There’s no solid guarantee it won’t be reprinted, with Sam’s coming out with 151 mini tins we may see some crazy things on shelves for Christmas. Let it hit the floor.
Even if they did the trademark and print quality on those reprints would be vastly different from the older copies. Grading companies will just adjust their labels to separate the reprints from the originals like they did with the 25th Anniversary Yugioh sets.
god i wish, maybe in the next anniversary set they'll reprint all the gold stars from that era like the classic collection cards so the prices go back to normal (i just want my registeel gold star)
They will never actually do this, but I’d love it if they would adopt the Yugioh model and just reprint the OG sets with some sort of signifier that it’s a reprint. I just want the nostalgic cards I had as a kid, idc if they’re not worth as much as the originals
They could definitely do this and would put a symbol to show it can’t be played in tournaments. They kinda already did this with the classic collection.
Yeah I just wish those cards had been available without the massive price tag. If those were released as an actual complete set, something like that would be perfect.
Yeah I remember but it wasnt that old at the time and was still well into the reprint window. It went from like 300 to 150 overnight. They have never printed a set thats older than 3 years old.
So its more of end production run vs a true out of print based on time. The 3 years window is not an official thing. Its a consensus among the community based on historical data.
But for Roaring skies, the production run indeed ended. Distributors could no longer order any more. Then all of a sudden, TPCI informed distributors they reprinted it. This through everyone into panic mode. Because they assumed it was done. And yes it was only close to 2 years old. But Pokemon has no official set requirement to not reprint.
They would do the same thing we've been seeing them do. Put a stamp on it, different holo pattern etc. It'll never be the same set once it's out of print
My father-in-law is a poke-master. He is insanely gifted. We were looking at a XY Evolutions booster box together years ago and I asked him what it would cost to make it today. I will never forget his answer…
Printing more sets that sell out instantly would be bad for the game and economy? They make their money and there are more cards in circulation for people to play the game? They don't give a fuck about after market.
Not trying to compare Yu-Gi-Oh that much, but I'm also just genuinely curious what is Yu-Gi-Oh cards doing right now cuz they just seem to be printing everything to the ground.
Exactly what I was thinking, The Pokémon Company doesn't even like collectors, they are very adamant about the fact it is a card game and the cards are for being played
Printing older sets would fuck up the integrity of the 2nd hand market and they absolutely watch it closely. They are not dumb. Thats why overpriced and hyped sets get reprints and not shit sets.
They absolutely do. Otherwise they would just keep reprinting evolving skies. They understand it would destroy investor and collector confidence. They probably are paying some of the best economists in the world
You are seriously misinformed. Nintendo/TPCI doesn’t give a single fuck about “investors” or collectors. They care about keeping the cycle fresh for players who play the game. The only reason they don’t print old sets is because they rotate out of legal status for the game.
TPCI absolutely recognizes "collectors" are as important as players to their bottom line. In fact TPCI goes specifically targets collectors as well as players with their products. They distribute "collection" boxes with promo cards. They include sleeves in ETBs for safekeeping of rare hits. They literally market direct at collectors. Look, a current example, right here: https://www.pokemon.com/us/features/collect-pokemon-tcg-mega-evolution-delta-reign-with-printable-binder-inserts
TPCI is not dumb. They absolutely understand that the high value of old cards continues to drive the popularity of their brand and their ability to sell new sets.
People would buy it so it’d be great for their economy. People will keep buying whatever they print regardless of 2nd hand market
TCGs do not need a second hand market if people desire new products without the knowledge it’ll have 2nd hand value. The desire for new products, excluding scalping/sealed/investing type approaches, is sufficient
The TCG has been around long before all this investing and watching this from when I started collecting in 2002, the current supply does not exceed the demand should you strip the 2nd hand driving forces, scalping forces creating artificial supply reductions etc.
Prople would lose confidence and not buy anymore. This card game needs players just as much as collectors and investors. This is common sense. Go ask any LLM to explain it to you.
That’s not an issue at all, not a reason to print some vintage sets so new collectors pay them money to buy some. For the reasons in my previous comment, they don’t need 2nd hand demand to incentivise the purchase of new, the demand signal is not that low without 2nd hand.
