As long as you’re confident in your purchase, FOMO should not be a bad thing. Good luck on your purchases!! 🎉 I preordered 4 pc etbs of surging sparks, just to see if they would sell out before release date. If they do I will keep them. If they don’t sell out before release date, I’d probably just get my money back. 😅 It allows me to know how excited people are about this set and if they like it enough to buy it, while locking in some product.
Bought 6 151 booster bundles from the third party Walmart seller. Everything came in good! I put away 5 boxes and opened 1, out of that one box I pulled the SIR Charizard. Thanks for the tips!
Bought 7 from the third party seller and degen ripped 6 of them lol. Also pulled Charizard SIR, but not much else. Definitely not a scam though =) phew!
Congrats! I bought 12, ripped 8 boxes and pulled 2 blastoise EX SIRs, Alakazam EX SIR, Giovanni’s charisma EXSIR, Charizard, full art, Eric’s invitation for art, great set of bundles!
I sold my Lugia V full art for $160 that I pulled from a booster pack back in 2022. Then I rebought it for $130 in 2024 right before it shot up in price at $200. So it looks like it’s coming back down in price. It truly is one of the most beautiful cards in the sword in shield era.
Thank you for posting about the 151 booster bundles at Walmart. Here in Canada we got a small re-stock about a week later and because of your video, I had been checking daily. I decided to buy the maximum 10 allowed per purchase when I saw them in stock. They were sold-out within a few hours.
I also do the 4 case bundle deal with Forge and Fire. They also have worked with me with my resale certificate. So I don't even need to pay tax through them anymore
Just traded a duplicate Aerodactyl V Alt Art from LO for the Lugia V and ordered the Persian 2 days ago. Sounds like you and I are on the same wave length
Nice pick ups, got a feeling surging sparks will by hyped up until the team rocket set comes out. Then the prices might go down or level out at a certain price for surging sparks if people are more hyped for team rocket
Probably the only person in the U.S doing this, but I'm trying to complete the Shrouded Fable Master Set 😅. It's a small set, not very expensive, and I actually like it. I played the game (Scarlet) so I'm familiar with the main pokemon in that set. I like it better than Twilight Masquerade, but that's just my very unpopular opinion. Stellar Crown has a few beautiful cards, but overall an average set in my eyes. Surging Sparks, however, looks promising as hell 😎 To whoever reading this let me ask: Top 3 sets from the Scarlet and Violet era? And why? 🤔
I have had a love for Pokémon since I was little and mastered the base set in 99. Unfortunately lost all my cards so about a few years back my son got ne back into it. Now learning how to invest and collect them starting from scratch mostly. Your videos have been a big help. Oh i pre ordered The Pokémon Exclusive Surging Sparks. Im debating to crack it or not i know my son will want to lol.
@@Itwasneveraphasecards Yea it really brings me back and now wanting to get some childhood vintage back, Learning to grade to send in . Really trying to invest and collect the right way teaching my little man along the way. Truly amazing
Im having a rough time determining how much I want to spend on 151 sealed. I just got 4 Poster sets for $12.50 each on sale from Dollar general, some sneaky drops there. I didn't have it in me to drive all over town, but I saw these Booster boxes pop up and didn't buy some, decided not to miss out on those. Opened one and pulled SIR Venasaur so thats a $30+ already. I ordered like $300 in tins too. I'm not thinking that im an every set collector so I really feel like its worth it to sink in some dollars on 151 while its available.
Just got home from a convention in my city and picked up an evolving skies and fusion strikes ETBs, I would’ve preferred to grab booster boxes but finances lol and picks up some crown zenith slabs! Plan on buying some more booster boxes and pre ordering surging sparks next payday
Not at all, tcg has them going for 142 I believe and was sold about 145 still a crazy price but not too bad for after market, maybe cause im new to this lol but grab the gold arceus, dialga, and Japanese giratina for 1 psa 10 and 1 Beckett 10 and 1 Beckett 9.5
Grabbed six 151 poster sets online from Target after your video last week (Walmart was already cleared out). Opened one and got a SIR Blastoise EX. I'm going to quit while Im ahead and keep the other five sealed.
the persian seems to still be around the mid 30s range, there are still some going for 40-50 on ebay. I think the japanese version being around 10ish brings the average down, but i feel like getting it at low 30s is a decent buy.
