Big vintage baseball guy from 50s-70s but just have trouble finding much to like from the years 76-80 (81 I consider mondern with intro. of Donruss, Fleer).
Why I don't gravitate to these years:
1. No high numbers/sp's (Stopped in 73) to make the set building chase interesting
2. No bright color borders--bland white ones only--each year looks somewhat similar to me
3. Few if any MEGA big dollar HOF stars (part of this is due to production ramping up) but also scarce on 1st ballot HOF rookies
4. Big unwieldy sets with tons of commons perhaps due to expansion/more teams, etc.
5. Iconic stars like Mays, Aaron, Clemente retired out of picture by then
Anyway, there are a couple of diamonds in the rough with those years (Eck., Dawson, Molitor-Trammel, Murray, O. Smith., R. Henderson) but basically 99.9% of the cards I could care less about.....
What am I missing
??
Actually, to answer my own question, there are two things I like. There are stars from my 80s youth (example Brett, Ryan, Rose, etc) that can be bought relatively cheaply in their younger days, and also, production quality was so terrible to find truly high grade examples is actually somewhat challenging. But still, the overall time era 76-81 just doesn't spark a fire, for me anyway, how about you?