Many thanks to all who entered the 400th post contest. I believe I counted 40 entrants, which is cool. And I didn't have to do any fancy tinkering to come up with a winner, which is nice, too. We have a clear-cut one this time. The contest question concerned my quest to complete the 2006 Topps flagship set. As you recall, I bought so many cards that I came close to completing the set not once, but twice. The question was: how many cards short was I of completing a second set? Well, if you did some snooping around on Night Owl Cards, which I'm assuming some of you did, you would have come up with one hell of a hint. I eluded to my "second-set bid" in an earlier post. I didn't give the exact number, but you would've come close if you found that post. (I re-edited the post a day into the contest, as I didn't intend for people to be able to research the answer). The post said that I came around 10 cards short of finishing a second set. The exact number is: ni...
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