General Forum

Picked up a complete set of 2002 Topps today from a local card shop for 20 bucks.  I’ve never purchased a complete set before so I’m a little overwhelmed by the amount of cards in this thing haha.  I have only gone through about half of them so far.  As I suspected, many of the cards are stuck together, but so far every card has come apart from the other with absolutely no damage.  Looks like the condition will be great for all of them.  

I noticed that they are not in numerical order. I would have thought a complete set would have that done already so it’s gonna be a little project getting them organized.  

I know I have seen many people say they don’t like the 2002 set, but I moved to Phoenix from San Diego when I was four in 1994 so I have grown up a fan of the Diamondbacks. So as such, I have always wanted a set of the 2002 release which has all of the guys from the 2001 World Series Championship team.  Plus it’s cool to have all the other players around the MLB I grew up with.  

I had cards from this set when I was a kid, but many cards were thrown away as I got older and I only started collecting again the beginning of last year.  

So anyways, I think I got a good deal only paying 20 bucks for a mountain of nostalgia.  I’ll eventually get them added to my collection once I get done putting them in order. 

My '89 Fleer Baseball factory set came out of order numerically, but together as team sets.

I like the 2002 set , a little plain but a clean look overall . That's a good deal for $20 . Glad to hear they are coming apart without damage . 

Matt

I have busted several factory sets in my day, and the only company I recall having the cards in order was Donruss. Fleer were never in order, but in a pattern (same pattern as the packs), and Topps was just all over the place. (I'm talking non-traded/update sets, the larger 660+ sets. Some, but not all, of the 132-card sets were in order.)

Edit: Oh, and if you think 718 is big, try the 1993 Topps base set - 825! Add the 132-card Traded set and you have 987 cards. Crazy!

$20 for 21st Century sets is good always good, which is actually my buying point for 1994-present.  I actually really like the 2002 Topps set, and after buying a few of them over the years, I've never had any problems with them damaging from pulling them apart--it's the 2001 that gives me trouble. 

I tend to thick of factory sets as extra large wax packs.  I'll buy them here and there to upgrade, and then sell off the rest creatively.  Welcome to the club.