The suggestion was made in the Series 2 Cubimal Value List thread to eventually phase out the Series 1 Cubimals, making them unavailable at vendors. This sparked some rather heated debate that was squelched by the fact that it was hijacking a thread that was about something completely different: I figured it was important enough that the discussion warranted its own thread.
This is my take on the debate so far:
Tiny Speck released a new set of Cubimals and specifically called them "Series 2", wrapping them up in newly designed boxes that look completely different from Series 1, and are bought separately. This is reminiscent of real-life collectibles (like Magic the Gathering, as just one of many examples), where new toys/cards/whatever are released each year or so, at which point the older series are discontinued and no longer available in stores. The older series then (if there is a demand for them) go up in value, and can be bought on E-Bay or what-not for more than they were originally sold for in stores. It should be noted that in real-life sometimes older collectibles are re-issued at a later date so that new collectors can more easily find them (as in RainCat's suggestion that Cubimals are treated like Disney movies, taken in and out of "the vault" every once in awhile).
Proponents of the discontinued Cubimal idea say that it makes Cubimal collecting more interesting and exciting, and will help make the older Cubimals more valuable (i.e., not worthless). Opponents say that it is unfair to new players to remove the items from the vendors, and that they should have equal chance of getting any objects that any players before them have had.
I'm sure Tiny Speck has thoughts on this already, but given how wonderful they are at listening to their players and reacting accordingly, what we say here may help shape the future of collectibles in Glitch. What do you think about the topic?