>>11160821>I'm not normally one of them "back in the day" types who thinks everything was better forty years ago, but when it comes to toy art....it's a lost art form
I want to say we really saw the end of it towards the late aughts. even upto 05'-06' many toylines still featured some really nice card art. but around then it became more of a standard to utilize official renders, photos of the toys themselves, clipart, etc on the packaging. Seems like things didnt change for the better until a decade ago once the industry began focusing on the collector demo.