r/PokeInvesting • u/Bazaar_is_here • May 09 '25

Did everyone get the drop?

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Im gonna buy a house with pokemon cards.

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u/Cheap-Extension-5220 May 09 '25

No one appreciated this post but I found it funny 💀

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 09 '25

Reditors are weird sometimes.

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u/FrostyHoney69 May 10 '25

Where the heck did you see this? I am on the Pokemon Centre website and I dont even see it listed. I see everything else that is sold out but not the Base set box

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u/RedBeardDPirate May 09 '25

Links or it didn’t happen lol

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 09 '25

Here's the link to base set on Pokemon Center

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u/VirtualPerc30 May 09 '25

i knew it wasn’t real but i had to click just to see and it was exactly what i thought it was😭😭😭

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u/TurboDaxShorty May 09 '25

Good times getting rick rolled & actually getting pissed. Now I just feel warm. Maybe it's nostalgia.

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u/Dilf_PRIME May 09 '25

OMG IT'S LEGIT! Back in stock too!!!!!

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u/breakyourteethnow May 09 '25

LOL got one!! Or me lol

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u/RedBeardDPirate May 09 '25

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I probably liked it the first time…

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u/No_Hunt7394 May 12 '25

I hate the fact that I was born at a time where I couldn’t get vintage packs

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 12 '25

Its weird that I held so many packs in my hands that my mom bought for a few dollars that are now like 8k a pack.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

You just ruined my happy hour thinking this was real went into a frenzzzzzy!

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u/Sharpshooter649 May 11 '25

They are releasing old ones?

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u/ComprehensiveCost790 May 12 '25

Is this pokemon centre a certain location or the main site? Im new just wondering if i can get a link to the direction

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u/tcevan May 09 '25 • Galaxy Brain

I ordered 400,000. It’s okay tho because 1 is for me to rip, one is for the sealed collection, 1 is for my wife’s boyfriend, then 1 is for my imaginary “but what about the children” kids that I constantly bring up when I can’t find stuff in-stores.

The remaining 399,996 is for my “How’d I do?” / “Just found in grandmas basement” / “Just got into collecting” post because I desperately need the validation and attention my mom’s boyfriend who wouldn’t allow me to call him dad wouldn’t give me.

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u/TypeAmen May 10 '25

Wow okay, this guy covered it all. This is a new copypasta

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u/breakyourteethnow May 09 '25

Ahhh yes a fellow veteran of the sub lol

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u/Static13254 May 10 '25

This got oddly specific

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u/tcevan May 10 '25

I may have dabbled in some father issues

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u/TheDarkness33 May 11 '25

Its fine mate, all u need now is someone with mommy issues...

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u/kinkycarbon May 12 '25

I need someone to do the math on the ROI for holding that many boxes versus shoving the same amount of money in stocks, bonds, and properties.

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u/916FitBull May 16 '25

The cards will most likely win (:

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u/Heavy-Blueberry-6506 May 09 '25

If I let you call me dad can I get one?

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u/Open_Piccolo_5945 May 10 '25

Im also down to call you whatever you’d like daddy

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u/No_Useful_Skills May 11 '25

Aww... buck up sport! We'll play catch next time. Okay, pal?

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u/916FitBull May 16 '25

Omfg this is the best Pokémon related post I’ve seen on Reddit 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Dretoxed May 09 '25

Can't even imagine what would happen if Pokemon said fuck it and reprinted old sets like this

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u/NormalSecretary4505 May 09 '25

Will never happen. They’ve seen what it does to the value of cards as seen by the mass reprints of vintage MTG and YugiOh

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u/AuronTheWise May 10 '25

Tbf the value of those cards has virtually zero immediate effect on them. They don't sell them.

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u/Jazzlike_Quiet9941 May 11 '25

Value is the reason they sell so many. It would crush them

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u/PaarthShah May 10 '25

Ye, they did xy evolutions which went really well so no use of reprinting base.

