SCF's most wanted

[wrafman]

beishuizen - As you probably know, he is from Dallas. Next year as a free agent, many people have speculated that he will end up there. I have an extra C. Bosh RC auto in my PC but I am only trading for set needs right now and unfortunately I did not see anything I needed.

You have some nice cards though(like the D. Wilkins Bowman 48 auto - he was one of my favourite players growing up). Good luck with your collection.

[reaxion]

Right now I only have 1 most wanted card

Kobe Bryant 99/00 skybox dominion Sky's the limit warp tek

If anyone has one of these please please let me know....*Ryan*

[wrafman]

These are some of my favorite sets, based not only on set design(some overlap with my original list), but other factors as well, such as player selection, value, etc. I also chose these because they are some of the products that I have opened(packs or boxes) so I may be a little biased. I also have not opened any products after 06-07. My problem is when I like a product and get a few cards I want to get the whole set.

As you can see I am partial to topps, as you can see, because they are more affordable and better value. No chance at Jordan or Lebron like the evil empire's products (as some people like to call UD) but better bang for the buck generally. I also like their photography. For example, check out some of the shots from 08-09 Topps (Lebron doing his chalk thing with arms spread wide) and 09-10 Topps (like the Chauncey Billups with him posed lying down on the floor stretching his hamstrings).

1993-94 Finest - first year of Finest and very colorful, esp. like the refractors which unlike the base set still hold significant value

1996-97 Topps - nice clean design on the base cards, great-looking inserts, great RC class

1999-00 Topps - the base set is nothing special but the auto's and the Impact and die-cut Prodigy inserts (esp. refractor variations) are very nice.

00-01 UD Slam - relatively weak RC class compared to other years but cool cards on acetate, some nice inserts, and auto's, including rare Kobe, K.G., and Jordan auto/GU.

02-03 Topps Finest - Topps revamped and improved their Finest product after a year of not producing it(01-02). As someone else said the 03-04 design is very nice but that year the auto's were on stickers, unlike this year where they were on cards. Limited Yao auto RC(didn't sign all his cards due to signing an exclusive contract with another company shortly after) and (redemption) Lebron, Melo, Bosh, and Wade XRCs and XRC refractors.

2003-04 (Fleer) E-X - great RC class, nice embossed acetate cards and inserts(esp. Jambalaya). The 06-07 has a nice design too and auto RCs but a comparatively weak RC class.

2003-04 Topps - This is the last year Topps had on-card auto's other than Photoshoot. Really like the Marks of Excellence auto's and Photoshoot's.

2003-04 Topps Chrome - great RC class, Topps Chrome is my favourite product, nice GU, auto's and refractor auto's/25.

2003-04 UD Glass - Along with 96-97 probably the best RC class ever (#ed plexiglass RCs), Carmelo, Lebron and M. Jordan autofocus cards and auto/GU cards

2003-04 UD Exquisite - as a member here or on another site said about the Lebron RC he recently acquired - 'the holy grail'. 1st year of the product, beautiful set design and patch auto RCs. Like most people I did not open any of this(way outside my price range/budget) Even if I had the money I might not have been able to get any - it was very limited and hard to find because of high demand too.

2009-10 Topps - last topps set for a little while anyways and maybe the best ever. I have not bought any of this but I really like this product (from what I've seen) and so do many other collectors. Very good value. I like the way they included Chrome parallel inserts/999 and refractors/500. The Photoshoots are always popular and the McDonald's All-American auto's are neat. The new 1/1 Laundry tags and logoman cards (including legends like B. Laimbeer and J. West) are awesome.