bigrob2307
OzCardTrader
Still a champion effort on your behalf Mark.
So previous masters sets just for dealers or business clients etc?
So previous masters sets just for dealers or business clients etc?
Potentially more Angry's than just Paul....Thanks for your work on this, is prob for the best for the sanity of the community it didn't go ahead to be honest
IF this goes ahead, i would recommend those who are serious go into a ballot for the team they want.
For example if there are 5 Parramatta collectors willing to buy, we put the 5 names into a draw and the lucky person wins the rights. If they don't pay, next in line gets the option.
I'm happy to do the draws if required.
I'll try not to ESP bash to much but this does make me feel angry and frustrated towards them yet again. Once they are made why do they care who ends up getting them and if they get broken up?Guys and girls,
Today I have received word from ESP that the Master Sets will only be made available to Private Collectors. As such we will not be in a position to proceed with a Master Set break as planned.
ESP have made these Master sets for each release and have stated they will continue to make them for future releases. The intent was always to have them go to private collectors and for them to be kept together.
I stated in my original post that I had access to a Master Set. That was true. A verbal agreement had been made with a potential set owner to make a set available to break up, however due to the desire of ESP to have the sets remain unbroken, I do not wish to put the relationship of this person and ESP at risk by going against their wishes, as it may have an impact on future business dealings.
On a positive note, the excitement and passion shown by everyone in this thread, coupled with the vast number of enquiries made directly to ESP for access to a Master Sets, has certainly provided food for thought and may even shape how future releases are developed.
I personally understand ESP’s thought process around the releasing of the Master Sets and I believe now ESP understand how the collecting community has evolved from Master Set collecting to team based collecting.
In hindsight, it was probably my premature posting of team based shares, and the subsequent frenzy which has lead to this happening, so I will need to take much of the responsibility for the disappointment now being shared by all involved.
The last thing I want to do now is create a heap of negativity around ESP and the 2016 Elite release because of this. I ask that people please refrain from ESP bashing, and remember it was me that encroached on their systems in the first place, not the other way around.
2016 ELITE looks like a great release so let’s all move on and enjoy it.
Probably one set sitting in a boardroom in China belonging to the printing company. Another with the major distributor and who knows where the other three end up.I'll try not to ESP bash to much but this does make me feel angry and frustrated towards them yet again. Once they are made why do they care who ends up getting them and if they get broken up?
Also I wonder who these "private collectors" are? In years to come I'm sure they will end up being broken up and sold for huge profits. Just my thoughts though.
Still excited about the upcoming release though
Well said, 100% correct. KatrinaI'll try not to ESP bash to much but this does make me feel angry and frustrated towards them yet again. Once they are made why do they care who ends up getting them and if they get broken up?
Also I wonder who these "private collectors" are? In years to come I'm sure they will end up being broken up and sold for huge profits. Just my thoughts though.
Still excited about the upcoming release though