Sets I completed in 2016

2016 was a very good year for completing sets. It's the year I really dove into COMC for the first time, and that pretty much is the main reason for it, although I did complete a few in more traditional ways- opening packs/boxes or trading. (I completed three sets on Christmas, for example)... Instead of doing all the work of posting images, I'm just going to link to them on the Database. That way you can see the entire gallery, instead of just the last card I needed. Also, I didn't scan them all yet, so this makes my life easier.

My records show that I completed a whopping 47 sets in 2016- by far my new personal record, totally obliterating my old record for a year, which was 23 sets in 2004. Of those 47, I completed 19 via COMC, I traded to complete 8 of them- and 7 I received as gifts from other bloggers! All those numbers are records, I think- I was able to pull off more trades back in the day so I may have topped that in 2003 or 2004, those records are lost to history. But I highly doubt it!

Here's a list of the sets I completed in 2016: (with size of set and how I completed it)

1. 1991 Collect-A-Card Vette Set, 100 cards, trade
2. 1991-92 Hoops, 590 cards, trade
3. 1996 Knight Quest, 45 cards, trade
4. 1992-93 Fleer, 444 cards, trade
5. 1993-94 Topps, 396 cards, trade
6. 2010 Empire Strikes Back 3Di, 48 cards, Sportlots
7. 2013-14 Prestige, 200 cards, Facebook group
8. 1993-94 Upper Deck, 510 cards, trade
9. 1989-90 Fleer, 168 cards, local purchase
10. 1990-91 Hoops, 440 cards, trade
11. 2015-16 Hoops, 300 cards, ebay (but I later pulled a copy of the last card I needed from a repack, go figure)
12. 2004-05 Topps Total, 440 cards, Sportlots
13. 1995 Zenith, 83 cards, local purchase
14. 1995 Traks Valvoline, 102 cards, local purchase
15. 1997-98 Bowman's Best, 125 cards, COMC
16. 1999-00 Bowman's Best, 133 cards, COMC
17. 1987-88 Fleer, 132 cards, COMC
18. 1988-89 Fleer, 132 cards, COMC
19. 1995-96 Hoops, 400 cards, COMC
20. 1993-94 Skybox, 341 cards, COMC 
21. 2002-03 Topps, 220 cards, COMC
22. 1992-93 Topps Archives, 150 cards, COMC
23. 2002-03 Topps Chrome, 175 cards, COMC
24. 1994-95 Topps Embossed, 121 cards, COMC
25. 2010 Legends, 80 cards, COMC
26. 1994 Maxx, 340 Cards, COMC (Largest NASCAR set ever)
27. 1993 Maxx Premier Plus, 215 cards, COMC
28. 2010 Premium, 100 cards, COMC
29. 1997 Press Pass ActionVision, 12 cards, COMC
30. 2002 Stealth, 72 cards, COMC
31. 2010 Stealth, 90 cards, COMC
32. 2005 VIP, 90 cards, COMC
33. 2005 Wheels High Gear, 90 cards, COMC
34. 2011 Element, 100 cards, gift from a non-blogging collector
35. 1991 Impel US Olympic Hall of Fame, 90 cards, box
36. 2016 Panini Prizm, 100 cards, box
37. 1993 Olivia II, 72 cards, gift
38. 1994 Olivia 3, 90 cards, gift
39. 1994 Best of Olivia All-Chromium, 90 cards, gift
40. 1996 Olivia in Omni-Chrome, 90 cards,  gift
41. 1996 Hot Shots 5, 100 cards, gift 
42. 2016 Topps US Olympic & Paralympic Team Hopefuls, 74 cards, Christmas box
43. 2016-17 Hoops, 300 cards, Christmas box
44. 2016-17 Donruss, 200 cards, Christmas box
45. 1994 Action Packed The Champion & The Challenger, 42 cards, gift
46. 1991 Carms Formula 1, 105 cards, gift
47. 1991-92 Skybox, 659 cards, trade (largest set in NBA history)

You'll need to be logged in to see all of them though, as some feature full nudity. 

Of the 47 sets, 11 of them were not present in my collection when 2016 began- including the 4 that were issued in 2016. 

Something that I just realized while typing this up is that I completed both of my sports' largest sets in the same year, which is pretty cool. 

The sets are in order of completion, by the way, except for the COMC sets, which got jumbled. I completed my first set of 2016 on January 13th- one year ago today- and completed my last on December 31st, the first time I've ever completed a set on the last day of the year- with the asterisk that I don't have that information on several dozen sets.

In an unusual bit of parity, my NBA and NASCAR completed sets are even at 83 a piece. This is despite the fact that the NBA takes up much more of my collecting focus, the NASCAR sets are generally smaller so are easier to complete.

I also completed my secondary goal of the year today. It took a lot longer than I expected it to- I made a couple of major blunders- but my paper charts are accurate again, or at least I think they are. I have some doubts. But that's a post for another day.