What other items Pokemon related have you collected?

[Pokequeen]

So back in the day when I originally started collecting the cards I also felt compelled to pick up a few other things that were niche. I am wondering if the collecting of the cards bug spread to other items pokemon related. I manged to pick up a few other items i thought were cool at the time and include the Blockbuster snap cards, pokemon beanie bears and stamps to name a few. Post some of the niche things that you collected while collecting the cards. Here is a few of mine

[Quuador]

As a kid and when I returned collecting back in 2015, I only collect TCG cards.

It wasn’t until ~2018 that I bought some random non-TCG items every now and then, mostly for Seviper (and the full Bandai Carddass set).

To quote myself from my collection thread regarding the start of the non-TCG Seviper items:

@Quuador

To make it a bit more of a story of my non-TCG Seviper collecting, while at the same time answering your questions in between:

At the start, before I was actually started seriously collecting non-TCG Seviper stuff in the first place, I just randomly bought cheap stuff I came across. Here is a picture from August 2020 for example, with all the stuff I had randomly bought over 2-3 years. I was also only focusing on stickers and cards; basically things I could put in a binder:

At the time when this picture was taken, I had just added the Japanese unlimited edition WCP Battle Frontier TCG card with Seviper cameo to my collection, and my TCG Seviper collection was only missing a single card: the Seviper from the same Japanese unlimited edition set, which I added a few months later in October 2020. Because my Seviper TCG collection was then 100% complete, I decided to delve deeper into the non-TCG part, and it’s actually a lot of fun to do.

Just like with most of my other collections, I just started buying things I could find. Mostly cards and stickers still, but also both plushies, most of the figures, etc.

I also googled for other people’s Seviper collections, but as you can imagine, there aren’t too many of us who collect Seviper specifically. There is however one big collector that I mostly used as reference, which is Marphoria. I came across her SnakeGhosty website first, and used that as reference for all those Seviper items. I later on also came across some of her update posts on PkmnCollectors.LiveJournal, and I actually saw last week she posted her collection on IG back in 2021. Arbok is her main collecting interest, but she collects non-TCG for quite a few Pokémon, and Seviper is one of them.
Later on, I also came across the MyFigureCollection Database Seviper page, and this Japanese Seviper Fun Club, which I’ve used as additional references.

In addition, I also went searching for Seviper in all kind of non-TCG wiki pages, like PkmnCollectors.Fandom; Bulbapedia Merchandise and cards; this VS Cards & Amada stickers website; etc. Especially that first one gave me quite a few new items to look for.

And over the years I simply added to the collection like this. I also came across NidoKingdom on IG (also a member here on the forum since this year), who helped me with quite a few items as well (1/3rd of the Amada stickers came from him iirc, but also one of the binders and the Meiji quartet sticker to give some other random examples).

And dozen of other collectors also link me auctions of items they think I might not have yet or they’ve seen in my wanted list, which is also very nice.

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Anyway, as a kid I only ever collected TCG. And even when I came back I’ve collected TCG only for about the first five years. But now, I defintely don’t regret delving into the non-TCG side. There is so many unique items to find, and it’s also fun searching info about them, or even discovering them yourself.
Take the Kraks for example. I’ve seen Seviper in four of the colors very often: transparent, yellow, neon-yellow, and lilac. And orange is slightly harder to find, but also not too uncommon. But the other ten available colors I’ve only seen 0-3 times each for Seviper, even though they’re available in abundance for some of the other Pokémon. For a very long time, I was convinced certain Pokémon were only available in certain arrange of colors. But later on I discovered, and I’m not entirely sure why, that the Kraks color distribution per Pokémon is just extremely uneven. Still, now that I’ve found 12 of the 15 colors for Seviper, and I’ve seen one of the three colors I’m missing once, I now know all fifteen of them are available for every Pokémon (I can’t even imagine someone going for the full set of every Pokémon in every color ).
But then don’t even get me started on the second set for which I have that brown-greyish Seviper, for which I basically know next to nothing. Can’t find any info for it, although I did manage to buy a booster pack that I’ve opened and contained three random gen 3 Pokémon with different colors and holo patterns. I certainly hope I won’t have to find the Seviper in not only 10+ more colors but also different holo patterns in a set that’s almost impossible to find in general, haha.

Anyway, I’m digressing.

Lots to search; lots to collect; lots to learn; lots to document.

Nowadays I collect anything and everything^[1] Seviper, both TCG and non-TCG. For TCG this means every single language and variation; and for non-TCG, this means every card; sticker; pog/tazo; poster; DVD cover; figure; plushy; etc. etc. I even have a cushion and bedsheets.

