What's your Hot Take?

cmixer · 09-28-2025, 11:33 AM

Today, I'm the old man shaking his fist at the sky.
Here's my opinions. -- What's yours?

• Hobby boxes over $150 with no guarantee of hits (no auto or sketch per box) are stupid. Yes, I'll pay $125 to gamble, no I will not pay $300 to gamble.

• Making sketch cards "hard to hit" (one-per-case) is stupid. You're paying artists $5-10 per sketch. It's not hard to add more to the product.

• Calling something SSP or "case hit" but not numbering them is stupid. For all I know there are another 500 at the warehouse for a future "buy back" insert.

• Having more than five or seven parallels is stupid. Yes, you should insert #/10, #/25, #/50. -- No one needs #/45, #/65, purple mojo modern-wave.

• Manufactured relics are stupid. Don't put random fabric in a card and tell me it's a Muppet.

• Recycled art is stupid. If it's already been in a card set three times, please retire it.

• Lack of innovation is stupid. -- Get a new license, go one the secondary market and buy some unique items for relics, or insert redemptions for oversize cards. And if you're going to insert color-by-number cards PLEASE print them on matte stock (not glossy).

Rant over.

09-28-2025, 11:33 AM	#1
cmixer Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,201	What's your Hot Take? Today, I'm the old man shaking his fist at the sky. Here's my opinions. -- What's yours? • Hobby boxes over $150 with no guarantee of hits (no auto or sketch per box) are stupid. Yes, I'll pay $125 to gamble, no I will not pay $300 to gamble. • Making sketch cards "hard to hit" (one-per-case) is stupid. You're paying artists $5-10 per sketch. It's not hard to add more to the product. • Calling something SSP or "case hit" but not numbering them is stupid. For all I know there are another 500 at the warehouse for a future "buy back" insert. • Having more than five or seven parallels is stupid. Yes, you should insert #/10, #/25, #/50. -- No one needs #/45, #/65, purple mojo modern-wave. • Manufactured relics are stupid. Don't put random fabric in a card and tell me it's a Muppet. • Recycled art is stupid. If it's already been in a card set three times, please retire it. • Lack of innovation is stupid. -- Get a new license, go one the secondary market and buy some unique items for relics, or insert redemptions for oversize cards. And if you're going to insert color-by-number cards PLEASE print them on matte stock (not glossy). Rant over.