Maybe getting the set-blog itch again

 

 

When I wrapped up my last set blog more than two years ago, I figured that would be the end for me and set blogs.

I had completed three of them at that point: 1975, 1971 and 1985. All Topps blogs. The second two, 1971 and 1985, I basically wrote at the same time and it was a bit grueling doing those and Night Owl Cards. I was worn out by May of 2019.

Also, at that point, it seemed like set blogs were long past their freshness date. Chronicling a set was the cool blog thing to do back in 2008. But as the cool kids moved on to other things, only the hard-core set-appreciators were left and there aren't many of them anymore.

Still ...

I left open the possibility of writing another one when I finished off the last two. And just a couple days ago a complimentary comment left at the end of my 1985 Topps made me wonder. "Your blogs are great," it said. "I'd love to see a '73 or '74 version."

Now, I'm not going to do something every time someone says something nice, but the thought has always been there. Specifically, I've always thought it would be cool to write a 1993 Upper Deck set blog. It's one of the few notable card sets from the 1960s to early 1990s that hasn't received the set-blog treatment, that I know of.

As for the comment suggestion, both the '73 and '74 Topps sets were part of set-blog tributes already. I wouldn't do a '74 blog because of that, even though I think that set is highly underrated.

There have been two '73 Topps set blogs but I don't think either of them were finished (I could be wrong). It seems like that set needs proper treatment, given how interesting it is.

But the '73 set is a little too close to '71 and '75, and I wrote about a lot of the players who are in the '73 set already.

So that's where I am.

I still haven't decided whether I'm going to do one again. And it certainly wouldn't be before 2022.

But if I did, which would you like to see?

1993 Upper Deck?

Or 1973 Topps?

(I know, I know, it's up to me).

Leave your preference in the comments. I'd create a poll if making polls was as easy as it was on Blogger five years ago or so. If I figure it out, I'll get one on here.

 

And if you vote, you have to promise me you'll read it sometimes.