Capturing The Flag(ship) Via Trade - Chapter 1

I do most of my trading on the TCDB.  I have several sets that are in progress that I don't list on this website because they're easier to trade for than to list for buying at shows or shops.  Not to say that someone out here wouldn't have any available, but most of these sets are easy enough that I'd probably finish them before I could keep the listing current. 

Thought it might be interesting to see how long it takes for me to completely trade for a set.  And I have the perfect one.  2026 Topps Flagship football has been on my radar since it came out.  I already finished my Commanders team set and two PC guys, (and Angela's fantasy lineup), so I just need a complete base set and the inserts that catch my fancy.  It's still relatively new and active among traders.  I'm sure there are parts that they did for the baseball, but I've ignored that, so I'm unaware.

I'll do the Greatest Hits (or runs, or catches, or passes).  Have three in the initial batch plus this one in the team set - will need another.

Probably won't do the Big Ticket Players.  Standard Topps star insert.  Though half of Angela's team is among these.

  

Same for the NFL Stars and Pressure Cookers.  Suddenly Toppanatics likes white block text on everything...

Hard pass on the peacock tails of Struttin'.  Nice try - sort of original.

I did opt in for the PROfiles.  Hope Kyle has some interesting things to say about the same list of stars.

Will also try for these Greats of the Game.  Hey, any time they're putting out retired players, I'm interested.  Though these remind me of 2021 Topps baseball with the diagonal theme and unreadable text.

There are a couple of curious inserts that could be products of their own, or parallels.  The Flagship Collection is the stars in a different design.   Usually, I'd scoff, but these look nice and I know the players in this sport.

There are also a small group of "Companion Cards".  Which seem to be image variations.  In this particular case, it's an upgrade.  Love's regular card is an ugly throwback uni picture: 

Another short list is the five HOF electees.  Hope these short groups aren't super rare like Downtowns or something.

Same with these All Kings.  Jeanty is the only image so far on the database, but these are cool from this at least.

And finally, these might be scarce too, I have no idea.  Hope not, they're pretty nice and the checklist is interesting enough.  You might think "bulletin board material" would have come first and be about smack talk.

So anyway, that was more of an insert review than I anticipated.  But here's where I am Day One.

That's 87 base cards including the extra Commanders.  Add in three Greatest Hits, and that's all.  This is just the first trade.  Let's see how quick I can fill the rest of them out.