This isn't really a complaint, just something interesting that I've been noticing. I'm working on wrapping up a couple of '70s-centric sets right now, getting down to those last 10-20-30 cards, and the usual candidates are being evasive. I wish I could pick up all the stars early in my set-building quests so the end of the build isn't quite so painful but it never ends up that way. The best of the best usually take the most effort. But I expect that. What always surprises me is some of the other players that end up being the final few. Take, for instance, the 1977 Kellogg's set that I'm now trying to complete. I picked up three more cards from that set from Sportlots. The Jose "Cheo" Cruz card was one of them. The other two were Dodgers, already in my Dodger binders but that doesn't help me complete the set now, does it? I would've liked to add more with this most recent order but most of the other wants simply weren...
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