Hey, Jason. I was at a similar point maybe 3 years ago. I had around 200 t206. I had started with the HOFers, so maybe 50 of those were HOF. I didn't have much budget to spend on any more cards, and the thought that it would take me years and years to ever finish was really daunting. About that time, I started to get away from buying poor/fair condition cards, but a lot of my cards in my set were poor or fair.
At one point, a Bob Groom in fair condition that I had bought showed up in the mail, and I let the envelope sit in my mail slot for weeks. Eventually I realized that I just wasn't that interested in what I was collecting. I still loved t206, but I wasn't collecting in a way that was fun to me. Finding a Piedmont backed Jeff Sweeney for $28 in nice shape just wasn't doing much for me.
I sold off all of the commons that I didn't really enjoy (probably like 120) and started an E95 set and decided I would collect T206, but with no direction. If I liked a card, I'd buy it, and if it wasn't fun, I wouldn't do it. I ended up getting into backs, and selling a bunch of my HOFers and buying HOFers with tougher backs.
It took awhile, but about two years ago, my latest pursuit came into focus. I found I preferred the 150-350 series for a few reasons (only consists of HOFers, the toughest backs are still affordable, I think the artwork is superior in the first series). So, now I'm working on the most interesting 150-350 series set that I can possibly put together (variety of backs, oddities, print goofs, etc). I haven't regretted any of the cards I've sold or traded.
Sorry for how long that was. The main point of it is that you can really do whatever you want with T206. You can sell all of the cards in your set that you're not in love with and use the money for other cards, or sell all the commons and buy a bunch of non-t206 HOFers, etc. They are really easy to sell, and if you're not feeling it, I doubt you'd regret the decision.
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