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Originally Posted by campyfan39
Happy collecting everyone and I love seeing everyones choices, that is what makes collecting fun as it is in the eye of the beholder  |
Not just the difference in what's visually appealing, but the star preferences too.
The '55 T or '56 T contradiction is interesting. From a player standpoint, I'm focused more on what the '55 Topps has (rather than its drawbacks), because the top of the set is amazing. And since I cheated with Mantle, I just don't focus on the other missing guys like Feller, Ford, Wilhelm, Campanella (especially since it's not any of the earliest years for those guys, and they are all second tier HOFers of importance for mid '50s sets). And the reused photos for '56 stand out negatively to me a lot more than anything reused a little earlier, because of how the design is so similar to the '55. It often appears like you're getting a card almost identical to the prior year (but less valuable)
BUT I can totally see why plenty of people focus more the other side of it!