Last year was my first huge year, set wise, in my 20-plus years of collecting. I went full force into more sets than I have in any years combined. Topps Series One, Two, Update, Archive, Chrome, Chrome Purple, Bowman and Triple Play. Three of which I'm still working on.
This year, I decided to go about collecting each 2013 set in a different way. I've planned on focusing on just a handful of sets, unless of course I fall in love with a nice design, i.e. Bowman. For all those sets that I'm not collecting and actually the ones I am collecting, I am getting together just the players in my recently expanded PCs.
Now, it's time to show you how it's going for me. I did set a few "stipulations" for myself so I could get more "bang for my buck", if you will. I did not include anything numbered below 100, autographs. or dual patch/autos. Relics, both regular and framed in the case of Gypsy Queen and Allen & Ginter, are included. All cards listed are still needed.
Time to break it down!
Bowman (I've barely scratched the surface.)
Base (Have 0/16): Trumbo 12, Uggla 25, Kimbrel 32, Longoria 51, Jay 54, Tulowitzki 79, Goldschmidt 101, Freeman 137, Bautista 140, Moustakas 155, Gonzalez 179, Fowler 181, Rosario 193, Cespedes 194, Haren 206, Hosmer 207
State/International (Have 0/16): Trumbo 12, Uggla 25, Kimbrel 32, Longoria 51, Jay 54, Tulowitzki 79, Goldschmidt 101, Freeman 137, Bautista 140, Moustakas 155, Gonzalez 179, Fowler 181, Rosario 193, Cespedes 194, Haren 206, Hosmer 207
Blue #/500 (Have 0/16): Trumbo 12, Uggla 25, Kimbrel 32, Longoria 51, Jay 54, Tulowitzki 79, Goldschmidt 101, Freeman 137, Bautista 140, Moustakas 155, Gonzalez 179, Fowler 181, Rosario 193, Cespedes 194, Haren 206, Hosmer 207
Gold (Have 1/16): Trumbo 12, Uggla 25, Kimbrel 32, Longoria 51, Jay 54, Tulowitzki 79, Goldschmidt 101, Freeman 137, Bautista 140, Moustakas 155, Gonzalez 179, Rosario 193, Cespedes 194, Haren 206, Hosmer 207
Orange #/250 (Have 2/16): Trumbo 12, Uggla 25, Longoria 51, Jay 54, Tulowitzki 79, Goldschmidt 101, Freeman 137, Bautista 140, Moustakas 155, Gonzalez 179, Fowler 181, Rosario 193, Cespedes 194, Haren 206
Silver Ice (Have 3/16): Trumbo 12, Uggla 25, Kimbrel 32, Longoria 51, Tulowitzki 79, Freeman 137, Bautista 140, Moustakas 155, Gonzalez 179, Rosario 193, Cespedes 194, Haren 206, Hosmer 207
Series One
Base (Have 11/11): Complete
Variations (Have 0/3): Moustakas 100, Freeman 105, Hosmer 135
Target Red (Have 1/11): Gonzalez 5, Haren 24, Kimbrel 46, Moustakas 100, Longoria 103, Uggla 126, Hosmer 135, Pacheco 186, Jay 224, Fowler 273
Walmart Blue (Have 1/11): Gonzalez 5, Haren 24, Kimbrel 46, Moustakas 100, Longoria 103, Uggla 126, Hosmer 135, Pacheco 186, Jay 224, Fowler 273
Toys R Us Purple (Have 4/11): Haren 24, Kimbrel 46, Moustakas 100, Longoria 103, Uggla 126, Hosmer 135, Jay 224
Emerald (Have 4/11): Kimbrel 46, Moustakas 100, Longoria 103, Uggla 126, Pacheco 186, Jay 224, Fowler 273
Gold #/2013 (Have 2/11): Gonzalez 5, Haren 24, Moustakas 100, Longoria 103, Uggla 126, Hosmer 135, Pacheco 186, Jay 224, Fowler 273
Mini (Have 4/5): Longoria 37
Cut to the Chase (Have 0/1): Gonzalez 6
Chasing the Dream (Have 0/1): Moustakas 25
Spring Fever (Have 0/3): Haren 2, Longoria 40, Bautista 44
Gypsy Queen
Base (Have 8/16): Fowler 39, Trumbo 88, Goldschmidt 112, Cespedes 172, Moustakas 209, Kimbrel 257, Gonzalez 273, Rosario 325
SP (Have 0/1): Tulowitzki 97
Mini (Have 2/17): Fowler 39, Longoria 44, Freeman 47, Jay 69, Bautista 71, Trumbo 88, Tulowitzki 97, Goldschmidt 112, Moustakas 209, Uggla 211, Haren 249, Hosmer 256, Kimbrel 257, Gonzalez 273, Rosario 325
Mini Black #/199 (Have 1/17): Fowler 39, Longoria 44, Freeman 47, Jay 69, Bautista 71, Trumbo 88, Tulowitzki 97, Goldschmidt 112, Cespedes 192, Pacheco 191, Moustakas 209, Uggla 211, Haren 249, Hosmer 256, Kimbrel 257, Rosario 325
Heritage
Base (Have 13/14): Moustakas 194
SP (Have 2/6): Longoria 439, Tulowitzki 452, Cespedes 459, Hosmer 492
Venezuelan Back (Have 1/20): Bautista 89, Trumbo 110, Uggla 115, Kimbrel 126, Haren 131, Fowler 164, Freeman 189, Moustakas 194, Arencibia 222, Jay 244, Pacheco 245, Goldschmidt 304, Pomeranz 329, Longoria 439, Tulowitzki 452, Cespedes 459, Gonzalez 466, Rosario 488, Hosmer 492
Chrome (Have 1/7): Longoria HC3, Bautista HC19, Tulowitzki HC45, Rosario HC58, Cespedes HC61, Trumbo HC65
Purple Refractor (Have 2/7): Longoria HC3, Bautista HC19, Rosario HC58, Cespedes HC61, Trumbo HC65
New Age Performers (Have 0/1): Cespedes YC
Opening Day
Base (Have 6/13): Hosmer 5, Goldschmidt 98, Moustakas 159, Uggla 161, Kimbrel 199, Bautista 207
Blue Sparkle (Have 3/13): Hosmer 5, Trumbo 77, Rosario 83, Goldschmidt 98, Gonzalez 113, Cespedes 137, Uggla 161, Kimbrel 199, Longoria 200, Bautista 207
Ballpark Fun (Have 1/2): Longoria 11
Stars 3D (Have 0/1): Longoria 7
Stickers
Base: Hosmer 80, Trumbo 99, Cespedes 111, Freeman 138, Uggla 139, Goldschmidt 229, Tulowitzki 238, Rosario 241, Fowler 242
Turkey Red
Base (Have 0/9): Bautista 36, Trumbo 47, Hosmer 49, Freeman 56, Gonzalez 65, Cespedes 70, Kimbrel 83, Longoria 85, Tulowitzki 97
Ok, so I've not done a great job, but I'm doing my best. Gees. It's actually been kinda hard keeping up with my set needs as well as the PC needs.
Some sets I'm killing, and some...not so much.
So I'm reaching out to my fellow bloggers and readers. If you have something I've listed, I'd be glad to find something to send in return. Who doesn't like a little help building their collection?