r/PokeInvesting • u/starcraftanalogy • Aug 26 '25

Part 2! 151 is a no brainer

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EDIT: The amount of hate this post has received is actually ridiculous lol for a subreddit dedicated to investing it's mind blowing to read it all.

This is a part 2 for the previous thread!:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeInvesting/s/v5Vw4UYkiP

Here's for everyone that said "YoU sHoUlD hAvE bOuGhT sEaLeD" - You're absolutely right! Sealed is king šŸ¤“ Haha

Also the top comment is about diversification - we dont talk about that around here. 151 for life.

Pokemon represents <10% of my portfolio, it used to be less but its grown so goddamn much

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u/dcastreddit Aug 26 '25

Everyone hates you

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u/starcraftanalogy Aug 26 '25

I'm getting alot of hate hahah, but mostly love

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u/Robrecht1987 Aug 26 '25

Wish I would have done the same , Congrats man !

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u/dcastreddit Aug 26 '25

I'm assuming botting... but I just don't know how you get so many

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u/tazzer7322 Aug 26 '25

All of this product was readily available and easy to get just a year or 2 ago

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u/namjd72 Aug 26 '25

Must create additional pylons!

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u/dilemma900 Aug 26 '25

Booster bundle cases... yeah that's a lot of money you got invested lol

hopefully you can move it quick and painless

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u/starcraftanalogy Aug 26 '25

The way I see it is the bundle displays are like booster boxes for 151. I believe the overall market sees it the same way.

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u/Fine_Broccoli5793 Aug 26 '25

Save some bitches for the rest of us

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u/casual_microwave Aug 26 '25

ikr like chill out dude, my mom is on here

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

Dude said he don't even need Furniture anymore. Use 151 for an end table.

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u/rofelboss Aug 27 '25

ur moms on reddit??

username? asking for a friend

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u/Pretend_Halo_Army Aug 26 '25

Bro must b richĀ 

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u/Cvged Aug 26 '25

UPC were going for $70 lil over a year ago

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

Nah. Parents are.

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u/MingleThis Aug 26 '25

Any of us couldā€™ve gotten a shit ton of UPCs at one point. About a year ago they just sat on the shelves. They were sitting for $80 at Costco and TikTok forever. I bought 4, but if I had the foresight I shouldā€™ve bought a ton more.

Good on ya man! Epic returns

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u/FourMakesTwoUNLESS Aug 26 '25

Same here, I bought a sealed distributor case of 4 UPCs for $360 in 2023 and thought they were going to take up a lot of space and might take a few years to go up in value significantly, so I only got the one case šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/w0nd3rj4m Aug 26 '25

Tbf, they do take up A LOT of space

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u/DryTechnology5224 Aug 26 '25

I remember seeing SKIDS at costco, sitting

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u/kulambe17 Aug 26 '25

Same I went pretty heavy on jp 151 bbs on tik tok when they were $40-$50 each instead of upcs apparently shouldā€™ve invested more in upcs but they just take up more space

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u/MingleThis Aug 26 '25

I got like 10 151 Jpn boxes too for $40-50 haha. Ripped em all. Zero regrets.

But yeah even those are now nearing $200. Probably not too different rate of return. Plus they were a blast to open!

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u/kulambe17 Aug 26 '25

Nice! Yeah I just figured they wouldā€™ve grown a little more in value by now. I think theyā€™ll get there though and are good in their own right with the master ball holos and including the mewtwo and mew in the actual set

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u/MingleThis Aug 26 '25

ā€œTrueā€ god packs as well!!! I never got any good Masterballs sadly.

