re: Will collecting Pokemon go the way of Beanie Babies, and come to a crashing halt?

My wife and I were looking at our kids Pokémon cards just like wtf is this silly shite and we found this one

I’m not fricking with Dan.

I watch some thrifting and garage selling channels on YouTube. It’s typically older buyers buying from younger sellers/collectors. Many of those younger collectors will gain interest again and become older buyers themselves and the cycle continues.

I have a modest sports card collection but the one thing that is apparent to me is that it’s all driven by rarity. If Pokémon can keep from getting too greedy and overproduction of their product, I don’t see them going anywhere.

Pokemon has generational and cross cultural interest. (Mostly male)

Beanie Babies were just a brief fad for middle aged women. They change their minds all the time.

The only way Pokemon goes in the trash heap is if someone like Disney bought it and “put a chick in it and made it gay”.

(Disney does not have 10% of the money required to buy Pokemon)

Damn I better go find and dust off my Pokémon card collection before it’s too late. 5th grade me had a hell of a holographic collection.

Hold hold hold.

It’s insane right now.

It needs to be policy that for all forest releases stores must break the seal on the products.

Investors and scalpers should come second to casual fans.

I have a PSA 9 Umbreon from 2001 that's worth about 2500 now. Glad I held onto it

Not sure, but it’s equally as gay.

Did you find any beanie boos? The ones with the big eyes? They aren’t worth much, well, mostly, but that’s what my youngest likes.

I remember my roommate in college playing pokemon- it’s still around, so it may not go anywhere. My older kids were into it for a while when the 3DS games were coming out.

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refractor Charzar and Picachu, I have zero knowledge

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Clearly, refractors don't exist in Pokemon

Beanie babies were produced as a faux collectors item. Pokemon was built on genuine interest and enjoyment of the game and anime.

Sports cards are still far and away more collected than Pokemon