After a hiatus of more than 25 years in baseball card collecting, I got back into the hobby during the COVID lockdown with a renewed interest. I have picked up my collection where I last paused, back in 1994, and actively looking to fill the few gaps in the 1969-1994 years, mainly for Montreal Expos cards, as well as pick up all the new issues since then, complementing that with a few extra players in their pre or post Expos teams.
I have diven in the new Topps products, allowing myself the costly leasure of ripping open packs. And, although I am aiming to complete the flagship sets (Opening Day, Series 1, Series 2, Update & Holiday), my preference lies in the Archive and Heritage series, where I get the pleasure of looking at classic card designs of recent players and HoF'ers, but benefiting from the precision printing and slitting of high-end equipment.
Current set builds:
- Topps Archives 2020 (322 / 324), 2021 (300 / 300), 2022 (336 / 380)
- Topps Opening Day 2018 (131 / 200), 2019 (122 / 200)
- Topps Heritage 2019 (723 / 725, or 761 / 895), 2020 (683 / 725, or 714 / 899), 2021 (613 / 725, or 614 / 908)
- Topps Heritage Chrome Purple Refractors 2020 (137 / 150)
- Topps Holiday 2017 (199 / 200), missing #107, 2019 (277 / 300), 2020 (288 / 300), 2021 (287 / 317), 2022 (199 / 300)
- Topps Update 2021 (330 / 330)
Sets being completed dating before hiatus
All-Cards Challenge:
Don't hesitate to contact me if you are looking to offload Expos cards, or even enquire if I have doubles of those players, as I'd be really happy to help you out as well. ;-)
Cheers & Happy collecting!