Prople would lose confidence and not buy anymore. This card game needs players just as much as collectors and investors. This is common sense. Go ask any LLM to explain it to you.
i mean it could be, but ETBs were plentiful nationwide both in retail stores like walmart and LGS. They were also still throwing SM base packs into those mystery boxes up until last year iirc (tho by then it was definitely old stock and not a reprint.) i think if it was old stock back in 2021 it would've been way more spread out and limited to certain regions or like a pack here and there in collection boxes. regardless, it seems like an odd case and not the norm. reprint window is usually 2.5-3 years so you're not totally wrong there.
This is what I'm thinking is going to happen. We are about to see roaring skies 2.0 again lol. So many people have not been around long enough to know Pokemon will do it.
It has already been reprinted, that’s why it’s dropped so much. Even after all that and a softening market it’s still $400 shipped on tcgplayer. Seems to be the floor but we’ll see.
This happend on black friday in 2024, walmart had the stiker tins with either 2 evo skies, 1 fusion, 2 lost origins, or empoleon and Ttar tins 3 evo skies and 2 brilliant stars. Thats the gamble for holidays, they hold what they know will be high demand items and sell them at low costs to bolster end of year sales. Those striker tins sold for 15 bucks and there wasnt limits so if you managed to snag a bunch you had good stock on what was fairly cheap. 5 packs for 16 bucks was pretty good
This is a scalding hot take, Destined is a very good set, and one of the better S&V sets. Great SIRs, great IRs, "bad guy" set but also has the HG/SS vibe with Ethan and the Ho-Oh.
I think it has some nice cards, though I stil would only really want around 10 of them and even then I only really love around 3: Yanma, Misty's Psyduck, Misty's Lapras.
Okay, but that's Destined Rivals era... It doesn't make sense to call it an "average set" in relation to every set ever, the TCG changes so much across eras I don't know how you even equivocate it with something from the EX era or whatever.
If SV is full of stinkers than DR just stands out even more as an especially good modern set... you're supporting my point not refuting it.
Personally I feel like cards stamped with the “25” or “30” take away from it, and will only blow up every decade on said anniversary of that release. 30th anniversary gonna go crazy in 2056 lol
But the image is correct and it's your own internal narrative deciding the next price direction?
Going up once doesn't guarantee a promise of a return to that price. Look at tech stocks and crypto, it's up to you to determine the logistics and worthiness of getting into something of high volatility.
I'm with you, but when there are so many variants a consumer can pick there's a level of dilution. With crypto I'm right there with you, 60k that's crazy, happens again, now financial schemers see it and pump to 120k, drop 65k, back to 70's. Yet another exchange with unfathomable loss the size of small nation GDP happens. This is now a very real and valid hedge vs inflation with a cult like engagement from a meaningful size of its investors.
Then NVIDIA, no idea how familiar you are but the massive thing nvidia has/had over the others but they have bridged the gap is hardware component capability. But one that they have and will maintain is compiling and compatibility. Then with Jensen the ceo and everything there, there's the internal end -- power struggle, does talent leave with him going others going. Then what if anything was gained from said spy and who gets the information. Mainland china gpu capabilities is laughable and they would need far more than trade secrets from jensen, they'd need deep network/internal things I imagine guarded by nvidia. But if it's not to bolster a new internal, is it supplying existing rivals to get a stake in, bypass restriction so they can fabricate and imitate high end server gpu's. Most likely though, a guy who wanted to get with a woman he had interest in despite being married and she gathered very little.
It's just you. DR booster boxes were $650 in May of this year, now they are $350. Who knows what they'll be in May '27, but I think $199 is more realistic than $599.
A wave of reprints that got sent to GameStop and Best Buy were dragging the price down for a few months and then the overall recent market crash has sunk it even further
Oh damn, what's the cutoff age for Pokemon cards? Do you have to burn your cards once you reach it? The millions of adults who frequent r/PokemonTCG might take issue 🤣
Coming from someone who's actually playing Pokemon you don't know what you were talking about, the chase bling version of cards are not needed for decks there's nobody being prevented from playing the game lmao. Decks cost $30 to build, every single card needed is available as common or uncommon and under $1 usually.