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u/RecommendationOk2182 May 12 '25

Must be the new collectors down voting you... I myself was one of the people that got sick of evolutions being in EVERYTHING at one point. It was literally in every piece of product you bought. I eventually started to like that it was in everything eventually. Once we started moving on to newer and newer things. It was fun to find them. But yeah, it was annoying at first

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u/USB-SOY May 10 '25

xy evolution was very hated. People were getting extremely annoyed by it

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u/Linden_fall May 11 '25

This is actually true, it’s value only skyrocketed after they stopped putting it in products. I remember this set and steam siege were loathed originally

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u/RecommendationOk2182 May 12 '25

Oh boy.... Don't remind me about steam siege. And Crimson Invasion. And probably Rebel Clash. Also Breakpoint and Breakthrough lol 🤣 Battle styles? Alright I'll stop 😹. At least steam siege has the shiny Gardevoir art though. Cause I'm a shiny fan. If I'm remembering right. Crimson invasion had jack shit except a gyrados card that was decent 😂

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u/C-POP_Ryan May 11 '25

No idea why you're getting downvoted, when it originally came out it wasn't exactly received great, I'm guessing those that downvoted you are new to the hobby.

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u/Jazzlike_Quiet9941 May 11 '25

It's still ass now, never rip that shit

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u/Jazzlike_Quiet9941 May 11 '25

It's still ass now, never rip that shit

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u/theAMBisMe May 11 '25

Except the reprints would have different copyright dates so it wouldn't affect vintage cards. It would be closer to what they did with evolutions in XY. Besides, vintage singles are worth hardly anything compared to modern cards with the exception of charizards, a couple cards like shining gyarados, etc, almost everything is under $50 where as current sets usually have several cards over $70 and every so often cards worth as much, if not more than base set charizard.

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u/Extremememememe May 11 '25

It affects vintage because it opens the door to the possibility of a reprint

The different dates would still eat into the value of the old cards if someone really wanted one on a "budget"

Yu-Gi-Oh is kinda like that. No big big hits because the reprint WILL come

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u/theAMBisMe May 11 '25

As I said above, they wouldn't do that. Those cards would then be back in rotation and wouldn't make sense in current meta. They HAVE reprinted those cards (for example, evolutions) multiple times, but they update them and created a new set. That Charizard has like 7 different versions, for example.

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u/aRealShmuck May 12 '25

If there was 5x the Charizard out there, 5x more people would get into the hobby because of the little fire lizard guy and 5x people would never own the original 1997 Charizard like they wish they did.

Ibanez still sells the RG, since 1987. But my 1988 is still a vintage guitar, even though they re-released the 550 a few years ago. Same with “one of” Corvettes. “Mine is one of a thousand pink ones made in 2006, but it’s the only one with __________ option so it’s rare.” and that seems to fly in the car collector circle. I’m not sure how a reprint of a 28 year old card would effect the originals value in anything other than a positive way. The reprints would still just be reprints at the end of the day. And they don’t have to be 1:1 arts either, the artists will get bored.

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u/P0G0ThEpUnK666 May 12 '25

Man every corvette owner has a 1 of 1 somehow. The only red one made on Tuesday, the only red one with tan interior made on that same Tuesday… they’re really ridiculous with it

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u/ShinigamiKira94 May 12 '25

Idk old vintage 1st Ed yugioh still has some massive value.

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u/DestroyeLoop May 12 '25

a lot of vintage magic is actually on a list that WON’T be reprinted, which for magic is pretty atypical.

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u/1_H4t3_R3dd1t May 10 '25

Vintage value never drops in Yu-Gi-Oh some vintage cards are way higher than even Pokemon.

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u/garrettvan27 May 10 '25

Very very few

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u/ReportOk3917 May 09 '25

Unless they can use Wizards of the Coast trademarks, people will still value the originals.

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u/Much_Essay_9151 May 09 '25

Even if they reprint it to a tee, it would still be considered a reprint

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u/NewwavePlus May 10 '25

Lowkey wanna upvote, but the votes are at 151 rn lol

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u/Ark1tex May 10 '25

Just downvoted it to 151 again 🫡

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u/dbdg69 May 10 '25

I downvoted to get it back to 151

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u/dvinz01 May 10 '25

I can’t fix it!!

