re: Any of you have kids (or you) into Pokemon? Shortages, high demand...

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We are in birthday season in this household, and the kids all love Pokemon, but the damn cards have been nearly impossible to find, so I'll pick some up if I come across them and thrown them in a box so we have them.

I was at Walmart this morning, and they had just stocked up on the big $40 boxes, $20, $15, $10 and the $4 packs. I picked up some and thought it was enough, but later I decided I should probably get some more while I could. I went back at lunch, not 3 hours later, and they were completely sold out of what was easily $2000+ in Pokemon cards.

It's absurd. What the heck is going on? Meanwhile, baseball cards sit on that aisle collecting dust.

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Ummm this has been going on for 18 months now. $20 blaster boxes are now goin for $200 at card stores and ebay. You have to lineup at Target on Friday mornings to even have a chance to by cards. People are bribing distributors to be altered when Walmart stock is put out.

You got really really lucky you got anything at all.