I admit, I don't really know what "completist" means when it comes to our hobby. I suppose it could define anyone who collects cards in an attempt to complete something, whether that is a player set, a team set or just the set, period. But I've always associated the completist term with my first example, collecting the player. Although we have lots of player collectors in the blog community, it's never been an aspect of collecting that I've truly understood. Sets I understand. Teams I understand. Players? One specific player? Only one? Umm, no. As much as I am interested in cards of my favorite player, Ron Cey, I really don't care if I get them ALL. But if you expand that definition of "completist" to sets, I am guilty as charged, especially when it comes to one. The 2006 Topps set was the first current set I collected upon getting back into the hobby. And it remains my mission to obtain every base card, every update card, every insert card, eve...
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