I feel like a big reason for these price hikes and stock shortages is people like me. They played TCG Pocket and got hooked on collecting cards again or for the first time.
Agree, my colleague at work showed me Pocket version a month or so ago and surprise surprise, I’ve been collecting again since, stopped in 2021 when it was ridiculously hard to get cards, and here we go again 🙈
i don't get what the big deal over pocket is besides the card arts... the rest of the game looks terribly mid. why not just rip real packs instead of buying fake ones? even in live the virtual packs serve more of a purpose since you can play the full game and not this weird watered down version.
@@fauxplants that is what people are doing. going from opening your free daily packs on the game to buying actual pqcks and collecting the real artwork. But it all starts with tcg pocket.
It's been insane in the past 2 months. It feels close to 2021. The inventory levels being so small is just mind blowing across a vast majority of product.
I say it's different from 2021 because there are still things not sold out like shrouded fable/stellar crown. 2021 people bought up rebel clash and darkness ablaze /vivid voltage/ shiny fates like its evo skies.......... We are in a good time where desirable sets are still obtainable as well as slabs. 2021 had so much junk slabs and those stupid champions path charizard v PROMO ..psa 10 was selling for 100 bucks which was insane.
@@johnkim9086 It was indeed different! Remember chasing Alt Arts and Tag Team cards in S&M compared to chasing a regular VMAX card in early SW&SH? That shit still blows my mind… lol. Personally, I think the whole Pokémon hype right now has surpassed pre COVID. I remember when Vivid Voltage build & battle boxes were $60 for pre orders. 😂
It was a huge slap in the face when this hype train hit. I remember seeing sword and shield era ETBs sitting at Targets in Los Angeles county no more than 2 months ago, and I felt overwhelmed by choice. Now I'm lucky to find a single pack unless I catch a fresh restock. I know everyone else is experiencing similar, but this has been rough.
Went to my local convenience store for a coffee and saw they had a surging sparks PDQ and it was completely empty. They’ve never sold Pokemon cards before. It was a Cumberland farms if anyone else wants to check theirs.
Do you think I should just break down my excess Tsareena and Tyranitar ex collection boxes? You're also correct about storing these collections boxes. BBs and ETBs are much easier to store.
Product has virtually disappeared at my local big box stores. I’m really grateful I’m a short drive away from ninja exchange, a great place to pick up good amount of product. You can find great deals and there are a ton of great vendors there, but prices for the most part, stay consistent with market value, so you won’t see MSRP deals like you will at big box stores. Still. Super grateful
Definitely been annoying trying to get product of 151 and surging sparks really just all products went to 5 stores today they restock on wednesdays and thursdays yet each store was sold out of everything there was open product scattered throughout the store of stolen product it’s just annoying in the hobby right now to open packs.
I’ll have slightly over 120 packs of 151 to open, but would love to get another one from a RUclipsr. I’ve already got my pokerev diamond pack and I’m super excited to open that one.
Dang was not expecting for Pokemon to struggle to print cards once again.... I wonder after this crazy ends whether there'll be an oversupply of product on the market
Phanny, you are right about the last few shipments of the Heavy Hitters Collection not having Evolving Skies packs. I got lucky happening upon them when they were on clearance for $25 each but wasn't lucky enough for them to have Evolving Skies.
That Arceus Vmax box was from Amazon I believe. When I saw that eevee collections, i thought that box was dead due to the pack selection inside of the box, but look where it is right now. Kinda ridiculous 😂
It's selling, unless it's Paradox Rift! We sell all boxes within a week, but Paradox sits for over a month every time. Our local area doesnt want PR. Our LGS has them in stock in excess at all times. We can still get cases at $600. This set just isnt special, and in fact, Temporal Forces does everything PR does, but better. (Hot take)
The Arceus Vstar box was an Amazon exclusive for the holiday sales. It does NOT come with cosmic ecplipse though, main reason I purchased a few at the time and was very disappointed 😑.
Please tell people that drip only works in the US (and whatever other few countries) because anyone in Europe for example signs up gets notified it’s not available for them and then Drip captures their email for free.
