I don't spend much time thinking about what sets should be in my collection. But if I do think about it a little, there is definitely a theme to what I like and the sets in my collection reflect that. It comes down to three specifics really: 1. Are the players pictured in the set from when I was following baseball as a kid or a teenager? 2. Is it a kind of set that interests me? 3. Did Topps make the set? If all three of those boxes are checked, then the set needs to get in my belly ... er, collection. Sometimes I dismiss sets for some reason or another and then I realize that they meet the criteria and it becomes a no-brainer: Get. That. Set!! So it is with the 1987 Topps Traded set. As you know, I consider everything '87 Topps overblown, overproduced and overplayed. It's ubiquitous. I'm tired of it, sick of it, every this is so BOOORRRING phrase that you want to use. However ... The 132-card set showcases a whole bunch of players that I followed when I was you
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