Well, first off, the point of this thread was the need for more/better glyphs, and I do not want to lose sight of that becasue they are the scarcer of the two resources, hence the title.
I chose to use lego books as an illustration because that is a scarce resource for the vast majority of the player base, even though it might not be AS scarce for end-gamers. It may not have been the best illustration, but the point of that illustration was not how many lego books I have in reserve (78), but how many more I would use to build toons that I'd like to build if lego books were easier to come by.
I have more toons in partial states of development than I could possibly ever book, and even if I did book them, I don't have the glyphs to use to get their builds to the level they'd need to be to be truly useful in Live Arena. (Hydra, Live Arena & Sintranos are the only areas of the game I have left to continue to get better at), so to my mind, these two resources go hand-in-hand. Examples:
Arix: Levelled, Mastered & mostly geared in Stoneskin. Not booked (But maybe over the next cvc). If I can get her build strong enough, I see her as a back-up damage option in Live Arena.
Ankora in Mino RN. Not booked.
Supreme Elhain in Mino RN. Not booked.
I'd like to play around with the Alsgor/Jetni pairing, and I have Alsgor levelled, mastered & mostly geared. Jetni is still in the portal because for right now, they aren't worth the books to me.
That is five just off the top of my head. I counted last night when replying to Thorne, and I have 53 unbooked legos, not counting any of the potentially useful dupes that I have in cold storage. That sure sounds like a scarece resource, even if I do have 78 sitting there waiting.
Hoarding is a natural response to scarcity. I maintain a reserve of lego books so I can book top tier toons w/o needing to wait weeks & weeks to come up with them.