The Magic Librarities

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:58 pm**

I pity you global promo collector's!

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:19 pm**

It's horrifying.

Who is collecting globally ?

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:39 pm**

A full binder of promos in just one year...

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:27 pm**

I used to have a global promo set .. I stoped early 2011.
Don't ask me why :D
Thanks for this graph

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:05 am**

Over 450 a year?? Is this y-axis correct?

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:17 am**

That means around 34 different cards have been released in 11 languages ? That's a lot.

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:47 pm**

pp wrote:Over 450 a year?? Is this y-axis correct?

The number does not indicate unique promos. You have to consider that in 2012 alone there were 80 unique promos, 46 of which had foreign printings (many of which were printed in 8-10 languages).

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:55 am**

and that's why I'm going for english only stuff :)

unless the card it's exclusive to that particual language

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:06 am**

I'm curious to see the charts for 2013

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:12 am**

magic-belgium wrote:I'm curious to see the charts for 2013

Well, any release of an Edition or an Extension, it's for me to add over 150 Promos on the website, with the 11 Languages, glad I stopped in 2010...

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:10 am**

dragsamou wrote:
magic-belgium wrote:I'm curious to see the charts for 2013
Well, any release of an Edition or an Extension, it's for me to add over 150 Promos on the website, with the 11 Languages, glad I stopped in 2010...

Actually, I am hesitating. Should I laugh or cry (not being ironical) ? Because, geez, that's a lot of work for you indeed, and for me a lot of money to be spent

...

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:20 am**

magic-belgium wrote:
dragsamou wrote:
magic-belgium wrote:I'm curious to see the charts for 2013
Well, any release of an Edition or an Extension, it's for me to add over 150 Promos on the website, with the 11 Languages, glad I stopped in 2010...
Actually, I am hesitating. Should I laugh or cry (not being ironical) ? Because, geez, that's a lot of work for you indeed, and for me a lot of money to be spent ...

Laugh for my hard work...And cry for your money or vice versa héhé

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:23 am**

Reminds me of when I started collecting coins, I was going for the $1 coins as they were bringing out some nice commemorative ones every couple of years.

Then they started minting the "Non circulating legal tender" $1 coins which cost you $2.50 to buy, with 4-5 different Mint Marks so for a full set you would need to get one of each of course.

Then they started putting out more and more each year, and the prices rose to $7.50 each.

Now they are $12 each but I gave up a long time ago.

I know a lot of collectors who are waiting for Queen Elizabeth II to step down, then they can reach an end point with their collecting because it is costing a fortune to complete sets and many coins are only available at special events, or part of a set and are very hard to get. They also started making $1 coins in different sizes and metals etc.

All in all it stopped being a fun hobby and became a real chore which was costing more money than I would ever make back, so I couldn't even convince myself it was an investment.

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:27 am**

In France, coins and stamps collecting is called "voluntary tax" (no kidding)

Posted: **Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:54 am**

I figured it was worth updating with a new graph:

Not included are the Salvat/Hachette promos from 2006/2007 and 2011, which would add ridiculous spikes to the counts.

The Magic Librarities

Promo releases over the years

Promo releases over the years