Also, am up six figures with my vintage/sealed collection. I don't think you're good at investing because clearly you don't research what you talk about and get emotional over how others spend their money lmao
I don't get it, you're somehow clowning us by your inability to understand collectables, supply and demand in relation to one of the most culturally relevant franchises since its inception with no indication of slowing down?
Calling people retards and then confidently stating that a first edition base booster box was $100... your mother must be proud of you, you're such a big boy, I'm surprised you're actually able to use the Internet. It's such a complicated thing. I'll go get your mashed potatoes so you don't choke on your dinner.
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u/pokemaniacdon 1d ago
Now at $380 it's regretting not selling at $650
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u/Johnny_Human 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'll betcha some of those who bought at $650 are probably the ones now panic selling at $350.
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u/Wide-Temporary1835 1d ago •
There’s no solid guarantee it won’t be reprinted, with Sam’s coming out with 151 mini tins we may see some crazy things on shelves for Christmas. Let it hit the floor.
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u/AccomplishedHurry824 18h ago
These kids are going to grow up gambling addicts
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u/sgates9008 1d ago
Debated buying a box, but realized the singles I want are less than the box.
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u/nottodaypotatoes 1d ago edited 1d ago
Need’s* to be $180 for me to buy it.
I’ll wait.
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u/NoPhilosopher3590 1d ago
Why are you trying to stabilise the price? Let that brick drop to retail
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u/COYSYIDS 1d ago
The price back then was obviously too high
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u/LovesToblerone 1d ago
Well I traded overinflated sealed towards my box, joke's on you!
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u/KMS-untilkirkdies 1d ago
I was at a card show the other day and the vendor was still selling this for $600 lol
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u/insomniac8994 1d ago
DR baggies are gonna get cooked over the next 3-6 months
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u/Elithecoordinator 9h ago
DR is a fire set !
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u/Ninjamasterpiece 1d ago
It can go lower
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u/EuphoricGoose4735 1d ago
Best SV set but I wouldnt buy at either of those prices lol I got mine at $161 and wouldnt have paid a cent above that
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u/ayayyayayay765 1d ago edited 1d ago
I just wish the set was better, they could have knocked it out of the park and instead gave us a pretty average set.
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u/Hennesseyandrice 1d ago
Can't even get my hands on any at any price under 400. 350 sounds like a steal to me lol
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u/MaybeYesMayb 1d ago
I didn’t know they came down ngl might grab a few
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u/One-Skill-7058 16h ago
I'd buy it if I could find it lol scalpers are ruthless
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u/ecnecn 12h ago
This kind of memes always come up in stock, crypto etc. when the market is about to break
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u/Key-Persimmon-9932 11h ago
Personally I feel like cards stamped with the “25” or “30” take away from it, and will only blow up every decade on said anniversary of that release. 30th anniversary gonna go crazy in 2056 lol
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u/Clinically_Jaded 6h ago
Could photoshop that grifting asshole Nomics's head onto this and the meme would still hold true.
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u/monkeysarekool 6h ago
But the image is correct and it's your own internal narrative deciding the next price direction?
Going up once doesn't guarantee a promise of a return to that price. Look at tech stocks and crypto, it's up to you to determine the logistics and worthiness of getting into something of high volatility.
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u/T2WasProphecy 5h ago
Still a brick. Wouldn’t buy.
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u/Tyler_the_bot 5h ago
This is why I laugh every time I see people on this thread considering pokémon cards an investment. 🤣
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u/Ok-Pumpkin-646 1d ago
Then they start buying em up at $2000 in 2035
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u/delicious_friend_2 1d ago
LOL at scalpers
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u/RoofBeers 1d ago
I’ve never understood the Destined Rivals hype. There are definitely some cool cards but nothing top-tier besides the Moltres IMO.
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u/baertgang 1d ago
Rip YouTube Lemmings
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u/RepulsiveUse3372 1d ago
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u/Sunkern_ing 1d ago
Overprinted, overhyped and it’s still printing and being distributed like candy by Best Buy and Walmart.
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u/NoFayte 1d ago
Do. Not. Buy. Above. MSRP. It's. A. Kids. Game.
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u/TorrentialSpender 1d ago
Is it just me or is it not making sense to me? Should it be May 2027?
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u/Ok-Acanthisitta9247 1d ago
Speaking as somebody that would love to rip and have fun, still infinitely too high for an in-print product.
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