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Originally Posted by Bleu Falcon
Highlights of last night's unboxing:
Fucci Brett
Jamieson Gooden
Chang Gooden
JK5 Gooden
JK5 Thomas
Cartoon Ichiro
Amazing cards in hand, all but the Chang Gooden really exceeded my expectations.
As the Project approaches its end, I've actually come to feel that player sets might actually end up being cooler than artist sets, or maybe collecting sets even just gets in the way of collecting your favorite cards. I say that because while I generally like some of the artists' work better than others, they all have their hits and misses. Cartoon is not a big fave of mine but his Ichiro is truly sublime. Siff was an early favorite but I feel he's become less consistent over time. Fucci and Shore seemed boring to me at first but again, they both have done some amazing stuff. I considered doing a JK5 set but decided against it and am now second guessing that because so many of his cards are top shelf. That Thomas really pops in hand! I also think maybe I should have stretched for the Gooden set (main obstacle$ are Vide$ and Erm$y). It has a lot of sentimental value for me, and so many of the interpretations are excellent.
Anywho, I've had moments, especially when the cards weren't rolling in, of thinking I was crazy to spend as much money as I have on this set, but when I unbox these cards and get them in hand I feel very satisfied.
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Agreed on pretty much all counts...I'm finishing up my Siff, jk5, and Ermsy runs but there are definitely some Siffs I won't be keeping long-term. I also started collecting Naturel along the way and I've started grabbing random cards from Fucci, Shore, Cartoon, Thiele etc that catch my eye along the way.