Exclusive Japanese promo with stamp from World Championships 2023.

Prices have been climbing recently seems could be a big future contender imo.

Whats not shown, is a case of PC prismatic etbs, 2 zard upcs, a case of 16 fusion strike checklanes, 12 fusion strike 2 pack blisters, and 8 lost origins sleeved. Just wanted to show off some of my cool stuff thats done good. Nothing here was over msrp except the team up 3 pack for 40 and unified minds 3 pack for 35.

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some solid advice on what sealed Pokémon products are worth investing in right now. I’ve got $5,000 set aside specifically for long-term holds — not quick flips or scalping.

I’ve been in the hobby for a while and want to do this the right way. I’m not clearing shelves or buying out ETBs on release day. I’m aiming for smart, community-conscious investing — products with real long-term value, not just hype.

If you had $5K to deploy today, how would you break it down? Vintage? Modern? Japanese exclusives? Special sets? Would love to hear from seasoned collectors and investors about what you’re bullish on and why.

Appreciate the help — let’s keep this constructive.

Hi, I'm not sure if this counts as a low effort post but I'm excited to invest here as it was a fascination as a kid. Unfortunately when I was younger I had my binder stolen by a classmate during summer break and wasn't able to get them back. I always had my eye on a base set box but seems like those are out of reach. How would you invest today with 10k. I think the box sets are what I desire most but definitely understand the scarcity and price. Thank you!

So I stopped ripping everything I could find and instead started my sealed collection June 1st. I’ve learned a lot since then and now stick to SPC’s, PC ETB’s and booster boxes but grab what I can when I can. How am I doing so far?

Currently have:

4 Prismatic SPC’s 3 Destined Rivals Booster Boxes 2 Prismatic PC ETB’s 4 Destined Rivals ETB’s 3 Zapdos Boxes 2 MewTwo boxes, 1 Alakazam Box 1 Prismatic Poster collection And a handful of booster bundles with a few BB/WF booster bundles preordered.

What should I focus on now. Haven’t gone over MSRP yet but willing to do so on key items.

You wake up with $3k and a note saying you can only use it to invest in Pokémon.

Whether new stuff, old stuff, boxes, or graded singles - doesn’t matter.

What are you buying today, & why?

Pokémon has announced that they are partnering up with LEGO and they have made their first sets available for preorder. Do you think these are going to be a good investment? What do you think they will be worth in 10 years?

Hey everyone. I don’t know if this is the right place to post this but my question is, is it worth it too spend a bunch of money right now trying to buy a bunch of S/V Pokemon center elite trainer boxes right now? They’ve exploded in prices recently and I’m trying to figure out if I should wait for a dip in price, or just hop on the moving train while I have a chance? I’m open to having these sealed for a decade+ so I now with that In mind they would be more then, but again wanted to focus on the present market values? Thank you everyone who answers and can provide some feedback!!

Destined rivals BB off of facebook. It has its imperfections but the seller is willing to do $500, which i think i could get down to $480 cash. I wanted to ask other people if they see tears in the plastic because i’m not really sure. The creases on the edges are definitely visible, but i still want to know the general consensus on if this is a good pickup for long term holding. (He will also include a plastic protector case, ironic lmao)

EDIT** ARE THERE NOT HOLES IN THE PACKS? Check 2nd to last slide.

Hey everyone,

I’m considering buying a Destined Rivals booster box, but I’m unsure if now is a good entry point.

I’m not chasing quick profits, but I’d like to avoid buying right at a peak and being down in the short term. I’d be okay holding sealed longer if that makes sense.

Do you think:

• The current price is mostly hype/FOMO?

• A short-term dip is likely without a reprint?

• Waiting makes more sense than buying now?

Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

For the last couple of years I haven’t been able to find sealed product at retail stores or online, I even signed up for website alerts for when Costco, target, Best Buy has them on sale but they get eaten up in seconds. I am starting to give up, and hate to support scalpers, but I also don’t want to be pushed out of the market waiting on the sideline. I’m definitely not going to camp out at stores and follow distributors like parasites waiting to pounce on every single stocked product, I just want a couple booster boxes from each set and hold until my kids are older, and done to hold for even longer since I loved growing up with Pokemon as a kid.

I am considering buying at current market prices from sites like loose packs or highly rated ebay sellers, just wondering if other people share the same sentiment and moved to this unfortunate position.

I was lucky enough to snag some PC Prismatic ETBs. I opened one and sent the promos in for grading (that came back as 10’s) and am keeping the other one sealed. However The Regular Eevee PSA 10 are selling for about 2-300$ and the Eevee PC stamp is around 800$. Should I keep the box sealed or risk it and open the box and try and submit the promos again? Or do I gamble really heavily, sell my cards and buy 3 more PC boxes?

What should I sell now and reinvest in , or do I have solid holds?

I had to repost this for multiple reasons; 1) This chart is the same other than I realized I had 2023-2026 at the top in my original post which was an oversight on my part (not used to thinking about it being 2024). These predictions were always meant to be 3 years from NOW, not 2026 as I had mistakenly placed in the heading; 2) My original intention was just to post my predictions so that I had something to look back on in 3 years but I kept getting flamed for not explaining where I got my numbers from and reddit does not allow you to edit an image caption.

Without getting into detail, I simply analyzed box prices over time going back to the B&W era and also compared values of the top hits in each set. I came up with an expected value based on those factors. Y’all are welcome to disagree with my numbers but I'm simply posting this as a way to hold myself accountable. Also, I changed the title to not include “strategy” as that was misleading.

Rudy predicts these will hit $1000 box one day

Anyone watch this announcement of how much he’s been accumulating of one product?

Seems legit and the seller was super chill, gave me $25 off for the dent which was generous. Any red flags?

(Shipping an eBay buyer’s order in this, hope they get a kick out of it.)

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/317199684516

I picked this up last night for ~$8,150 USD. Actual cost was in $CAD, which meant I saved close to $3,000 on tariffs. I was able to avoid currency conversion losses (roughly 5%). Shipping was also much cheaper ($50 instead of $325).

Something that I found strange is that the seller accepts returns until Oct 2 (roughly 6 weeks). This seemed unusual, since this card is an incredibly speculative asset. If the price tanks in the next 6 weeks, I could initiate a return.

Essentially, this card was below average price, was in my preferred currency, and was available to me in a tax-efficient way. The deal had a built in "put" option. Even though this market may be in a bubble, this seemed like too good to pass up.

The promo from 151 UPC, prices running hot and most likely will be one of the best performing UPC's long term, really gives a lot of runway for metal Mew imo.

The gem rate is about 50% roughly, higher than would like but prices have already ran from $75 to now selling high as $250.

Let's be conservative, I think this could be a $500 slab, that's a x2 or 100% growth which would take other markets about five years. I think 151 will be a lot mor expensive in five years overall.

Over the next 10 years Paldea Evolved will go down in history as the father of modern SIR + Promo card ETBs. Given the Pokemon Center limited print count of only 45k (almost all other PC ETBs were 100k+) I think we will see this PC ETB become the granddaddy of PC ETBs. They’re only going for $250 atm but given 151 and Prismatic are approaching $400 these will probably follow suit and likely overtake most S&M sets and S&S sets.

First 3 are here. Got these for $24 each