E90-1, The Kraken (AKA The E-Monster) - post your collection progress

[Steve D]

I just updated my Excel spreadsheet, adding all 121 cards to it (previously, I just had the cards I actually own reflected on it), and including the weighting in Brian's first post. I got a total number of 250 also, so it looks like the numbers are correct.

My number of 93 is also correct.

Steve

[yomass]

Can someone post a scan of this variation?

[ullmandds]

here is an image from an old post on the topic here.

[judsonhamlin]

New math puts me at 132.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

here is an image from an old post on the topic here.

Thanks Pete for showing both Miller variations.

Brian

[edhans]

The latest revision brings me up to 190, if my math is correct. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to double check for me. I lack Jackson, Keeler (throwing), McLean, Miller (no sunset). O'Connor, Richie, Sheckard, Stahl, Stovall, both Wagners and both Youngs.

[brianp-beme]

All I can say is I suck. Frank will probably bust a gut laughing after seeing all the changes I have made to the Kraken (because of my foolhardiness) whilst his T206 Monster has been clean and pristine from the get go.

Here is the bad news...I was just about to tally up edhans total and I saw that at some point I accidently removed Cy Young (Cleveland) from my point list. The other Brian (the guy who movitated me to create this thing) pointed out in post #43 that my point total only came up to 244 points, not 250. Why that happened is that when I updated the points I accidentally left off Cy Young (Cleveland) which I valued in my previous point system at 7. Dropping him off essentially left him at a point value of 1, thus creating that 6 point spread.

I subsquentially bumped up the value of Bemis, O'Connor and Seigle to 3 (from 1 point) to get things back to the 250 total value.

Here is our dilemma...what to do. I drop down to my knees and beg your forgiveness, and present two options:

1. Assign the re-instituted Cy Young (Cleveland) a 7 point value, and drop the Bemis, O'Connor and Seigle from 3 points to 1 point, giving us 250 points.

2. Assign the reinstituted Cy Young (Cleveland) a 5 point value, and drop two 3 pointers back to 1 point status, giving us 250 points.


Man I really screwed things up by leaving that Young off...please don't put me on your naughty list this Christmas season, and I will heed any suggestions you might fling my way, including those involving punishment involving a wet noodle.

Brian

[AddieJoss]

Make Young Cleveland 10 points and call 260 the set. Just a suggestion.
Cory

[C-mack]

Great stuff in this thread!

Started grabbing a few e90s I like ! Really liking this set commons to me look better than most other sets of the times

Anyways here the few I've picked up so far

[edhans]

Picked up the O'Connor and Young-Boston. Still need Jackson, Keeler-Throwing, both Wagners and Young-Cleveland. Hope to knock one more off the list by the end of the year.

[Cozumeleno]

Thanks to Mark Macrae for knocking the tough Jerry Upp off my list. Slight bump to 113 for me.

[qed2190]

Put me at 113 too.

[brianp-beme]

You turn your back on the Kraken for just a brief amount of time and look what happens...a newbie (welcome aboard C-mack) and 3 updates.

Brian

[C-mack]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

You turn your back on the Kraken for just a brief amount of time and look what happens...a newbie (welcome aboard C-mack) and 3 updates.

Brian

Thanks! Now I need some more points to throw up lol

[big-six]

With the help from Lee (usmcinohio) my #is 196

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by big-six

With the help from Lee (usmcinohio) my #is 196

Way to make a big Kraken splash upon entry into the E-Monster sea.

And Anson is correct, the Wagner throwing is one tough thummergummer, definitely worthy of its 10 Kraken point status. Your Cy Young Cleveland is no slouch either...good luck on the pursuit of the final ten cards you need.

Brian

[familytoad]

One of the few cards I still needed has arrived.
Ok I’m corny, but I was saving this player for the penultimate card to the Kraken Quest. (I’m not buying a Joe Jax so I will be pleased with the rest)

I was saving Butler, a single kraken pointer to use the corny title of this post but I grew restless. Finding cards in this set ain’t easy... I bought it early.

Kraken Keeper could you plus one for me?

Congrats to the other recent incoming cards too.
My man Anson is right on my dorsal fin!

[brianp-beme]

The Butler did it with the lead pipe in the Conservatory. Congrats on your deduction powers, but I always had the suspicion that sneaky John had a hand in advancing your collection. I will plus one you right now!

Brian (I wish my home had a conservatory)

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The Butler did it with the lead pipe in the Conservatory. Congrats on your deduction powers, but I always had the suspicion that sneaky John had a hand in advancing your collection. I will plus one you right now!

Brian (I wish my home had a conservatory)

Your home needs to be replastered with all those krakens in every room.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Your home needs to be replastered with all those krakens in every room.

Sounds interesting, but I am afraid to do it...what if Krakens go out of style? I imagine they would be hard to remove, much like popcorn ceiling.

Brian

[puckpaul]

Joining the list here, i have 19 cards, but some of the harder ones already clocking in at 61 points. Slow slog…picked up 2 in REA last night, got fatigued on all the lots…would have preferred a group! My best are a speaker (psa 2), a Mitchell (raw), Cobb and Red Keeler. Wish I had prioritized a long time ago (as I am sure you all are thinking….). It has become one of my favorite sets.

[riggs336]

That's a great Speaker, Paul. A PSA 1 sold for $5760 last night.

