Simply put, where did all of the hard core collectors go?
Last summer, TA started a thread similar to this calling out the collectors, and unfortunately, not much surfaced.
The kind of collector that I am referring to is one whom collects new throws and old, especially ones produced in limited numbers, and are generally hard to obtain, and collect a wide spectrum of throws.
It seems there are very few people nowadays who are tirelessly searching for peaks, ends, torrents, black pyros, c22s, etc. Maybe it is primarily because of the young fan base here, or the lack of discussion about the aforementioned yoyos. I feel like 95% of the members here are eager to get the flavor of the month. For instance, the Draupnir, the newest YYF, the newest CLYW, and whatever else is popular now. That is absolutely not an insult, just an observation.
Years ago, there were so many collectors prowling the forums, eager to obtain anything that was generally considered rare. From attybud with every YYR to BosK with every color BvM, even Jason Wong and Stickman aren’t too active these days.
I know for many, life gets in the way. Chris took a break for CLYW for a bit, and Chris Allen from yoyoskills. I just assumed there would always be a group of hardcore collectors, from year to year. Who are the big collectors we can think of who are active? Yoyobrothers comes to mind, but who else?
Any insight? Anyone want to come out of the wood works and share an unknown enormous collection?