For the Price of a Blaster

Between some auctions on Sportlots and the bid boards at my LCSs, I have picked up quite a few vintage HOFer cards.  I have given some thought to making a list of non-Giants and players I don't already collect and going after their Topps runs of cards. I haven't taken the plunge yet but I did jump on several player lots on Sportlots recently.  These cost me a total of $20 including shipping, let me know what you think.

 I scored an 18 card lot of Johnny Bench cards with the highlight being the 1975 Topps All Star card.
Almost half of these would go towards my Topps project if I do start it but there are a couple of really cool oddballs that I am happy to have.

 Next up are 9 Lou Brock Topps cards and a nice mix of Topps cards.  I think a large part of my appreciation for Brock comes from my following of Rickey Henderson.  In the early 90s the two were jointly discussed and even featured on a number of cards together.

 I also scored a 9 card lot of Lefty Steve Carlton. I really enjoy his transformation from the 1971 card to the 1976 card, from clean cut to almost hippyish. I have picked up a few other Carltons and this adds 6 Topps cards to my collection including the run from 1976-1980.

Finally a 9 card lot of Roberto Clemente.  I really only sought this one out for the top row and I was happy to get the lot.  The two 1969s are not in the greatest condition, both are creased, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to pick these up.  The oddball cards are cool too, I am tempted to break up the puzzle.  Clemente probably wont make my list if I decided to go after the Topps runs, primarily because I never saw him play but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate him and am very happy to have his cards in my collection.

So what do you think, better than a blaster?