[wdwfan]

Okay, so this is going to be a long read, and I do apologize. But to preface what I'm contemplating: I've been collecting the 1958 Topps set for about 5 months now. I'm probably halfway to it (I've got about 350 different cards), and I've got lots of stars and HOFers. But I'm missing the big ones (Mantle, Maris, Williams, Koufax, Aaron, Clemente).

I was never interested in this set, but I picked up a nice lot for a decent price at the LCS. So I talked myself into building it. I have already built it once, and I sold it back in 2013 to fund my family's first trip to Disney World. While, looking back, I somewhat regret selling it, I'd do it again in a heart beat.

About 2 weeks ago, I picked up a huge lot of 1957 Topps. Now, 1957 Topps is my absolute, without question, all-time favorite set. It's one I've always wanted to build. It's the first complete vintage set I ever saw in person (a college professor had the class over for dinner one night, knew I was interested in cards and showed it to me). Since then I've wanted to build one. I absolutely love the look of this set, the advertising in the background, the mix of stars, HOFers, couple of key RCs and more.

So this is where I'm at:
I'm contemplating giving up my 1958 Topps quest and trying to trade the stars and HOFers for stars and HOFers from 1957. The lot I picked up was mostly commons with about 20 from the mid series. It had a few semistars (Colavito, Minoso, Furillo, etc), but none of the big names.

If I decide to do this set, I'd be looking to trade my big name stars and HOFers from 1958 for 1957. In the past, I haven't had any luck trading/buying around here for whatever reason. Maybe it's cause I've been around for very little time, and I'm not one of the veterans. Who knows. But that's kind of what I'd be looking to do.

So is this a waste of time? As I said, I've already built the set once and sold it as I didn't really like the look of it (I just built it because I got about 3/4 of the set in 1 big deal, I was able to build the rest and sell for 3x what I had in it and take my family to Disney World). This time I decided to do it again because I got a good deal in a large starter lot, again not really liking the set.

Has anyone built a set close to 3/4 of the way being done only to fall out of love with it? If so, what did you do? Did you sell it and start over? Try to trade for something you liked? Put it in the closet and wait a few weeks, months or years and come back and give it another look down the line? I've thought about putting it in the closet and coming back to it later. But I've already built it once, don't really like it anyway and don't have a bunch of money to be putting towards cards. I do have a budget, and I try and stick to that budget as closely as possible. But I'd rather move the cards I've already spent money on, if possible, for ones I want. Either that, or sell the ones I have (sell the starter lot, maybe sell just the stars/HOFers, whatever, haven't thought selling through to be honest as I love to trade) and buy the ones I want.

Again sorry for the long road down what I'm doing. Just looking for ideas. I guess in the end, it's really up to me and what I want to do. In reality, it's my money, it's my collection. But I just like to hear what others think.