My entire non-TCG Seviper collection (minus some recent additions) can be found here:

Quuador's Collection - New Pikachu from 2018 and 2019

Long overdue, but the time to post my non-TCG Seviper collection is here. I’ve made a start to this about 2.5 years ago in this collection thread with the plushies & figures. At the time I’ve added a lot of information about each item, as I usually do, and I planned on making a similar post for the non-TCG Seviper cards, stickers, etc. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find information for a lot of these items, and it’s also pretty time-consuming to write about them (probably even more than my ‘Pikach…

Greetz,
Quuador

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1. Unless it’s an item displaying the entire gen 3, or multiple gens ↩︎

[Poochyena]

I’ve been collection Pokémon games since like 2010-2011. Early on I collected mostly EUR copies since I live in Sweden, but in 2020 I started collecting the US and JP versions as well. I have the GC games and the pre-order bonus discs, some distribution cartridges, a Pokémon Gold demo cartridge and a really rare GBA bundle among other things. Not as niche as some of the items in your collection, but it is at least non-tcg

I’ll get some pictures and update this post later!

[Gstiess]

Mainly Pokémon video games. However, I reached my main goal last year and have every game from Gen I to IV. Gen V I am just missing Black 2, which is basically my last real goal I have (at least Pokémon wise, I am still missing some non-Pokémon games).

I also have plenty of those games in Japanese (a lot of them CIB), but I just pick those up when I find them in Japan for a good deal. Maybe I will try to work on this collection when I am back in Japan.

Apart from that I have some other Pokémon related stuff like sleeves, chopsticks, plushies, … but I am not really focusing on collecting those and just pick them up when I find something that I find interesting.

[azulryu]

I’ve loved non-TCG since the start simply out of luck. We didn’t have many card or game shops where I lived but our favorite one got imports from Japan. Not only did we get Japanese tcg packs, we also got toys, postcards, and stickers just to name a few things amongst the plethora of joy.

My collection started to explode when I joined E4 in 2014 since folks exposed me to more resources. Some of my favorite items are New Year and Children’s Day related:

[Dyl]

I don’t really have the time and energy to expand my collection at the moment, but I love vintage Pokemon stamps and postcards.

[bbobrob]

@Quuador

For TCG this means every single language and variation; and for non-TCG, this means every card; sticker; pog/tazo; poster; DVD cover; figure; plushy; etc. etc. I even have a cushion and bedsheets.

But you must feel completely hollow inside without what would clearly be the ultimate pieces of your Seviper collection: the Seviper-cameo men’s and women’s boxers.

[Quuador]

Funny you’d say that, since I have the (thankfully new/sealed) Look Upon The Stars women’s boxers currently incoming. Bought them yesterday on YJ.

Greetz,
Quuador

[stagger12]

I spent the recent market boom collecting a broad array of non-tcg items. There’s some really amazing stuff out there that some people would love if they knew it existed. Lots of junk too, but you know

Here’s some junk I have love for since they were at my grandma’s house growing up

And some UK Burger King mini game boys, a set I’m trying to finish up soon (US and UK exclusive).

[rabby250]

There was a time when you can’t select languages in games, so multi-language enthusiasts would do something like this.

[Mr.Garrison]

I like collecting old saved data in a way. At first I was buying cartridges just to play games I hadn’t played before but for some reason I like seeing where someone left off and finishing the game with their character and team.

I keep a gameboy in my truck. Whenever I come across a cartridge I throw it in and boot it up. Sellers think I’m just verifying that it works but I’m really just looking for an interesting save file to complete.

So far the most interesting one I’ve found is blue version, "Pablo Escobar’ with six geodudes who gave up in vermilion city.

[rabby250]

Finally started opening the boxes I slacked on unpacking after moving and found these:

Gamers may be familiar with the Pokémon distributions associated with the latest movie titles coming out in Japan. These are the instruction booklets on how to get your game ready for receiving the distributions (setup Mystery Gift, etc.). You receive these either when you purchase the tickets or in the theaters where you watch the movie.

There are more lying around in the box I opened besides the ones I posted above. Maybe I should spend some time going through them and see if I’m missing from any of the movies since it seems that I already got a huge part of them.

[surfingcharizard]

I pretty heavily collect anything Pokémon Center New York related. Always on the hunt and constantly discovering new items that were sold there that have never been seen before. It is a ton of fun and I have become obsessed with finding these items.

It represents an amazing time for Pokemon and it was the first and only time a Pokemon Center was ever in the US. I love looking at these items just as much as my card collection! Here are a few photos I had on my phone.