A piece of advice as a sealed collector is to buy your chase as a single. That helped me resist the urge to rip packs, since I already had the hit or hits I wanted in the set. 🙌
Yeah but there's nothing like pulling that chase card. I shifted into doing this but last night I pulled the pikachu ex and the euphoria felt from pulling a card like that is unmatched lol. I think it's important to have a healthy balance of the two. Open some packs for some fun, and buy your chase cards after when the prices deflate, not everything needs to be about money.
The ending 😭you reminded me of the time I got home drunk and opened one of my two Cosmic Eclipse ETBs back in early 2021. Pulled the Vileplume/Erika full art & the secret rare Pika, but it still haunts me hahaha.
You're right, UA-cam is absolutely bombarding me with Poke investors haha!😂 The only people I trust are You, Nostalgia Nomics, and Phillips Collectibles. People who have love for the hobby and I can see, as a viewer, are genuine. I honestly try to not watch too many videos, as it gets me anxious and stressed throughout the week lol. But I can't help but want to know what's going on in the market 😆
Mate. You're still my biggest inspiration to make my own videos. I didnt have many Aussies to learn from so its been a godsend following you for over a year now. Im so excited for what the future of you looks like and Pokemon in 2030! Hopefully youll still be here making informative vids on lots of things :)
I literally started a sealed collection 2 weeks ago and I’m collecting PC ETBs so far I have x4 Stella crown and x2 surging sparks I’m only gonna invest a few hundred a month as my salary isn’t the best but I’m happy haha!
@Charliee-B Im coming up to a year back in the hobby and investing from the UK too. Learnt lots over the last year and built a nice collection of Booster boxes, PC ETBs and other bits 😊 flipped a few
I have been explaining to my girlfriend every single day for the past 6 months that I refuse to open my sealed collection. She keeps nagging me about opening everything - especially my Crown Zenith product (it's her favorite set). She got into Pokemon cards before me, so she managed to pull the Moonbreon from just a few Evo Skies packs (she's got incredible luck). She even had the foresight to buy a couple ETBs to keep sealed, which is great. I managed to pick up some Paldea Evolved, Paradox Rift, Lost Origin, and Crown Zenith before the prices became outrageous. Also picked up some different newer sets for decent prices. Currently working on stocking up on Paldean Fates, Surging Sparks, Twilight Masquerade, and Obsidian Flames, but it's real difficult to find it at a price range I'm willing to pay at the moment.
I agree bro, personally i don't enjoy opening that much, i just buy the singles i want and keep the rest sealed. It's the most fun for me epsecially if i can use some of yhat money for a downpayment later
But as a new collector, arent the prices insane for average sets? I see everything getting priced out. Even local gaming stores bumping their prices up. TIA
Remember when people used to say pokemon sword and shield sets were overprinted and wouldn’t appreciate apart from maybe evo skies? Yeah I don’t hear them anymore for some reason..
Im just coming up on a year back in the hobby. So glad I found this channel early on and took your advice on S&S boxes. They've all sky rocketed. Just wish I could have brought myself to buy ES BB back then! After 12 months I'm now holding about 6.5k worth costing me around 4.5k according to Shiny app. A lot being ultra modern yet to see its gains too. Definitely learnt some lessons along the way
Brother dont feel bad. i have a bad beat story. I ordered a sealed booster case of evolving skies. It was a sealed case and it was a first release cost me 2200. I saved up for it. Anyway I got it , and it for certain was tampered. I returned it. I dont know why by I ended up replacing this purchase with just 1 evolving skies box. The good news is I put it all into Lost origin and chilling reign cases. So I am still greatful, but damn I wouldnt mind having what i had originally was supposed have. That ES case is worth 8k . 1st print-Case value.
@Rigz. my original aim was to get some of each decent S&S set before they got too pricey, which I managed except ES. I've since moved to get one of each S&V and trying to jump on 151 restocks. I got 4 SS PC ETBs and sold 2 on the original jump along with my booster box. I dont doubt there will be opportunities to get a BB again. Ive since picked up a half BB at a good price.
@@Rigz. Im getting a booster box of it, pretty cool dragon set. I got in at the right time a year or so ago. I actually had buyers remorse for a lot of it. I then tried to sell my lost origin and chilling reign cases to recoup some back on craigslist. I could not get anyone to wipe their ass with it. Now it all changed for me. Im now attached and wont sell it. I love where the hobby is at right now. So many times I have said to myself. Man "i knew it, I shoulda, I coulda". But that is how hot the hobby is right now. You can only put your greenbecks in so many places. But yes im very very happy person right now. Im loving my etb collection. I own 1 of every sword and shield pokemon center etb. Older sets that I cannot get a booster box for I get an etb. If the etb is out of reach I go for a 3 pack blister. My goal is to have a little bit of every set, but the train is leaving the station without us.
