The There JH guest deck is the only tempting one I've seen so far to actually buy and skate. The krooked stuff looks like every other dlx "special" release that are becoming not so special anymore. The grimple decks leave a lot to be desired for in colab/design. Not stoked there.
It is funny being almost 50 and hearing the older guys get so excited about the Grimple colab boards, previous run being the Tony Hawk board, now this one being the Lance Mountain Doughboy graphic and almost the same shape as the original from 1990 when I looked them up again too, so they will sell extremely well, regardless of any other interest, young or old, etc.
Without the history behind a certain shape, graphic or product, I can also see people often not getting the board references there, or even for some who were never into Powell growing up, so I can easily see people not getting excited about them.
Also I guess with anything like this, they are very limited, special editions, whatever you want to call them, so of course they have to do something a little more, something extra to make people come out to "core shops" to pick up a one off, max 4 of the stained, only one of the natural bottom per shop to order in the first place, so that alone is the idea to get people into those shops, not just buying online or going to mall stores for their product.
Any which way, I am sure quite a few will end up stashed away and never skated, some might be collected and others resold and some even setup and skated, but at least the stoke for those people is still there.
Nothing against you or anyone else - it is skateboarding and it is best not to just fit in and agree with whatever comes out, just in case it might have seemed like I was having a go at you - most definitely am not.