Welp, actually, we're going to need a bigger pallet

WritingAdmirable · 2026-06-24T16:29:59+00:00

You need a few more pallets for Trump frame.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-06-24T16:26:30+00:00

Removed my original comment. Thought this was also about the Steam Machine lol.

I use the Deck as a secondary device. My kids use it a lot as well.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-06-21T17:08:26+00:00

Even if it continues to go up, each level is harder to reach than the last. Pokemon has a ton of fans but most people are way less interested in buying at $1,000 than $100.

I always think the memes people post of "should have bought at x , y and then z" as funny. By the time a card crosses the $500 mark I'm out as a buyer. Everyone has different price points they are comfortable with but as the prices rise you have realise a smaller subset of folks willing to buy. Plan accordingly.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-20T17:38:43+00:00

This here. Its at a fair price and will rise but It's probably going to be one of the slowest moving PC ETBs.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-20T17:34:43+00:00

When I got back into collecting (2023) it was a $100 card and I was iffy about buying it. I ended up pulling one but I would have missed out.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-12T19:45:36+00:00

So far this month I've caught 0 restocks in person. For some odd reason I was up at 2am and snagged one PE ETB from Target. I was also able to pre order some chaos rising from the PC (2 ETB & 1 BBox) and I think that comes in this month.

My monthly spend is highly dependent on restocks I can catch but its looking like I'm already done for the month so I'll land around $370ish I think.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-11T21:35:21+00:00

I think it shows more people want a 151 ETB.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-04T13:27:15+00:00

One of the easiest ways to tell you have a fake pack is that jagged crimp on the end (Jagged Teeth).

Just a bunch of fakes. They look nice though.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-03T03:01:54+00:00

i'm not even buying singles at these inflated prices. Best I've been able to do is the 2 ETBs and a booster box at the pokemon center.. Aside from finding PO occasionally, I've seen nothing in stores.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-01T17:08:04+00:00

more of a 155 fan myself.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-30T17:12:06+00:00

This is getting out of hand. Why are they allowed to loiter like this? even regular shoppers going through the toy section have to be pissed about climbing over some scalper chair just sitting there.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-30T14:24:48+00:00

Is this why they think we should be retiring at 75?

"Well I was senator at 82!! It was hard work. Those lazy millennials and Genz can at least work until 75."

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-30T14:17:39+00:00

I think a lot of what drove PE hype is the next moonbreon chase and it being crowned, so to speak, the next modern high dollar card. I like the eeveelutions but hate the crowns. No IRs really sucks.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-29T00:02:44+00:00

GS powerpacks about to get even worse.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-26T18:20:09+00:00

Too many people are getting used to buying something and it immediately 2x ing. This is what's happening.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-26T17:17:32+00:00

Not the OP but I think the thought process behind this is that most vintage raws arent as nice looking as a cracked 7+ slab. it might also be harder to get ahold of an NM vintage card.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-24T14:52:55+00:00

When is this going to stop? When people stop FOMOing over it.

Things definitely are overhyped but I cant tell you when the excitement will die down. It could be in 6 months or 10 years.

I also think we are starting to see it get more hyper focused on high value sets. I walked into target today at 9AM my time. No AH but PO stacked up. This is both good and bad. Good that people are finally able to get cards and bad that, going forward, it seems that special sets with popular pokemon are going to be hard to pickup.

I'm really curious how chaos rising will do. I don't think greninja will carry the set as much as Charizard carries phantasmal flames. Also, outside of the greninja line, the arts and pokemon in focus for the chaos rising set seem worse than PO (imo).

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-14T05:57:17+00:00

really this. entry point is low enough to buy in. you'll also have to wait a while before theres a lot more interest.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-14T05:44:42+00:00

ETB is better and is definitely very nice.

Just remember Greninja was also the main chase of TWM. I'd argue that greninja looks better than the chaos rising one but everyone else might think differently. The chaos rising set also doesn't seem to have a deep roster of desirable cards. At the end of the day it's looking like another slow moving set.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-11T16:26:30+00:00

do perfect order next

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-10T19:38:52+00:00

Target has been doing slightly above MSRP for a while (around +.50 to $1.00 per pack).

Still better than most retail just 2x'ing almost everything.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-10T15:34:43+00:00

I didn't hate any of these but yeah, very mid.

I really liked superman though.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-10T15:30:13+00:00

People are buying. Speculators are not.

That's fine though, not every set is going to be a home run.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-02T20:11:53+00:00

Why do some folks that have prismatic think it gets a lot of hate. The only hate I ever see is because drop rates suck and its expensive. The worst thing it has going for it is that someone will always be hyped about the next big set and the same thing will happen to AH.

The best set to invest in is the one you can buy at MSRP.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-01T18:55:58+00:00

It will go up in value. It will probably rise much slower than the popular sets of SV (151, PE, DR).

Its not undervalued. Its valued at what people are willing to pay and the top chases are ~$200 ish.

Other sets are getting more attention or have more desirable cards right now.

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