>>10666676Nothing of value is being lost. Where I live every comic book shop, hobby shop, flea market, swap meet, and convention is floor-to-ceiling with that shit. Convenience stores are even buying unsellable surplus from other stores to try making a few bucks off of.
It was a stupid gimmick, and I try to feel bad for the people who call them "POPS," spend fortunes on them, and thinking they're hardcore collectors who are gonna get rich off it. Try to, anyway. Any sensible collector knew it was a doomed genre from the start.