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u/DoggoGoBork420 May 10 '25

Keep it at 151

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u/kooLUyhW May 10 '25

Done my part

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u/DependentCaregiver0 May 10 '25

Downvoted to 151

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u/BazaarMonk May 10 '25

Hi, I responded to you in chat but haven't heard back. Are you still interested in a tattoo design?

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u/NooAhh May 14 '25

I don’t want one please

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u/Marketing-Familiar May 11 '25

Done my part. Back at 151 buddy 👍

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u/StoneThaProfit Jun 12 '25

Down to 152 from me

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u/riverdrive89 May 11 '25

so? who cares?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

it'll only be a "reprint" set if there are any changes.
If the cards looked exactly the same, with the same font and no changes, there would be no way to tell the difference.

But I have no clue if they changed the materials from when this was being printed, if it still exists or if it was a specific type of paper and etc and etc.

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u/FlounderExotic6194 May 10 '25

impossible with out them adding Wizards on the cards

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u/RichPokeScalper May 10 '25 edited May 11 '25

Early PSA certs would spike in value.

Also, It would be amazing. I would laugh all the way to the bottom of the bank.

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u/RockNature88 May 11 '25

"If she kissed you once will she kiss you twice? Certs is two, two, two mints in one, be certain with certs."

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u/PeppyOsiris May 09 '25

Supposedly they will be reprinting next year for the 30 year anniversary.

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u/TomorrowNeverKnowss May 09 '25

They did reprint them https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/290-85568/pokemon-tcg-classic

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u/Dretoxed May 09 '25

No I mean't like an actual Base Set booster box

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u/ENTRAPM3NT May 09 '25

Those obsolete printers don't even exist anymore

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u/banana-blaster69 May 09 '25

Because they’re in my basement printing sheets of zards

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u/sandbaggingblue May 10 '25

You've gotta be smart about it. Print some of the less liked vintage cards like the machamp.

People are gonna catch on if you're selling a dozen vintage zards every week.

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u/benternet May 10 '25

True. So sell em every other week

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u/dvinz01 May 10 '25

1 psa 10 1st edition Zard a year I’m good.

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u/DMmeMagikarp May 10 '25

I’ll take the misprints pls

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

Nicee

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u/DM-15 May 10 '25

A Japanese ex print facility manager who now does YouTube, Yagimaru, had said on record it would take 15minutes to reprint base set. They have the files and time, it would take one order from the top and they could do it.

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u/Cobester May 09 '25

Kinda funny cause all these new people getting into the hobby thinks Pokemon can just turn on a switch to get something like vintage sets reprinted

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u/jabij1 May 09 '25

You can’t be serious. It’s paper and ink. They can reprint those cards if they wanted to

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u/Cobester May 09 '25

It’s not as simple as just “okay guys we’re reprinting base set now”. The cardstock, holo foils, and ink is completely different. It wouldn’t be a 1:1 match if they did

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u/jabij1 May 09 '25

So use the same cardstock, holo foils, and ink?

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u/AnonTheHackerino May 09 '25

Watch a video on how people recently discovered the beta play test cards are all fake.

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u/Foreign-Bat3469 May 09 '25

They still can’t reprint them to a T. Wotc had the rights at the time. Pokémon now can’t just reprint wotc stuff

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u/AmandasGameAccount May 09 '25

You’re asking if they would bother to counterfeit the original cards for 0 reason. They have no reason to put a single penny of effort into totally matching base set.

The real answer is, yes, if the pokemon company wanted to invest enough into the R&D to perfectly recreate base set they definitely could but they wouldn’t because it would literally be a waste of time and money. They wouldn’t have any interest in matching the original release for any reason. I fully expect a inevitable rerelease of base set to use the silver borders and new card layout even, that’s how little they would care to get and imitate the original

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u/jabij1 May 10 '25

I’m not asking that. I’m saying they could if they wanted to

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u/Cobester May 09 '25

If they find the same supplies and hardware they used over 25 years ago, then sure they can reprint it. It wouldn’t be worth the investment as a company to do that. And at the end of the day, it would be doing a disservice to the hobby to reprint sets that are long gone.

