http://upperdeckblog.com/2013/11/br...g-content-to-exquisite-collection-basketball/
So, Upper Deck is making a card with 16 autographs of the same player! Say what?! All on a single card?! Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
There will be 2 of said cards. One will feature Lebron James (16 times), and the other featuring Michael Jordan (yeah, 16 times).
I couldn't be less happy about this move from Upper Deck, but I'm not a big fan of gimmicks anyways. This is great for people who buy boxes because they want to flip the cards they get. Imagine how much one of these cards will sell for when it hits the market. The sad part is that it's likely exactly what Upper Deck is hoping will happen! Will it create talk about the hobby when these cards are sold? Sure, absolutely! What happens, though, after those cards are sold? There are only 2 of them. Will 2 cards really create enough hype to send people running to their LCS in search of boxes of cards? People who otherwise wouldn't have bought any? I think not!
Why don't card companies focus their efforts on things that encourage actual collectors to get more involved in this hobby, rather than just gamblers. Do we really want this hobby to become its own little stock exchange? I, for one, do not! I actually collect cards, though. I've sold VERY few cards, and when I have it's usually been to someone who actually wanted to collect the card I had and didn't have anything to trade for it, or because I just needed the money. All of this buy/sell crap really seems to be killing true collector's interest and it's definitely taken its toll on trading.
So, what do you guys think about this move? Is this good for the hobby and collectors, or is this just one more thing that we'll look back on years from now as if it were a big joke?
So, Upper Deck is making a card with 16 autographs of the same player! Say what?! All on a single card?! Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
There will be 2 of said cards. One will feature Lebron James (16 times), and the other featuring Michael Jordan (yeah, 16 times).
I couldn't be less happy about this move from Upper Deck, but I'm not a big fan of gimmicks anyways. This is great for people who buy boxes because they want to flip the cards they get. Imagine how much one of these cards will sell for when it hits the market. The sad part is that it's likely exactly what Upper Deck is hoping will happen! Will it create talk about the hobby when these cards are sold? Sure, absolutely! What happens, though, after those cards are sold? There are only 2 of them. Will 2 cards really create enough hype to send people running to their LCS in search of boxes of cards? People who otherwise wouldn't have bought any? I think not!
Why don't card companies focus their efforts on things that encourage actual collectors to get more involved in this hobby, rather than just gamblers. Do we really want this hobby to become its own little stock exchange? I, for one, do not! I actually collect cards, though. I've sold VERY few cards, and when I have it's usually been to someone who actually wanted to collect the card I had and didn't have anything to trade for it, or because I just needed the money. All of this buy/sell crap really seems to be killing true collector's interest and it's definitely taken its toll on trading.
So, what do you guys think about this move? Is this good for the hobby and collectors, or is this just one more thing that we'll look back on years from now as if it were a big joke?
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