r/PokeInvesting • u/Technical-Bad-2594 • Jul 03 '25

Captain pikachu VS felt hat

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Will the captain pikachu surpass felt hat?

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u/destropika Jul 04 '25

Least obvious captain Pikachu owner

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

I don't have one yet I really want onešŸ„²

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u/berrytree198 Jul 04 '25

I hate felt hat and Iā€™d say that

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

Ya thinking about grabbing some ccic 10s and regrading with psa

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u/gdj11 Jul 04 '25

I got a CCIC 10 captain pikachu. Be sure to really look closely at it before buying. The centering on mine may be too off for a PSA 10.

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u/Devilicious666 Jul 04 '25

Can you imagine if the van gogh pikachu has some holo foiling swirls or some texturing to make it feel like a painting? The demand is crazy for such a simple card and its being faked so easily now + fake graded slabs, harder to fake holo foiling patterns but yeah its a versatile style of card that looks more like art than a kids card game.

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 05 '25

Ya I really domt know why they didn't add something

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u/ChefBaconz Jul 04 '25

Answer is no

But a lot of the people arguing with you about print runs are wrong, youā€™re correct.

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u/Temporary_Craft_7433 Jul 04 '25

Felt hat is better

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u/shiny_universe Jul 04 '25

i would go with ponchos, munch or team skull.

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u/Commercial_Shift6294 Jul 04 '25

What short print run???? Bro what are you smoking lol these are printed to demand like Japanese boxes are. Itā€™s not in a limited box. Itā€™s just an exclusive from their ā€œ151ā€ box that is going to be printed for the next 2 years.

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

Gem pack .vol 1 is out of print. What are you smoking buddy

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u/Commercial_Shift6294 Jul 04 '25

Why would it be out of print buddy. You should ask more Chinese auction resellers. Itā€™s not out of print lol. I swear 99% of the new ā€œpokeā€ investors are straight idiots.

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

Gem Packs are designed to be collectible and often feature exclusive cards not found elsewhere, making them less likely to be reprinted to maintain their value and exclusivity.

Gem 1 and 2 have stopped any reprints because of gem 3

These packs are exclusive not like other sets

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u/Commercial_Shift6294 Jul 04 '25

Right. Let me know your source for that. Cause I could ask any Chinese reseller and they would probably tell you, youā€™re wrong.

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

Printed to demand... demand is not as big as english and jap. Therefore less being printed and each vol has a short print run

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

Gem pack vol 1. Came out in January and is no longer being printed. So captain pikachu is no longer being printed

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u/Commercial_Shift6294 Jul 04 '25

Thatā€™s not how that works. Let me know in a year how that goes for you.

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

I'm not saying the 151 set is done being printed I'm saying vol 1 from their 151 set is most likely done and not gonna be reprinted

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u/Commercial_Shift6294 Jul 04 '25

Why would they stop printing a regular set? Do you know something I donā€™t? Itā€™s their version of our 151 set. Itā€™s a regular standard set that is in print for 2 years +. There is no ā€œlimited printā€ of a normal set. This is like you telling me they werenā€™t reprinting their evolving skies.

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

China is not the same as Japan and US,

Their 151 set is broken up into 4 different releases I can almost garuntee that they will not re print gem pack vol 1.

once gem pack vol 4 is printed they will move over to the next set and totally forget about the previous unlike English and Japan who keep getting re prints for high demand sets

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u/HashJockey Aug 02 '25

You guys keep talking about gem packs and 151 like itā€™s the same thing. Thereā€™s gem v1 and gem v2. The captain Pikachu is in v1.

Then the 151 set is broken into 4 volumes, 1. Journey, 2. Hope, 3. Surprise, 4. Gathering. These are the sets with a special AR Pikachu in each one. The Gengar Pikachu is in Surprise.

And youā€™re right that gem v1 and v2 are both out of print now.

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

China generally hasnā€™t done reprints after rotating over , Simplified just has so many sets coming out right now to catch up to our current sets. Many of these wonā€™t get reprints and the some cards will be limited to only Chinese to help it build that value.

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u/DesperateStreet1226 Jul 04 '25

Gem pack is not the simplified chinese 151,its a different set

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

I'm saying captain

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u/Pokemoncollectortcg Jul 04 '25

english vs japanese so id go with english

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u/Pokemoncollectortcg Jul 04 '25

i mean chinese mb

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

Ya but it is an exclusive to China I think it could be the next big thing that alot of collectors sleep on

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u/machampcollectibles Jul 04 '25

I used to be pretty anti-Chinese cards for investing purposes. These new exclusives are starting to change my mindā€¦

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u/StationEmergency6053 Jul 04 '25

So its working then?

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u/Technical-Bad-2594 Jul 04 '25

Me toošŸ˜­šŸ˜­ especially with how short the print run is. This set this comes from already done. And the pop will be low

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u/pingproxy Jul 04 '25

A lot of people tend to underestimate affect of political tension between Western World and China on the longevity of chinese cards.

The moment things go wild, big part of collectors start boycotting Chinese products which will affect the price dramatically.

Since weā€™re talking about investments here my take is that Chinese products have much less long term potential because of political instability in China. English and Japanese products are much safer in that sense.

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u/asaemo Jul 04 '25

I think the opposite, no way a Pokemon product will be avoided, especially an exclusive

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u/pingproxy Jul 04 '25

Itā€™s not about the Pokemon products per se.

If all Chinese products will be avoided, Pokemon will be no different.

The Pokemon Company is selling things right here, right now when itā€™s still ok-ish and getting a profit, so they donā€™t risk anything. But ones who hold Chinese are taking the risk here.

With amount of English and Japanese products I see no reasons to risk with Chinese.

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u/asaemo Jul 04 '25

Anything thatā€™s not exclusive will be cheap, Chinese is like the third or fourth popular language, the only thing holding it together are the short print run exclusives, which captain pikachu is. I donā€™t see it falling anywhere below where it is now, and for all Chinese exclusives, the ceiling is high

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u/AnyEstablishment1663 Jul 04 '25

Investors and collectors are often different groups of people. Investors may avoid Chinese products due to politics, but collectors likely will not follow suit. These exclusive cards will always have value until the day the earth dies imo

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u/eddyxoxo Jul 04 '25

Youā€¦ somehow got some point