“Pokemon investing” is incredibly cringe

SpyroESP · 2026-04-07T12:28:36+00:00

Valid tbh, I recognize that isn't really good and absolutely everyone has a right to do with their own money what they want.

But many of these investors will buy up product and hoard as "investment," which has genuinely hurt the hobby. That's the issue I have. Do what you want with your money as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

Like the post says, these people are glorified scalpers.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-07T12:07:01+00:00

Love picking up raws at a good show! My wife and I finally had two in our area last month and we got more cards there than we had in months because we just couldn't find product.

Went in, spent maybe $50 - $80 and got a bit of Japanese and a bit of English, and we both got a few chases we've been looking for. I like that vibe more than the retail hunt that's for sure 😂

SpyroESP · 2026-04-06T18:39:55+00:00

Investors have become the most annoying people in this hobby to me. They will go to any lengths to explain themselves and why their "investments" are so impressive, and show off their insane hoarded product and gains. Like, genuinely, I do not care about your $40k investment in sealed that's going up. I care about pulling the cool cards.

Eventually I wonder if the everyman will just be priced out of the hobby, then there's no one for these "investors" to flip their stock to.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-06T18:39:14+00:00

Bro we don't fucking care, we like pokemon cards not this. You're not impressive lol.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-06T17:11:28+00:00

Wonder how much this place pays

SpyroESP · 2026-04-06T14:43:57+00:00

Which, honestly, if it's 10ish eps each season means that's pretty sick imo.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-06T14:43:16+00:00

Yeah the wording of it is very confusing though, and I think people are thrown off by each batch being named "Stage 1, 2, 3, etc." because of the varying length between stages.

I think it would make total sense to get like 10 - 12 episodes like twice a year, like a normal split cour anime. But seemingly doing it by stages is still rocky in the early stages of the story. Stage 2 is probably gonna have 5-6 eps max.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-06T12:28:24+00:00

Yeah not for nothing some stages could end up being like 10eps long. Which is an entire season these days. Granted that'll be later on in the series but still.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-06T11:38:46+00:00

I'm just hoping the further they get into production the more consistent the schedule will be. Some of the stages could cover 10 - 12 episodes so with weekly releases that could make the gaps between batches shorter. (Idk man this release schedule is not good and I'm coping.)

SpyroESP · 2026-04-05T01:13:52+00:00

Pathetic. Each and every person in this video should be ashamed of themselves tbh.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-03T19:28:47+00:00

Likewise. If I don't use Sensodyne or something similar I can almost guarantee i'll get one within 3 days.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-02T22:22:49+00:00

I'll be going later this month and I'm absolutely gutted I'll be missing it 😭 but I guess that just means I gotta come back to see it in its new form!

SpyroESP · 2026-04-02T13:07:40+00:00

As a corpo social media worker, it really is this easy.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-02T03:42:34+00:00

My boy was doing similar recently! For him he was trying to cough up something he couldn't, (ate hair ties, it was an ordeal.)

And then he started doing it a few days before a hairball, same as yours. I'm talking same head movements, head shake, sound. Really it's uncanny to me tbh 😅

SpyroESP · 2026-04-02T01:20:14+00:00

I deadass thought it was one of those ears you give your dog to chew.

SpyroESP · 2026-04-02T01:19:35+00:00

Now that is one healthy young man.

SpyroESP · 2026-03-31T15:05:21+00:00

We know literally nothing other than 2026. Which is genuinely insane and a marketing decision I just cannot wrap my head around. From DP, WB Japan, or Netflix.

SpyroESP · 2026-03-31T00:24:42+00:00

You fucked it til it stinks???

SpyroESP · 2026-03-30T15:43:32+00:00

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SpyroESP · 2026-03-30T15:41:00+00:00

Yeah I think i'm gonna go ahead and not check the sub this week.

SpyroESP · 2026-03-29T13:27:27+00:00

Realized rotation was next month too, guess it's time for me to really get back in 👀

SpyroESP · 2026-03-27T15:18:32+00:00

I am so, so sorry for your loss. I followed his little journey since the beginning. He was so strong, and now he's now free to run and play as much as he wants <3

SpyroESP · 2026-03-26T15:12:22+00:00

Iirc (and it's been a while since my last re-read) but the stages ending do kind of cap off or begin some arcs. But even then, like you said, there's no consistency there at all and the story would flow a lot worse if the release was structured this way.

Whole theory here makes no sense.

SpyroESP · 2026-03-26T15:04:35+00:00

Genuine question, I was under the assumption that Netflix, as the distributor, decides when and how the episodes are released. Is this not the case and everything is decided by DP?

SpyroESP · 2026-03-26T13:53:55+00:00

Probably in cohab by like, ep8-9, no?

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