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Originally Posted by dream34

As one of the new guys to F1 that came over through Topps products' introduction, I've found the sport massively entertaining to follow. Lots of facetime/interviews of the drivers and they do a great job marketing them, even showing them at their worst only to have them be pleasant in post race interviews despite their tough days on the track.

I've been amazed at the strength of the collector base. People will scream it's all a bubble, pumping etc and it's only investor money but with some 2nd year cards selling for more than their first year counterparts (Red Refractors /5) I think there are clear signs that it's not typical "investor" money. Seems like a legit fan base with either a decent amount of expendable income or a starved (for 28 years) collector base that's been saving up for these releases.

Anyway, I've been an avid sports fan for decades and have only recently gotten into F1. Love the sport so far and think it may have a bit of staying power and retain fans if it can attract enough new ones.

I think its both a collector base that is starved and a base that has the money to spend on this stuff.