What's doing with new cricket sets?

[Muzza]

I've just about given up on cricket cards after years of collecting, but does anyone hold out hope that there may be a resurgence following this Ashes clean sweep?
I don't even know who holds the licence any more, if there even is one? At the risk of being a nark, I would have to rate last year's set as the worst Australian sports card release that I can ever recall. Surely someone can bring cricket cards back to their former glory???

 

[pineneedlebeetle]

Hi Murray,

I got a few sets from Naz this year and am impressed with the quality of the card, the caricatures as well as the impressive sigs.
This was Naz's 1st venture into developing cards and they are sensational.
Hopefully there will be more cards in the future but we need to support and encourage people like Naz who is a small operator to continue into the future.
The only way we can ensure this is to buy and promote those products.

regards Russell

 

[BoondasH1]

Here's the link Muzza:

http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/community/threads/cow-corner-cricket-characters-cards-2013.154103/

 

[Muzza]

Here's the link Muzza:

http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/community/threads/cow-corner-cricket-characters-cards-2013.154103/

I'm not a huge fan of sketch / caricature cards in general but these are pretty good.
Pardon my ignorance but is what's shown in the linked thread a sample or is it the full set?

 

[nazimcricket]

Thanks for the plug fellas.

Muzza, here is a link to the full-set ....

http://nazimcricket.com/cigs2.php?p_link2=cow

Please ignore the signed cards (except for Chappell and Hadlee) as this link is just to my personal set which includes some personally signed ones. More details about the set are here ...

http://www.nazimcricket.com/ireland.php

and here ...

http://www.facebook.com/cricketcharacterscards

If you have any questions, please just ask.


Cheers,

Naz

 

[jayke]

Thanks for the plug fellas.

Muzza, here is a link to the full-set ....

http://nazimcricket.com/cigs2.php?p_link2=cow

Please ignore the signed cards (except for Chappell and Hadlee) as this link is just to my personal set which includes some personally signed ones. More details about the set are here ...

http://www.nazimcricket.com/ireland.php

and here ...

http://www.facebook.com/cricketcharacterscards

If you have any questions, please just ask.


Cheers,

Naz

Can I please ask how much it is for a set of these ???

 

[Nicolasharris1]

Thanks for the plug fellas.

Muzza, here is a link to the full-set ....

http://nazimcricket.com/cigs2.php?p_link2=cow

Please ignore the signed cards (except for Chappell and Hadlee) as this link is just to my personal set which includes some personally signed ones. More details about the set are here ...

http://www.nazimcricket.com/ireland.php

and here ...

http://www.facebook.com/cricketcharacterscards

If you have any questions, please just ask.


Cheers,

Naz

Not collected caricature cards before, they kind of grow on you, the Hadlee one is a great one.

 

[nazimcricket]

Can I please ask how much it is for a set of these ???

$200 plus post for the signature set - limited to only 100
$45 plus post for a regular set

I am planning to increase the prices in a month or so as I think I went too cheap on them and it's put me at a disadvantage in not being able to offer wholesale pricing. Will honour the lower price for members of ozcardtrader though.

 

[nazimcricket]

Not collected caricature cards before, they kind of grow on you, the Hadlee one is a great one.

Much nicer in hand than what you see on a computer screen and both Hadlee and Chappell took great care when signing. I think only 1 card out of the 100 got smudged, so wonderful effort from the legendary players

 

[Nicolasharris1]

I've just about given up on cricket cards after years of collecting, but does anyone hold out hope that there may be a resurgence following this Ashes clean sweep?
I don't even know who holds the licence any more, if there even is one? At the risk of being a nark, I would have to rate last year's set as the worst Australian sports card release that I can ever recall. Surely someone can bring cricket cards back to their former glory???

Apart from the good work of nazimcricket does any one have any information on any other cricket cards coming out for 2014 ?

 

[The Mad Hatter]

CA missed the boat big time this summer by not having cricket cards, esp BBL ones, and selling them at venues like they did back in 1993/94.

 

[Matty76]

CA missed the boat big time this summer by not having cricket cards, esp BBL ones, and selling them at venues like they did back in 1993/94.

