One day I would like to see a comprehensive history about the initial release of Pokemon around the world in each country, there are great articles in Japanese that cover the period from the very early release etc. like this article: Waseda University Pokemon History. But it seems this reality may never come as WOTC for some reason is very reserved about releasing this information, not sure why.
For English release, I have yet to see an engaging resource that deals with numbers and specific release information like the Japanese paper I linked outside the usual âbulbapediaâ style rhetoric that has zero sources and is usually word of mouth and if it isnât there is no way to reference where this information is coming from.
As for listing prices it is almost always useless, especially raw cards as the range can be so dramatic. What would be cool to see is a history of eBay sold prices but that is complicated as eBay only saves listings for 3 months and there are sites that offer you this price history service etc.
Exactly, and what are his prices based on?
played-mint?
PSA-non PSA?
Unlimited-1st edition?
I mean the book itself is a great idea with information about all the sets but the pricing is even off at the current time. Tell me where you can find like a nm/mint alakazam goldstar for 55. The book would have been a larger succes if there was more information and background story about the sets itself.
Iâm considering buying it, Iâve always been a sucker for Pokemon information books. I hope it isnât all a big rewording of Bulbapedia and other online sources otherwise it completely voids buying it for me.
I like how the Base Set sample page from the previous page is actually accurate prices right now and not over exaggerated. He should send a copy off to UnlistedLeaf!
Primetime is a very nice guy and he has come a long way in terms of a professional presentation and fact checking over the years, but Iâm not optimistic that the book would be interesting since even in his videos for the last few years he is clearly reading off of Bulbapedia anytime he tries to be informative (see also several of his older videos where has no idea what most of the Pokemon are called, even the âold schoolâ ones as he refers to them, if he has a Japanese card in front of him).
While itâs not really a realistic idea, I think it would be cool if someone developed a book that looked at price trends and prior prices. For example, prices of PSA zards from so and so years ago up until a recent point in time, but for more cards obviously. This would require a lot of data thatâs probably hard to obtain, but I would certainly buy a book that would show me price details like that or something similar.
Regardless, props to the guy for publishing the book. Although I am not the biggest fan of his video style, canât knock the guy for trying to be successful and working hard!
I used to watch his channel for his openings. The book itself is something I am going to pass on. I feel like a book is a little overkill and that price guide he has in there is going to be obsolete fairly quickly. Iâve never seen him dive into graded cards much either so his knowledge on the hobby on as a whole might be limited to his knowledge of raw cards. With all the valuable cards getting graded nowadays how exactly is he going to incorporate that? Iâd buy a book co-authored by some big time names in the hobby, not a youtube pack opener.
Base set unlimited charizard PSA 10 $650, BGS 10 $500? Did a BGS 10 unlimited zard actually ever sell for that price? Obviously the PSA 10 price is simply outdated, but the BGS 10 one seems manufactured and it seems a glaring error to assume it would have been worth less than the PSA 10.
In this day and age I donât know why anyone tries doing a price guide in print. Even digital versions are flawed and inaccurate enough. If done properly I think a print version could provide fun insight to the past, but it isnât fun when it is inaccurate to start.
An E4 digital price guide, for members only which would get a ton of new sign ups, is a great idea. It would take a couple of responsible members to make it work. Heck, I know people who still use the 15 year old outdated Pojo site price guide lol.
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