Night Owl Cards

(There are only about eight or so Cardboard Appreciations until we start voting for a new entrant into the Cardboard Appreciation Hall of Fame. It's been three years since any card has been voted in! You may see a few more C.A.'s so we can get to voting. Time for another one. This is the 242nd in a series): Have you ever attempted to complete a set through only repack purchases? Neither have I. But I'll bet it can be done. I think so because I'm just a few cards off from completing the 1990 Kmart Superstars set, even though I have never purchased, traded for, nor been gifted, a card from the set, outside of the lone Dodger, Jay Howell, of which I've received many times. Every card I own from that set has come from a repack. And that makes me suspect that the boxed set issued in Kmart stores with a piece of gum in 1990 might be the most ubiquitous boxed set ever made. How else do you explain this? That is 26 cards from the 33-card set. The onl...

I think I've stated several times already that my favorite set of all-time is the 1975 Topps set. There is lots of love for that set on this blog and lots more to come. Still, there are several sets from the '70s that are favorites, too. I've already discussed the '71 set. I also like the '72 set very much. The '74 set holds a special place in my heart, and the '76 and '78 sets have meaning, also. But when it comes to the '80s, there is absolutely no competition. My favorite by a landslide is the 1983 Topps set. I do like other sets from the '80s, but the '83 set is the one I'm saving if the house is burning down. You see, 1983 is a year I'll always remember. I graduated from high school that year. I started college that year. I received my first steady job. I had my first steady girlfriend. (She was a looker and a riot). My social life skyrocketed. And who can't love a year that gave us Dexys Midnight Runners, Kajagoogoo and...