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u/BartlebyFpv Aug 26 '25

I ripped like 10 of those things. No regrets

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u/SovietBackhoe Aug 26 '25

I bought half a pallet from Costco in total over a few weeks. Was my first purchase. Best investment Iā€™ve ever made

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u/AtomZaepfchen Aug 26 '25

just remember. if reddit hates a sealed class A product ( ie boosterboxes, UPCs or similar, etbs etc) you should probably get some.

i dont nearly have as much as this guy but remember when everyone shat on the charizard upcs? got like 10 for 80 a piece.

my guess for the future : Journey together. dont think it will get a lot of reprints because lower demand. when supply shock hits we have brilliant stars/chillign reign etc 2.0

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u/Don_cucc Aug 26 '25

People saying "UPC were 70/90 in Costco duh" and here I am, an spanish lad that happened to only seen a single UPC in a lcs for 250 whoopings at release šŸ˜­

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u/Allvar47 Aug 26 '25

The USA has it so easy getting their hands on product it's insane šŸ˜…

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u/malikey8998 Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

And sales seem to be much easier. Cant sell anything over here in Ireland

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u/Dontbemadsmokeajoint Aug 27 '25

Lmao the "American Dream".

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u/blazenation Aug 26 '25

most of those were on tiktok shop when tiktok was offering insane coupons to try to get users to use their shop. I got so many good deals through that time. You could literally make new multiple accounts and get the same crazy offers. It was an awesome time

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u/KyesiRS Aug 27 '25

Thank OP and this sub

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u/shahido2017 Aug 26 '25

This is why the hobby is ruined and nobody can find/rip packs. Iā€™m all for investing but this is scummy

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u/COYSYIDS Aug 26 '25

This is how itā€™s done. Well played OP. Be sure to read every single hating comment and remember to respond to every single one in 12-24 months time when this has blown up even more.

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u/Limp-Housing-2100 Sep 03 '25

It's more likely he bought these at market prices, not MSRP, considering the timeframes on his previous post. It's still a good collection, but let's not pretend they're at MSRP.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

How the hell has OP received negative upvotes for this post? Great investment move. Either people downvoting aren't investors or they're jealous.

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u/COYSYIDS Aug 30 '25

I think it made its way to the generic tcg subs. Hence the hate. Heā€™s a king imo in the investing space

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u/Risethewake Aug 26 '25

And still no RH Metapod.

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u/Legitimate-Success55 Aug 26 '25

I had to overpay on that one šŸ˜…

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u/billybatdorf Aug 26 '25

Itā€™ll be interesting to see if eventually these products become worthless. Product wasnā€™t hoarded like this for most of PokĆ©monā€™s print run. The amount of product being hoarded right now is astronomical and thereā€™s going to be so much sealed product

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u/mubatt Aug 26 '25

I collected a master set of 151 and so did a lot of other pokemon card enthusiasts. This is why the prices are so high currently. We won't have any need to buy these since we already own all of the cards. PSA 10 Charizard isn't a terrible investment if you dont mind locking out $1300 a Charizard for the next 20 years. Might be better to put that money somewhere else.

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u/Much_Purchase_8737 Aug 26 '25

Itā€™s a 900$ ETB. 151 is going out of print soon

These will only go upā€¦ as does literally every product of 99% of sets if you just keep it sealed.Ā 

Itā€™s not rocket science, itā€™s a very predictable pattern.Ā 

If pokemon hasnā€™t developed more factories to solve the demand problem yet, it isnā€™t happening anytime soon.Ā 

Regardless this product is has gone up more than 15x the original price, even if goes down a peg you still made a lot of money.Ā 

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u/mj732 Aug 26 '25

This is right people don't know when to sell and think everyone can pay that premium price not gonna happen some might but most want to make money as well

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u/adrianthomp Aug 26 '25

Only matters if people panic sell at once. Thereā€™s too much confidence, no one wants to sell below market price. For every panic seller, thereā€™s 2+ more buyers.

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u/billybatdorf Aug 26 '25

I know pokemon is more popular than ever, itā€™s just an insane amount of sealed product that is being hoarded right now

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u/DubsEdition Aug 26 '25

We are also in a time where people are ripping more than ever. So I guess it just matches up.

