This happened in the sports card industry after the leak during COVID. Stores that used to get 2-3 cases (24-36 boxes) started getting 2-3 boxes total if they were lucky.
Maybe pokemon should stop printing a new set every 2.5 months to give them more leadway on a set. Its already hard enough to keep up for the average collector.
One thing I barely hear people mentioning or making the connection is that Pokemon Pocket TCG mobile app has had 60 million downloads in like a month? This has brought back at least a few million people into collecting physical cards. Pokemon was already printing at 100% capacity for the amount of factories they have. It can take up to two years for pokemon to open more factories, if they decide to at all. So with new organic demand of millions of people combined with scalpers, investors, and random shops everywhere? These ETBs could hit $250 or even $300 within a month after release. I know this sounds bonkers but there simply isnt enough for everyone so the price will keep up and break records of all kinds.
i started investing heavy after hearing rumors of the new game and see it had to do with collecting cards ....instantly went and bought 8 fusion strike booster boxes I'm sitting nice now ahahah
@@bigsmitty78 yeah, but i forget what it is... lol... I think its summer If I remember correctly. June or July. We might get a bit of a reprieve from the badness for the March/April set Journey Together. I personally am gonna miss that one. Seems like more of a designed for players type set.
Only way supply is gonna get better for Prismatic is if a new shiny set steals peoples attention away while a sizable reprint satisfies the market. Aka a Vivid Voltage situation. Only reason VV isnt as hot now is because there's just better sets to choose over that now, and thats a scary thought.
I believe there's some misinformation being spread. As someone who works with distributors, suppliers, etc, I have a little better understanding of what's happened with the allocation of PE. Pokemon did NOT print enough. Local stores were very greedy than normal. Let's say a "SPORTS CARD" store that "dabbles" in pokemon usually orders a case of the products they know will sell, well with PE they ordered 10-20 cases. This also goes with local pokemon shops that typically order 10, now they want 20-30. There just isn't enough to go around for EVERYONE. If you ordered early through the bigger chains like Pokemoncenter, Gamestop, etc, u should be fine. If you ordered through local shops and online stores that literally can cancel on u with no reason just to sell it at a higher price, then now u know not to trust them. Why do u think it was still available a week or two latee for pre orders from these places? It's bc ppl like me already ordered their fill from the main affiliated stores that get the most numbers. We won't buy from, "Johnies Shiny Loots, or Grumpy Al's online world of FUN, or Bob's Sports collectibles!" Why? Bc I don't trust they will meet the number they ordered. If these guys who typically never order more than say 50 ETB's suddenly order 5000, then ya chances are 80% of u will be phucked! My question is, if u are an adult, amd you've experienced this before, why are we just now coming out and crying about this like u had NO IDEA this would happen?! And WHY are so many misinformed youtubers creating these cringe videos? After PE, everything will go back to normal with under hyped poor sets like Stellar Crown, Shrouded Fable, etc.. Prismatic Evolutions is that once in a generation set. Think 151 x Evolving Skies, x Team Up, and multiply it by infinity. Not every set will create this sort of demand! Relax! There will be PLENTY from Target, Walmart, Barnes, Gamestop, Beat Buy, etc! Now, it won't sit for days. So you'll have to plan accordingly to score product! Here's a tip. Walmarts ALWAYS stock when they normally do during the week. If u know your store stocks on a Tuesday, Wednesday, etc do NOT think it will stock on Friday! Check it on the day it normally stocks. Take off, camp there, whatevef it takes. And buy what u can. It's that easy!
Yeah you should of seen the massive walmart drop about a week ago. Gone in less than 5 mins. Then smoke and mirrors drop. 15 seconds. Several other shops as well under 1-2 mins.
What arent people getting??? There is no booster boxes for this set. People as usual want to rip it like a normal set. The numbers dont add up. The rippers on what not or whatever need the packs so its gonna be scarce and more scarce than say surging sparks.