I have just started investing in graded cards and I think I will start to hold some products for long term after my holiday next month :) Bought the new Sylveon Ex SAR and the Leafeon Ex SAR...sights are set on the umbreon next
People also need to keep in mind that most “investors” will ditch their sealed product as soon as it drops or open it when they’re drunk with their boys. The amount of people who will hold this product for YEARS is relatively low.
There are so many people talking exit points but SwSh is going to age extremely well because it’s getting ripped like crazy right now. There really won’t be much left and these boxes will be thousands of dollars. This lack of product currently is great for SwSh
I started collecting literally just last September/October and I only planned on picking up a single evo skies booster box and somehow ended up getting way more into it than I had planned. I’m up double on my purchases so far in just a few months
I'm betting so many more people getting into sealed product will stay the course. Many of us original collectors started learning do's and dont's of investing using Robinhood in the late 2010s and during covid. People overextending themselves will just scalp or sell out of needing the cash, but many will hold knowing the current and expected state of the market
Guilty of the beers and ripping open product but I keep Japanese booster boxes around to rip that are cheap and fun to open and it’s those I get into when I feel the urge and keep everything English sealed and out of sight
This is the market peak, everyone i know is on their way out or looking for a way to get out. Im a new collector and i see it coming, I'm done buying for atleast the next 2 years. i might even get out all together and put it towards a home, not sure, i just want out before everyone else does the same thing, and its coming.
I believe surging is between fusion and evolving so I think long term its one of the best sets. I still will be buying and if it gets a reprint ill get even more because i believe in it that much. All sets will do pretty well but imo it will do better than any other sv set so far long term.
I would say it’s exactly even with fusion strike (assuming no better sets come out) but I don’t think the chases are as strong, the illustration rares make up for it though. I hate the pikachu and think gengar vmax and Espeon vmax alts are better chases and will age waaaaaaaaay better 🤷♂️ the masterball pikachu (such a rare card 🙄) got reprinted into the ground from $500 psa 10 to $300 and technically that can still happen to surging sparks pikachu, but not espeon and gengar 🤷♂️
@marcburch2633 surging has popular Mons just like fusion. Pikachu, latias, hydreigon, milotic fusion has Gengar, Eevee, mew, celebi. Illustration rares are amazing in surging sparks and you can dislike the Pikachu that doesn't mean value will drop. It's also a far more enjoyable set to open. I think it will age well but it's ok to disagree. I think it's a better investment at this price and especially after a reprint then say something like paradox sv base etc.
@ I think fusion strike at $80 a booster box a couple years ago was a better investment than $200 for surging sparks will ever be but I’m fine with being wrong. I think the Latias also looks lackluster, the Milotic looks nice but it isn’t a popular Pokémon so it’s pretty overvalued in the event of massive reprints
@@marcburch2633 I mean fair enough 80 dollars a box was quite a while ago at this point and at the time people were not into it. I have a couple openings on my pokebros channel opening that set and loved it at the time but was definitely in the minority. But surging will most likely never be 80 a box the set is definitely good imo but only time will tell. Appreciate hearing your thoughts.
Just started collecting bought some sealed booster box and eventually will buy some chase cards. Does anyone know a good place to buy a quality acrylic box to keep booster boxes ? Thanks
Do we think it’ll keep going up? Talking about mainly fusion strike and brilliant stars here, managed to get a few prismatic etbs but are there any other sealed products you’de recommend getting here in the uk?
I said something similar about pokeinvesting being a new concept to the masses and got shut down by nostalgianomics because he (1 out of 8 billion or whatever the number is) was investing since xy 🤷♂️
It's really new to the masses. Maybe there was a few lucky or switched on people during black and white or XY but I don't think people were actively storing sealed product as an investment.
@@spidermn17 were they priced 10% under market price? I mean if you want to sell something it isn’t hard if you price it right. You can’t list something 10% over market price and expect it to sell 🤷♂️ people buy cases that are thousands of dollars every day on Ebay. I’m sure streamers will buy boxes no matter how expensive they get
If you have that urge to rip packs I strongly suggest opening Japanese packs. Cheaper, easier to get and still retain some if not out way the cost of the box itself.
