I wasn't going to do a post on this, but reading a few other list got me thinking about what my goals are as far as collecting so here it is.
1. Keep the blog active, the minimum I have set for myself is 2 posts a week but I hope to stay more active than that.
2. Complete more trades, in little over a year I did 15 trades, so about one a month, not bad but a few more would be nice.
3. Finish the "One of every Rockie" collection. After a COMC purchase yesterday I am down to 9 players from 1993-2012. The remanining 9 are Gary Wayne, Aaron Ledesma, Ross Gload, Justin Speier, Chris Richard, Adam Melhuse, Edwin Bellorin, Rob Scahill and Thomas Field. The list will grow once the 2013 products come out but I want to focus on these ones first.
4. Complete a 2013 set, I will be buying 2 boxes of 2013 Gypsy Queen which should get me close to the base set leaving me to work on any short prints.
5. Complete 2 older sets, right now I am looking at 1992 Pinnacle and 2012 Gypsy Queen short prints, or at least all of them other than the Darvish.
6. Get my 2011 GQ set above 50%, right now I have 147 out of 350 (42%) including 33 of 50 short prints (66%).
7. Acquire at least one more 1977 Topps Mexican NFL Redskin, I am down to 7 for the team set with mostly expensive short prints left.
8. Get a TTM autograph, I was going to try this last past year, but the NHL lockout put this on hold, I will try a few over the year and see what happens.
9. Get an in person auto, more on this next week hopefully.
10. See a pro baseball game, this might be a small goal for some, but with the closest MLB stadium over 850 miles and an international border away, it's a big deal for me. Any planned trips look like they will be to a minor league stadium so we will see what happens there.
11. Buy a box of cards other than Gypsy Queen, last year I was all set to buy a box of 2012 Update or Bowman Draft, but I blew my budget on two cards costing around $80 combined in Tim Thomas and Daniel Paille autographs.
12. Add to my Rockies autograph cards, Matt Holliday, Larry Walker and Andres Galarraga top this list.
The list ended up longer than I thought, so it seems like a worthwhile effort and if you made it this far into the post thanks for reading.
1. Keep the blog active, the minimum I have set for myself is 2 posts a week but I hope to stay more active than that.
2. Complete more trades, in little over a year I did 15 trades, so about one a month, not bad but a few more would be nice.
3. Finish the "One of every Rockie" collection. After a COMC purchase yesterday I am down to 9 players from 1993-2012. The remanining 9 are Gary Wayne, Aaron Ledesma, Ross Gload, Justin Speier, Chris Richard, Adam Melhuse, Edwin Bellorin, Rob Scahill and Thomas Field. The list will grow once the 2013 products come out but I want to focus on these ones first.
4. Complete a 2013 set, I will be buying 2 boxes of 2013 Gypsy Queen which should get me close to the base set leaving me to work on any short prints.
5. Complete 2 older sets, right now I am looking at 1992 Pinnacle and 2012 Gypsy Queen short prints, or at least all of them other than the Darvish.
6. Get my 2011 GQ set above 50%, right now I have 147 out of 350 (42%) including 33 of 50 short prints (66%).
7. Acquire at least one more 1977 Topps Mexican NFL Redskin, I am down to 7 for the team set with mostly expensive short prints left.
8. Get a TTM autograph, I was going to try this last past year, but the NHL lockout put this on hold, I will try a few over the year and see what happens.
9. Get an in person auto, more on this next week hopefully.
10. See a pro baseball game, this might be a small goal for some, but with the closest MLB stadium over 850 miles and an international border away, it's a big deal for me. Any planned trips look like they will be to a minor league stadium so we will see what happens there.
11. Buy a box of cards other than Gypsy Queen, last year I was all set to buy a box of 2012 Update or Bowman Draft, but I blew my budget on two cards costing around $80 combined in Tim Thomas and Daniel Paille autographs.
12. Add to my Rockies autograph cards, Matt Holliday, Larry Walker and Andres Galarraga top this list.
The list ended up longer than I thought, so it seems like a worthwhile effort and if you made it this far into the post thanks for reading.
Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI hope to finish my "one of every Rockie" as well. Actually between the two of us, we are complete except for Aaron Ledesma. I also need Roberto Ramirez, Dennys Reyes, Nelson Cruz, and the first Matt Miller.
ReplyDeleteI would bet you have the best shot, because I cannot find the Ramirez or the Miller anywhere online.
Either way good luck to us both.
Best of luck, Rosenort! I'm looking forward to 2013 Gypsy Queen, too, but haven't decided yet if I will buy a box.
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