I just pulled the terapagos at a prerelease! Gorgeous card but the rainbow borders are oddly very matte, not sparkly at all like usual SIRs which is kinda unfortunate. I pulled a regular art one too.
I know!! I’d definitely recommend going to a prerelease. It’s really fun and idk why but it seems as though the kits are way more juiced than any other sealed product at release. Someone else pulled a gold area zero and a hydrapple SIR. At a twilight prerelease I believe 3 SIRs and 2 golds were pulled too.
Since Stellar is a smaller set they should by easier to pull which would mean the prices would go down after release. However if the hype is just like crazy it could be possible for them to go up.
Hello whould you preoder surging sparks for 105 euro per display a case is 630, there is no shop cheaper in germany. I think after release you cant get it cheaper. What do you think sir ?
I'm not super familiar with the prices over there but that comes out to $116 a box USD. It's not bad if you are wanting to hold these boxes long term. With how much hype this set is getting I don't think you can go wrong really.
Dude, I want that Latias and Latios from Surging Sparks. Plus, isn't it a dragon themed set? And there are unreleased cards yet to be named? So exciting. The only bad part is keeping my Pokemon Center ETBs sealed when I want to rip packs of my own. 😋
I’ve had the most luck getting that ult art lugia through ETBs so I’ve been buying them from Best Buy none stop. I get them to price match from Walmart. There are some guys that care and some that don’t and I get the price match most of the time. That being said I’m still buy silver tempest for the master set !
Glad you got your booster bundles. Too bad the display wasn't sealed. That's the same that others in the discord are reporting as well. I still haven't gotten mine yet they are in transit still.
What's your advice? Is preorder bundles for Surging going to be cheaper than black-Friday? Should we order now or wait for those deals? I've got a PC ETB pre-ordered but wondering about a BB/ETB combo or two and if the current deals (around 120-130 for both) will be cheaper than black friday or not. First year watching poke-market so I don't know what it normally does over holidays.
No one can say for certain. I personally preordered when I normally don’t. I’d rather make sure to get boxes than risk it and if it’s a bit more expensive I’m keeping them sealed for long term investing so no big deal.
Hi, New 2 the hobby. Is it not way too soon to buy Surging Sparks from a investors pov? Or is the FOMO so strong that this sh*t can be out of stock before it's even out?
Great question! With the hype that the set is getting it’s possible that the box prices could rise above preorder pricing quickly. This isn’t a guarantee but that’s why I got my boxes already. My sealed boxes I plant to hold for years so if I ended up paying a little more per box it’s not a big deal to me.
I bought a case of stellar crown booster boxes. I’m going to invest in SS in a month or so. I think it’s a bit early to fomo. But hey, more power to you.
Yeah pretty much buy booster boxes and sell them years later. You can buy them below MSRP at or before release and then if you give it a few years every box is always above MSRP.
I wouldn’t touch anything in shrouded fable. The Persian and houndoom still seem overpriced for a set the size of obsidian flames. And I don’t really get why surging sparks is so hyped ? I think it’s cool to hope the set is great, but all we have seen so far is the latios and latias. There’s a promise of a pikachu, but what else is actually known?
So far I have 3 booster bundles 5 151 Japanese booster boxes and a 151 upc for that specific set I just don’t feel like that’s enough lol everything is still sealed btw
@@Itwasneveraphasecards np mate, the prices are inflated since there is no product on main retailers. For example a pack from a new set comes out at almost 7 dollars
I think stellar is gonna perform worse than people think. Solely because I’ve been watching these pre release openings and the pull rates seem way higher than anything else in SV. This combined with a small set is a bad combo
Not buying the Pokémon center etb I think is a big mistake. You don’t make very good choices. I just got into the hoppy and I’m the one that has to tell you the only reason why surging sparks is collectible is because of the ETB art
@@jeffreyrobert3342 Wait… you’re saying the ONLY reason Surging Sparks is collectible is because of the ETB art? I appreciate you watching and commenting though…
Let me know what you are buying!
