Here's the sets I'm shooting for in order of preference.
| 1998 EX-2001 One of the first cards I got from the baseball card shop in Sharonville, Ohio. Saw the plastic Piazza card and was intrigued. Got a box of them for my birthday one year. One of the coolest brands of all-time, this one is probably my favorite of the E-X line.
Current 61.4% Complete ( 62 / 101 cards) |
| 1993 Donruss While in Toledo, I found a Big Lots that had boxes of these. Probably the first really good set Donruss put out.
Current: 98.7% Complete ( 782 / 792 cards) |
| 1996 E-XL The cool border on these make them pretty cool. And, it carries the "emotion" tags from the 1995 set. 96.3% Complete ( 289 / 300 cards) |
| 1995 Topps Embossed I rarely see cards for this set. But, the embossed effect is really cool. The only other embossed set I've seen is 2000 Topps "Hands of Gold" insert. 4/1 - Bought a pack at the Peoria card store that yielded Frank Thomas, Dave Nilsson, and Kirby Puckett Originally 85.0% Complete ( 119 / 140 cards)
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| 1996 Metal Universe This set is amazing. They took normal baseball shots and then turned them into comic book settings: players running from alien ships, A-Rod surfing at shortstop. 91.6% Complete ( 229 / 250 cards) |
| 1991 Fleer Ok, the yellow border is obnoxious. I bought a lot of cards for this set from the Laredo carryout when we lived on Graham Rd. Sentimental favorite, I suppose.
Current: 94.4% Complete ( 674 / 720 cards) |
| 1999 Topps Gold Label The best of the Gold Label sets. A set of refractors: what more could you want? 3/21 - Received Glaus, Cirillo, El Duque, Castilla, and Travis Lee from eBay seller Originally 61.0% Complete ( 61 / 100 cards)
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| 1999 Bowman Arguably the best rookie set (the 1992 Bowman being the other, and I'm not that big on that set). I've gotten lots of the main rookies. 96.1% Complete ( 423 / 440 cards) |
| 1999 Upper Deck MVP Fleer and Upper Deck have put out some crappy sets. This one caught my eye. Proving once again that 1999 was a GREAT year for set designs. 10/28 - Received three via internet trade Originally 28.6% Complete ( 63 / 220 cards)
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| 1999 Fleer Brilliants A very unique and cool set. I like the grey metallic background. 10/30 - Bought a pack at the Northwoods card show, got Jeter and David Wells Originally 30.3% Complete ( 53 / 175 cards)
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| 1993 Topps Of the Topps sets I don't have complete in the 90s, this one is probably my favorite. Very simple border and had cards of the new Marlins and Rockies teams.
Current: 99.8% Complete ( 823 / 825 cards) |
| 1997 Donruss Preferred Once I saw the gold and silver cards in the set, I liked it - the bronze, eh, not so much.
Current: 32.5% Complete ( 33 / 100 Bronze, 16 / 60 Silver, 14 / 30 Gold, 2 / 10 Platinum) |
| 1999 Bowman Chrome I have a soft spot from chrome cards, and if I liked the base set it was only natural that I'd go for the chrome version. 3/12 - Got Larry Walker from large eBay lot Originallly 33.9% Complete ( 149 / 440 cards)
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| 1999 Bowman's Best Completing the trifecta of Bowman sets for 1999! This one is on here not so much because I like it but because it's almost done because I actually bought a box of these. 77.5% Complete ( 155 / 200 cards) |
| 1999 Molten Metal The funky colored backgrounds make this set worth keeping. Some of the parallels are amazing. 4/22 - Bought a pack at Queen City Comics and got Scott Rolen, Matt Williams and Rickey Henderson Originally 26.7% Complete ( 40 / 150 cards)
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| 1993 Leaf Some of the Marlins cards are amazing. I liked the backs of the cards almost more than the front (and the fronts are pretty impressive!)
Current: 27.3% Complete ( 150 / 550 cards) |
| 1997 Bowman The first Bowman set to have a black border. The Ramon Hernandez card is awesome.
Current 14.5% Complete ( 64 / 441 cards) |