Early century set help from a TCDBer

The 21st century that is. 

In November of 2018 I was ripping some dollar store re-packs because they were cheap entertainment. 80 cards for 3 bucks, or something like that. It was within these re-packs that I got my first 2002 Ultra card. 

I wasn't buying packs - or cards in general - back in 2002. I was on a card hiatus since our store closing a few years prior. 

Damn, these are nice I thought. Everything about them was top notch. Sharp full bleed photography, a cool looking nameplate, and backs that had all the stuff that a back should have - and readable.

Very slowly I started picking up singles, mostly through TCDB trades. Just before the pandemic-boom hit I found a box of Retail at a decent price. A few more here and there after that.

A recent forum post on TCDB by member, supergajit looking to make some deals caught my eye.

Through a quick purchase these 10 get us closer. 




That leaves 29 "base", and 63 SP's to go. According to BCP the 85 SP's at the tail end of the set fall 1:4 in hobby packs and 1:10 in retail packs. And they fall non-existent in trade lists. Thank god there are no rookies of note amongst them. 

As much as I enjoy looking through this binder -the cards look way better in hand- this will be a slow crawl to completion. 

A PWE envelope should always be as full as reasonably possible without making a USPS worker snap and insist on it being a package. So I figured that two more cards made sense. 


The Blue is from 2021 Topps Archive. That set build is 28 short. We're getting there. 

The classic 1985 Donruss set is really at go time now. 6 to go, maybe 11 if I seek out the Variations I am missing. This one needs to be wrapped up. 

Thanks for reading, and keep on collecting.


A collector since my early years. Sometimes a collector without focus. If it piques my interest I may collect it.

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