Wow, impressive comments Scooterboy.
Maybe Neil should print up some "I
TnP" t-shirts and send them to all of us.
You seem to have a better line of communication with Neil than any of us have been able to establish.
Maybe if he sent as much time addressing the issues with the current release, as he is in relation to rabbiting on about what is going to happen in the future, the better off the collectors of this first set will be. Then we might see some real market value because at the moment there is none in this current set.
This is not hard. Maybe he can use some of the $87,000 he is planning to make off the sale of 50 x 7 cricket signature cards, and do a special print run of the MC cards and sell/give them to us as a limited time offer (limit 2 sets per customer).
NBUnited's earlier post about proving that you have bought bulk packs should also be an important factor.
The normal cards in this set have a face value of 40 cents each (10 cards in a $4 pack), so with 7 missing MC cards I'd happily pay the $2.80 for the complete set of MC players. Plus postage of course.
Sure we could all make our own cards, but Neil is the one with the licence and has gone to market with a premium priced product and promoted what cards are available.
He needs to stand up, stop blaming others, and accept that this is an inferior product and honour what the product was said to deliver.
He may well consider this first edition as his 'bastard son' release, but any neglected child will find a way of coming back to bite you when you least expect it.