Another week, another mail bag. The trading card database has been a lot of fun. I have completed a few trades and my sets are getting closer to completion.
The first trade I received this week was from La Loosh on TCDB. In exchange for some 2020 Topps Series 1 inserts, he sent me a stack of cards from my 1989 Topps wantlist (plus extras!). I was able to add 12 cards, which puts me at 91.6% of a master set.
1989 Set Needs 
1989 Set Needs
I have been rebuilding my 1995-96 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Hockey set recently. At one point I had multiple gold and silver redemption sets, but they got lost over the years. Thankfully they are somewhat plentiful on eBay, but I had to wait a few weeks to find them for cheap.
1995-96 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Prize Crash the Game Silver And Gold Sets
I find it odd that the sealed sets have holes at the top as if they could be hung on a retail shelf…
Finally, TCDB member marcbrubaker of marcbrubaker.com graciously sent me a package filled with set needs.
1986 Topps Set Needs
Three 1986’s put my set at 77.9% complete.
1988 Topps Set Needs
These two 1988 additions bring my master set up to 88.2% complete.
1989 Topps Set Needs
These six 1989’s put my master set at 92.3%.
1990 Topps Set Needs
A whopping 66 cards added to my 1990 set. Bringing the set from 75.3% to 83.6% complete.
1992 Topps Set Needs 
1992 Topps Set Needs
These twelve 1992 Topps make a nice dent to bring my set completion to 90%!
Thanks again, Marc. I really appreciate it!
That’s all for this mail bag. Thanks for reading.
4 replies on “Mail Bag Recap #9”
Gotta love it when fellow collectors help you out with completing sets. Gotta love TCDB too!
It’s definitely way more fun to trade than to buy… even if commons cost $0.5 each. It’s so easy to trade on TCDB too. I am having a lot of fun with it.
I’ve never been crazy for 1990 Topps baseball… but seeing it fanned out like that in the photo is pretty cool. Love all of the different border colors. And those two Crash the Game redemption sets are pretty neat. I remember pulling the inserts and checking box scores to see if my player scored on the date printed on the card. Good times.
Crash the Game was a lot of fun. I wish companies would do something similar again.