I keep thinking about this too, corporations are trying to ween us off physical media. No disc drives, subscription services, Go and Pocket are the beginning of the shift in this hobby.... In my opinion.
@BlackHeartJK27 well it would make sense in a business sense and supply but physical will always be king, that's why when they do pull the plug, prices will get insane imo
A piece of advice as a sealed collector is to buy your chase as a single. That helped me resist the urge to rip packs, since I already had the hit or hits I wanted in the set. 🙌
That’s what I do. I display the Chase card next to each booster box it’s connected to!
@ amazing, true collector! 💪
Do you buy psa 10 or raw?
Both of course😂
Yeah but there's nothing like pulling that chase card. I shifted into doing this but last night I pulled the pikachu ex and the euphoria felt from pulling a card like that is unmatched lol. I think it's important to have a healthy balance of the two. Open some packs for some fun, and buy your chase cards after when the prices deflate, not everything needs to be about money.
“It’s harder than you think to keep everything sealed” is the most honest statement I’ve heard in awhile
The ending 😭you reminded me of the time I got home drunk and opened one of my two Cosmic Eclipse ETBs back in early 2021. Pulled the Vileplume/Erika full art & the secret rare Pika, but it still haunts me hahaha.
Classic! 😅
You're right, UA-cam is absolutely bombarding me with Poke investors haha!😂 The only people I trust are You, Nostalgia Nomics, and Phillips Collectibles. People who have love for the hobby and I can see, as a viewer, are genuine.
I honestly try to not watch too many videos, as it gets me anxious and stressed throughout the week lol. But I can't help but want to know what's going on in the market 😆
Mate. You're still my biggest inspiration to make my own videos. I didnt have many Aussies to learn from so its been a godsend following you for over a year now. Im so excited for what the future of you looks like and Pokemon in 2030! Hopefully youll still be here making informative vids on lots of things :)
Thanks heaps, really appreciate you tuning in!
I literally started a sealed collection 2 weeks ago and I’m collecting PC ETBs so far I have x4 Stella crown and x2 surging sparks I’m only gonna invest a few hundred a month as my salary isn’t the best but I’m happy haha!
eyy welcome to the hobby and best of luck
Good luck. Just dont overpay starting out in a crazy market!
@@02danhaz thanks yeah I’m only paying retail here in the uk PC ETBs stay available for abit longer than the US!
@ thanks!
@Charliee-B Im coming up to a year back in the hobby and investing from the UK too. Learnt lots over the last year and built a nice collection of Booster boxes, PC ETBs and other bits 😊 flipped a few
I have been explaining to my girlfriend every single day for the past 6 months that I refuse to open my sealed collection. She keeps nagging me about opening everything - especially my Crown Zenith product (it's her favorite set).
She got into Pokemon cards before me, so she managed to pull the Moonbreon from just a few Evo Skies packs (she's got incredible luck). She even had the foresight to buy a couple ETBs to keep sealed, which is great.
I managed to pick up some Paldea Evolved, Paradox Rift, Lost Origin, and Crown Zenith before the prices became outrageous. Also picked up some different newer sets for decent prices. Currently working on stocking up on Paldean Fates, Surging Sparks, Twilight Masquerade, and Obsidian Flames, but it's real difficult to find it at a price range I'm willing to pay at the moment.
I agree bro, personally i don't enjoy opening that much, i just buy the singles i want and keep the rest sealed. It's the most fun for me epsecially if i can use some of yhat money for a downpayment later
I’m 11 months back in the hobby and I ain’t leaven 🎉
Thanks for all the advice so far Mike 🤙🏼
15 months back here. We got back in at a good time. Literally the earlier the better, wish i had trusted my instinct in 2011.
Awesome mate, welcome back!
But as a new collector, arent the prices insane for average sets? I see everything getting priced out. Even local gaming stores bumping their prices up. TIA
Remember when people used to say pokemon sword and shield sets were overprinted and wouldn’t appreciate apart from maybe evo skies?
Yeah I don’t hear them anymore for some reason..
Im just coming up on a year back in the hobby. So glad I found this channel early on and took your advice on S&S boxes. They've all sky rocketed. Just wish I could have brought myself to buy ES BB back then!
After 12 months I'm now holding about 6.5k worth costing me around 4.5k according to Shiny app. A lot being ultra modern yet to see its gains too.
