Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Expos Frankenset Page 1

One thing I decided on while working on the Million Expos Project was that I'll also make a Frankenset binder. The rule is it's made of the duplicate cards. Any Company. Up to 792. 
I'm including oddballs and pretty much anything except Update/Traded/Bonus Card designated cards

So.. First card is fairly easy

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary

This is the only Expos player card I have that's numbered 1.. 

Number 2, though I run into some... Competition.. 

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary

1988 Donruss 

Do I go with another Donruss 25th Anniversary Expo, or do I go with a nice Diamond King? 
I'm leaning toward the Dawson, but I could be swayed.. 

The third spot, I think is fairly easy.. 

1982 Topps

This was my choice

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary

1991 O Pee Chee Premier

2004 Topps Total 

1988 Score Glossy

Those were the other options for #3
Somehow, I think whenever possible, I'm going to go vintage unless the newer card has a good photo. 

Card 4 is fairly easy as well

1983 Drake's Big Hitters

This was the choice


1996 Leaf

1991 O Pee Chee Premier

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary

These were the other options for #4

Card 5 had one choice

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary


Card 6 

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary

This is the current card, however, I'm not 100% sold on it.. 

Other options: 

1995 Select Certified

1984 Drake's Big Hitters

I'm seriously leaning towards that Drake's Carter. Yes, that would be two Drake's in the first 9, but right now I have 5 Donruss 25th Anniversary Expos cards.. 

1994 Collector's Choice

Card 7 comes down to two choices: The Floyd which I decided on, or this one: 

1982 Topps

Now, I said before I'd usually take the older cards, but I prefer the Floyd.. 

And onto Card 8

1991 Leaf

I actually changed it to this card as I was making this post.. 

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary

1999 UD Choice

1991 Stadium Club
The original choice for the 8 spot was this card.. 

1993 Donruss Montreal Expos 25th Anniversary

This is the choice I made for card 9.. 

The other options: 

1990 Upper Deck

1995 SP

1987 Topps


So I guess I'd just like to ask for some help with selections 2 and 6... 

Would you keep the Dawson as #2, or would you go with the Diamond King?
For 6. would you keep the Raines fielding the infield, or would you go with Carter? 

I think until my scanner gets figured out, I'll be doing posts like this for a while.. I hope these are interesting.. 

5 comments:

  1. Nice idea for a set - I'd almost always go with a Diamond King (and would here) and Carter.

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    1. That's how I'm leaning on both of those. I know I have more Diamond Kings coming but I have other cards I enjoy more

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  2. If you're looking for variety on the page, I'd say that Tim would be the better option for card #2.

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  3. Love this project. I've thought about doing this with my A's collection. Obviously... I think you should go with what your heart desires. But since you asked for input, if it were me, I'd go with the Raines DK for #2 and the Drake's Carter for #6. If I decided to do this project, I'd probably make a rule where a card design could only be used once per 9-pocket page just to keep it varied (but that's just me).

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    1. I ended up sticking with the Raines DK and changing to the Drake's.
      It's still early in the project for me, so I know some numbers wouldn't be represented well.. A lot of holes in the first 30 are being filled by the 25th Anniversary set. As I get more cards I can revisit and possibly change some cards again.

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