It is pretty wild how quickly the hype of this market hit. Between Surging and news of Prismatic along with the already increased demand and hype for 151 and Paldean Fates, it’s caused the entire market to rise. I made a video recently about why I think the market has increased so much and one thing I think can’t be underestimated is the TCG Pocket app getting more people into Pokemon card collecting.
This is why i bought tons of inventory all summer. This has happened a few times in past 5 years. The only problem is I have all this product and not ready to sell yet 🙃 still not high enough!
Interesting. I had no idea the GS exclusive Arceus UPC was made available to LGSs through distribution. Always learn something watching your vids, Danny.
So many factors now. The player, the collector, the flipper, the investor, the rip 'n shipper, the youtuber, etc. And Pokemon Pocket will be bringing tons of newcomers into the hobby going forward. Yeahhhh 2025 will be insane. 😅
At the time of these products release I recommended the Arceus UPC, Eevee evolutions premium collection, Arceus Vstar Collection, Lugia V Unown Crown Zenith collection, Heavy Hitters and the pikachu zekrom box from gamestop as investment pieces and many people in discords said this was bad advice... All of these products were available far below msrp on black friday and end of the year sales. For smaller collectors and investors these are blue chip products IMO. Retail exclusive products put normal collectors on the same playing field as huge distro accounts, which can't be said for things like booster boxes. Etbs, booster bundles. Someone will always get a better price that you can except for retail exclusives...unless someone is robbing the store for boxes of course.
They give back to the community that has help them grow by hitting the like button and commit. That's how they grow channel get more people to come in as well.
And right now, i am not buying any Pokemon anymore, worst time to be in this hobby. Going to finish my Tolkien book collection and my Pokemon games on switch.
I feel like a big reason for these price hikes and stock shortages is people like me. They played TCG Pocket and got hooked on collecting cards again or for the first time.
Absolutely the case for me, Pocket was a game changer for Pokemon Company
The timing of it lines up perfectly
Agree, my colleague at work showed me Pocket version a month or so ago and surprise surprise, I’ve been collecting again since, stopped in 2021 when it was ridiculously hard to get cards, and here we go again 🙈
i don't get what the big deal over pocket is besides the card arts... the rest of the game looks terribly mid. why not just rip real packs instead of buying fake ones? even in live the virtual packs serve more of a purpose since you can play the full game and not this weird watered down version.
@@fauxplants that is what people are doing. going from opening your free daily packs on the game to buying actual pqcks and collecting the real artwork.
But it all starts with tcg pocket.
It's been insane in the past 2 months. It feels close to 2021. The inventory levels being so small is just mind blowing across a vast majority of product.
I say it's different from 2021 because there are still things not sold out like shrouded fable/stellar crown. 2021 people bought up rebel clash and darkness ablaze /vivid voltage/ shiny fates like its evo skies.......... We are in a good time where desirable sets are still obtainable as well as slabs. 2021 had so much junk slabs and those stupid champions path charizard v PROMO ..psa 10 was selling for 100 bucks which was insane.
@@johnkim9086 It was indeed different! Remember chasing Alt Arts and Tag Team cards in S&M compared to chasing a regular VMAX card in early SW&SH? That shit still blows my mind… lol. Personally, I think the whole Pokémon hype right now has surpassed pre COVID. I remember when Vivid Voltage build & battle boxes were $60 for pre orders. 😂
It was a huge slap in the face when this hype train hit. I remember seeing sword and shield era ETBs sitting at Targets in Los Angeles county no more than 2 months ago, and I felt overwhelmed by choice. Now I'm lucky to find a single pack unless I catch a fresh restock.
I know everyone else is experiencing similar, but this has been rough.
Went to my local convenience store for a coffee and saw they had a surging sparks PDQ and it was completely empty. They’ve never sold Pokemon cards before. It was a Cumberland farms if anyone else wants to check theirs.
Sam’s club Heavy Hitters started with 2 ES packs and then replaced them towards the end. The ones with ES in them sell for $100+ on eBay.
I have a sealed collection, its insane how small a booster box looks next to a collection box. I might trim some fat over Christmas break on Evilbay.
Smart move
Do you think I should just break down my excess Tsareena and Tyranitar ex collection boxes?
You're also correct about storing these collections boxes. BBs and ETBs are much easier to store.
