tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post8904356837338683385..comments2023-04-16T06:15:26.230-07:00Comments on Sports Cards Uncensored: Examining the Good With the BadGellmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819780003574759214noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-87938194000753121842010-08-10T15:40:24.445-07:002010-08-10T15:40:24.445-07:00Although I do not agree with everything, this is o...Although I do not agree with everything, this is one of the better blog posts i've read in a long time. No question, the hobby community has moved from strictly flea markets, hobby shops and beckett/Tuff Stuff mags, to blogs, forums and secondary markets like eBay. There certainly are some advantages as I don't think collectors have had so much info or section available to them, but it Charles @ Hoopographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470157373493317997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-38618697363404634082010-08-10T15:17:30.567-07:002010-08-10T15:17:30.567-07:00They should focus their attention to the "kid...They should focus their attention to the "kids" of the late '80's who are slowly returning to the hobby and not the kids today who will never have the interest we had as kids.gritz76https://www.blogger.com/profile/14716689554072581505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-11953472082228502502010-08-10T15:03:24.072-07:002010-08-10T15:03:24.072-07:00I have been collecting for some time now but it re...I have been collecting for some time now but it really is getting out of hand. The prices for some of these hobby boxes are ridiculous, there is no way I see parents shelling out 150 bucks for a hobby box. And my god, how many parallels do I need of one card. Do I really need an orange, blue, red, silver, gold, platinum, brown, beige and xxx-refractor card. Just because a player has 300 hits RGuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192531181721274646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-32125610915269312852010-08-10T12:45:43.050-07:002010-08-10T12:45:43.050-07:00It is very hard not to extrapolate personal experi...It is very hard not to extrapolate personal experience as a kid too far into the present. The target market for cards had always been kids, at least until 1989. I think it is safe to say that Upper Deck's debut with premium cards at premium prices started the end of the kid-budget era.Todd Uncommonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01437373592094383737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-1116213957060914812010-08-10T12:21:28.349-07:002010-08-10T12:21:28.349-07:00I agree 200% on the Panini design issue. Their des...I agree 200% on the Panini design issue. Their design turns me off completely from their products. How many variations of 2005 Leaf Rookies and Stars (paint splatter edition) can you churn out on several different products year after year?<br />It really makes me long for the cards of the 90s when we had Pacific (great card design) and Pinnacle (innovation). But that's what happens when thereseinfan01https://www.blogger.com/profile/06556328221971302793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-61332005839981771372010-08-10T11:18:55.010-07:002010-08-10T11:18:55.010-07:00Yeah, I'm there too...except for the kids part...Yeah, I'm there too...except for the kids part. That seems to be the only point I don't agree with anytime the subject comes up. My kid just started collecting 6 months ago. He is 7. Could care less about a jersey or autograph. He just wants the cards of his favorite players that he recognizes and watches on TV (or in his case, older players from the early 2000's that he plays onTheRealDFGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-7398930597948490052010-08-10T09:19:37.633-07:002010-08-10T09:19:37.633-07:00I've said this time and again (not here... may...I've said this time and again (not here... maybe not anywhere even, it could've all been in my head) that KIDS are never the target. Parents of the kids are.<br /><br />When cards are too expensive to pick up a pack or two for my son, he'll never become interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022654356144175309.post-17303308308368004042010-08-10T08:55:02.171-07:002010-08-10T08:55:02.171-07:00While I agree with most of what you've said, a...While I agree with most of what you've said, as a guy who focuses on vintage and is a veteran of the hobby's halcyon 1980s boom years, my perspective on getting kids active in the hobby is somewhat skewed.<br /><br />Reports of the National indicated that a vast majority of tables were selling vintage, and modern (what I call "shiny stuff") was given short shrift. This is a big Chris Stufflestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04229983444919282224noreply@blogger.com