Hypothetical Question for NRL Collectors.

[Matt26]

Was having a chat with a couple of long time collectors (and a few new ones) recently and the discussion was around the state of the local Trading card market at present, in particular NRL and AFL markets.

One of the discussion points was around current releases and what they would look like if they were done by another company?

Say for example if TLA/TGI didnt have the NRL licence and Select still had it and were producing the same sets for NRL that they currently do for the AFL.

Sets like Footy Stars/Prestige/Brilliance/Brownlow and Supremacy etc.

Now compare that to the sets TLA/TGI put out now - Traders/Rivalry/Best and Less and Elite etc.

If you had a choice to pick a manufacturer to produce NRL cards, which way would you go? What sets would you prefer?

Are you happy with the current TLA/TGI releases or would you rather be collecting sets like Select currently makes?

Would love to see which way collectors would go on this?

Cheers
Matt

 

[Brendan_B]

I prefer Traders over Footy Stars and Prestige and Elite are comparable but the NRL desperately needs one ultra high end product at the very least every second year.

You could use this product to add extensions onto the Centenary/ Glory sets as HOF / Immortals are inducted.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Either way, I’m not fussed by producer. I think both do some nice cards.

But for NRL - there need to be more commons per team. Traders 12, combined with expansion in Rivalry 3, Best & Less 3. That’s 18 cards.

Then Elite could be Dally M, SOO, Magic Round, All Stars, International.

 

[troy titans douglas]

TLA have come along way, not the full package yet but had you asked pre 2017 I’d probably say Select. Now it’s probably in TLA favour but agree a bi-annual premium set would be great