re: What Caused the Trading Card Market to Bust?

Contrary to what most people will say about the economy crash and all that stuff, the real reason for the bust was actually a HUGE growth in the industry...Brands on top of brands were being produced, and a with anything else this waters down the market a causes the value to go down as whole. In the 80's and 90's there were 5 or 10 sets and in 2005 there were probably over 100. Companies drove the industry into the ground by trying to do too much.