I don't know if many people are collecting unopened promo packs or maybe some oddball packs that are hardly ever seen. I decided to start a thread about promo packs I might have seen just once or have hardly ever seen.

I used to keep some rare packs unopened but then Todd said he always opens them. It makes sense because cards can stick together over time if they get warm or if even a tiny bit of moisture gets inside. Someone once told me not to buy unopened packs of those Karl Art promos because the foil fronts have often stuck to the backs of the cards in front of them. It was better to open them when they were new.

Anyway, here's a scan of the First International Billiard 5-card promo (sample) set from 1993. I had heard of it but I didn't recall ever seeing one until last month at a flea market.

YEah I never keep unopened promo packs, cello or otherwise. I picked up a shrink-wrapped set of one of the Avatar Projects efforts, Satisfaction I think, and the cards were stuck together. Pieces of one card ended up on another. And cello-packs yellow over time so there's that. I never understood the purpose of unopened unless you have plans or hopes to sell later. Same thing happened recently with a set from a Devo-inspired video game. Little specs of white left by pieces of the cards coming off.

Plus, unopened is unappreciated. In my opinion of course. I have no beef with sealed pack collectors, I recognize it is a segment of the hobby, I just don't understand the reason. But then again, I am a simple mountain boy, and your world frightens me.