TLA Traders 2021 Official Thread

[Brendan_B]

I don't know anything about TLA but the fact that they didn't have a checklist up on their website surprised me to say the least. It's nothing like Select's website which is pretty slick.

Something to consider in that context is that Select are a specialist trading card company, they even sell they’re own top loaders etc now.

TLA or ESP as they were when they took on the license are a talent management company. The thought was that they only grabbed the license so they could have more contact with Elite NRL players, no doubt to try and bring them under their management.

TLA have actually done some pretty good things with cards and I think that many of their current issues could be rectified if they added another full time staff member to the trading card section, preferably a collector or someone heavily involved in that industry.

 

[ozsportscardcollector]

Lucky Leilua sig will do me nicely. Love him as a player. Massive young talent. Great game Tigers v Eels.

 

[Sharks16]

An Idea for a card design that I've always had is in some way like a 4 and 2 but its much easier to get its like a box hit. The set should be called Dynamic Duo and each card will like 2 players from a certain team, one being a forward and one being a back who work really well together. Like for Souths it could be Cody Walker and Cam Murray. In terms of the card design I have a few ideas in my head which I could try and make. It is just a insert type I have always thought would be cool.

When you start a fake account to annoy people . But well played

 

[Sharks16]

I think that TLA needs to do quite a bit of soul searching as to the products it plans to put out in the future....... the challenge they need to meet is satisfying the old school collectors and also putting out something that will appeal to new collectors both at a market entry level and a higher end level.

The biggest failing they have had is that during an industry boom they haven't taken advantage of the huge influx of money into the card collecting industry (Select certainly have)....... instead of using this time to further build up the business, we simply get what we have always got and which is wearing out a lot of collectors and turning people away.

In card companies you need 2 things, integrity and some innovation...... im not sure they have either of that at present.

Spot on unfortunately.

 

[Sharks16]

Lucky Leilua sig will do me nicely. Love him as a player. Massive young talent. Great game Tigers v Eels.

I had the eels -3.5 as the last leg on a decent multi , the tigers had me worried . @Matt26 , anychance we could add a nrl tips section for the punters ,or not allowed on here ?

 

[Matt26]

I had the eels -3.5 as the last leg on a decent multi , the tigers had me worried . @Matt26 , anychance we could add a nrl tips section for the punters ,or not allowed on here ?

Not sure how the whole gambling aspect would fit in here but happy to get @graham thoughts on it?

 

[RabbitohsFanBoi05]

When you start a fake account to annoy people . But well played

? This is not a fake account I just made a mistake

 

[Sharks16]

Not sure how the whole gambling aspect would fit in here but happy to get @graham thoughts on it?

Cheers mate , we might be able to work together to get extra funds for more cards . Had a good start to the year personally

 

[Sharks16]

? This is not a fake account I just made a mistake

All good mate , just taking the piss . You gave me a laugh anyway . Was like saying I have a idea for a new Holden called a commodore

 

[ShayTheAussie]

All good mate , just taking the piss . You gave me a laugh anyway . Was like saying I have a idea for a new Holden called a commodore

Just thought, we could have a race in Bathurst and title it the Bathurst 1000!

 

[ShayTheAussie]

I’d have to say this year’s traders have been the worst ever produced by TLA. The amount of starters they got rid of, falling short of the demand and running out of Traders stock, the multiple duplicates of cards, signature smudges and scratches and the terrible redemption criteria for premiership predictors. Most likely the last set I’ll collect until the set is improved or passed on to someone else. It’s just really depressing to see how far the NRL Traders have dropped from their peak.

 

[hobo]

Lucky Leilua sig will do me nicely. Love him as a player. Massive young talent. Great game Tigers v Eels.

Should still be a Dragon but I'm not bitter..............much.

 

[tak35bne]

I think that TLA needs to do quite a bit of soul searching as to the products it plans to put out in the future....... the challenge they need to meet is satisfying the old school collectors and also putting out something that will appeal to new collectors both at a market entry level and a higher end level.

The biggest failing they have had is that during an industry boom they haven't taken advantage of the huge influx of money into the card collecting industry (Select certainly have)....... instead of using this time to further build up the business, we simply get what we have always got and which is wearing out a lot of collectors and turning people away.

In card companies you need 2 things, integrity and some innovation...... im not sure they have either of that at present.

Matt its not only TLA turning the collectors away its likes of moderators and collectors who continually bag the product and run it down that is also contributing to the decline of the hobby.

Why else do you think we hardly see any dealers advertising and/or selling on OZCARDTRADER any more.

 

[ShayTheAussie]

To be fair, the vast majority of collectors don’t use this website.

 

[ShayTheAussie]

A lot of collectors are younger children and adults who don’t even know this page exists

 

[bigrob2307]

To be fair, the vast majority of collectors don’t use this website.

Its all Facebook now. They needed somewhere before Facebook took over...

 

[hobo]

Its all Facebook now. They needed somewhere before Facebook took over...

It could be just me or the fact I haven't found a good site but while Facebook may well be the preferred platform for most these days I really don't think it is well suited to collecting cards. It's primarily about the right here and now pretty much 2021 Traders and very little else, so if I am looking for a 2003 Scanlens retro set or a 1974 unmarked checklist I have very little hope of finding one as Facebook doesn't seem suited to people finding their wants it seems more about dealers selling boxes and individuals selling what they've just busted.

Have a got it wrong?

 

[Brendan_B]

It could be just me or the fact I haven't found a good site but while Facebook may well be the preferred platform for most these days I really don't think it is well suited to collecting cards. It's primarily about the right here and now pretty much 2021 Traders and very little else, so if I am looking for a 2003 Scanlens retro set or a 1974 unmarked checklist I have very little hope of finding one as Facebook doesn't seem suited to people finding their wants it seems more about dealers selling boxes and individuals selling what they've just busted.

Have a got it wrong?

100 % correct. Very much for the here and now and hustle bustle world of box breaks etc. Hell, some people are so desperate to move cards they even photograph and price them in the car after a bust or take screen shots of a live break and list before a card is even in hand !!

Some pages are much better than others on FB but any trades I do on here, I generally feel much safer about. There are more bargains to be had on FB though. You can rest assured that at least once a week a new collector will have an emergency and need to dump their collection such as it is.

 

[Sharks16]

Matt its not only TLA turning the collectors away its likes of moderators and collectors who continually bag the product and run it down that is also contributing to the decline of the hobby.

Why else do you think we hardly see any dealers advertising and/or selling on OZCARDTRADER any more.

Lie detector confirmed this is a lie . You can’t be serious blaming this website/moderators etc for the garbage being fed to collectors .
If a product is good enough, you could stand on the Harbour Bridge screaming FU TLA and it wouldn’t matter . Look at the autos this year . Worst they have been , who’s fault is that ?

 

[bigrob2307]

100 % correct. Very much for the here and now and hustle bustle world of box breaks etc. Hell, some people are so desperate to move cards they even photograph and price them in the car after a bust or take screen shots of a live break and list before a card is even in hand !!

Some pages are much better than others on FB but any trades I do on here, I generally feel much safer about. There are more bargains to be had on FB though. You can rest assured that at least once a week a new collector will have an emergency and need to dump their collection such as it is.

Then if you get a bargain you just gotta hope and pray they are not a scammer haha