I could make better use of watch lists. So many of my sets would be completed if I had added them to watch lists on eBay and Yahoo! Japan Auctions. One that I finally added was the 2000 Broccoli Seibu Lions set. I had ended up with nearly a complete set a couple years ago, and for some strange reason I decided to finish it off. I found most of the cards at shops as I've traveled around Japan, but one card remained surprisingly elusive:
The 2000 Broccoli Seibu Lions set has a 99-card base set, a Special insert set, Daisuke Matsuzaka insert set, and the Gold Signature insert set you see above. I have a full set of all of those now!
Given that we're running out of days left in the year, I doubt I'll be able to finish off any other sets before the calendars get tossed. Now I'm curious about which I'll be able to finish first next year!
Nice. Congrats...always feels good to knock off a set.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I just picked up a few cards from a game set. I don't remember the details but I scanned them and should be posting them soon - there are a couple sumo cards in there you might be interested in seeing. Then again, you probably already know what they are.
DeleteCongratulations on completing this set! Is there really a company called Broccoli in Japan that makes trading cards?
ReplyDeleteThere is a company called Broccoli that made trading cards. They don't make baseball cards anymore. The company is one of the big media companies here, and they make a bunch of merchandise for shows and comic books. They have a retail shop that's pretty popular too. I'm not sure if they still make any types of regular trading cards, but they do make trading card games, which remain amazingly popular here.
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