Major Hobby Developments Over the Past Ten Years

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07-26-2006, 03:57 PM

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Major Hobby Developments Over the Past Ten Years

Posted By: Joann

The move by major card manufacturers to create artificial scarcity via chase cards. It's completely deemphasized the "regular" cards for kids now, and has put almost all attention on value and rarity.

Maybe even created a bulge in the market for vintage cards - where rarity is set and buyers can't be manipulated by set designers.

It's also made little gamblers out of kids - rip open the pack and ??? Chase card - yeeehaaa! None? Shoot. Loser pack, throw it out. No joy in opening the pack to see all cards in it - only looking for certain "winners".

Who knows? Maybe in 50 years the truly valuable cards from today will be the boring old commons and filler cards that kids are dumping, and there will be so many chase cards saved for their "rarity and value" that they will be a dime a dozen. Dare to dream!

Joann

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