Definitely learnt some lessons along the way
Brother dont feel bad. i have a bad beat story. I ordered a sealed booster case of evolving skies. It was a sealed case and it was a first release cost me 2200. I saved up for it. Anyway I got it , and it for certain was tampered. I returned it. I dont know why by I ended up replacing this purchase with just 1 evolving skies box. The good news is I put it all into Lost origin and chilling reign cases. So I am still greatful, but damn I wouldnt mind having what i had originally was supposed have. That ES case is worth 8k . 1st print-Case value.
what you holding man? what do you think of surging sparks
@Rigz. my original aim was to get some of each decent S&S set before they got too pricey, which I managed except ES. I've since moved to get one of each S&V and trying to jump on 151 restocks.
I got 4 SS PC ETBs and sold 2 on the original jump along with my booster box. I dont doubt there will be opportunities to get a BB again. Ive since picked up a half BB at a good price.
@@Rigz. Im getting a booster box of it, pretty cool dragon set.
I got in at the right time a year or so ago. I actually had buyers remorse for a lot of it. I then tried to sell my lost origin and chilling reign cases to recoup some back on craigslist. I could not get anyone to wipe their ass with it. Now it all changed for me. Im now attached and wont sell it. I love where the hobby is at right now. So many times I have said to myself. Man "i knew it, I shoulda, I coulda". But that is how hot the hobby is right now. You can only put your greenbecks in so many places. But yes im very very happy person right now. Im loving my etb collection. I own 1 of every sword and shield pokemon center etb. Older sets that I cannot get a booster box for I get an etb. If the etb is out of reach I go for a 3 pack blister. My goal is to have a little bit of every set, but the train is leaving the station without us.
@@Rigz. Ive gone the hardest on Lost origin, silver tempest, chilling reign. Just my favorite sets.
I have just started investing in graded cards and I think I will start to hold some products for long term after my holiday next month :)
Bought the new Sylveon Ex SAR and the Leafeon Ex SAR...sights are set on the umbreon next
People also need to keep in mind that most “investors” will ditch their sealed product as soon as it drops or open it when they’re drunk with their boys. The amount of people who will hold this product for YEARS is relatively low.
There are so many people talking exit points but SwSh is going to age extremely well because it’s getting ripped like crazy right now. There really won’t be much left and these boxes will be thousands of dollars. This lack of product currently is great for SwSh
@ yes, unfortunately I don’t have much SWSH, only about 9 Astral ETBs and 108 packs of Crown Zenith.
I started collecting literally just last September/October and I only planned on picking up a single evo skies booster box and somehow ended up getting way more into it than I had planned. I’m up double on my purchases so far in just a few months
Nice work, you've timed it well!
I started keeping Pokemon sealed in 2015
It's time in the market vs timing the market.
almost to 20k subs pokeoz!
Appreciate the support!
I'm betting so many more people getting into sealed product will stay the course. Many of us original collectors started learning do's and dont's of investing using Robinhood in the late 2010s and during covid. People overextending themselves will just scalp or sell out of needing the cash, but many will hold knowing the current and expected state of the market
Guilty of the beers and ripping open product but I keep Japanese booster boxes around to rip that are cheap and fun to open and it’s those I get into when I feel the urge and keep everything English sealed and out of sight
Haha easy enough to do 😅
This is the market peak, everyone i know is on their way out or looking for a way to get out. Im a new collector and i see it coming, I'm done buying for atleast the next 2 years. i might even get out all together and put it towards a home, not sure, i just want out before everyone else does the same thing, and its coming.
Lmao. Both son, you need both
I picked up a Battle Styles BB for $165 CAD. I feel like it should be worth more, there are some cool arts in that one
Obsidian Flames BB spiking. Now above $150. Get in before $200!
Just bought two for $180 CAD this weekend! Second was by accident but was pleased when I saw obsidian flames moving up online! 😂
pokeoz, when are we selling our pc surging sparks etbs?
Fusion Strike is just insane lol
Yep!
I believe surging is between fusion and evolving so I think long term its one of the best sets. I still will be buying and if it gets a reprint ill get even more because i believe in it that much. All sets will do pretty well but imo it will do better than any other sv set so far long term.
Surging is a crazy good set!
