Rick wrote.......

"quite a few of us are leaving the hobby"

And there are quite a few new collectors coming into the hobby. The poker boom has brought numerous new collectors into the hobby.

As to...

"a flood of limited editons have about choked that part of the hobby"

There have been nowhere near as many LE's being released the last couple of years as there were in the late 90's & in 2000. This year is an exception because of the Centennial chips. Besides, as it has been said before...Collect what you like, because it's impossible to have them all. LE's are no different than any other collectible where you can't have everything.

As I have said before, Rick, I'm sorry to see you leave the hobby. Andy - Las Vegas