My Completed Setsby Billy Kingsley - 266 cards (Last updated on Jun 24, 2022) |
Since I am OCD, I also have kept track of when I completed many of the sets. If I know the exact date, I will include it in the caption. I also had the idea, circa 2004, to record the last card I needed to complete the set, if I wrote it down, that is the card I will use for this album.
11. 1997 Upper Deck Nestle Crunch Time #CT32 Clyde Drexler
Like the Slam Dunk set of the year before, these came with full size Nestle Crunch bars, with (I think) 4 cards per pack. I completed them when new (and ate all the crunch bars!) |
12. 1997 SkyBox NASCAR Profile #51 Buckshot Jones
I had done a pack or two of these but then purchased a set coallated by a dealer at a card show circa 2000. |
13. 1998 Maxx 1997 Year In Review #060 Dave Marcis
This set was sold as a factory set only with all inserts. It's one of the best set concepts ever, and it drives me nuts that nobody documents the previous season on cardboard! |
14. 1997-98 SkyBox Z-Force #171 Horace Grant
I really enjoyed both the Z-Force sets. I did a box of Series 1 (I got it as a gift, but I can no longer recall if it was for my Birthday or Christmas) but I completed series II the hard way- by getting individual packs from my local dealer. |
15. 1998-99 SkyBox Thunder #95 Dikembe Mutombo
Did a box, got the complete set. Series II was cancelled by the first Lockout. This set replaced Z-Force in the Skybox lineup. |
16. 1999 Comic Images Hot Wheels #9 Red Baron
I had no idea this set existed, but I saw and purchased a set collated by a dealer at a card show circa 2001. |
17. 1999-00 Upper Deck MVP #209 Elton Brand
In 1999, I found a second local shop that had excellent prices on boxes; they are still my main local dealer to this date. I purchased this box from them and got the complete set. |
18. 1999-00 SkyBox Premium #76 Jamal Mashburn
Another box that led to a complete set from my local dealer. |
19. 2003 Press Pass Stealth #28 Ward Burton
After only paying little attention to my NASCAR collection for most of the 90s, I got back into them full time in 2003, Press Pass makes tiny, crappy sets...but it was fairly easy to complete them and I have completed quite a few. |
20. 2003 Press Pass VIP #13 Joe Nemechek
A 50 card set, why even bother? My love of NASCAR far outweighs my dislike of Press Pass though. |
Comments
As a straight up baseball guy (who briefly dabbled in football and basketball-don't know where those went), it's fascinating to me what people collect. Nice list. V3
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Great list!
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Cool list and achievements.
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Set #1 is my favorite. I have 25 of those cards and hopefully will get the whole set one day. Great era of Monster Truck racing.
Great list.
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The trade with Billy for his last card to complete his 158th set was my first trade on the DB. Nice list Billy.
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I JUST now saw all your comments, thanks folks!
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I had no idea that a Bill & Ted card set existed. Very cool!
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The Marvel Universe cards...I wasn't ever into comics, but most of the boys in my class were collecting these cards, so I did as well. Everybody was trading and working on sets...and chasing those holograms!
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Man, Billy! I get excited about basketball everytime I read a list of yours. I didn't see 90-91 Skybox or Hoops as completed. Are they, but just not logged in? | ||
Dave, most excellent! Kin, still chasing those holograms myself! Commish, I have not completed Skybox yet, but I did complete Hoops, I forgot to list it on here though! | ||
It's surprising to me how very few of MY very few sets are in your list! In NASCAR, I saw 2010 Legends on the list. I pulled that whole set from one hobby box. 2009 Press Pass Racing, I still have an unopened factory set of that as a freebie from D&A Cardworld. 1996 UD Road to the Cup Racing, you just sent me the next to last card I need to complete that set about a month ago, but still missing that last one. Where are the NBA sets that I actually own? I HAD the 92-93 sets of Skybox and UD until someone stole a bunch of my cards. I actually had almost every complete set released for NBA cards that season. I picked specific sets to replace the missing cards from those years and re-completed the full Stadium Club and Ultra sets. I kept/re-completed a few of the insert sets from various brands for that year too. BUT, I mostly traded away cards from anything that year to finish my Club and Ultra sets. I also have the 1994-95 Ultra set and the Series 2 set of 1997-98 Z-Force (loved that brand). Back to the Marvel cards mentioned before, 1990 Impel Marvel Universe is the TOP non-sport set that I would love to complete! The holograms are RARE and I have 2 of them already. But I loved the design so much that I went after the 1991 Impel Marvel Universe set hard when it was released and it still took me 15 years to get the last two base cards I needed to complete that set. I completed the 5-card hologram set LONG before I completed the base set!!! I haven't even mentioned my MLB/NFL complete sets or the other NASCAR sets I've completed. I generally don't go after complete sets, but when I get close enough or really like the set, I'll try to complete it.
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That's the neat thing about the hobby, odds are nobody's collection will be exactly the same. If I had lots of money I'd complete a lot more sets, LOL! I'm curious to see what my first completed Hockey set will be. I know I have two factory sets waiting to be opened so I could make it one of them pretty easily, but I don't want to do that just yet... | ||
This is a very cool list Billy. As very much a non-set collector I am always fascinated by the people who go after complete sets and how they go about competing them. That is something I could never do, and that's ok. My collection is on random, always has been always will. | ||
Oh there's a ton of randomness to my collection. It's just really luck when I do complete a set these days! |
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