Way to go!!!!!
Completionists rule!!!!
The
1971 set is the epitome of something that can only be appreciated as you get older. As a kid, those cards were a nightmare due to the
'insta-whiting' of the corners and edges. If you looked at them wrong, the black would start wearing away.
Had
Zeppelin playing too loudly on your stereo? The black would be flaking off onto the floor, turning the borders white. Everyone had ugly, disregarded, toss away stacks of
1971s in their shoeboxes.
But then you start getting older and protecting your cards better, eliminating the pernicious erosion of those guys
...and what happens?? You see how utterly cool the set is with those action shots and the black borders adding incredible richness to the color photographs,
and you become hooked forevermore!!!
For me, that set just suddenly went from
zero to
hero one day.