As long as you’re confident in your purchase, FOMO should not be a bad thing. Good luck on your purchases!! 🎉
I preordered 4 pc etbs of surging sparks, just to see if they would sell out before release date. If they do I will keep them. If they don’t sell out before release date, I’d probably just get my money back. 😅 It allows me to know how excited people are about this set and if they like it enough to buy it, while locking in some product.
Bought 6 151 booster bundles from the third party Walmart seller. Everything came in good! I put away 5 boxes and opened 1, out of that one box I pulled the SIR Charizard. Thanks for the tips!
Dang that’s awesome congrats!
Bought 7 from the third party seller and degen ripped 6 of them lol. Also pulled Charizard SIR, but not much else. Definitely not a scam though =) phew!
Congrats! I bought 12, ripped 8 boxes and pulled 2 blastoise EX SIRs, Alakazam EX SIR, Giovanni’s charisma EXSIR, Charizard, full art, Eric’s invitation for art, great set of bundles!
I sold my Lugia V full art for $160 that I pulled from a booster pack back in 2022. Then I rebought it for $130 in 2024 right before it shot up in price at $200. So it looks like it’s coming back down in price. It truly is one of the most beautiful cards in the sword in shield era.
I was born in 96 this was my childhood im happy to say im returning to the hobby and your videos are helpful thanks !
Thank you for posting about the 151 booster bundles at Walmart. Here in Canada we got a small re-stock about a week later and because of your video, I had been checking daily. I decided to buy the maximum 10 allowed per purchase when I saw them in stock. They were sold-out within a few hours.
Nice! Glad I was able to help!
I also do the 4 case bundle deal with Forge and Fire. They also have worked with me with my resale certificate. So I don't even need to pay tax through them anymore
Oh nice that’s good! I need to work on getting that setup
Just traded a duplicate Aerodactyl V Alt Art from LO for the Lugia V and ordered the Persian 2 days ago. Sounds like you and I are on the same wave length
Dang that’s a good trade!
Nice pick ups, got a feeling surging sparks will by hyped up until the team rocket set comes out. Then the prices might go down or level out at a certain price for surging sparks if people are more hyped for team rocket
Definitely possible!
Crown stellar definitely pretty good pull rate. I pull 2 lapras and the bulbasaur
Nice!
Probably the only person in the U.S doing this, but I'm trying to complete the Shrouded Fable Master Set 😅. It's a small set, not very expensive, and I actually like it. I played the game (Scarlet) so I'm familiar with the main pokemon in that set. I like it better than Twilight Masquerade, but that's just my very unpopular opinion. Stellar Crown has a few beautiful cards, but overall an average set in my eyes. Surging Sparks, however, looks promising as hell 😎 To whoever reading this let me ask: Top 3 sets from the Scarlet and Violet era? And why? 🤔
I like Shrouded Fable set also. Still looking to pull the Persian card 🙏🏻
So far, I really like temperol forces, no big chase card. But the top 10 is stunning. 151 obviously and paldea evolved
@@alceja3522 One of the best cards in the set for sure 🙏
@@erikvanderploeg9969 I agree! Very appealing cards. My fav is the Morty's Conviction SIR 🔥
I have had a love for Pokémon since I was little and mastered the base set in 99. Unfortunately lost all my cards so about a few years back my son got ne back into it. Now learning how to invest and collect them starting from scratch mostly. Your videos have been a big help. Oh i pre ordered The Pokémon Exclusive Surging Sparks. Im debating to crack it or not i know my son will want to lol.
That’s awesome that you get to collect with your son!
@@Itwasneveraphasecards Yea it really brings me back and now wanting to get some childhood vintage back, Learning to grade to send in . Really trying to invest and collect the right way teaching my little man along the way. Truly amazing
Im having a rough time determining how much I want to spend on 151 sealed. I just got 4 Poster sets for $12.50 each on sale from Dollar general, some sneaky drops there. I didn't have it in me to drive all over town, but I saw these Booster boxes pop up and didn't buy some, decided not to miss out on those. Opened one and pulled SIR Venasaur so thats a $30+ already. I ordered like $300 in tins too. I'm not thinking that im an every set collector so I really feel like its worth it to sink in some dollars on 151 while its available.
Yeah 151 is crazy. I’m glad you pulled the Venusaur that’s awesome!
