No. Albinos were the first proven mutation. It really isn't weird. The main guy for pieds has always been Pete Kahl. Until recently Pete only worked with pieds. So while other people were doing other things Pete just kept producing pieds. Also, most people are naturally greedy and instead of planning a long term breeding project and investing in pieds, most newcomers to the ball world the past few years have focused 99.9% of their monies and attentions on buying and breeding animals with dominant genes to try to make a quick buck. Because of that caramels, pieds, clowns, etc., remain scarce while the market floods with spiders, pastels and mojaves.
This year will see huge production of pinstripes and cinnamons. It is just quicker and easier. And because of that the recessive morphs have taken a back seat to them with the exception of the people who understand long term investing and know that the recessive genes will hold their value much longer and be a great thing to have when they re-discovered. It has happened with albinos, hypos, axanthics and others. They are out of the limelight for a while prices go down, then somebody realizes what they can potentialy do when bred to something else and demand and price increase and you can't find them because it is not a dominant gene and is more complicated to produce. Go look for females hypos now. You will really be hard pressed to find any. If you do, they will be expensive. On the other hand, there are mojaves and spiders all over the place, many large enough to breed, that are not selling.
Another thing to keep in mind, the past couple years were the first that pieds have been reasonably inexpensive in comparison to other traits. Not too many people were buying them when they were $20,000-30,000 each, mainly because all there was back then to do with them was breed them to produce more pieds. If you bought a male pied and het female (or the opposite) for huge money, you were not going to breed the pied with an albino. You were going to produce pieds to help recover your investment. Now they are more desirable because their potential is limitless.
Another one I thought of, Will Slough produced those killer banana balls and they were all het clown. Due to how reduced the pattern of the banana is and how bright the color is it may really hide the pattern mutation of the clown but it is another possible for this year.
if any1 would like to donate one to me i would take it, haha j/k but i relly do want one so where can i get one???? thanks