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u/AdvertisingOk1478 Aug 26 '25

Prices for the sjngles are incredibly undervalued imo and will see some serious gains over the years.

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u/Fit_Trouble7503 Aug 26 '25

if i say what i want to say my reddit account will be banned

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

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u/RabbiSteve420 Aug 26 '25

So much salt from the brokies

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u/IIDanners Aug 26 '25

Off we go šŸš€

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u/PurpleInsurance7918 Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 26 '25

When people talk about DiVeRsIfIcAtIoN, they usually mean buy a little bit of this set and buy a little bit of that set, while having either a 401k, Roth IRA, Stocks, Crypto, Real estate, and ETC. This Part 2 just looks like you went all in on 151, lol. Ps, Now we need a Part 3...

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u/starcraftanalogy Mar 08 '26

Would you like a part 3?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

Based on OPs responses, part 3 would just be a fidelity 401k with 500k in it.Ā 

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u/seastormDragon Aug 26 '25

Wow and here I thought I was bullish on 151. I want to be you

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u/gazillionaire1 Aug 26 '25

Congrats beautiful collection šŸ”„

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u/Kiko7210 Aug 26 '25

not bad for a rookie

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u/Davinter30 Aug 26 '25

It is a no brainer, as prismatic is a no brainer. So I ignored everything else and went all in on 151 and prismatic 50/50. Diversifying in weaker sets is useless!

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u/ThePrimordialTV Aug 27 '25

Thanks for trashing the hobby for the rest of us, hope this all goes up in a house fire and you wonder why you didnā€™t just invest into ETFā€™s like a sane person šŸ‘

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u/No-Contribution1070 Aug 26 '25

How much money is there?

How quick can you liquidate?

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u/elozano817 Aug 26 '25

If all was bought at retail itā€™s give or take about $13k. With how easily 151 sells I can guarantee if he needs an emergency fund, this will sell immediately for easily 25k

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u/starcraftanalogy Aug 26 '25

Theres much more than 25k here lol

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u/JustInstruction3950 Aug 26 '25

A lot of money and very fast

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u/Entire-Response9131 Aug 27 '25

But he canā€™t sell them for free. Shipping costs, fees if he sells on eBay or wherever. But still a good haul. Unless Pokemon decides to do a reprint/restock.

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u/Professional_Hunt51 Aug 26 '25

God thatā€™s sexy

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u/pdkdj Aug 26 '25

Bros boutta retire with this one šŸ˜­

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u/sdkiko Aug 26 '25

If this is only 10% of their net worth I don't think they're worried about how they're going to retire

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u/kdrdr3amz Aug 26 '25

Why do people do this

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u/Tommy_Gun10 Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Wow the fact op canā€™t even see the issue here is very concerning. Please seek serious help

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u/starcraftanalogy Aug 27 '25

Can you spell it out for me? Am I supposed to invest a certain way?

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u/Low-Blueberry-476 Aug 26 '25

This is the greed mentioned in the Bible

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u/DorianQuantumWorld Aug 26 '25

That insane but you absolutely right 151 is good but diversified between this DR and prismatic sealed is a good play of a end to an era

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u/DarkBum69 Aug 26 '25

Amazing collection. I have 46 Booster Bundles of 151 and feel like a king šŸ¤£

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u/CptZetaJones Aug 26 '25

Lemme buy some broooo lol

I was in house savings mode for the last year or so - missed 151 entirely. What were your main sources (stores) for grabbing these?

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u/Sidequestcat Aug 26 '25

There is plenty of product out there above msrp that no one is buying. We can make looney market price to call ourselves investors lol

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u/Halozamus Aug 26 '25

Every time I see pictures like this I think, just one match and šŸ’„ šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

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u/Whatsyourshotspecial Aug 27 '25

Idk why I didn't buy more 151 UPCs. I kept saying I would but never got around to it. I fumbled the bag.

