I finally finished a set project decades in the making.
After a couple Sportlots purchases and a PWE trade that took more than a month to complete, I now have every base* card in every Upper Deck hockey set from 1990-91 to 2025-26.
*this does not include Young Guns or other short-printed cards.
There are about a dozen cards with corner dings that I might try to replace/upgrade through TCDB trades, and I have not decided if I want to add 2025-26 Upper Deck Extended Series to this project. I could buy blasters right now at Barnes & Noble but I'd prefer to just buy the full base set for the same price (or less)
That decision might come down to whether or not I can fit them in my rows of 800-ct boxes.
I don't consider having this 200-card extension neccessary at the moment. Perhaps I'll reconsider soon.
But for now, it's done. All 35 Upper Deck hockey sets are complete.
Oh, and I completed another set recently.
The last card arrived in the mail yesterday.
It had to go through eBay's authentication program (it didn't have to, but...) hence the sealed sleeve. I might break the seal on it. I've kept a couple other graded cards sealed with that crud - but this one's special.
Exactly nine years and eleven months after officially starting the set build... it's done.
I'll have more posts about this once I complete my stats spreadsheet and scan a few more singles from this 70 year old set.
Now I can focus on some much newer and cheaper projects...
Thanks for reading!
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Congrats on the completion of your 1956 set
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI have giveaway stuff to send you. Drop me your address in a comment (I won’t publish) or message me on TCDB (I’m CTChris)
Wow nice accomplishments. I had the inaugural UD set at one time, but lost interest in hockey. Wish I still had it.
ReplyDeleteThat might be my favorite hockey set ever, even after 35+ years of collecting. The marble team color borders were just perfect 👌
DeleteWow, double congrats! Those are both super impressive accomplishments
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the set completions! Great stuff!
ReplyDelete- Bo (Blogger is making me comment anonymously)
Those are some FEATS. Big time congratulations.
ReplyDeleteDude. Congratulations! I'm so jealous! The 1956 Topps baseball set is my favorite design of all-time!
ReplyDeleteThe run of Upper Deck hockey sets is impressive too. I think my longest streak is Topps baseball (1973 to 1987)