I guess there are worse ways to manifest a mid-life crisis than organizing and indulging in my childhood obsession. Told my wife it's cheaper than a sports car / motorcycle.
Boy, has the industry changed a bit over the last ~25 years.
Right now I'm focusing on figuring out exactly what I have, and completing sets that might not be the sexiest out there, but are near & dear to my memories. And trying not to spend too much on new blasters.
Working on (among others):
2023 Bowman Prospects (99% complete, lacking 2 cards - #3 J Crawford, #22 D Jorge)
2023 Heritage (86%) need 67 SP's
2022 Archives w/o variations (84%)
2022 Gallery (98%, lacking 3 cards) - #26 J Ryan, #50 H Park, #198 C McCormick)
2022 Heritage Series 1 w/o variations (83%, completely via trade) Series 2 (99%, lacking 2 cards - #713 Heasley, #720 Junk)
1977 Topps Baseball (~69% complete)
1980 Topps Baseball (~75% complete)
1985 Topps WWF (~95% complete, 3 cards shy)
1991 Pro Set Desert Storm (3 cards shy)
1991 Topps Desert Storm Series 1 (1 card variation #19b) (thx Orry04 for the last remaining stickers)
1991 Topps Desert Storm Series 2 (5 card variations #140b, #142b, #148b, #157b, #160b)
1992 Classic Four Sport (~95% complete, lacking 16 cards - #3, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 40, 50, 74, 175, 177, 202, 304, 310, 311, 321)
Already completed thanks to TCDB:
1990 Topps
1991 TSN Conlon Collection - thanks JEGoethe for the last few
1992 Upper Deck
2023 Bowman (base)
2023 Topps Series 1 (base) - completely by trade
2023 Topps Series 2 (base)
Individuals - primarily Dan Marino; also Dale Murphy, George Brett, current Astros (Yordan, Tucker, Altuve, etc), Oklahoma Sooners (in school uniform)
At this time, I'm only accepting offers for trade or to sell, not to buy. Thanks.