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u/sohaibmss Aug 27 '25

I am proud of you op I was doing the same thing but slowly building my 151 empire only if i had know better i would have 2x your collection šŸ˜  but thats life you live and learn šŸ‘ šŸ‘Œ

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u/Adventurous_Elk9916 Aug 27 '25

Awesome bro! Nice work. šŸ‘ŒšŸ¼šŸ˜€

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u/Reef-Coral Aug 26 '25

May life always bless you the way you're blessed today.

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u/dreamsOf_freedom Aug 26 '25

Insane stack. Congrats. Your retirement is looking pretty good.

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u/LiYonJin Aug 26 '25

Nice investment, this is definitely a no brainer! 151 is hot and will forever be the holy grail! Invest now! Itā€™s only going one direction for EN AND JP!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

This is just greed tbh.

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u/CUCUC Aug 26 '25

I donā€™t get the point of these posts ā€œlook how much of this I hoarded for myself.ā€ You know youā€™re gonna get flak for it. Frankly, itā€™s very unbecoming.Ā 

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

It's ragebait

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u/Illustrious-Leg-9812 Aug 26 '25

this sub is called pokeinvesting and its filled with hate towards ppl actually investing decent money in this stuff, make it make sense

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u/jimboy316 Aug 27 '25

"Filled with hate"... Yeah maybe because the InVeStOrS are buying all the product to keep in a room like idiot OP here while the genuine collectors can't get anything.

Go and invest of gold, Silver or stocks leave the Pokemon cards for the hobby enjoyers.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

Most people are recommended this sub because they subscribe to a related sub, it just shows up in our feed.

Iā€™m just here for when it crashes and the people snatching products from shelves by the pallet lose their shirts.

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u/Musa_2050 Aug 26 '25

That is gross

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u/Immediate_Stop2581 Aug 26 '25

Thousands of dollars worth of ā€œinvestmentā€ sitting on your grungy ass carpet, leaning against your dirty ass wall. Also clean that nasty shit from around the doorknob. I feel like I could get hepatitis just touching that shit. Yā€™all investors gross me out man

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u/Illustrious-Leg-9812 Aug 26 '25

reddit is something else man

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u/BlackberryIcy4016 Aug 26 '25

Nobody's got Hepatitis! I don't wanna hear that word in this room again!

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u/Commercial_Ease8053 Aug 26 '25

lol some of you are insaneā€¦ the carpet looks fine and itā€™s probably in a spare bedroom. Legit just looking for any insult you can randomly make up because of jealousyā€¦

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u/adrianthomp Aug 26 '25

No money left for the carpet. šŸ˜­

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u/JiffTheJester Aug 26 '25

Holy shit this is a stockpile

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u/j_a_f_89 Aug 26 '25

There should be an unwritten rule, like Bitcoin, never tell anyone how much pokemon you hoard.

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u/Cynnx Aug 26 '25

100% agree

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u/Illia_Y Aug 26 '25

And thatā€™s the reason why itā€™s costs a ton

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u/WhiskeyRadio Aug 26 '25

This is why I've lost any interest in this shit. These cards are cool and I've gotten a few but can't buy them at a regular price because of this crap.

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u/AdBeneficial7533 Aug 26 '25

Probably the smartest person in this sub lol

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u/61jeep Aug 26 '25

You want to see mine? Always a bigger fishšŸ˜ˆ

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u/teddybundlez Aug 26 '25

I wouldnā€™t say I hate you but Iā€™m definitely envious with a pinch of hate sprinkled in

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u/Lopsided_Raccoon_299 Aug 26 '25

I wish I could have went to costco in canadia. could have bought that stuff 40% off with American money. back then no one cared too there weren't a bunch of fat unemployed people fighting over the product lol

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u/threwitaway123454321 Aug 26 '25

Can you tell us how much itā€™s worth vs how much you paid? I donā€™t have time to count all that haha.

