Much to the delight of some of the forum members, there are no doubt plenty of decks that will never be re-issued.
I did hear, for example, that Gonz's artwork will never be released into the public domain so those beautiful old decks will never be re-issued. On the other hand, why have they printed so many Ken Park III's, and none of the others? The earlier Ken Park wizard decks were great - imo, they really chose the wrong one to re-issue! Was the Grosso Coke ever redone? I think it was but you rarely see them.
Anyway, it would be nice to know what has the potential to be re-issued and what doesn't, if anyone has more info.
Discuss.
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Seriously though, I didn't think we'd get a snakeskin done, even though so far neither have been an original colorway, anything is possible in the reissue market.
The only barriers I can see are; when a skater has moved on to a different brand and their current sponsor doesn't want another company selling boards using one of their pros; the skater is a commi and doesn't like making money; the pro/sponsor are holding onto some originals and don't want to flood the market with reissues that will devalue their OGs
Yeah I completely understand why people don't like re-issues being made. I'm a collector of them, haven't set any up (yet) but just have them to display, even if it's just for my own enjoyment. Even though I have the cash to buy NOS, I'd rather invest it into my mortgage(s)! Re-issues are a no-brainer for me, but that's just me.
You'd think that up until about now is the time to re-issue decks from the 80s. If they wait much longer, will the decks even sell? I mean, will they re-issue 80s decks for decades to come? I doubt it a lot. Those who grew up with them can (mostly) now afford to buy them and most are still young enough to skate them for nostalgic reasons. Will people born in the 90s be buying them..?
I personally would like to see many more decks re-issued, but time is running away.
I always wanted a set of Cockroach rails. They faded from blue on one edge through white in the centre and a reddy pink on the other side. Looked grouse as!
Another one that I dont think (for now but who knows) we'll ever see is Johnny Kops. Are you clowns in here even old enough to know who that is?
But yeah that Kop, Quad and the Primal Urges are pretty sweet
T&C-yes please.