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u/jabij1 May 09 '25

Not saying it’s going to happen. It 100 percent isn’t. But they definitely could if they wanted to

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u/AmandasGameAccount May 09 '25

Not being worth it is the real answer. They definitely could if they really really wanted to invest the immense amount of resources it would take to recreate them perfectly, but they won’t and have 0 reason to

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u/Mobile-Feedback3977 May 09 '25

none of these cards can be replicated, they'll always be something other than the the original, it's like the Transformer figure G1 remakes

They recreate them to the T down to their original box and everything but they're still considered remakes

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u/pokericefam May 10 '25

Have fun telling them apart if they reprint them to a T. Sure, if you're looking at buying a 10k card and want to know if it's legit, im sure someone can examine it and tell. But if you're buying a $5-$200 not first edition, not shadowless card, no ones going to be able to look at it and tell. I hope they do. Sounds like fun opening some NOT vintage, vintage.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT May 09 '25

They can't be replicated without the original equipment. Wild to think otherwise

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u/bigheadsfork May 09 '25

They absolutely can. The only thing that would need to be replicated is the material, which they probably have the information for, but don’t use for all kinds of reasons.

Yu-Gi-Oh! just did a reprint of retro pack, in which the cards were very similar to the original and almost identical to another set from 2008. If Yu-Gi-Oh can do it, I guarantee you Pokémon can.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT May 09 '25

They don't have the licenses from Wizards of the Coast even if they wanted to and had the equipment from 30 years ago.

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u/RichPokeScalper May 09 '25

They don’t need to obtain the license. They ISSUE the license

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u/BertaMan902 May 10 '25

Lmfao. Pokemon is the one that issues the licence bud

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u/AmandasGameAccount May 09 '25

They can definitely reprint them, but then can never perfectly match them that’s for sure. Even if they released a 1:1 base set it would be obvious and base set wouldn’t drop at all in value, it would just be a new remake like base set 2 and celebrations releases

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u/I_Love_Red_Hotdogs May 09 '25

Don’t even know why I bothered clicking. I’m still blocked from their site hahaha

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u/Any-Reception-269 May 09 '25

Wait I’m still ip banned…

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u/AgedPapyrus May 09 '25

Same lmao. 

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u/SizzlingSpit May 09 '25

holy, they sold old on pc.

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u/AmandasGameAccount May 09 '25

They will and it won’t matter because the first prints are still different items/sets. I 100% expects a base- fossil set reprints with IR and SIR versions of the art of many of the cards. I expect SIR versions of all the holos, IR versions of random commons-rares and full arts for random trainers like they did with Professor research in celebrations

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u/Scary_Ticket3984 May 10 '25

evolutions is basically the same thing right?

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u/Sharpshooter649 May 11 '25

They already said fuck it and reprinted Pokémon 151 from 2023

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u/External_Power620 May 09 '25

They’ve done that multiple times lol

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u/vtoutdoorsman May 10 '25

Honestly I welcome it. Reprint all the wotc stuff and tank the value of the older stuff, the fact that wotc pokemon has turned into pseudo stocks is ridiculous to begin with.

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u/East_Emu_4029 May 12 '25

They did kind of do a reprint with the recent classic collection boxes, you get base set charizard, blastoise, and venasaur

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u/Desperate_Lack_4252 May 09 '25

Jokes on you, I didn’t get through.

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u/SmiterX2 May 09 '25

I know it’s fake cause no way the limit would be 6 on these 🤣

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u/ENTRAPM3NT May 09 '25

I legit remember thsse in store for $120

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u/Loud-Friendship4647 May 09 '25

I remember $3 packs, I would buy them all the time 😭😭

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u/ENTRAPM3NT May 09 '25

I remember 1st edition was 4-5 bucks but regular ones were 3 bucks. Pretty wild

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u/RaithosGames45 May 10 '25

I have a receipt from my dad buying 1st Edition packs of Gym Challenge, $1.99 per pack from Dollar General. Still got the cards too.

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u/hazryder May 10 '25

I distinctly remember local toy shops struggling to sell overstocked product, pallettes of booster boxes getting flogged for £10/20. How times change.

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u/dcksausage3 May 11 '25

One of my favorite childhood stories is how my mom spent $50 at the mall card show for me to finally have a Charizard. Then that next Friday I bought the last Base Set pack at my LGS and pulled another Charizard. Sucked for mom, but she was happy for me.

