So you don't think the postcard sets should be sold as a set of all cards that came with the set? I, for some resson, feel they should be. I think that the postcards that are LE should be sold with all the offerings and not be parted out. I feel that in the future you should offer all the cards that came with the LE to be complete otherwise it wouldn't make it a LE. Any opinions?
Well, when purchasing Series 1, 2 & 3, I want them to be complete because the limited postcards are signed, and numbered to match the sketches. I'd buy a Series 1 Weaky Packages sketch alone if it showed up at a reasonable price, but I'd still someday want the numbered postcards to go with it, or would hope to find a complete set and then sell my extra sketch. Really, to me, the only issue with these three sets is the Grave Nuts bonus card with Series 3 LE. I had to buy an extra set to pull out the Grave Nuts for my special cereal collection, and I now have the sketch and LE postcards left. If someone would enjoy the LE postcards and the Gloomy Bears sketch, which is basically identical to my keeper, I'd happily sell.
With Series 4 & 5, I can see breaking the sets up, because the 'LE' postcards are unsigned and unnumbered. The only connection to the sketch is the COA. To get one sketch from each artist requires 5 sets - do I really need 5 sets of Bio cards? And with some of the variations, particularly Smokin' Joe's, people are looking for more than 5 sketches! And I know I've been tempted by some extra Wander sketches I've seen. I do tend to keep more than one set of the inserts, some for pages, and one to keep in toploaders, and I did break up bio sets in both 4 & 5 to get the cereal titles. Still, there are likely people who prefer the smaller size cards who missed out on the LE sale window - why not offer them the extra bio sets? Or the loose cards from the bio sets I broke up? They're sitting here in a box, whereas maybe someone could be enjoying them.
I also helped out a forum member who really wanted a Hoppy Meal bonus card from Series 4. That is where these LE postcard sets bother me - a Wacky title that is so limited (200 cards) that many collectors may never be able to get one. If everyone who wanted multiple sketches insisted on keeping the special bonus cards with them, how many less fans would ever be able to get the bonus Wacky image? I'd much rather they go back to the Series 2 model and use the same bonus card in the regular and LE sets.
Your timing about this is funny - I brought my extra postcard stuff to the show last week, including complete Series 2 sets, the Gloomy Bears w/o Grave Nuts, some bio sets and a Gaggin' Strips. The trading was really focused on OS and Old School. I was thinking of offering them here, might just do that.....
