Thanks Exhibit.
I can agree to an extent that the lotto gimmick became a necessity at some point, but at the same time it ended up negating the same product that the idea had set out to save. The baseball cards themselves became simply filler, or at best a consolation prize. Now "the product", despite obvious advancements in printing, have remained the same, BUT the mentality behind them has obviously changed. Standard, base cards are now treated as a sign of failure by the typical modern collector. At least to some extent sub-consciously.
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