walter5o9
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So let me start this with I never set collect....and for this reason!
So back in 08-09 ITG H&P came out and had this set I saw on the sell sheet for How Swede It Is. When I saw the set I was instantly infatuated with it and knew I had to get it.....then i saw the SSP on it.... only 9 total cards made of each duo. Ugh, it was like someone popped my ballon knowing how hard these were going to be to come by.
I decided to move on and figure out what else I wanted...well in 2011 browsing eBay I saw one pop up (Lindberg). Put in a offer and Bam it was mine! Then shortly after that another (Mats Naslund) and another (Foppa)! I got three within months! 50% there. Oh this set is mine!
Then I hit that dreaded PC wall....you know when cards going into safes and never come out!
3 years go by before another that I need is listed....get it! 2015(Stastny), almost 4 years between adding card number 4.
Sundin didnt pop up until December of 2019, 4 years later!!!
Finally this week Marcus Naslund!
11 years to complete a 6 card set! This is huge collecting weight off of my check. I can now stop going show to show to talk to venders about the set only get a the look of good luck. Goodbye to the eBay email that send me every time hedman and itg words were listed. Goodbye to the hopeless feeling that I would never complete this set! With all that there is a chance that I am that I am the only one in the world with this set....which is a pretty cool thought!
With that said...Dr. Price, please try to refrain yourself from making awesome sets that are so damn hard to complete. My collecting sanity really appreciates it!
Without further ado
swede 1 by namwots, on Flickr
So back in 08-09 ITG H&P came out and had this set I saw on the sell sheet for How Swede It Is. When I saw the set I was instantly infatuated with it and knew I had to get it.....then i saw the SSP on it.... only 9 total cards made of each duo. Ugh, it was like someone popped my ballon knowing how hard these were going to be to come by.
I decided to move on and figure out what else I wanted...well in 2011 browsing eBay I saw one pop up (Lindberg). Put in a offer and Bam it was mine! Then shortly after that another (Mats Naslund) and another (Foppa)! I got three within months! 50% there. Oh this set is mine!
Then I hit that dreaded PC wall....you know when cards going into safes and never come out!
3 years go by before another that I need is listed....get it! 2015(Stastny), almost 4 years between adding card number 4.
Sundin didnt pop up until December of 2019, 4 years later!!!
Finally this week Marcus Naslund!
11 years to complete a 6 card set! This is huge collecting weight off of my check. I can now stop going show to show to talk to venders about the set only get a the look of good luck. Goodbye to the eBay email that send me every time hedman and itg words were listed. Goodbye to the hopeless feeling that I would never complete this set! With all that there is a chance that I am that I am the only one in the world with this set....which is a pretty cool thought!
With that said...Dr. Price, please try to refrain yourself from making awesome sets that are so damn hard to complete. My collecting sanity really appreciates it!
Without further ado
swede 1 by namwots, on Flickr
