One day unlimited base will be selling for $1000 a pack.
We’ll be looking back at this thread wishing we bought $1100 1st base boosters.
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Hey, thank you for the input, much appreciated!!
It’s not that many years ago that I bought a 1st Base Box for 800.00 and now packs sell for more. Guess anything’s possible.
By the way, no more pm’s for 1st Base Packs at 1200.00. I already sold more than I wanted too:(
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I think we have a loophole in the system.
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Yes, unexpectedly though. I’m not smart enough to think that far ahead lol. I won’t do that again. That’s for sure;)
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It’s a matter of when, not if
I think it depends if higher value products can plateau without holding back products value underneath it. We’ve seen Skyridge and Legendary boxes skyrocket past other boxes this year, while some booster boxes have stayed more stagnant.
If that applies, then Base unlimited could continue to rise after First Edition becomes too expensive to continue rising. Otherwise you’d be looking at Charizards in the millions and first editions in high 6 figures before Unlimited could be that valuable.
On a related note, I have noticed an influx of unlimited blister packs being listed for $500 BIN ever since those (48?) mislabeled 1st edition blisters sold for $500 each.
Growth isn’t consistent for everything in the hobby.
The aprice of a 1st base box hasn’t really changed that much in the last 12 months but unlimited base packs have doubled and booster boxes have tripled.
I think 1k for base unlimited is years away but a very real possibility. Definitely a reality in 5+ years.
Just by inflation alone, unlimited boosters will hit 1k in about a number of decades. With actual growth, it can get there in less time. I’m gonna say it might be another 10-15 years.
Inflation rate alone unlimited booster packs would hit $1,000 + in the year 2104. There’s two types of growth you can calculate, percentage growth and linear growth. When added to the inflation rate you get the following.
percentage growth, unlimited booster packs hit $1,000+ in the year 2031.
linear growth, unlimited booster packs hit $1,000+ in the year 2051.
The reality is probably somewhere in between, closer to the year 2051 than 2031.
I think you people are crazy. Unlimited packs went from $3 to $60 in 19 years which is very impressive, but I don’t expect that kind of growth to last forever.
Everything has some kind of price ceiling too and we have no idea how long Pokemon will even stay relevant.
I’m usually quite optimistic with this hobby, but any of us living long enough to see these packs sell for $1000 is just wishful thinking IMO.
Price ceiling are either a made up term around here or a misused phrase. There’s no price ceiling. Saying Pokmeon can become irrelevant is valid, but unlikely in the time frame projection estimates. A few years ago 1st ed base packs were going for $50, there’s a lot more unlimited packs/less desirablility so I wouldn’t expect it to happen as fast, but I’d expect it at some time.
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I wonder if having exact print runs of earlier sets would increase or decrease values…
I think the longer they are out, the faster we will see growth. People are opening these or holding on to them long term. In another few years, I see unlimited packs being much higher than they are now.
People just start opening all your boxes and packs. Once packs become rare, we will see price hikes. This is something we can create.
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I don’t see 1st ed packs for sale often.
Things got worse?