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Jeff Priznerso, for you, are scarcity and the number of collectors of the set the main factors in what makes a set not boring??
-combination of both scarcity and visual appeal (which of course is personal taste). I don't like ugly scarce cards.
So, if you cut the supply and the population of collectors of t206's by half, would you consider t206's not as boring??
-yes
so, collecting cards is a function of how difficult it is to find the card? and so, say, are d304's less boring than T3's because they are more scarce and less collected?
-again, both scarcity and visual appeal are factors for me. I definitely like a challenge, but the prize still has to be pretty. In your example above, I would rate T3's less "boring" for me b/c I personally consider T3's the best looking cards ever made.
That's why I don't really care for T206's, there are better looking cards out there (or at least w/o argument just as pretty), more challenging cards, and cards that every casual collector in the world doesn't own and already know everything about.
If I had a t-shirt that I really liked but noticed that everywhere I went I saw 3 or 4 other people also wearing the same t-shirt, it would lose it's appeal to me too.
Not offended at all, makes for good discussion!