Product has virtually disappeared at my local big box stores. I’m really grateful I’m a short drive away from ninja exchange, a great place to pick up good amount of product. You can find great deals and there are a ton of great vendors there, but prices for the most part, stay consistent with market value, so you won’t see MSRP deals like you will at big box stores. Still. Super grateful
Definitely been annoying trying to get product of 151 and surging sparks really just all products went to 5 stores today they restock on wednesdays and thursdays yet each store was sold out of everything there was open product scattered throughout the store of stolen product it’s just annoying in the hobby right now to open packs.
I’ll have slightly over 120 packs of 151 to open, but would love to get another one from a RUclipsr. I’ve already got my pokerev diamond pack and I’m super excited to open that one.
Dang was not expecting for Pokemon to struggle to print cards once again.... I wonder after this crazy ends whether there'll be an oversupply of product on the market
I love those eevelution boxes but it’s crazy to think how much they have climbed.
Phanny, you are right about the last few shipments of the Heavy Hitters Collection not having Evolving Skies packs.
I got lucky happening upon them when they were on clearance for $25 each but wasn't lucky enough for them to have Evolving Skies.
That Arceus Vmax box was from Amazon I believe. When I saw that eevee collections, i thought that box was dead due to the pack selection inside of the box, but look where it is right now. Kinda ridiculous 😂
It's selling, unless it's Paradox Rift!
We sell all boxes within a week, but Paradox sits for over a month every time. Our local area doesnt want PR.
Our LGS has them in stock in excess at all times. We can still get cases at $600. This set just isnt special, and in fact, Temporal Forces does everything PR does, but better. (Hot take)
The Arceus Vstar box was an Amazon exclusive for the holiday sales. It does NOT come with cosmic ecplipse though, main reason I purchased a few at the time and was very disappointed 😑.
Do you think bulk will work it's way back up from .03 per 100 cards like it did back in covid ?
Please tell people that drip only works in the US (and whatever other few countries) because anyone in Europe for example signs up gets notified it’s not available for them and then Drip captures their email for free.
The arceus vstar boxes were amazon exclusive. The picture showed cosmic eclipse but they arrived with rebel thrash.
What’s your thought on 151 upc?
Evolving skies etbs seem to be a lot higher too. I saw them at 120 I thought recently but now there around 200 dollars.
Im thinking of liquidating my moonbreon even though i have all the eevee vmax alts in a 10 its very hard to pass up this price point
Amazon had the Arceus Vstar Premium Collection. Pulled a Giratina Alt art from that box!
It is pretty wild how quickly the hype of this market hit. Between Surging and news of Prismatic along with the already increased demand and hype for 151 and Paldean Fates, it’s caused the entire market to rise. I made a video recently about why I think the market has increased so much and one thing I think can’t be underestimated is the TCG Pocket app getting more people into Pokemon card collecting.
I have a charizard reshiram box and a kanto powers box I’ll probably hold onto a while longer.
This is why i bought tons of inventory all summer. This has happened a few times in past 5 years. The only problem is I have all this product and not ready to sell yet 🙃 still not high enough!
I have an error Zard EX Prem Box missing the mander and has 2 Zard EX... Got it at BJs, would that be worth more?
Hell yeah, that's pretty amazing
i have every box except the Sams Club one. good to see some rising prices. just recently made my own poke-vault to open in 5 years
Wow that eeveelution box flopped when it first came out 😂😂😂
Yep. I thought about it and was overpriced and thought no one buys these things.
Yeah they wanted $70 MSRP which was ridiculous. I waited until they went on clearance and I think I got a couple for like 30
It’s hard to believe you missed your distribution opportunity for prismatic 😂
Why not buy the Japanese version.. shinny Ex is still widely available and has the same cards as paldean fates
@ 2:46 I just notice tge card in his hat 😅
Is there anything to do other than watch on drip for the giveaways?
You just have to click the enter button every time it pops up. Otherwise it’s just chilling and chatting.
@@DannyPhantump thanks im gonna look into getting in on them missed the terastal restock on your website🥲😭
Def happy I finally bought those Kanto-veelution promos earlier this year!
Omg what an awesome Christmas present I couldn't imagine having 151 packs of 151. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
As a collector only that buys at a high volume I love the collection boxes. They look great in displays. I buy them often.
Do you pick and choose which ones to buy? How do you store them all?
