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Originally Posted by k-dog
I am too tired to do the math...but Topps is releasing "High Tek" later this year and it is going to have a ridiculous amount of cards just in the base set. It's stuff like this will ultimately force set builders and player collectors out of the hobby for good!  |
I disagree about set builders. There could be a variety of reasons why set collectors might be dwindling, but I don't think the release of a massive set like this would drive set builders out of the hobby.
I can understand a level of frustration for player collectors. If a set comes out with lots of each player in it, that would be irritating and costly for sure.
I am a set builder, but I don't feel that I'm an EVERY SET builder. I don't buy every product out there and if a set doesn't appeal to me - and a set with 2200, 3500 or 9600 cards certainly does not - I simply won't buy it or build it.
Besides doing a base Topps set with my kids each year, I don't buy a lot of modern cards and I have no idea what Topps Tek is, but I don't see this as a problem. Buy - and build - what you like. If people don't support a set with more than 800 or so cards then Topps will stop doing it (I would think).
Just my two cents.