So glad I pre-order 20 ETB way back November 7 I got all of them for $49.99 on GameStop 10 walk-in and 10 online and 10 tech sticker collection 14.99 each annnnnd GameStop took the money today so now I know I’m getting it
You are right in that it might never get to MSRP. Fair enough. I can, however, guarantee that ETBs won't hold at $150 a box. They are going to try to reprint this set to the ground because the demand is so wild. Depending on how long this bull market holds, you might have to settle for $60-80 an ETB, but that's still way better than the current prices. And product is going to be released nearly every month for this set. You're likely going to be able to pick up a decent amount if you don't waste your whole budget on the initial release.
Honestly I love opening packs but ita getting so hard too find packs of new sets like surging sparks I only opened two packs and I haven't seen it in store for over a month I would recommend buying cheaper singles or Japanese
Team rocket is going to be so bad it’s going to presale for 200$ early pre orders will be 150$ time stamp this. I already predicted prismatic at 150$ for pre sale.
all stores need to do iS figure out out to not allow bots to purchase.....POKEMON needs to out money into the solution.... the scalpers will kill the hobby
I made friends ( gave gifts ) with my local card shop employees and they said they will hold 2 Prismatic ETBs and some smaller stuff for me. I'm grateful and will search online for reasonable prices or just miss out for a few months. Come on folks, we know they will be printing this stuff for a while. It should only be the quick flippers that are Salty.
You'll be able to get stock later in if not now. There are new products launching until September, so you'll manage to get something. If you wanted the promo card tho, that's a rip.
Whats even more fascinating to me is whats going to happen to reprints in general. I think Pokemon would like to reprint a bunch of sets from Scarlet and Violet. Like 151, Twilight Masquerade, Paldea Evolved and Surging Sparks but when? If the printers are tapped out with demand this high I dont think any of the early Scarlet and Violet sets are getting large reprints maybe ever. I picked up Obsidian Flames and SV Base Booster boxes 2 weeks ago based on that. Theyre both up about 15% in those 2 weeks.
Yep, ive been saying this for a while now. How are they supose to reprint the past sets ontop of printing enough of the new hype sets like battle partners/team rocket? They aint got the printer space for all of it, hence why I think the people saying prismatic will be "printed to ground" are in for a rude awakening.
Only the dummies think they can wait it out and think prices are going to come down man I don’t care how much they print how much they put on shelves it’s not going to last an hour it’s not going to last minute it’s going to be gone little Timmy will never get a box or even a sticker collection
The working theory is that people who already spend a lot of money with the distros for sports cards are now requesting pokemon product. I think that makes sense because if you're the distributor and you have a store that normally spends 100k a month with you on sports cards, you're going to want to keep them happy as well. That and all the rip and shippers starting LLCs and setting up wholesale accounts. There's too many mouths to feed
Every single member of my family will be at different gamestops 3hrs before opening each member will have 600 bucks to get as many etbs as possible for 50 bucks a piece. Lol
While it's famine now, what do you want to bet Pokemon prints this set into oblivion. We're just getting started here. Champions path was going to be impossible to get (and was at first), they flooded the market. Shining Fates, impossible to find out of the gate. Flooded the market and you can still get it at MSRP or less today. Hidden Fates was hard to get for quite some time, but eventually sat rotting on store shelves for several months. Experience shows they will print these things to death when the demand is this high, and they have all year to print it.
This is what people don't understand. Pokemon will reprint a set to oblivion is they see it's doing well but there's stock issues. Many of the sets through covid went through the same thing and then got super reprinted after a few months
60 million people downloaded pokemon tcg pocket a survey said 8 million said "I dont currently collect cards but may start collecting physical cards" that's your competition right as a Eeveelution set releases
@@Doors067 I hadn't considered the impact from that game. I know Pokemon Go triggered a revival in the TCG when it released. I guess we'll find out what impact that may cause, but yeah it's worth keeping an eye on.
Would anyone here sell an ounce of gold and cash to buy 4 cases of vivid voltage? I know what a RISKY and Dumb move but is there another market or world in the next 4 years gold goes to 4k or vv goes to 300? The 'reprints' oooo its so scary, but is it with the biggest ip in the world?
