Of Course, I agree with you and I am also thinking about strikes from casinos that have discontinued their strike program. How about strikes from casinos that actually destroy their old designs and won't sell them through their cage windows. Or casinos that have changed names/ownership.

What if: a young couple that got married last year and stayed at the Luxor on their honeymoon decides ten years from now to put together the Luxor 2001 collection to commemorate their 10th anniversary. They get 13 strikes plugged in but find it virtually impossible to get those last four strikes. They inquire at the casino and find an employee who remembers that 2001 was the year that on their last order of strikes (before the 2002s came out) the mint messed up on the designs and the casino sent them back but simply filled those machines with extras they had of the other 13 designs (just to get rid of them).

This story continues. The couple now goes to the convention and they bid against two other couples doing a similar thing. All three couples are bidding for a random set of Luxors that have been entered into the auction containing two impossible to find 2001 pieces. After the smoke clears in the room and the hammer comes down at some astronomical price for these Luxors, that year Luxors become highly sought after and the 2012 price guides reflect a huge jump in "Early Luxors" (of all things).

In my mind, the reason this could actually happen revolves around the uniqueness of the design of the Luxor Strikes and how they relate to the uniqueness of the theme of the hotel and the fact that their strikes are put out in complete "sets" that have to be constructed.

A fabrication from my warped mind? Yes, but possible! What do you think?