# Poll: How many bubbles have you collected through? **URL:** \ **Category:** Market\ **Tags:** bubble, poll\ **Created:** [November 18, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337 "2024-11-18T15:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eeveeteam](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/eeveeteam/32/2219_2.png) [@eeveeteam](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/eeveeteam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/1 "2024-11-18T15:34:42Z")
Select each bubble that you have seen come and go (assume Pocket bubble if you are currently collecting). _Poll ([view on site](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![rtas](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rtas/32/257427_2.png) [@rtas](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/rtas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/2 "2024-11-18T15:50:22Z")
I think the _2014_ goldstar bubble is worth including. Also not sure I consider “pocket” a bubble but I can be wrong about this, don’t follow the market as closely. ---
**Author:** ![eeveeteam](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/eeveeteam/32/2219_2.png) [@eeveeteam](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/eeveeteam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/3 "2024-11-18T15:53:36Z")
Thanks, I wasn’t around for the gold star bubble so wasn’t sure what time frame that was. I included the Pocket because of the massive increase in attention seemingly overnight. ---
**Author:** ![traineramy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/traineramy/32/132565_2.png) [@traineramy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/traineramy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/4 "2024-11-18T16:07:32Z")
I see @smpratte only selected 1999 which implies he doesn’t think the others were bubbles 😱 ---
**Author:** ![c0ll3ct0r](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/c0ll3ct0r/32/26306_2.png) [@c0ll3ct0r](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/c0ll3ct0r)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/5 "2024-11-18T16:09:11Z")
I’m voting 1999 USA because I assume that’s where most of the crazy numbers in my norwegian magazines came from. ---
**Author:** ![trainerjack](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/trainerjack/32/1795_2.png) [@trainerjack](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/trainerjack)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/6 "2024-11-18T16:12:51Z")
Been collecting since about 2005 to now! Didn’t really ever look at much market activity until 2020 though ---
**Author:** ![smpratte](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/smpratte/32/79511_2.png) [@smpratte](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/smpratte)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/7 "2024-11-18T16:30:06Z")
I couldn’t figure out how to select multiple so I did the earliest one I experienced! 👴 Oh and the gold star bubble was 2014. ---
**Author:** ![ArcticLapras](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/arcticlapras/32/133815_2.png) [@ArcticLapras](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/ArcticLapras)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/8 "2024-11-18T22:13:26Z")
All the way. Of course I completely abandoned Pokémon during my teen years (2002/2014), and came back just in time to see vintage products lying around for 300 per box. ---
**Author:** ![pokemonunboxing](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pokemonunboxing/32/609_2.png) [@pokemonunboxing](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pokemonunboxing)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/9 "2024-11-18T22:58:36Z")
Been here for it all ---
**Author:** ![mrbubbles](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/mrbubbles/32/255723_2.png) [@mrbubbles](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/mrbubbles)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/10 "2024-11-19T11:34:40Z")
Surviving 2-3 more of these should give me enough xp to reach my 1st stage evolution of GrandMaster Bubbles! Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Rockets\_rares](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rockets_rares/32/104551_2.png) [@Rockets\_rares](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Rockets_rares)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/11 "2024-11-19T12:45:51Z")
Unfortunatley for card collecting i came with the covid hype lol. Was always a huge fan of pokemon but the games and anime. Now i like to think that i have something to show for in/to the community but still technically im young to the hobby compared to alot of you guys on e4 ---
**Author:** ![Errog\_MH](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/errog_mh/32/139347_2.png) [@Errog\_MH](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Errog_MH)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/12 "2024-11-19T13:08:58Z")
Got back into collecting while visiting Japan and buying loads of 30 yen commons/unco from ex and DP/DPt era in 2023. I stopped collecting French around the time the first BW set aired, and I slowly start to appreciate the different rarities that came out throughout the differents generations ---
**Author:** ![mthursty](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/mthursty/32/159700_2.png) [@mthursty](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/mthursty)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/13 "2024-11-19T15:42:04Z")
I agree. I remember when I started collecting this was talked about quite a lot but I never really understood it. I doubt there are metrics that we have today that can definitively show the bubble. Perhaps there are some threads here from ages past that discuss it 🤔 I’d love to give those a read if anyone can find one! ---
**Author:** ![rtas](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rtas/32/257427_2.png) [@rtas](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/rtas)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/14 "2024-11-19T16:01:04Z")
Exactly, I look at a lot of older threads and it’s been mentioned many times. In fact bubble (or bubblebath lol) discussions seem parallel with vintage v modern discussions- it’s always been there. [Here’s a thread](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/whats-up-with-gold-stars/12886) close to that time and [here’s a more recent one.](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/gold-star-legendary-dog-bubble-the-now/27484) To go down the rabbit hole, what is collecting? I honestly wouldn’t consider myself a dedicated collector until 2020. ---
**Author:** ![smpratte](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/smpratte/32/79511_2.png) [@smpratte](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/smpratte)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/15 "2024-11-19T16:11:00Z")
Back in 2014 price charts didn’t exist, so there isn’t an easy way to look at data. The GS bubble was the first hype wave outside of the 90s boom. People wanted to complete the first psa 10 gold star set. When it was completed, that was considered when the bubble popped, as prices and hyped chilled. In 2014 pokemon was much smaller in size and average discretionary income. Even if we had price charts, the bubble numbers would be absolute steals in todays market. Similar to the 80s sports boom, peak micky mantle or honus wagner prices then would be robbery today. Nonetheless it was a useful experience in hype that hadn’t happened since the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Oliviro2](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/oliviro2/32/134566_2.png) [@Oliviro2](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Oliviro2)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/poll-how-many-bubbles-have-you-collected-through/51337/16 "2024-11-19T18:38:56Z")
I started collecting around early 2023 so am relatively new. It was quite interesting to look at the prices of cards I wanted to buy, with so many of them having dropped significantly since 2021. Must’ve been a stressful time for people that collected or started collecting around 2020/2021 where the spikes are seen