years for my football set and close to 5 for my baseball preferred set (first the precious metals, now the Gold tins). Made me realized how time consuming collecting can be. So I ask,
What is the longest any of you have spent "actively" trying to put together any particular set or obtain a specific card. And what are your results. Here are mine
98 Preferred baseball set since 1998, but I took a 8 year hiatus from 2000-2008 before I really started slowly picking some up and went all out on it about 4 years ago. Here are the statistics for this one
Started end of 1998
I am not including the large tins as they are no part of my goal.
My most active one is my Leaf R&S master set for football which I started in November of 2004. ::facepalm::
Status: Still working on it, here are the statistics on this one and what I have left to complete. (need 62 cards)
Started November 2004
% of set complete 96.06%
What is the longest any of you have spent "actively" trying to put together any particular set or obtain a specific card. And what are your results. Here are mine
98 Preferred baseball set since 1998, but I took a 8 year hiatus from 2000-2008 before I really started slowly picking some up and went all out on it about 4 years ago. Here are the statistics for this one
Started end of 1998
| Base Set | 0 | |
| Preferred Seating Parallel | 0 | |
| Great X-Pectation | 0 | |
| Great X-Pectation Samples | 2 | |
| Title Waves | 0 | |
| Precious Metals | 0 | |
| Green Mini Tins | 0 | |
| Silver Mini Tins /999 | 0 | |
| Gold Mini Tins /199 | 2 | |
| Double Wide Retail Tins | 0 | |
| Total cards/items in set | 596 | |
| Needed cards to finish set | 4 | |
| Cards Owned | 592 | |
| % of set complete | 99.3% |
I am not including the large tins as they are no part of my goal.
My most active one is my Leaf R&S master set for football which I started in November of 2004. ::facepalm::
Status: Still working on it, here are the statistics on this one and what I have left to complete. (need 62 cards)
Started November 2004
| Regular issue | 0 | |
| Longevity Parallel | 4 | |
| Longevity Holofoil Parallel | 36 | |
| Rookie autos 201-250 | 0 | |
| GU autos 251-283 | 0 | |
| Freshman Orientation | 0 | |
| Freshman Orientation CO | 0 | |
| Masks | 0 | |
| Initial Steps | 0 | |
| Ticket Master | 0 | |
| Slideshows | 0 | |
| Greatest american Heroes | 0 | |
| Greatest american Heroes Autos | 0 | |
| Crusade | 0 | |
| Crusade die cuts | 22 | |
| Prime Cuts | 0 | |
| Triple Threads | 0 | |
| Fans Of the Game | 0 | |
| Fans Of the Game auto | 0 | |
| Total cards in set | 1573 | |
| Needed cards to finish set | 62 | |
| Cards Owned | 1511 |
% of set complete 96.06%
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