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avsbruins65
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9:35 AM | |
I have a few of these cards but can not find a checklist.
Looks like a monster set. 2600 cards
Mark
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Trying to acquire one card for every for every set, insert, parralle, minor, euro, team issue, oddball etc sets produced for Hockey. Been an interesting project.
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C2Cigars
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:19 AM | |
I'm only one voice, but personally, I don't consider these trading cards. They were released and sold by subsciption only. The cards were delivered monthly through the mail. Kind of like encyclopediae in card form..."a new volume delivered every month."
If we include these types of "cards", where do we draw the line? You could also subscribe to monthly sets of recipe cards (my mother used to get monthly sets). And I have a few "sets" of home maintenance cards. Do we want to include these in the database?
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Someday my cards may double in value and then be worth half of what I paid for them.
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avsbruins65
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:33 AM | |
Kind of agree but we have the Sportscaster monster set included also.
Just seeing what kind of response.
Thank you
Mark
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Trying to acquire one card for every for every set, insert, parralle, minor, euro, team issue, oddball etc sets produced for Hockey. Been an interesting project.
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C2Cigars
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:53 AM | |
Yep, the Sportscaster "cards" fall into the same category. They're the more modern version of the door-to-door encyclopedia salesman. Except they were sold through TV or mail offers. And to me personally, have no collectable value. And I for one wouldn't waste my time putting them in the database.
Just my opinion. Thanks for listening.
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Someday my cards may double in value and then be worth half of what I paid for them.
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Celticwolfco
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 11:10 AM | |
They may have been by subscription only, but they are tradable, that's what makes them a trading card. If we excluded any card that was not obtainable through stores, we'd have to delete about a quarter of the existing database. Even people who purchased a subscription, might not have gotten all the cards (I would imagine that would have been pretty spendy if it was by subscription), so they would want to obtain the missing cards by trade or sale, which would make them the same as any other card in the database.
It's similar to cards that are only released to certain markets (i.e. Target and Wal-Mart parallels of some of the more recent Topps sets) or are local releases put out by the teams themselves, or the cards that come with some sports and collecting magazines (which would make them by subscription) such as Baseball Card Magazine's cards and for the gamers, the promo cards that came in some issues of Scrye Magazine. In my opinion, they are cards, they are tradable, and at least some of them are of sports covered by the database, so while tracking down all of the cards and making a list might be a daunting task, I think they would be considered trading cards.
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switzr1
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:54 PM | |
For what it's worth, if you go to eBay and search for Sportscaster cards under the Cards heading, you get 7,867 results, so I would suggest that the Sportscaster Series is collectible. Also, I surveyed the membership (with limited response) before I started adding the Sportscaster Series checklists last year, and I think the only two or three people who replied were in favor of it. Obviously, that means there were hundreds who had no interest, but I'm doing it for the ones who did want them!!
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.
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Doc Floyd
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:22 AM | |
I try to stay away from them myself, but I have noticed some people consider certain ones rookies. May perhaps be the only way to get some subjects on a card, or years before they had an official card.
Oversized cards are a hassle, and something about them just irks me. But if others like them, fine by me. They have some value, but considerably less than standard size cards.
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"I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter." - Crash Davis
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EddieO
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:11 AM | |
A true player collector would want these in their collection. They should be listed... stickers aren't trading cards either but we gotta have them listed. Nothing wrong with broadening the list. I have newspaper cards. Hate them but need them.
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switzr1
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 5:33 PM | |
"Hate them but need them" really made me laugh. I love it!
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.
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Finestkind
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 5:47 PM | |
If my opinion counts, they should be in the data base. They are trading cards. Most people might not like them. I've never seen or heard of them before. To each their own on what oddball sets or cards people collect.
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