Funny I seem to agree with both sides. As a new collector I would love to have this set for only $20 and I feel for those that paid $125 for a limited series. I do think the casinos have an obligation to maintain some integrity when issuing chips. Best would be to issue the same chips with 2002 on them. That way we all would need to collect both series of the same chips, the 1997 version and the 2002 version. I collect chips that I like and try not to get caught up in the appreciation thing but it is hard not too.