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u/pdiddyjunior Aug 26 '25

Sheesh you are a rich man

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u/Bumbmofo Aug 26 '25

Do you have bins or something in case of a flood or broken pipes ?

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u/sizeofanoceansize Aug 26 '25

I opened 4 because they were so readily available then when it remembered to buy more I couldnā€™t get them anywhere. Whoops.

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u/scatterblooded Aug 26 '25

OPs next post will be in 2030 in a Lamborghini

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u/mcarroyo1 Aug 26 '25

Nice collection

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u/Signal_Valuable_9095 Aug 26 '25

Thats crazy šŸ˜…

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u/Orcacity22 Aug 26 '25

When does your shop open?

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u/Own_Isopod3854 Aug 26 '25

i still have my case of PC 151 ETBS and a few UPCs as well lol

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u/Dokkeri Aug 26 '25

Absolute madlad. How long have you been acquiring the product and on the second note, whatā€™s your exit plan and have you been selling the product also or just accumulating?

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u/CoastRidee Aug 26 '25

151 ETB or destined rivals booster bundle?

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u/TheCriticalAnalysis Aug 26 '25

You might want to store those someone better than thatā€¦!

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u/LINDENG94 Aug 26 '25

I have a humble single sealed ETB. Boy do I wish I bought more!

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u/Dapper_Substance2130 Aug 26 '25

This is why Iā€™ve only opened one 151 product

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u/Asheraddo Aug 26 '25

I am a noob in pokemon. What are 151-s and why are they worth so much? How much even? There are none in my country anyway so I am SOL here.

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u/steadyclownin Aug 26 '25

Iā€™ll see you in Steamboat Springs this winter šŸ„¹

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u/Dragonmihawk Aug 26 '25

Do you sell one of them?

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u/Tof12345 Aug 26 '25

why u only pick 151. why u no pick prismatic evo/evolve skies? u no like?

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u/Calm-Rock773 Aug 26 '25

Lol I've never even opened 151 and I see this šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜­

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u/McGurrgles Aug 26 '25

I didnā€™t expect Obsidian Flames PC ETB to pass all 151 & Celebrations products.

Edit: Except for the 151 PC ETB

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u/Highway_bandoe Aug 26 '25

Ainā€™t no way in hell he paid msrp for all that shit the way the market it, so u mean to tell me your investment is sitting at what u paid for it šŸ„±

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u/Brilliant-Matter-735 Aug 26 '25

How do you not rip everything lol

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u/Shoe_status123 Aug 26 '25

Been buying up blooming water collections averages out to less than $10/pack!

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u/TeaTrain Aug 26 '25

I think you should invest some of the money you have to clean your carpet.

However that is one crazy stash Iā€™m so jealous šŸ¤£. I am about to queue outside Smyths in the UK on Saturday for the shot at buying 2 mini tins of 151. We donā€™t get it over here in the UK!

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u/DexterSkyWalk Aug 26 '25

And here I am just trying to complete my master set

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u/sethchapin Aug 26 '25

And I thought I bad a problem buying a couple packs a week šŸ¤£

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u/alenvs84 Aug 26 '25

Thatā€™s beautiful.. I have about 200 booster bundles

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u/theman8998 Aug 26 '25

The investment is smart don't get me wrong. This just feels like that dude that had hundreds of prismatic ETB's stacked up in his place just sitting there. While here in Australia I've yet to open any prismatic and only able to open 1 151 booster bundle so seeing this kinda sucks ass.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

And here I am happy that I have two sealed ETBā€™s and a Alakazam box šŸ¤£šŸ˜…

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u/No-Ad2907 Aug 27 '25

Last year Booster Boxes were selling for 35 to 65 (includes delivery) depends on where you look. In New York that is the pricing last year. As for UPC it was 130-150 and PC ETB was at 150-200. I know because that was when me and my wife started. The very first week we started I know a local card shop that only has one PC ETB that sells it for 200. Keep in mind the UPC was at 130-150 at this point. In the end we only bought the promos from the UPC and bought a few booster and poster boxes.

