Very nice post, fox !!
The El Productos are super-cool and I'm very familiar with those. The coasters are pretty easy to find, but it's those box-bottoms that are really special. And of course finding a complete box would be insane. I don't think any exist.
The 56' Shredded Wheat, in my opinion, are one of the best football sets ever made. Very tough to complete and expensive too!! You only have four of them ?? There are some legendary Eskimos in that set: Kwong, Parker, Miles ... and I see that you have Bright.
And your bar experience with Ang made me LOL. I was always a stout guy. I remember during the holiday season, craft brewers would make chocolate stout, and man oh man, I miss those days!! I had a serious problem though and had to quit around ten years ago. Oh well, more money for cards !!
If Ang was getting targetted like that back then, then can you imagine if he was around today and still had those cards ??
I still have my hockey POGs that I collected as a kid back in the 90s. I remember my buddy down the street pulled an Eric Lindros and I was so jealous!! I pressured him for weeks and he finally agreed to sell it to me for $10 or $20!