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Todd Schultzsounds like a type card collector in the making to me, huh Leon?
Seriously, that is one of the joys of type collecting--it is virtually impossible to get stuck in a rut when there is so much out there. I have poor focus and no patience, which is not something I wish on others, but I found it very liberating to get away from strictly set collecting. I still chase a dozen or so sets spanning different eras and sports, but the fun for me in the past year has been in picking up a 1941 Play Ball Ruffing, a Neilson's Sisler, S74 Color Silk Cobb, Domino Disk Bobby Wallace, Colgan's Wagner and yes, a couple of PSA 9s from the 80's for $3 each--Mike Schmidt and Ricky Henderson. You get to pick the cards that strike you as interesting, and not just fill commons for the sake of trudging along on a checklist.
Dave, if you have no intention of finishing this other set, than why start it as a set? Choose a theme--HOFers, favorite team, guys that grew up in your home state, etc. and pick up a few here and there from different sets--like Leon says diversity is cool.
If you're determined to limit yourself to one of those two, I'll go contrarian and say take the OJ's. A far different era, different card appearance and intrigue. T3s are gorgeous, but IMHO resemble the t206 too closely--same lithography, sometimes same poses, same player selection, etc.