This eBay listing is nearly a year old, but I’m wondering if this is a fair price for the original-era playmats. If not, is the one that sold overpriced or underpriced?
I by no means am a playmat expert, but based on ebay sales this playmat seems to be sold at roughly market price. Even if it’s “underpriced”, I don’t think it will go much higher, or skyrocket in prices for these reasons:
- Brand new, they don’t look like much in their packaging, making it pretty unappealing for it to be displayed.
- When it’s opened, as you can see in the link, it is still not the greatest art piece and it is extremely crinkled due to the way it is packed: i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gNcAAOSwoFVaf79N/s-l1600.jpg
- Playmats in general are not really sold at expensive prices, at least not as much as the card counterpart.
Would I buy the playmat at the price? For nostalgic reasons, probably yes. Would I pay 50$+ for it? Probably not, I’d rather buy some more pokemon cards!
Decent play mat today will run you $20-25. For a sealed WOTC one $50 seems fair. Like mentioned above it’s not that attractive. That’s what’s holding the value back.
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(rofl)Thanks for the feedback, guys. I agree — it’s a rather unattractive playmat. The original-era Japanese playmats, with their thick felt and bold graphic design, put WOTC’s lame product to shame.
Based on the ones I’ve seen, I do suspect the one pictured in that auction had been opened at one point and then re-sealed.
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