T210 Suggestions

[Bocabirdman]

Also, there are a couple Big Dawgs n the yard....Shoeless Joe and Casey S. to name two of the biggest.

[trdcrdkid]

I have at least one from each series, but the most from the first three series. I think half of my 65 or so T210s may be from series 1 and 2. I got them all 15+ years ago, most in several big lots.

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Also, there are a couple Big Dawgs n the yard....Shoeless Joe and Casey S. to name two of the biggest.

As much as I'd love to have both of those (who am I kidding - even one of those), they are way beyond the means of mortal men.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

As much as I'd love to have both of those (who am I kidding - even one of those), they are way beyond the means of mortal men.

Yes, the same way the average Joe considers the Monster to top out at 518...

[oldjudge]

Hi Kevin! My sense is that the first three series are by far the easiest(although they each have some scarce cards), and the last three are the toughest. Series 4 is scarcer than series 5, although series 5 has some real toughies. Amongst the last three series there is not a lot of difference. Lew Lipset once told me that he thought that cards from series 7 are the toughest and, gun to my head, I probably agree. Series 8 is tough and has a lot of cards. Series 6 has some real rarities and is very popular.

[Piratedogcardshows]

To stick with a sliver of the Old Judge theme of your collection you could go for Series 5 including Lave Cross who is the only T210 Player who has a N172 issued as well.

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by Jason

To stick with a sliver of the Old Judge theme of your collection you could go for Series 5 including Lave Cross who is the only T210 Player who has a N172 issued as well.

Excellent suggestion (as far as the Cross goes for now)!

[DixieBaseball]

Kevin,
A lot of folks like the collect "local" aspect of the set. Perhaps there is a team within the eight series that is where you are from, or born, etc. I live in Tennessee, so naturally I leaned that way with Nashville, Chattanooga, & Memphis, but I was born in Ky and have roots there so the Blue Grass League interest me a lot in from Series 6... There are so many different ways to collect this set. If you like printing freaks, then Series 3 has the OB-20. Hard to find in Orange border, but even harder to find in Red border imho. Collect them by pose, catcher gear, portrait, in action, and so on. I started with collecting 1 from every team in every series. A lot of fun and I could pick out the poses that suited my interest.

As for toughness, I generally agree with aforementioned posts on scarcity. What I have found though from collecting these the better part of 2 decades is Series 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 have players that are tough to find. It seems that there are pockets of rarity that you can only find by collecting them over time. There is no consistency.... Especially series 4, 7 and 8. Its a fun set to collect and you can collect very casually. Don't get in a rush and enjoy the True Monster.