Revival Brainstorming

Runscott · #1 02-21-2012, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mawitzi

I don't think that there would be that much interest in these cards. I might like them, but I don't think many other people would. Modern card collectors would not want them. Anything that it does not have large memorabilia pieces or autos is considered junk. I also don't think that vintage collectors would buy them. We complain about new cards because we simply don't like new cards. Vintage collectors buy old cards because they like old cards. It doesn't matter what the new cards look like or how they are distributed, they will still be new. Vintage collectors will not buy new cards.

Don't let me stop you. I am wrong a lot.

If it's a piece of art, some vintage collectors might want it - look at the paintings shown on the memorabilia sub-forum. Also, some of the Perez-Steele issues were/are collected by vintage collectors.

If I had the means to duplicate the process used to create the late 1800's lithos, or even T206's, the first art might be a bit larger - maybe postcard or cabinet-size color recreations of famous Conlon, Van Oeyen and Frances Burke action photos. You could include an ordering list in a product, perhaps a Sports publication.

ullmandds · #2 02-22-2012, 09:52 AM

The more I think about this topic...the more pessimistic I become about the hobby of collecting sports cards...or really any other cards ever becoming popular again with kids today...and tomorrow.

The tobacco industry was a relatively new industry in the late 19th c...and the card inserts were enticements to buy a particular brand. These days...most products are sold online...most kids are living in a digital/virtual world...an altered reality if you will.

I believe the hobby will be around in the future...but it is dying a slow death!

barrysloate · #3 02-22-2012, 10:56 AM

There will always be people collecting baseball cards, they will just come into them differently than my generation did. Baby boomers bought packs and built sets when the were 7,8,9 years old, then worked their way back to older cards as they became adults. Future generations will likely start in their 20's and 30's when they are earning enough money to be able to afford them.

abothebear · #4 02-22-2012, 12:44 PM

Peter,

I think you are on to something about the product tie-in. Perhaps a card renaissance not only needs reformation of the product line, but also needs to be marketed with a new product, or a product newly presented to consumers. That is one reason I keep coming back to the idea of developing the corresponding product simultaneously. I don't know if dried fruit snack boxes are the best idea, but I think it may be a good illustration of the type of necessary thing. Fruit crates have had a long tradition of dynamic graphic art, perhaps a company could do what sun-maid does with raisins for several kinds of dried fruit. Or, similar to the early tobacco industry, perhaps their could be a marketing oversight association that coordinates the packaging and marketing of independent/local dried fruit companies. I think this is the ind of product that could really take off. Parents would want their kids to buy these things vs. candy, kids would want to buy them for the cards, and they could be sold anywhere candy is sold.

ullmandds · #5 02-22-2012, 01:03 PM

Good ideas!