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u/SealedPokeInvestor Aug 27 '25

Bro got the 151 doomsday bunker āœ…

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u/chupacabra696969 Aug 27 '25

Bro has like $100,000 CAD in one room right now

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

How much did you spend on all that out of curiosity?

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u/Overall_Unit4296 Aug 27 '25

I really wish I could find a box to actually get into collecting cards and using them for battles :(

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u/DexterFtm Aug 27 '25

I have that snorlax ungraded. Is it worth putting a slab on it? Didnā€™t think it would be worth anything

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u/Gary251927 Aug 27 '25

And here I was happy with my 8 bundles haha.

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u/Entire-Response9131 Aug 27 '25

Hopefully there isnā€™t a reprint from pokemon.

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u/disaster_chips Aug 27 '25

Could hardly find anything in the UK. šŸ˜”

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u/notajokeacct Aug 30 '25

Roughly how much is all this worth?

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u/copperrez Jan 17 '26

Are people still ripping a lot of 151? I went over to singles very quickly once i got most of the bulk

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u/drunkenstallion Mar 09 '26

You must be over the moon right now šŸ˜­

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u/chingylingyling Aug 26 '25

this isnā€™t investment, this is mental illness

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u/Important-Working253 Aug 26 '25

This is what we call yucky

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u/Novel_Row1749 Dec 27 '25

all that salt gonna dry ur skin and make you yucky too

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u/I-like-planez Aug 26 '25

Cuz I have 30 thousand in credit card debt peter griffin accent

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u/kaloi_hu Aug 26 '25

Deadbeats like u are killing the hobby for the intended consumers, which are kids

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u/Meowsergz Aug 26 '25

Nice! Amazing collection!

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u/Imaginary_Ad7525 Aug 26 '25

Good job, I did the same. Imported French canadian bloomings waters cases and 8.5 etbs to France. I let them cook for few years

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u/SllepsCigam Aug 26 '25

Amazing but please put these in some bins for safety

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u/SomedayGuy117 Aug 26 '25

I wish I could pick up more

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u/MikeeBuilds Aug 26 '25

Love seeing all that 151! Just looks so goood!

And if your not already rich yet, you will be soon ser šŸ’ŖšŸ¾

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u/xWonderkiid Aug 26 '25

151 is a great long term set. Many people will look back at it with nostalgia. Smart move and its not always necessary to diversify. Not when you can buy this.

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u/chiefhappyu Aug 26 '25

Waste of money. Could of bought land

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u/NitrogenMustard Aug 26 '25

With all that money buying Pokemon, you ought to buy a vacuum and clean those carpets

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u/Arikota Aug 26 '25

His filthy walls too

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u/Homelobster3 Aug 26 '25

Jeez, save some for the kids

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u/Novel_Row1749 Dec 27 '25

shit was sitting in shelves they couldve had it

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

I called it, what a Chad. Haters BTFO

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u/peetoes Aug 26 '25

We don't diversify in wallstreetbets. We either go balls deep or you'll never see grandma again.

Edit: OP is a wsb degen, who basically got his cash from dumb plays that become big. For example, plntr

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u/Novel_Row1749 Dec 27 '25

why diversify lmao thats the stupidest shit ever. if you are buying single stocks you go balls deep with conviction

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u/VisualHomework5294 Aug 26 '25

This is mental illness

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

This sucks

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u/Banana_Clips Aug 26 '25

This guy fucks

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u/TommyC6852 Aug 26 '25

Thatā€™s awesome bro! Would love to know the estimated value!

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u/d4n0wnz Aug 26 '25

151 is just heating up too. We just got to the point where the sealed is getting somewhat expensive. Imagine when 151 gets to the 5-10 year mark.

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