How does a deck get OOP?

Alea

Hi everyone! Well, this has been on my mind recently, how and why does certain decks go OOP? Is it because it falls out of popularity or something else? It's been on my mind a while and I'm really curious. :)
I don't know if this is the right thread, so i'm sorry to you mr/ms. mod.
 

AJ

I'm more curious what makes some decks remain in print?
The publisher of the original Mythic says more than a million decks have been printed.
I like it but why that one? Which is now being reprinted with refreshed art...

Publishers order X number of copies based on experience and past sales, and when sold we get Out Of Print.

That point is reached from 3 to 10 years :) Does that help?
No publisher could afford to keep reprinting all their decks.
although sometimes an outcry will help like the recent reprint of the Chinese by US Games.

And I suppose it could be technically said once the decks leave the printer they are out of print.

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And you never know what you'll run into still sealed 10 or 15 years later.
 

Alea

I'm more curious what makes some decks remain in print?
The publisher of the original Mythic says more than a million decks have been printed.
I like it but why that one? Which is now being reprinted with refreshed art...

Publishers order X number of copies based on experience and past sales, and when sold we get Out Of Print.

That point is reached from 3 to 10 years :) Does that help?
No publisher could afford to keep reprinting all their decks.
although sometimes an outcry will help like the recent reprint of the Chinese by US Games.

And I suppose it could be technically said once the decks leave the printer they are out of print.

welcome to AT, we love new members!

And you never know what you'll run into still sealed 10 or 15 years later.


Thank you for the welcome! :)
hmm, thanks too for that, it helps my understanding a lot.
There seems to be a lot of interesting in OOP decks like the Victorian Romantic/Greenwood Tarots, and would spend quite a lot of dollars on them.
I understand why the Greenwood was OOP, the thing i read about it was the usual "when it first came out, nobody took much interest" and then after a while, people would take interest and then now it's doubled and multiplied in price. xD
 

Zephyros

Some are also published in limited quantities to begin with, I've heard of editions of just twelve decks. This doesn't promise those decks would fetch an exorbitant price later on, though. It also depends how many were printed to begin with. Even if USG theoretically stops printing the RWS, it would take years and years and years for it to be worth anything, if ever, because so many are printed and they're cheap, so there's deflation.

I remember going to an antiquarian to look at a few Nazi coins and stamps that I have. Turns out that the Nazis printed a lot of both, and so as "special" as they are, they're worth nothing.
 

Alea

Some are also published in limited quantities to begin with, I've heard of editions of just twelve decks. This doesn't promise those decks would fetch an exorbitant price later on, though. It also depends how many were printed to begin with. Even if USG theoretically stops printing the RWS, it would take years and years and years for it to be worth anything, if ever, because so many are printed and they're cheap, so there's deflation.

I remember going to an antiquarian to look at a few Nazi coins and stamps that I have. Turns out that the Nazis printed a lot of both, and so as "special" as they are, they're worth nothing.

Ahh, I see. Well, I'm not in it for the "special-ness" or the value the OOP decks receive afterwards. I plan to collect for the next few years, things like the Steampunk by Barabara Moore, Anna K (Llewellyn) Shadowscapes, Paulina Tarot, Wizards Tarot, Dreaming Way and the like. Most of the decks i just listed are pretty popular over the years, and those are the few i've had my eye on and have been saving money on. however, I plan to buy backups to each and every one of them.... My poor pocket.
Anyway, main point i'm making is, with how many decks i'd collect, i'll be buying backups for each one and it'll be quite the money drainer, i have a teensy weensy inkling of fear that it may OOP for whatever reason, so i'm just here for, ehhh, reassurance maybe? lol. :D
 

SunChariot

Hi everyone! Well, this has been on my mind recently, how and why does certain decks go OOP? Is it because it falls out of popularity or something else? It's been on my mind a while and I'm really curious. :)
I don't know if this is the right thread, so i'm sorry to you mr/ms. mod.

I think there could be a number of different reasons. If the deck is self-published, as some are, the deck creator just may not be able to do it again. Maybe either doesn't have the time to put that effort in again or the resources to do it. That doe snot mean it was not a great deck. One of my very favourite Tarots, the A King's Journey Tarot only went through to very limited edition printings and it was OOP very soon after. A real shame as it's just a wonderful deck, imo.

I'd imagine sometimes it is that it falls out of popularity. If something isn't selling, stores are likely not to order more...and that likely results in its no longer being printed.

Or yes, some decks ARE just offered in a limited edition, for a short time only, and then they are gone.

Babs
 

Grizabella

Decks are incredibly durable with some reasonable care. You'll never need those duplicates probably, unless you outright lose one of the ones you're using. Just buy the ones you like and if you want to put out more money, buy a new one that's coming out that you like.
 

CornissMagorniss

Sunchariot--"Doe snot"?
 

SunChariot

Sunchariot--"Doe snot"?

LOL

No that is not a Canadian expression. Just BAD typing. LOL. It should be " does not"

Not the workd's greatest typer over here.:grin:

Babs