Just got home from a convention in my city and picked up an evolving skies and fusion strikes ETBs, I would’ve preferred to grab booster boxes but finances lol and picks up some crown zenith slabs! Plan on buying some more booster boxes and pre ordering surging sparks next payday
Nice can’t complain with any Evolving Skies product. Which Crown Zenith slabs did you get?
Not at all, tcg has them going for 142 I believe and was sold about 145 still a crazy price but not too bad for after market, maybe cause im new to this lol but grab the gold arceus, dialga, and Japanese giratina for 1 psa 10 and 1 Beckett 10 and 1 Beckett 9.5
Killer video as always, keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Grabbed six 151 poster sets online from Target after your video last week (Walmart was already cleared out). Opened one and got a SIR Blastoise EX. I'm going to quit while Im ahead and keep the other five sealed.
Awesome! Glad you were able to snag some boxes and even better that you pulled the Blastoise! Very cool card I love the artwork.
Been eyeing surging sparks case myself
I can’t hold on to boxes to save my life I get to excited and open them every time
I have been there. It took a long time for me to get the discipline to not open.
the persian seems to still be around the mid 30s range, there are still some going for 40-50 on ebay. I think the japanese version being around 10ish brings the average down, but i feel like getting it at low 30s is a decent buy.
I just pulled the terapagos at a prerelease! Gorgeous card but the rainbow borders are oddly very matte, not sparkly at all like usual SIRs which is kinda unfortunate. I pulled a regular art one too.
Nice! That’s really awesome
I know!! I’d definitely recommend going to a prerelease. It’s really fun and idk why but it seems as though the kits are way more juiced than any other sealed product at release. Someone else pulled a gold area zero and a hydrapple SIR. At a twilight prerelease I believe 3 SIRs and 2 golds were pulled too.
Do you think the bulbasaur and squirtle should be sold while more scarce now or should they be kept away and let time do its job?
Since Stellar is a smaller set they should by easier to pull which would mean the prices would go down after release. However if the hype is just like crazy it could be possible for them to go up.
Hello whould you preoder surging sparks for 105 euro per display a case is 630, there is no shop cheaper in germany. I think after release you cant get it cheaper. What do you think sir ?
I'm not super familiar with the prices over there but that comes out to $116 a box USD. It's not bad if you are wanting to hold these boxes long term. With how much hype this set is getting I don't think you can go wrong really.
@@Itwasneveraphasecards yea only long term, thank you very much. I like your channel you doing really good
Dude, I want that Latias and Latios from Surging Sparks. Plus, isn't it a dragon themed set? And there are unreleased cards yet to be named? So exciting. The only bad part is keeping my Pokemon Center ETBs sealed when I want to rip packs of my own. 😋
Yeah it’s based off two Japanese sets one being Paradis Dragona. We still haven’t seen most of the cards yet
I’ve had the most luck getting that ult art lugia through ETBs so I’ve been buying them from Best Buy none stop. I get them to price match from Walmart. There are some guys that care and some that don’t and I get the price match most of the time. That being said I’m still buy silver tempest for the master set !
@@tupapi121322 Dang how many have you pulled? I have a few I was keeping sealed but your making me want to open them haha
I bought 10 151 booster bundles from Walmart at the 28.xx +tax. They did come in a case but it wasn’t sealed
Glad you got your booster bundles. Too bad the display wasn't sealed. That's the same that others in the discord are reporting as well. I still haven't gotten mine yet they are in transit still.
@@Itwasneveraphasecards I did order 5 from that GT place, by accident and they arrived fine FYI
What's your advice? Is preorder bundles for Surging going to be cheaper than black-Friday? Should we order now or wait for those deals? I've got a PC ETB pre-ordered but wondering about a BB/ETB combo or two and if the current deals (around 120-130 for both) will be cheaper than black friday or not. First year watching poke-market so I don't know what it normally does over holidays.
No one can say for certain. I personally preordered when I normally don’t. I’d rather make sure to get boxes than risk it and if it’s a bit more expensive I’m keeping them sealed for long term investing so no big deal.
Hi, New 2 the hobby. Is it not way too soon to buy Surging Sparks from a investors pov? Or is the FOMO so strong that this sh*t can be out of stock before it's even out?
