I bought the second-last card I needed for this set (Charles Barkley) way back in 1993, so this set has been one card shy of completion for a record 27 years and counting.

This card is a reprint and still sells for upwards of $100 on the rare occasions one turns up for sale.

I could have bought this card many times over if I was willing to pay $12-$15 for it. But I only paid $2-$3 each for the other five cards in this all-Gretzky set and I never wanted it badly enough to pay such a stiff premium for the last one.

Jordan was the only card I was missing in the 1986-87 set, so it's fitting he is also the only card missing in the 20th anniversary set. Asking prices for graded copies of this card run about $200-$300, and I have never seen a raw, ungraded copy for sale.

Yep, him again. Just imagine how many more Michael Jordan cards I would be missing if Panini were allowed to make them.

OMG! It's a basketball set missing someone other Jordan to complete it!

The 1987-88 Fleer set were the first basketball cards I ever bought - first ones I ever saw in fact - so this particular retro-themed insert holds special nostalgia value for me.

Technically this isn't the only card I'm missing in this set, since I am not collecting the serial-numbered rookies. But Bergeron is the only one of the 35 veterans I'm missing.

I find it ironic that this set is just three years old and only 9 of the 30 "team leaders" selected still play for the same teams.