I've seen a few people say that the NRL should take the license for the cards else where... The only problem is where/who!?!?! There isn't anyone else in Australia to produce them!
They better be doing AFL series 2!!!
would only need 100 collectors to invest $5000 each to make it work.
Great idea with banding collectors together to raise the quid to print it, but your $500,000 figure for the job is quite modest. I'm tempted to run some figures to identify what it would cost to design, plate, print, foil, number, diecut, autograph, guillotine, collate, pack, box, shrink wrap and distribute.
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If we had $1m-ish, and a really, really good & reliable printer with an A2+ 5 colour + aqueous machine, we could get out another 09 Classic. The minute you think about making it with your own machines, you're bankrupt.
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If anyone's sitting on a goldmine out there, give me a call.I doubt I'm the only person here who understands printing, too - raise your hands. What would you do with the opportunity?
well, to give you an example.
I was an inch away from producing cards myself about 7 years ago.
the printer i was working with is the same printer that produced futera's cards, tempo's cards and some of dynamic marketing cards, they are a huge printing company that also prints australia posts stamps and you name it.
the machines they have are about 30 metres in length, it does the whole thing in one go, prints sheets, moves on to cut, then collate and then into packs, then into boxes that then gets put on a pallet and away they go.
they do all the hard work like setting out the print plates ect, you just need to give them the images.
the series i was going to produce was gonna be on ultra thick stock, almost as thick as the game worn cards are today, not quite as thick though.
but ultra premium in quality unlike anything produced in austalia to date.
8 cards per pack & 24 packs per box.
2,000 boxes was $84,000 to print up, that's all in foil packs and fancy boxes.
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I collect way more NRL then AFL, but the product quality from both are pathetic. For a company that has been around for 20+ years and producing substandard products is quite sad.
so they dont give a **** about who we are or what we spend on their products. a total lack of consideration, respect and courteous y
I emailed Select about it and they said there is still hope and to watch this space.
I gave them a bit of a roasting, felt quite bad when they replied quite nicely.
Just read on the Select website the official statement =
https://www.selectaustralia.com.au/news/detail.php?id=30
30 April 2010
NRL 2010 Series 2
After lengthy deliberation, it is with much regret that Select has decided not to produce a second series of NRL cards in 2010. Many key factors were taken into account before we arrived at this decision.
Select understands this news will disappoint some collectors, but we would like you to appreciate that this is not a decision that has been made lightly.
We would like nothing more than to continue manufacturing products for the vibrant card communities that exist in Australia and throughout the world, but we must do so in a commercially responsible manner that will ensure we can still be doing it long in to the future.
While there is no second NRL series scheduled for 2010, we do have some exciting new products that will be released throughout the year. While we can’t tell you any more just yet, we urge you to check our website, Facebook and Twitter to be among the first to know.
The team at Select Australia sincerely thanks you for actively collecting our products. We are proud of what we do and appreciate the long term support and loyalty shown by our collectors.
We also wish to offer our utmost assurance that Select is committed to providing you with new and exciting card collections, so stay tuned as we look forward to some new releases soon.
Yours in sport,
Select Australia
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