Have we seen the end of sketches?

[FourRoses]

Just because you pull something rare, you should be happy regardless of the quality?

If you have a snowballs chance in hell of pulling it? Yes. If you are paying for a product because there is a guarantee of a sketch? No.

Example: Back during the release of the Flashback 2 series, I pulled a printing plate from one of the first packs I opened from a feed at Target. Even if it was a picture of an artist showing me his bare ass I would have still appreciated and enjoyed it because the odds of pulling one were slim to none.

[Fanatical_and_Sickly]

Example: Back during the release of the Flashback 2 series, I pulled a printing plate from one of the first packs I opened from a feed at Target. Even if it was a picture of an artist showing me his bare ass I would have still appreciated and enjoyed it because the odds of pulling one were slim to none.

referring to this card?  

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[lucidjc]

referring to this card?   

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Really Pat? Can you make that ass any bigger when we hover?

[Fanatical_and_Sickly]

Really Pat? Can you make that ass any bigger when we hover?

hmm. maybe. I'll see if I can find a larger scan for you all.   

I just grabbed an image from an ebay auction. didn't realize just how big that ass was!

[JasonLiebig]

If you have a snowballs chance in hell of pulling it? Yes. If you are paying for a product because there is a guarantee of a sketch? No.

Example: Back during the release of the Flashback 2 series, I pulled a printing plate from one of the first packs I opened from a feed at Target. Even if it was a picture of an artist showing me his bare ass I would have still appreciated and enjoyed it because the odds of pulling one were slim to none.

This always prompts me to bring up one of my favorite Mark Twain quotes.  And let me be clear...I've been a collector my whole life, and I also get that uniquely collector thrill when I know I've got something to no one else does....

Even so, this is one of my favorite quotes, and one I often look to, to help keep me grounded about my collecting:

"No one puts bric-a-brac to any very practical purpose. There’s some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it." -- From an interview, “Mark Twain in London,” London Chronicle, 3 June 1899, p.3. (Found at twainquoats.com.)"

[quas]

This always prompts me to bring up one of my favorite Mark Twain quotes.  And let me be clear...I've been a collector my whole life, and I also get that uniquely collector thrill when I know I've got something to no one else does....

Even so, this is one of my favorite quotes, and one I often look to, to help keep me grounded about my collecting:

"No one puts bric-a-brac to any very practical purpose. There’s some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it." -- From an interview, “Mark Twain in London,” London Chronicle, 3 June 1899, p.3. (Found at twainquoats.com.)"

Jason - Wow, that quote really hits home, personally....thanks for sharing.

[BumChex]

Jason - Wow, that quote really hits home, personally....thanks for sharing.

I think that hit home for most of us.