The wide selection of LE's actually gives the collectors a wide range of areas to collect or to go after. If a person doesn't like LE's then so be it and just collect older chips or fractionals. Nothing wrong with that! But the LE's do offer some variety.

For example, I like Halloween chips and as a result, I like LE's Halloween chips ( http://www.HalloweenChips.com ). I'm sure you will find other people that like Christmas chips or chips with their fav band, etc.

Also LE chips helps bring new collectors into our hobby too. When someone is at a casino and they see a neat chip they might decide to collect it and before you know it, they are hook. Sure they may decide a little down the road they don't like LE's and now will seek out older OBS chips. But it was LE's that got them interested...