Interesting. I had no idea the GS exclusive Arceus UPC was made available to LGSs through distribution. Always learn something watching your vids, Danny.
I can't believe i missed out on those 3 eeveelutions boxes!!
151 packs of 151 would be the best thing I wouldn't expect for a Christmas gift
So many factors now. The player, the collector, the flipper, the investor, the rip 'n shipper, the youtuber, etc.
And Pokemon Pocket will be bringing tons of newcomers into the hobby going forward. Yeahhhh 2025 will be insane. 😅
Thank you as always Danny. Glad to see you are starting to be able shift some of that mountain of etbs and some of the unpopular box's 😁
That’s crazy my GameStop has a few of the eevee evolutions box
Better go get them.
It's nice that new collectors have entered
Drip is making a big push. Every relevant you tuber is now doing drip broadcasts seemingly all at the same time.
Danny when is the prismatic release date on Pokemon center :)?
January 17 2025 🎉
@@scottrulka6587yes, but what time, lol. It'll all sell out in minutes so just the release day won't be good enough.
@ thanks Scott :) what time ! I need to get some product so I can finally get my hands on some :)
Where the 151 talk at lol
In my storage box 😅
At the time of these products release I recommended the Arceus UPC, Eevee evolutions premium collection, Arceus Vstar Collection, Lugia V Unown Crown Zenith collection, Heavy Hitters and the pikachu zekrom box from gamestop as investment pieces and many people in discords said this was bad advice...
All of these products were available far below msrp on black friday and end of the year sales.
For smaller collectors and investors these are blue chip products IMO. Retail exclusive products put normal collectors on the same playing field as huge distro accounts, which can't be said for things like booster boxes. Etbs, booster bundles. Someone will always get a better price that you can except for retail exclusives...unless someone is robbing the store for boxes of course.
Great video today Danny!!!😊
Now we have Phanny Briar. Maybe MtKilla should do a Briar cut for 200k
I feel the fomo on getting more sealed product lol trying to resist! Thanks for the great content Danny God bless you and the family!!!
Happy holiday my dudes!
You too!
Merry Christmas
I really like the market updates you do! This is my kind of Pokemon TCG video!
Danny you need a Santa hat for dripcember
Prismatic comes out next week ? lol 7:40 hahaha
Danny, I appreciate all your market insight and recommendations. I have a large collection but dang, I always say I’ll sell and never do 😭
I want the Venusaur pretty please
Battle academy my favourite video 😢 here is hoping it sees the light of day
I would love that Venusaur 151 omg ❤🎉
Me too
@ good taste ❤️
Battle academy my favourite video 😢 here is hoping one day the battle academy is freed
Thanks
Still waiting for Rayquaza SIR!
Nice to see ya Danny!
Thanks for the video Danny!
We need to send you some Eevee ear headbands for Christmas to keep that long hair outta your eyes until you get to that 200K subs.
Lmao it’s going to be a long slow climb
It's a Christmas miracle!
now i hate more pokemon pocket.
I love that shirt
Already RSVP it
When is the haircut mate
Definitely see if there some deals near me
Chilling reign is 🔥. Don’t hate 😂
Briar!?
that's a lot of 151s hehe
Hi danny I'm excited can't wait!!!!!!!
Took me like 5mins in your video to realize you have a pokemon on your head 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
heck yeah that give away though!
Never been this early. Sick.
Hey Danny!!
How comes there are youtubers like you with all these giveaways oO!!!
They give back to the community that has help them grow by hitting the like button and commit. That's how they grow channel get more people to come in as well.
Are we supposed to call you briar now?
Wild giveaway 🤯
Shut up and take my money! 😡💰
Danny the legend 🫶🫶🫶
Dripcember
And right now, i am not buying any Pokemon anymore, worst time to be in this hobby. Going to finish my Tolkien book collection and my Pokemon games on switch.
Hello
Hope I win this time
❤🎉151🎉❤
I never win these bt hope I it's a first
Every one says that and then boom. It happens
👍🏽
Wtf is drip
I thought it was a drug
danny the Milwaukee Bucks won o.o can we get a hairline check next?
Break collection boxes down and sell them as loose packs. Don't buy them if it's not a good per pack price.
maybe first