As usual, the last day is the payoff day; although I showed off five packages in those first two posts, I hadn't completed any of the sets I was chasing. Fortunately, that's not the case today! Here's the final four packages, with three originating from Sportlots and the last one arriving as part of a recent COMC order:
Envelope #1 (Sportlots):
With four packages today I decided to scan just one page worth of each. This one had 21 cards so I tried to pick a few highlights. 17 of the cards hailed from the 2008 Score set, from which I still needed a ton, especially the rookies. The group just happens to have three Wolverines: Brady, Manningham, and Hart, and I managed to find another star QB and a couple significant rookies to feature as well.
The other four cards were from 2012 Upper Deck (just the Star Rookies part of the set since I went with retail), and all three players represent excellent college teams. The fourth was a Michigan State player, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna show one off on MY blog if I don't wanna! As usual, I love the photography, design, and college unis here.
# of cards: 21 # of sets added to: 2 # of sets completed: 0
Envelope #2 (Sportlots):
This was by far the biggest package from the haul. One seller on Sportlots happened to have an absolute ton of 2008 Scores I needed, and at that rate it made sense to pile them into one shipment instead of spreading them out over others. I believe 78 of the 79 cards were from that set, including the stars and rookies you see above. Again, I managed to land a couple Wolverines in Super Bowl-winner Toomer and Saints rookie Arrington.
Ware's base card is the only representative from the '08 UD First Edition set here, but again, it made sense to include it (along with some baseball PC guys you'll eventually see on the other blog). The former Cowboy (which is really strange to consider) looks as menacing as ever here.
# of cards: 79 # of sets added to: 2 # of sets completed: 0
Envelope #3 (Sportlots):
From the largest package we move onto one of the smallest, which included just these needs (plus a baseball PC pickup), but that doesn't make them any less valuable. First up is another pair of rookies from '08 First Edition, putting me that much closer to the set. Woodson was a pretty good QB for Kentucky before flaming out in the pros while Stewart, at star at Oregon, had a few good years for Carolina before declining line the prototypical RB.
The Broyles was even more useful, if that's actually possible for a card of a guy who plays (when he's not hurt, which is always) for the Lions--it completes the first set of the day, 2012 UD. He looks as determined as I was to finish off some sets last month!
# of cards: 3 # of sets added to: 2 # of sets completed: 1
Despite eight Sportlots packages, it still took another visit to COMC to mop things up. That purchase included 19 cards that went towards a couple sets, 2008 Score and UD First Edition, split roughly evenly. In a few cases COMC was cheaper than Sportlots, and in some others it had cards available that the latter didn't.
Matt Ryan was the heavy hitter in both sets, though I don't feel like I had to overpay for both of his RCs. Better yet, I scored a trio of rookies of some of my favorite Wolverines in Henne, Long, and Hart. And best of all, these cards close the books on those two sets!
# of cards: 19 # of sets added to: 2 # of sets completed: 2
Stats for the day:
- Packages: 4
- Total cards: 122
- Sets added to: 3
- Sets completed: 3
Total You Complete Me stats:
- Packages: 9
- Total cards: 158
- Sets added to: 3
- Sets completed: 3
After nine packages, 150+ cards, and three completed sets, it's time to drop the curtain on another edition of You Complete Me. Once again it was extremely productive; if you don't think completing just three sets is impressive, consider that one was the huge and tricky 2008 Score, and that my football set wantlist now looks like this, with all of two sets remaining!
I'm not sure if I'll go right back at it this month or focus my efforts and dollars elsewhere for a bit, but you can write in stone that I'll have those last sets completed pretty soon!
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