Great question! With the hype that the set is getting it’s possible that the box prices could rise above preorder pricing quickly. This isn’t a guarantee but that’s why I got my boxes already. My sealed boxes I plant to hold for years so if I ended up paying a little more per box it’s not a big deal to me.
@@Itwasneveraphasecards thx! I might buy 1 ETB and BB.
How many surging sparks cases did you grab? I bought 3 the other night.
@@pokeslam6675 Currently could only afford 2 at the moment plus one loose booster box and ETB. Hoping to add more before release
@@Itwasneveraphasecards nice nice. Tough to put down so much money before the release but this set will be worth it
Is this video Re-uploaded?
Nope
I bought a case of stellar crown booster boxes. I’m going to invest in SS in a month or so. I think it’s a bit early to fomo. But hey, more power to you.
Haha yeah it got me for sure
How do you make money reselling these? Or do you just hold it until the margin is high enough to sell? Thanks in advance.
Yeah pretty much buy booster boxes and sell them years later. You can buy them below MSRP at or before release and then if you give it a few years every box is always above MSRP.
Shrouded fable is the only specialty set I’ve skipped.
Totally understandable
I wouldn’t touch anything in shrouded fable. The Persian and houndoom still seem overpriced for a set the size of obsidian flames. And I don’t really get why surging sparks is so hyped ? I think it’s cool to hope the set is great, but all we have seen so far is the latios and latias. There’s a promise of a pikachu, but what else is actually known?
So far I have 3 booster bundles 5 151 Japanese booster boxes and a 151 upc for that specific set I just don’t feel like that’s enough lol everything is still sealed btw
That’s pretty good! Plan on getting any ETBs?
@@Itwasneveraphasecards for sure I’ll probably only be able to get 2 or 3 but definitely my next purchase 🫡
Sounds like you're not buying enough Lechonk
Good vid!
@@Lechonkamania Lechonk is adorable!
I might wait for these hot sets to come out. Might steer people from buying alt arts more
Thats true!
I had to get a case as well, even though I would of preferred to get a case for 575 , I ended up paying 610 shipped ;
Long term you won’t complain about that price. Nice job
Do you mean buy the Lugia raw ? Or buy PSA 10 ?
@@nicholasvitagliano1878 Either but I would prefer a clean copy I can grade myself
Do you mean its better to buy the Pokémon centre ETBs to hold or rip?
To hold, they don't normally get reprinted and go up in value pretty good as a rule.
To spend a few hundred on ALT ARTS or on sealed product?
I vote both 😉
Wish I could buy at these prices! Americans are so lucky.
@@naughtycookie3314 where are you located?
@@Itwasneveraphasecards I watch ur channel from Madeira Island, Portugal
@@naughtycookie3314 I really appreciate your support! What are the prices like there?
@@Itwasneveraphasecards np mate, the prices are inflated since there is no product on main retailers. For example a pack from a new set comes out at almost 7 dollars
I got one so far on preorder I plan on getting more
Which one Stellar or Surging?
@@Itwasneveraphasecards surging but I still want to get at least two cases of Stella crown
I think stellar is gonna perform worse than people think. Solely because I’ve been watching these pre release openings and the pull rates seem way higher than anything else in SV. This combined with a small set is a bad combo
Appreciate you sharing your opinion! Yeah if the pull rates got easier this set that will definitely affect things
Go Niners!
Surging sparks is mid imo. 151 crown zenith will out perform is my bet :)
To be fair we haven’t seen enough of surging sparks to know if it’s mid IMO. Haven’t even seen all of paradise dragona
They had some opened at a card show. Extremely underwhelming
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As much content as possible
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Shredded fable to special all right special hot dog water
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Not buying the Pokémon center etb
I think is a big mistake. You don’t make very good choices. I just got into the hoppy and I’m the one that has to tell you the only reason why surging sparks is collectible is because of the ETB art
@@jeffreyrobert3342 Wait… you’re saying the ONLY reason Surging Sparks is collectible is because of the ETB art? I appreciate you watching and commenting though…
You both are mistaken…. The ONLY reason SSparks is collectible??? Is because I said so!! I started the hype train….. you’re welcome.
@@TheSnackAttackingSnorlax 🤣👊