I can still remember those good old days - you could buy packs from almost anywhere, even department stores. Inside Cricket or the ABC cricket mags would have a full page teaser promo and I'd then check with my newsagent weekly to see if they'd arrived yet!

 

[Muzza]

With the resurgence of the national team, the Ashes white-wash and the growing popularity of the BBL, I reckon cricket card sales would have skyrocketed this summer. Pity there's no one willing to put the work into a set like the last few Select efforts.
We live in hope.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I am tempted to secure the licence.

 

[Matty76]

I am tempted to secure the licence.

Mate, I reckon sports card collecting as a whole in Australia needs a "point of difference".

Take for example the various releases by Ace Authentic (Tennis) and the 2014 Leaf Pop Century - one 8 x 10 autographed photo per pack.

Cricket would be perfect for that as if we use the 2013/14 contracted player list for example - Bailey, Clarke, Cowan, Cummins, Doherty, Faulkner, Haddin, Harris, Hilfenhaus, Hughes, Johnson, Lyon, Maxwell, McKay, Pattinson, Siddle, Starc, Wade, Warner & Watson - although you might end up with a mid to high-end product, could you imagine opening a pack and coming across something like this:

It would bloody well tempt me

 

[taffster74]

I asked about this at a card store years ago and this was the informed response i was given. There's no chance of there ever being another international set like the old scanlen sets due to contractual issues. Each country's cricketing committee has there own sponsors and the company would have to sign a contract with each individual sponsor which would mean we'd be looking at packs being close to a hundred bucks. Not good. Which would also mean we would be left with the australian cricket competition which does not have the following that the National team has. Also not good. so what are we left with - individual player negotations? Also very expensive. A set solely devoted to the national team? Not good due to the boredom factor. Unfortunately, that's the situation and nothing can be done about it. As to doing it the way Ace Authentic did it with tennis since 2008? Would anyone here seriously pay a hundred bucks for a pack/box when it's pot luck chance you'll get either a big name or someone who played on the national team only once (Tim May, anyone?)?

 

[Matty76]

I think if it meant that there was SOMETHING card-related to collect then absolutely collectors would pay $100 per pack. Again, it would have to be based on the list of Cricket Australia contracted players.

The industry in this country has come to a grinding halt regarding Australian-produced releases. Select are more-or-less taking the piss.

As I said previously, we need an exciting point of difference. The BBL cards were extremely well received by collectors!

 

[Muzza]

I think if it meant that there was SOMETHING card-related to collect then absolutely collectors would pay $100 per pack. Again, it would have to be based on the list of Cricket Australia contracted players.

The industry in this country has come to a grinding halt regarding Australian-produced releases. Select are more-or-less taking the piss.

As I said previously, we need an exciting point of difference. The BBL cards were extremely well received by collectors!

I thought the BBL release was dreadful. The idea was great, but the quality of the set was terrible. The signatures and the material card were a valiant attempt at high quality inserts but the variety (or lack of) any other decent inserts cheapened the set badly. Especially when the ratios were so out of whack. And the actual card design was abysmal, new standards set for "cheap and nasty" IMO.
The only reason the release was so well received (at first) is that we had been starved of cricket cards for so long.

 

[StablestKnight]

I totally agree that Australian sport card collecting beds some spicing up. Now understand I am only 16 years old but when I was a yougin I remember opening one pack that dad got me on his way home and instantly collecting. I even remember making him order me a Andrew symons foil card cause I didn't have him yet. Now days I don't even see nrl cards in a newspaper shop which is Australia's most popular sport. Just recently wanted to get back into this and I'm kind of dissapointed with the way it's all gone. Like don't get me wrong, it's so exciting bustin open a new pack, but the packs have gone to shit :/

 

[taffster74]

The absolute height of Australian sports cards was - imo - the 1970's and eighties when Scanlen was doing the cards. Living in Sydney at the time, i can only speak for what i saw there, but every year there was a set to collect for Rugby League and a set to collect for Cricket. Now, when I say Cricket I mean international cricket - the one everyone watched. You had the aussie team, the windies, the poms, the indians, the pakistani's and the Kiwi's. As soon as scanlen lost their license, Cricket sets (when they did pop up), were purely based on the national comp with a small subset and maybe an insert devoted to the National Team.