I understand all that and agree somewhat but i feel you are painting a rosy picture for wang and ignoring the fact that there were many many many issues when he was involved also. People will never agree on what the best way to approach it and even now there is a large group on one side and a large grouo on the other. I like matt above just want all that bulls***ing to stop and for peopke to just appreciate cards for what they are!! This hobby is ment to bring you joy and when money and politics get involved then it ruins it for everyone.
Point i was trying to make above is i feel like alot of the bad mouthing and snide remarks from both sides appears to be less about the cards and more about the personal beef that bith parties have with each other.
The facebook comment was just a person having a go at another person and masking it as a remark about cards and select in geberal. This has happened alot and lets be honest people arent being creative lol we all know who they are having a go at and what the intention of theor posts are.
As they say in semi pro. ELE - everybody love everybody
If you have seen my comments about the NRL release that Wang was involved with recently you will know I was very critical of it and the way he put together the product. It had some ok elements but it was put together with a mindset of its 2009..... not 2019....the market is very different now. So please don't take it as me sticking up for him.......far from it.
You are right, there are a lot of factions within the card collecting community.......on one side you have a company that is stale, and its only innovation is either copying other peoples releases, or the things they put out are just milking collectors for money (see Xmas starburst packs).
On the other side.......you have people like me who call a spade a spade and can see through a lot of the spin that they try and put out there through their "official" spokespersons. Again there is no interest like self interest.
Those that are most vocal are the ones that most benefit from it.
Select has an exclusive licence for one of the biggest sports in Australia and the best they can do is multiple versions of a Starburst card?
Are collectors supposed to be excited by that? Give me a break!
So have a guess what is Select doing for the end of the year? Copying another product (again) by releasing a Legends themed product.
I know for a fact this is happening as I have seen with my own eyes some of the cards signed by a retired AFL player, but again they are simply copying someone else's product.... as they have seen the success of another recent release (and based on a chat I had recently with THE biggest sports and collectables distributor in Australia) this competing release is just about sold out of its 400 cases.......and this is despite the fact that the Select minions were slanderous in some of their comments about it.
Again there is no interest like self interest.
Now this is a true story....... I wont name who they are but a few years ago I had someone associated directly with Select ask me what I would put into one of their releases as Select were struggling for new ideas in their products.
Now I don't collect AFL cards (I have bought 1 single card of theirs in the past 5 years) and I don't have an attachment or affiliation to any product, brand or company. I'm simply an interested observer and I know that Select simply puts out the same stuff every year and they do little to push the boundaries of what could be some amazing cards under an exclusive licence.
Anyway that's the end of my rant.......AFL collectors....go and enjoy your 25 versions of Starburst cards. I wish you well!
bursts back for fourth season- this time in Guernsey club colours, starter parallel cards in team logo emblem design