I would say it’s exactly even with fusion strike (assuming no better sets come out) but I don’t think the chases are as strong, the illustration rares make up for it though. I hate the pikachu and think gengar vmax and Espeon vmax alts are better chases and will age waaaaaaaaay better 🤷♂️ the masterball pikachu (such a rare card 🙄) got reprinted into the ground from $500 psa 10 to $300 and technically that can still happen to surging sparks pikachu, but not espeon and gengar 🤷♂️
@marcburch2633 surging has popular Mons just like fusion. Pikachu, latias, hydreigon, milotic fusion has Gengar, Eevee, mew, celebi. Illustration rares are amazing in surging sparks and you can dislike the Pikachu that doesn't mean value will drop. It's also a far more enjoyable set to open. I think it will age well but it's ok to disagree. I think it's a better investment at this price and especially after a reprint then say something like paradox sv base etc.
@ I think fusion strike at $80 a booster box a couple years ago was a better investment than $200 for surging sparks will ever be but I’m fine with being wrong. I think the Latias also looks lackluster, the Milotic looks nice but it isn’t a popular Pokémon so it’s pretty overvalued in the event of massive reprints
@@marcburch2633 I mean fair enough 80 dollars a box was quite a while ago at this point and at the time people were not into it. I have a couple openings on my pokebros channel opening that set and loved it at the time but was definitely in the minority. But surging will most likely never be 80 a box the set is definitely good imo but only time will tell. Appreciate hearing your thoughts.
Just started collecting bought some sealed booster box and eventually will buy some chase cards. Does anyone know a good place to buy a quality acrylic box to keep booster boxes ? Thanks
I was lucky that I found a €60 crown zenith etb yesterday I will hold it for the next 2+ years
I think it’s going up. I just ordered 3 booster boxes worth of packs.
Best place to buy sealed booster boxes online in Aus?
Where exactly are you sourcing the information on expected growth % in the TCG space- would love a read of that!!
There's a few articles on it, if you google TCG growth you'll find a few 👌
Do we think it’ll keep going up? Talking about mainly fusion strike and brilliant stars here, managed to get a few prismatic etbs but are there any other sealed products you’de recommend getting here in the uk?
The market as a whole is in the billions in terms of valuation and growing. eBay is having a field day with all the sellers fees lol
TWM sold out on NA Pokemon Center!
Edit: booster box
Love the Crux of things.
🤣🤣
I said something similar about pokeinvesting being a new concept to the masses and got shut down by nostalgianomics because he (1 out of 8 billion or whatever the number is) was investing since xy 🤷♂️
It's really new to the masses. Maybe there was a few lucky or switched on people during black and white or XY but I don't think people were actively storing sealed product as an investment.
I forgot but have you ever mentioned collecting Japanese sealed product yourself and why?
You reckon Twilight Masquerade Booster Bundles for $40 AUD and Surging Sparks Booster Bundles for $45 AUD are a decent deal? Just grabbed 4 of each
I don't know Australian MSRP but converting that to USD. $45 AUD is just above our MSRP so that's a great price for Surging Sparks.
My question is, like moonbreon if the card gets to 10k. Who can afford to pay that ?
Whoever owns the multi thousand dollar booster boxes I’m assuming
@ yer and who’s going to buy those. I’ve seen booster boxes and certain cards on eBay sit there for months
@@spidermn17 were they priced 10% under market price? I mean if you want to sell something it isn’t hard if you price it right. You can’t list something 10% over market price and expect it to sell 🤷♂️ people buy cases that are thousands of dollars every day on Ebay. I’m sure streamers will buy boxes no matter how expensive they get
If you have that urge to rip packs I strongly suggest opening Japanese packs. Cheaper, easier to get and still retain some if not out way the cost of the box itself.
Nah get Korean 50 aud a box and still good quality
Would buying Silver Tempest booster boxes for €162,50 per booster box be a good investment? 😁
Yes. Those are only going to go up from here.
The moonbreon is running away like team up. PSA10s are pulling $2500+ on eBay.
Crazy hey!
Over the last couple of months? I don’t know why, but the increased hype seems to coincide with pokemon pocket
@@JCHuberson that’s unrelated to Pokemon lol
Crazy times we are living in 😂
Keep it SEALED
Lets pack our bags and head out west. Going to be a Poke gold miner?
🤣🤣
I'm different I'm different Im different
😮😮
Open up another manufacturing plant
crikey mate
less than 2 weeks, welcome to the circus
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1️⃣st😅
🏏Strikers😫👎
Hey! Win from the Hurricanes though! 😎
wait till the day they stop making cards
I keep thinking about this too, corporations are trying to ween us off physical media. No disc drives, subscription services, Go and Pocket are the beginning of the shift in this hobby.... In my opinion.
@BlackHeartJK27 well it would make sense in a business sense and supply but physical will always be king, that's why when they do pull the plug, prices will get insane imo
thats never going to happen lmao