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Originally Posted by OGColl
Having been out of the hobby for decades, and coming back as an observer and just sports fan, I have to say that the change from set and (realistic) subset building to chasing limited # cards and speculation bets on rookies, is the most notable difference to my eye.
But, given that these production delays have evolved into product releases that already have "the future known" in many aspects, and given the enormous cost of each new release, it leaves me asking: "Why in the world would anyone plop good money into any of this stuff, at or near release prices?" (or pehaps at all).
Is the itch to get lucky with Ovi's or McDavid's 897th # card design in this release really so great to lay big money out for the chance at it? Is the next # card design coming, the 1031st, so auspicious to warrant the prior 1030 cards so inferior to chase?
I'm being facetious of course, but I'm amazed at the thrills expressed when someone gets a no-name, never-really-gonna-make it card, numbered of 25, that they pull, as the best card, after shelling out perhaps $1k-plus to open some just-another-product, in the loooooooong line of products.
I'm not trying to offend. To each their own. I'm just left bemused at the state of the hobby in this aspect.
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I feel like prospecting has always been a thing within the hobby but within the past 3 years there's been a very big change between "base rookie" chasing in 2020-2021 into "low #'d rookie" chasing from 2022-present across all sports.
The Young Guns card does seem to be immune from this phenomenon... but if UD run the printer next year with the introduction of more serial #'d young guns, we might see that take a turn.