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A couple of the other threads that have been popping up, along with my pursuit of a couple of sets has me wondering...What is the lowest print run set that you've tried putting together. Not a player rainbow, but a set in the traditional sense. Let's say a set with at least 8 cards in it. The smallest I've worked on is Panini's National Treasures Frozen Treasures Signatures set which is made up of 25 cards, 21 of which are /10 and 4 that are /5. There's speculation that set builders may be deterred by low print runs, but I think that just presents even more of a challenge!
 
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It's not hockey. Last set I built was 2015 Topps WWE Undisputed Black Parallel /99 with all the subsets - 200 cards. It took around 4 months to complete. I was able to buy 10/20 card lots to get a big chunk completed.
 
Right now I'm chasing the 2016-17 Base Artifacts Jersey-Patch set, all the cards are #'d to either 75 or 25, but I'm in no hurry to complete it.
 
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I've taken on a few nutty set building projects...

Lord Stanley's Mug I loved because it was difficult but achievable - at least excluding 1/1's, there are 392 tough cards (x/9 or x/10), plus another 120 x/9's from the Expo-exclusive Decades set. That really felt like the perfect sweet spot of a real challenge, without ever feeling impossible. Even if a few copies disappeared into PC's, and a couple sit on the shelf unopened, I was confident I'd be able to complete it eventually.

I waffled for quite some time on my latest project - ITGU Vintage Memorabilia... would've been a no-brainer if there were no parallels, an average of 15 copies of each card and ranging from 8 - 24 copies would be challenging but fairly doable. With six levels of parallels though, I thought long and hard about whether to attempt the most common (silver) level with an average of 6 copies per card but a handful of x/2 and x/3's... in the end I fell in love with the design so I'm biting the bullet and taking a stab at it, though I really don't know if I will ever complete it as very few new copies are surfacing and I'm still two dozen cards away from the 88 card set.

I don't think I'll attempt another set quite so crazy ever again, if I ever get tempted to build another set it'd most likely be something in the x/10 - x/25 range, with perhaps a handful of SP x/5.
 
sedinfan said:
I've taken on a few nutty set building projects...

Lord Stanley's Mug I loved because it was difficult but achievable - at least excluding 1/1's, there are 392 tough cards (x/9 or x/10), plus another 120 x/9's from the Expo-exclusive Decades set. That really felt like the perfect sweet spot of a real challenge, without ever feeling impossible. Even if a few copies disappeared into PC's, and a couple sit on the shelf unopened, I was confident I'd be able to complete it eventually.

I waffled for quite some time on my latest project - ITGU Vintage Memorabilia... would've been a no-brainer if there were no parallels, an average of 15 copies of each card and ranging from 8 - 24 copies would be challenging but fairly doable. With six levels of parallels though, I thought long and hard about whether to attempt the most common (silver) level with an average of 6 copies per card but a handful of x/2 and x/3's... in the end I fell in love with the design so I'm biting the bullet and taking a stab at it, though I really don't know if I will ever complete it as very few new copies are surfacing and I'm still two dozen cards away from the 88 card set.

I don't think I'll attempt another set quite so crazy ever again, if I ever get tempted to build another set it'd most likely be something in the x/10 - x/25 range, with perhaps a handful of SP x/5.
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You sir are a madman or the ultimate set collector. The LSM set is still the best master set ever. Is the INGU Vintage set for this year or one of the previous releases? I have slowly been putting together the vintage set from the initial re-release of ITGU. But it's not something I've pursued seriously, just when they present themselves. I don't care about the numbering for a set like that.
 
Completed the 03/04 Parkhurst Original 6 Maple Leafs set - only 20 possible sets. Heard of 2 others collectors who have as well.
 
Hey.

