100% agree. I think many of the regular issue sets are boring. I really gravitate to these off shoot issues like Kelloggs, Hostess, 7-11, Kraft and the one pictured here. I didn't realize they were not as prevalent these days.
I think my favorite off shoot set I ever pieced together was the 1986 DairyPak football set. These were player pictures on the sides of 1/2 gallon milk cartons and no easy task to put together as one or two pf them were short prints (james Lofton I believe). The set is pictured below.
https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/...Players-Superstars-Series?PageIndex=1#7090906