I recently had a discussion about tackling the 1995 BBM set. It's a large set to begin with, and it's full of SPs that will nickel-and-dime you to death if you're trying to finish it by hand.
There are three nine-card short printed puzzle sets included in that lot. Ichiro is the most popular, of course, followed closely by Hideki Matsui and Hideki Irabu. Packs could include one piece of a nine-card puzzle, but all three puzzles were available in some way via uncut sheets.
I got Ichiro several years ago, and now I have Hideki Matsui:
Anyway, this was another pickup from Mercari (Japan). I'm very happy to have it, though if I do tackle the full 1995 BBM set I'm not sure if I'll keep this as part of that set or try to obtain all nine regular cards.
Storing it with the regular set would be challenging. I like oversized cards, though; cards up to letter size fit easily enough in binders using different types of card pages, and large cards look great displayed behind player figurines (yes, I take my bobbleheads out of their boxes; I'm a collector, not an investor).
What do you think about oversized cards?
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ReplyDeleteGenerally I like oversized cards although I don't go out of my way for them necessarily. Obviously sometimes it's difficult to figure out how to store them but as you say if they're less than 8 1/2 by 11 you can store them in a binder - if nothing else you can use a one pocket sheet. My biggest problem with oversized cards are some of the premium cards that Yamakatsu had in the 70's, especially the mongo 14 by 15 1/2 inch JY5 cards. I have six of them stuffed in a plastic sleeve sitting in the closet I keep a lot of my cards in.
ReplyDeleteOnce they exceed binder size, they go on the wall or something. I have one of those giant round menkos and it doesn't fit anywhere, and since it's round I can't really frame it, either.
DeleteOversized cards are a pain in the butt to store... but I love them just as much as standard sized ones.
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