Don't generally do sets. As I like to go after shiny individual cards. And don't have the patience for set building. With the being said, I'm currently trying to hack away at the ITG Enshrined Induction Year Limited Gold Set. These cards are all limited to 1 copy only. I've put a decent dent in this set, but know that I will never likely complete this set. Slowly picking up singles as I see them. The cards look like this:



Cheers,
Eli:beer:
 
TMLFan3 said:
Completed the 03/04 Parkhurst Original 6 Maple Leafs set - only 20 possible sets. Heard of 2 others collectors who have as well.
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Me too! And I have heard of successful Master Set Collectors for each of the other 5 O6 Parkhurst sets as well. I would guess the O6 Parkhurst sets likely have the highest ratio of complete master sets compared to print run rarity of any product. Great content, limited at /20 but not impossible, modest set size (around 250 cards for base, basic inserts, autographs and GU)

I am currently 3 cards shy of a 15 card subset /3 :crazy:
 
I did the Habs part of the ITG Forever Rivals silver base set. 50 cards. I don't know the exact print run, but I'm pretty sure there are under 200 copies of each card.
 
I attempted the 15/16 Black Diamond Pure Black Relics Prime set with a good chunk of the cards numbered to /10. I never finished it and ended up selling it to some whacky dude in Saskatchewan.

I do own this eight card set with two of the cards limited to 4, but doesn't qualify since it's not a 10 card set. :beer:


 
Oilers Championship Banners - 79 cards in the set, more than half are /25 or less - one per box. Down to 3 left, all /10 - There are 13 /10, 1/15 and about 25 or so /25, including Gretzky who has a /10 and /25.

Thankfully I pulled Gretzky myself, but a conservative estimate if one were to pop up on ebay - it could go over $1,000 easily from any of the master set guys who don't have their's. Three have been pulled that I know of, and all are locked down in PCs.

But if I don't get there and finish it - I'll still be happy. I have seen the Kevin McClelland in person, saw the Steve Smith sell for over $200, but have never seen the Moog/10 - but I do have the autographed version of it
 
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I completed the 05/06 SP Game Used Statscriptions Autograph Set back in the day. Lowest print run was the Gretzky /9.

Derek
 
I was dumb and once tried to do the 01/02 BAP Memorabilia Emeralds set /10. I got a decent amount of the cards, but I had to call it off as the well was drying up, people wanting silly money for the commonest of commons, and I was starting my Caps PC.

I am 4 cards shy of the 99/00 Upper Deck exclusives set /100. It's been a while since I've been able to post an update of that one...

I did the 04/05 ITG Ultimate Scrapbook autos set /60. Lots of gorgeous autos in the set of HOFers.

Also completed the 03/04 ITGU SS Vintage Memorabilia set I believe /25.
 
Similar to Eli up there, I've been picking up the ITG Enshrined Mega Memorabilia's also numbered out of 1. I'm up to 14/30 of the cards and I'd love to hit 20 one day, but, they are getting few and far between. They look like this:

 
It's not really a set, but I completed the entire alphabet made of actual game used letters.....obviously the numbering varies, but I don't think any in my set exceed 11 or 12...I pulled 2 cards myself and then had this crazy idea to do the alphabet....took me about 4 years...I also have the "." card from my Martin St louis pc



 
The set I've pursued with the lowest serial number (in which I've made the most progress) is the 2005-06 HG set. Yes I'm chasing all 487 haha. I know it will probably take me years but I honestly enjoy the chase as much as actual obtaining it. I'm up to 80 or so now so I haven't even acquired 1/4 of the set yet, but I think 80 in about a year or so of pursuit is really good progress considering there are only 10 copies of each. These are the two that started the entire project:

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Another really low numbered set I'm chasing is the 2005-06 UD Game Jersey Patches /15. I think there are 235 between series 1 and 2, currently have 71. The series 2 patches have slightly smaller patch windows, but both look really nice in person. Here are a few examples of each:

Series 1:

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Series 2:

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If you have any for sale or know the whereabouts of any please let me know, thanks :)
 
A 40 card set I didn't know had a 1/1 until it was well underway, still do a daily search & and bump a post twice a year, if interested in seeing the set ( http://hobbyinsider.net/forum/showthread.php?t=340111&highlight=honor's ) , it's a football set for those who don't click the post link, 2003 Playoff Honors "Plates" all game worn nameplate pieces, it's a scattered serial numbered set & I've gone as far as I can go without the 1/1. I do have his card from another set kind of similar in the release. Never a scent of the card but I never give up, lol.
 

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