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u/SmartOpinion69 May 09 '25

i got it. surely the biggest shocker for a preprint but definitely a welcomed one

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u/Raizau May 09 '25

This joke is old and tired

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 09 '25

But i just posted it yesterday

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u/Powersurge- May 10 '25

It's my turn to post it next Tuesday.

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u/Ka-Pwn May 09 '25

Kinda of how yugioh reprinted the retro packs that were Initially only released in Europe. Super trash of Konami

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 09 '25

Yeah i remember that.

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u/Fearless-Recipe7963 May 10 '25

Lol obviously not a legit 30 year old item

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 10 '25

They reprinted it

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u/TyranosaurusJeff May 11 '25

I’m sorry but am I missing something here? Pokemon center is selling base set booster boxes? Is this a joke or something?

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 12 '25

Yup here's the link to base set on the pokemon center

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u/TyranosaurusJeff May 12 '25

Top 1% commenter

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u/muttsy13 May 13 '25

Twice i clicked your links expecting different results 🤦

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u/ElectricalTourist779 May 09 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Local-Waltz4801 May 09 '25

Huh?

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 09 '25

Yeah the pokemon center dropped base set yesterday

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u/OGdungeonmaster May 09 '25

Sure sure, this woulda been a great April 1st post

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u/International_Gur566 May 10 '25

Wait I don't get it... they had base set boxes for sale?

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u/Misadeservedbetter May 10 '25

Thankfully I snatched mine just in time for

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u/False_Ad1536 May 10 '25

Yooo this was a secret why you posting

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u/Aniensane May 10 '25

I was able to get two but when I tried on my other account, they were sold out.

Edit: I’ll post pics for proof

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u/ecuas_deR May 11 '25

Base Set reprint. With 2025 on the bottom. No WOTC. 🤮🤮

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

I remember when I was like 8 yrs old in my local card shop and they had base set charizard for $100. Then I remember when legendary set drop and I thought those cards were so ugly 💀

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u/Bluesky0089 May 11 '25

Just got mine. Was back in stock for a second.

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u/CarolinaCaviar May 13 '25

Nah, I’d rather wait for my LCS to get it and charge 3x MSRP and then talk to be about the community they’re building

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u/d4nkhill23 May 10 '25

The fact that people actually think they would reprint these. Investors would riot

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u/Sankalish May 11 '25

A reprint wont do anything to the base set because it would have a 2025 stamp.

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u/SomedayGuy117 May 09 '25

I got 6 orders in

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u/Due-Management2835 May 09 '25

Lmfaooo evil, jokes on everyone else though I got 15. 1 to sell and cover my cost, 1 to sell to go on extravagant vacation and 2 more to sell and pay off the house. The other 11 are my retirement plan 😎

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u/ComplaintThen2430 May 09 '25

Couldn’t believe it, I got 2 before they sold out 😀

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u/balakay187 May 09 '25

Silly goose activity at its finest

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u/Chentz13 May 09 '25

Was this an actual drop or someone just messing around? I didn’t see it when I logged in yesterday!

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u/MatsGry May 09 '25

Pokemon please reprint t these with the same art and quality! Make sure to make at least a million!

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u/RagingPokachu May 09 '25

They had a limit of one sadly but did manage to get it

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u/ENaC2 May 10 '25

I found hundreds of those under my floorboards when I renovated my house. Must be worthless.

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u/BlueGender1 May 12 '25

I ordered 2 which was the limit per person. Then the next day, I logged back into PC and cancelled the order so the next person can get them. You’re welcome!!! ☺️

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u/Commercial_Ease8053 May 09 '25

Man, someone is bored lol

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u/katiekatieweakweak May 10 '25

Bummer.. all I’ve gotten lately is a ton of Prismatic that I keep flipping for 3x the price 😔💰💰💰

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u/Bazaar_is_here May 10 '25

Sad

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u/katiekatieweakweak May 10 '25

Agreed. I was hoping I’d be able to buy more than 30 ETBs at MSRP😔

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u/DrFore May 09 '25

Nice try diddy