It's Election Night and most people have already cast their ballots, except for you folks out west.
But even though many have already voted, I'm hoping that you still have an itchy lever finger. Plus, this may be a lot more fun than voting for the next mayor who screws up your town.
As you know, I have plans to start another set blog after completing the '75 Topps blog in September. I'm thinking that I'll probably start it around the first of the year. I'm having difficulty lately keeping up even one blog and can't imagine trying to do two in the midst of holiday season. So look for the new blog in January sometime.
Also, I thought I had settled on the subject for my blog. I hadn't revealed it because I wasn't 100 percent sure, but I was reasonably certain that it would be the 1985 Topps set.
But since that time, I've considered other sets, too, and now I'm not sure which way to turn.
So I'm asking for your vote.
I will do a blog for whichever set comes up first in the poll.
Here are the possibilities:
Positive points: We're still in my first collecting period with this set -- although just barely -- so I have a great appreciation for a lot of these players. Also, since I purchased an '85 Topps factory set at the beginning of 1985, I haven't absorbed all the cards even 25 years later. It's a great opportunity to get to know them all.
There are some notable rookies in this set, which I'm sure will fascinate some collectors (not me). And, since I know what was going on in 1985 very well, I have some ideas for sprucing up the blog.
Negative points: Not the most exciting images in the world. Plus, a lot of the players in this set have been addressed in other set blogs. So I'd have to do something else besides merely repeating bio information.
Positive points: Lots of crazy photos and a design that is an all-time favorite. I could have a heck a lot of fun designing the blog. Also, there are a lot of players that I do not know at all -- this set was before my time. So I could learn a few things.
Negative points: I'm lazy and I don't want to do a lot of research for this blog, so having to look up who everyone is doesn't sound appealing.
Another point is I don't have this set completed yet. I still need a dozen cards. Fortunately, they're all high numbers and it would be quite awhile before I got to those cards (yes, I will be doing my set blog in numerical order. I prefer it to the random presentation).
Positive points: The cards themselves would be the stars of the show, more than any other set. Almost every card has an interesting photo. I would barely have to write anything. The card would do all the work.
Negative points: I was almost on my way out of collecting at this point, so I don't have as much interest in the players in this set. I'd have to fight the "who cares" syndrome with some of the cards.
So those are the sets I'm most interested in recounting.
I promise I will do a set blog on whatever year gets the most votes. I make no promises about completing it.
Please cast your vote in the poll on the sidebar (add a vote for the best Ron Cey card, too, if you haven't).
I'm interested to see which set gets their own blog come January.
But even though many have already voted, I'm hoping that you still have an itchy lever finger. Plus, this may be a lot more fun than voting for the next mayor who screws up your town.
As you know, I have plans to start another set blog after completing the '75 Topps blog in September. I'm thinking that I'll probably start it around the first of the year. I'm having difficulty lately keeping up even one blog and can't imagine trying to do two in the midst of holiday season. So look for the new blog in January sometime.
Also, I thought I had settled on the subject for my blog. I hadn't revealed it because I wasn't 100 percent sure, but I was reasonably certain that it would be the 1985 Topps set.
But since that time, I've considered other sets, too, and now I'm not sure which way to turn.
So I'm asking for your vote.
I will do a blog for whichever set comes up first in the poll.
Here are the possibilities:
1985 Topps
Positive points: We're still in my first collecting period with this set -- although just barely -- so I have a great appreciation for a lot of these players. Also, since I purchased an '85 Topps factory set at the beginning of 1985, I haven't absorbed all the cards even 25 years later. It's a great opportunity to get to know them all.
There are some notable rookies in this set, which I'm sure will fascinate some collectors (not me). And, since I know what was going on in 1985 very well, I have some ideas for sprucing up the blog.
Negative points: Not the most exciting images in the world. Plus, a lot of the players in this set have been addressed in other set blogs. So I'd have to do something else besides merely repeating bio information.
1971 Topps
Positive points: Lots of crazy photos and a design that is an all-time favorite. I could have a heck a lot of fun designing the blog. Also, there are a lot of players that I do not know at all -- this set was before my time. So I could learn a few things.
Negative points: I'm lazy and I don't want to do a lot of research for this blog, so having to look up who everyone is doesn't sound appealing.
Another point is I don't have this set completed yet. I still need a dozen cards. Fortunately, they're all high numbers and it would be quite awhile before I got to those cards (yes, I will be doing my set blog in numerical order. I prefer it to the random presentation).
1993 Upper Deck
Positive points: The cards themselves would be the stars of the show, more than any other set. Almost every card has an interesting photo. I would barely have to write anything. The card would do all the work.
Negative points: I was almost on my way out of collecting at this point, so I don't have as much interest in the players in this set. I'd have to fight the "who cares" syndrome with some of the cards.
So those are the sets I'm most interested in recounting.
I promise I will do a set blog on whatever year gets the most votes. I make no promises about completing it.
Please cast your vote in the poll on the sidebar (add a vote for the best Ron Cey card, too, if you haven't).
I'm interested to see which set gets their own blog come January.
Comments
I remember '85 way too well, and lots of those players (like you said), are being talked about or will be talked about on blogs like the '83 & mine. Wasn't there an '87 blog at one time too? They probably covered a lot of the '85 guys too.
The '93 set... feels too soon. The cards look great but...
2-85
3-93
Just my thoughts.
That said...you know which one I clicked.
I still wish you'd have said '79 Topps, though.