Modern has all the attention. It doesnt even stop at lp or raw cards or low tier. Vintage is dirt cheap compared to anything modern
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Love self-admitted âItâs still too soon to make a definitive callâ (but Iâd rather cause FOMO anyway) tweets
No way there are no more reprints right?
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Thereâs always rumblings about what will and wonât happen, but no one truly knows. Unless one of their multiple âsourcesâ is TPCi, itâs speculation (as far as Iâm aware, Pokemon doesnât announce when sets go out of print anyway, nor if/when they âscheduleâ them). This is likely a last minute pump before things do get reprinted lol. This is funny too because itâs actually completely opposite to the rumblings Iâve been hearing.
From my point of view, thereâs more reasons to believe there will be more SwSh set reprints, than not. Pokemon has been acquiring more printing facilities over the past few years and with how wildly popular SwSh is, I just canât really imagine them leaving all that money on the table. Anecdotally, over the past few days, pallets of Chilling Reign and Evolving Skies ETBs have been showing up at Costco in Ontario, Canada. Also, KetchumAllCollectibles touched on prospective SwSh reprints in this video 2023 Pokemon Market Predictions + Business Plan - YouTube and he makes some solid points.
Sorry to like drop all of this on you, I just wanted to info-dump everything I got! As previously mentioned, no one knows for sure, but this is why I personally think that more reprints are on the way (really hoping the same can be said for Japanese boxes </3)!
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Itâs almost definitely this IMO. SWSH is a money machine, they wouldnât just abandon it. Love the info, no need to apologize!
I hope the same for Japanese boxes as well â I know very little about how they operate at the end of eras.
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I canât remember the video but I think it was Danny Phantump who mentioned reprints for a few of the later sets from SWSH era in late februaryâŠ
I feel like Danny is more trustworthy but tbh Iâm a little out of the loop when it comes to most poketubers. For reference, though, this same account also tweeted this earlier this week:
Fast forward to today:
If I look at this stuff charitably, itâs just accounts with larger followings generating clicks based on information that they legitimately âheardâ â at its worst itâs market manipulation. It irks me either way.
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People love to make claims that have a good chance of coming true, just so they look like they know more than they do. If theyâre wrong, who cares because everyone has forgotten about what this guy tweeted 3 months ago randomly. But if theyâre right they can point at it and say âlook I told you I know things you dontâ.
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I dislike these youtube rippers trying to create FOMO to benefit themselves.
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The posers who predicted the last 12 market crashes have been right all 2 times. 
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Is it just me or has it been an usual long time since Pokemon had new print runs of new sets? When I look at cardmarket or check my local LGS or Retail stores I have seen barely any restocks.
At least here in Europe we have had longest drought since 2021.
Is it the same in the US or is this just a European thing that BBs and and crown zenith are getting more scarce than usual?
Feels a little similar to end of 2020/early 2021 when Vivid Voltage came out and some of the waves were delayed. I dont think recent sets will jump up to $300 like VV did, but I am thinking there will be a similar massive release of product at once.
Kinda surprised with all the new printing facilities they have, there isnt a more continual flow of product. And if there wasant more product coming for a few months, I wonder why shops were dumping new sets for $83/BB in December when they all seem go for $120/$130 now.
Shops need cash flow. Sometimes they have to sell product at a low margin just to move it and clear space/get cash to buy the next release/restock.
Sure, I get that. I was just surprised since the next restock hasnât really come around yet. But maybe distributors arenât the most communicative.
Very cool, thank you! These old 3rd party bundles are always so interesting.
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If I remember correctly, i think those were all over the Wildwood, NJ boardwalk when I was a kid.
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NJ boardwalks created my love for pokemon too, nothing like 90s boardwalks
Just came here to share a shower thought, doesnât Hidden Fates already feel like a distant memory? I just looked up ETB prices on eBay expecting⊠more. Not because I feel itâs worth more, just because relative to price scaling of other peripheral modern products itâs stalled, barely having broken ÂŁ90. Which I find interesting for what some might consider to be a genre-defining expansion within S&M, and has been out of print since late 2021(?). I spose itâs another working example of how more recent modern releases have just blown everything else out of the water and have shifted attention accordingly. Still just puts a little smile on my face thinking about all that 2019 furore and now itâs just⊠yeah, Hidden Fates, ok.
Personally I think that Shining Fates diluted the awesome feeling of the Shiny vault, and then right after that we started getting the insanity that was alt arts. Wouldnât shock me if a lot of the more modern focused collectors arenât so crazy about hidden fates any more
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