[puckpaul]

That was a strong number! Saw that. I love that Speaker card and pose, it’s one of the best cards period.

I remember when i bought most of the tough ones in a Clean Sweep Auction (8 years ago?), i would buy cards like that i liked and then think, what am i doing buying random cards (i am pretty big on set collecting and having a purpose to my buys besides “cool card I will buy some of those”)? If you are going to set collect you have to buy the big ones first or its hard to ever finish, and I did some of that with those E90-1s back then, but never got the Jackson and haven’t made much more progress yet…stared at many of them.

But BOY am I glad now that i did buy things like that…i also bought a Wilson Franks Williams like that, because I love the silly hot dog package floating on the cards…and it was Ted Williams, no great risk or leap of course….went for almost $20k last night??!

[brianp-beme]

Nice posts today to reawaken the Kraken. And puckpaul starting strong with some heavy hitters...I too admire the Speaker and the red Keeler.

Brian

[TigerMike]

Release the Kraken again! A few pickups from REA takes me up to 44. Long way to go. Some awesome examples in this thread!

[brianp-beme]

May your E90-1 journey be filled with twists and turns of the pleasant nature, such as tackled in mountain roads by a driving enthusiast.

Brian (always willing to stretch a nonsensical allusion to its maximum)

[Roulette44]

Sorry to be late to the thread, I started collecting this set a few years ago, but only recently increased focus.

I have 101 of the 120 cards, but most of the ones i'm missing are the big ones (have jackson, but missing both wagners, speaker, mike mitchell, duffy, keeler red and thorwing, etc). By my calculation, total points for me is at 160.

PS, only 57 of the cards are PSA graded, the others are SGC and raw, but am going for the registry set at some point. my set is ranked #8 and super creatively called "Joey's E90-1s"

If anyone has interest in trading or selling to help me (or help eachother) with their Kraken sets, please drop me a line!

Thanks
Joey
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[t213]

71 points

Andy Cook

[brianp-beme]

Roulette44 has been added (having the Jackson is quite the point booster), as well as t213 (nice seeing you jump on board the Kraken train Andy).

Brian

[Cozumeleno]

Well, I can say that my Kraken journey has finally come to an end! I completed my E91 American Caramel set (A/B/C) at the National and now am at the end of the line on E90-1.

Mr. Stahl is on the way to me in the mail and today, the Honus Wagner batting card showed up in the mail. I won't be pursuing Shoeless Joe unless all of the stars align, so I think it's safe to say that 230 Kraken points is probably as far as I'm going to get.

As far as I can tell, it took me about eight years, though I wasn't too serious about collecting them for a while in between. Best of luck to all of you with your E90-1 journeys. I look forward to continuing to follow this thread. It's a fantastic set and unless you collect them, you don't truly know just how tough some of the cards are to find.

[brass_rat]

Congrats, Anson! That's awesome

[t213]

Kraken Score now 87

Andy Cook

[Roulette44]

Thanks to additional purchases from a couple of forumites (huge thanks to them), I’m up to a score of 224 (missing 26 points)

If anyone is looking to trade or sell extra copies, please shoot me a PM!

Thanks!
Joey

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Roulette44

Thanks to additional purchases from a couple of forumites (huge thanks to them), I’m up to a score of 224 (missing 26 points)

If anyone is looking to trade or sell extra copies, please shoot me a PM!

Thanks!
Joey

Nice 64 point Kraken boost in less than 5 months. A few more pokes in the Kraken's eyes and you will have slayed the watery beast.

Brian

[TigerMike]

Glad to see this thread again at the top. Made a lot of progress...number now at 236. 4 to go.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by TigerMike

Glad to see this thread again at the top. Made a lot of progress...number now at 236. 4 to go.

Nice to see a couple of us going full speed ahead on the E-Monster. Both have been updated...November 12th has been a very good day so far for sailing the Kraken infested seas.

Brian

[Roulette44]

My kraken number has increased to 236 after picking up a few more this last week.

Down to 4 needed
- karger
- dougherty
- wagner batting
- george davis

[brianp-beme]

Nice that you are down to 4 cards. The Wagner is the big one on your list, but the other 3 are sneaky tough as well...good luck!

Brian

[RayBShotz]

Great thread and a great set and well deserves the treatment it has received here. Bravo. I don’t currently collect it but felt like I lived the journeys of many through these posts and pics.
Enjoyed all 11 pages.
RayB

Edited to add I used to own the Cobb but sold a dozen years ago.
Shame.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by RayBShotz

Great thread and a great set and well deserves the treatment it has received here. Bravo. I don’t currently collect it but felt like I lived the journeys of many through these posts and pics.
Enjoyed all 11 pages.
RayB

Edited to add I used to own the Cobb but sold a dozen years ago.
Shame.

I'm glad it is appreciated by at least a few, and I really appreciated the ton of input I received when setting up the Kraken parameters. Nice to see even folks who are not currently collecting the set can enjoy the thread as well.

And Otis, the 217 slot is deservedly yours.

Brian

[Roulette44]

I picked up the Dougherty and Karger.

My score is up to 242, thanks. 119/121.

Joe

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Roulette44

I picked up the Dougherty and Karger.

My score is up to 242, thanks. 119/121.

Joe

Nice...just the Wagner batting and the George Davis left. You have been officially updated.


Brian

[edhans]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Nice...just the Wagner batting and the George Davis left. You have been officially updated.

I know a guy who has that Davis.