



One of the very first things that got me interested in card collecting blogs was the dedication some bloggers put into this thing called "Frankensets". I don't know who coined the term, but the first one I remember seeing was Nick's over at Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey . I was fascinated by the time he spent carefully selecting eye catching cards for his Frankenset.





I also remember Shoebox Legends BuyBack Frankenset. A daunting task indeed. And Rod over at Padrographs and his Autographed Frankenset. Another daunting venture. Hopefully by the time he sees this, he will be a good bit closer to his goal with his Frankenset.





It all got me to thinking about what kind of Frankenset could I build? A Dodgers Frankenset would be ideal for me, but most of my Dodgers cards go straight into my yearly Dodgers binders. What then? A Hall of Fame Frankenset crossed my mind as well as a Topps Rookie Card Frankenset. That would be a tough one, but i bet it is possible.





Then it hit me. I've loved the 49ers since I was a kid watching Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott. I had a stash of 49ers cards lying around, because I used to try to collect everything. I thought to myself this would be a great way to get me to not give up on my 49ers collection, while at the same time trimming it to a manageable level. After all, I don't need to go all out on 49ers like I do the Dodgers.





So far, I'm 23 pages in. Football sets are usually alot smaller than baseball, but the older sets got pretty high. Most of my 49ers cards are numbered 1-300, but I can probably shoot for 35% of numbers 301-500 just with what I have here.





Within the next few days, I'll be posting ny needs 1-500. And if anyone else wants to do this with their team, get at me. I have tons of football cards I don't need from like 1988-2013. I'll be more than happy to help any of you out.