What would it take to collect modern cards again?

[T206Collector]

I have been giving thought to what would incent me to collect modern cards again, and have decided that I would do it if we could go back to a large, annual, single series, single manufacturer set, that you had to compile by hand through pack purchases, and that was somewhat limited in number of each card issued, and that did not contain any parallels or inserts or other artificial chase cards.

Would that do it for you? What more would you need, if anything?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

What more would you need, if anything?

Bubble gum

[campyfan39]

Agree completely with the OP

[Doug]

I agree with the first two posters as well. One big simple set without the insert cards, bubblegum and my other preference is that they go back to printing the cards on regular cardboard and not the shiny stuff. Basically something like the Topps Heritage set minus the insert/parallel cards would suit me just fine.

[Jcfowler6]

$.25 wax packs

[grundle20]

I totally agree with OP. It would have to be something that made buying the packs have a lasting effect. There is a major flaw when you can just buy the factory set for way cheaper than trying to compile through the sets. That's basically how the entire concept of "trading" has gone kaput.

From a top-level view, here's the problem. People are buying packs because it's like gambling. They might hit a (refractor) jackpot or something. Everyone's in it for the money, which usually translates to, very few people actually make money...it's a lottery. The entire concept needs to return to buying and trading for the sake of liking the sport of baseball and its players in and of itself.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Doug

I agree with the first two posters as well. One big simple set without the insert cards, bubblegum and my other preference is that they go back to printing the cards on regular cardboard and not the shiny stuff. Basically something like the Topps Heritage set minus the insert/parallel cards would suit me just fine.

There have been multiple sets produced over the past few years that do not have parallels or inserts or anything else.....they have all failed miserably. By the way, I don't collect modern cards but I do sell and open packs of modern products for fun.

[novakjr]

I still collect modern cards, but only rookie cards of guys I like(generally Chrome if possible) and Topps complete sets. That's it. I'd love to be able to collect the way I once did. Buying some packs here and there, piecing together some sets, so on and so on, but that day will never come again. Not that I'm a huge fan of factory sets or anything, BUT they do allow me to avoid the gambling theme that has become the modern hobby..

Intentional short prints as part of modern sets is one trend that I'd like to see disappear forever. I'd also like to see more baseball cards in the packs. Less presidential crap. Less strand of hair or historical document cards. less cards featuring random hollywood skanks and other assorted jerk-offs, just because they've been seen at a game once...

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

There have been multiple sets produced over the past few years that do not have parallels or inserts or anything else.....they have all failed miserably. By the way, I don't collect modern cards but I do sell and open packs of modern products for fun.

A set produced without parallels or inserts will always fail if there are other sets that have them in the same year. What I am thinking of is one set, that's it, produced like 1980 Topps. The year before the Donruss/Fleer era.