What do you think has more potential future growth? I like the booster boxes more because for me they are nicer to look at but I feel like the blisters will only increase more in value with there being so few of them left. Any thoughts?
Blisters are an odd item. Very cool collectible and unique on its own, but easy to repackage or be tampered with compared to boxes. I have had a good amount of blisters that the plastic just pops off. In my mind the blisters will be gone before the boxes because of this reason, so prices could increase at a faster pace than boxes. Pros and cons just like every other collectible.
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That’s an interesting topic. Blisters do seem to earn a slight premium compared to the price per pack of a booster box. That being said, I think the value should be increasing at around the same rate.
Plus it’s true a sealed box will last way longer than a blister, so I think I would go for booster boxes for the long run. You don’t want to pay that premium and end up with just a loose pack 20 years from now.
This comes up all the time. There is no way to tamper with a blister without it being super obvious. If you buy a sealed blister and the glue on the plastic is good, that is proof it hasn’t been messed with just the same as the WOTC shrink-wrap.
Watch any video of a blister being opened. They get ransacked. There is no way to reseal a blister without it looking like it’s been screwed with.
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It depends what WOTC boxes you would be holding long term. I assume you mean first ed.
Tim, I agree. The only way it can be resealed is if the blister naturally falls off completely. Which I’m sure can happen / has happened. But other than that, you can’t remove the glue without making it easily noticeable. I feel like it would be a very difficult scam.
Unfortunately blisters can be separated and resealed regardless whether the adhesive seal is initially intact or not. I won’t go into details but it’s a fairly large problem in other hobbies. Since the blisters aren’t impervious to tampering nor to degradation over time there’s a long term impact to value to consider.
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Wrong
What did I say that was “wrong” ? If you’re going to say that you need to be specific otherwise I can’t tell what your point is. 
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It’s not much different people saying that its so easy to tamper with blisters but they won’t elaborate because they don’t want to help people do it.
The plastic that touches the cardboard has a perfectly uniform and transparent application of adhesive, void of any imperfections. If the seam has no abnormalities then you 100% have a legitimate blister.
Even if the plastic case fell off due to age (which happens) that doesn’t make it any easier to fake a sealed product. The adhesive would be on the plastic AND cardboard. Lining up the plastic to match with the original adhesive/marking on the cardboard would be hard enough. It would be next to impossible to get the adhesive to look completely uniform and transparent as an untampered blister looks like.
Both are a solid investment. Personally I stay away from blisters only because I’m worried about them falling apart with age. so I just collect boxes or packs but thats just me.
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@pokenoob you’re right, they’re impossible to forge. We’ll leave it at that.
Still I wouldn’t place any long term premium for them over loose packs and always recommend buying from trusted sources 
For collectible/grading purposes blisters deserve at least some premium. Rarity would hike them up a little bit too. Finally, the nostalgic nature of buying packs off of store hooks could add to their desirability.
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I think there should be a premium on blisters. I mean if it can be differentiated, usually there will be a price difference. Especially when you get MORE cardboard, right?
I was thinking more so the blister versus a box fresh pack. I’ve seen many blisters with damaged/folded flaps inside the packaging. I also have recently experienced the same issue as others with the blister separating due to age. I can’t argue with the appeal though, I suppose the do add some value in that respect 