[jonathani]

Remember back when the markets were flooded with baseball cards (part of the 80s and part of the 90s)? Well in 1988, Topps put out 3,000 different baseball cards, and some collectors thought that was a lot. So far in 2012 Topps has released 41,000 different baseball cards. Forget the monopoly idea for a moment and licensing agreements with the league, does anyone see an issue with this? How can I pick a random year from the past when people thought there was too much product and then, years later, be expected to get excited when more than ten times that amount is available? Back fifteen years ago, were there even 40,000 different cards available from all the companies combined, let alone one?

Essentially, I am curious to see if anyone else thinks we may look back on this time in fifteen years and say, "What the heck happened?"

Thanks for your thoughts.

JonathanI