I mean anything is possible, but the past like 10 years gold has been one of the worst performing assets. If a macro economic meltdown occurs, gold could def shoot up but its hard to predict such things i.e 2008 recession. Right now the best bet is the 2nd half of the crypto bull run for gains, the stock market is inflated IMO but we'll see, there's forces out there bigger than us propping the markets up I can promise you that.
Guess yugioh and magic is safe, not for pokemon, digimon and one piece due of flippers are just wanting to have fun with us. It is what it is, pick your poison, pay or don’t pay. I just stick with singles for now. 🙂
@@avenger1212 here we go with the boomer mentality not understanding supply and demand .......plenty of us got it at msrp buddy idk what you're saying..... if u missed the boat u missed the boat. But don't cry over spilled milk.....once again nobdy is forcing you to buy lmao
@@avenger1212 feeling entitled to MSRP..... when a lot of stores aint even getting it is crazy works and shows how privileged y'all are..... life's full of disappointments you think i sit there and gripe on it no i fix the problem ahaha or i move on with my life ahaha
@@avenger1212 and yeah I'm tired of hearing people crying because...... when everything was sitting on shelfs for 2 years and the Pokémon market was doing nothing .......all those people wasn't even buying then....EVERYTHING WAS SITTING AND GOING ON SALE UNDER MSRP LIKE FUSION AT $80 .... POLITELY GET REKTTED LOL
ahaha frfr or battle styles...... i was opening that because that's all i could get back in the day but i didn't cry about it ahaha i actually ended up enjoying the set still do think it's a sleeper just massed produced
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Even Nancy Pelosi went all in on Prismatic. That's enough for me
This should have more upvotes😂
What do you mean workers won't work 24/7 to print cardboard.
😢😂
Crack the damn whip
Me and 2k+ coworkers work 24/7 to produce tape! I bet they do too
😂😂😂😂😂@@MrRandygtgod
Sleep is a luxury
This happened in the sports card industry after the leak during COVID. Stores that used to get 2-3 cases (24-36 boxes) started getting 2-3 boxes total if they were lucky.
Never safe to grab one, some all of them aren’t pokemon collectors or fans. Just here for us as a money bank and lose. ☹️
We're not in covid though that's tge weird part
Maybe pokemon should stop printing a new set every 2.5 months to give them more leadway on a set. Its already hard enough to keep up for the average collector.
@@SolidBrianH so you want the machine to stop printing money? Yeah right.
One thing I barely hear people mentioning or making the connection is that Pokemon Pocket TCG mobile app has had 60 million downloads in like a month? This has brought back at least a few million people into collecting physical cards. Pokemon was already printing at 100% capacity for the amount of factories they have. It can take up to two years for pokemon to open more factories, if they decide to at all. So with new organic demand of millions of people combined with scalpers, investors, and random shops everywhere? These ETBs could hit $250 or even $300 within a month after release. I know this sounds bonkers but there simply isnt enough for everyone so the price will keep up and break records of all kinds.
i started investing heavy after hearing rumors of the new game and see it had to do with collecting cards ....instantly went and bought 8 fusion strike booster boxes I'm sitting nice now ahahah
Some of the youtube channels and videos with PPTCG are gettings tons of views and subscribers too!
Pokemon pocket + huge crypto gains = craziness
We're the bird flu away from 9000 dollar etbs
Team Rocket is gonna be just as bad
Unfortunately I think so also.
Worse
is there official date for Team Rocket?
@@bigsmitty78 April 2025
@@bigsmitty78 yeah, but i forget what it is... lol... I think its summer If I remember correctly. June or July. We might get a bit of a reprieve from the badness for the March/April set Journey Together. I personally am gonna miss that one. Seems like more of a designed for players type set.
Only way supply is gonna get better for Prismatic is if a new shiny set steals peoples attention away while a sizable reprint satisfies the market. Aka a Vivid Voltage situation. Only reason VV isnt as hot now is because there's just better sets to choose over that now, and thats a scary thought.
VV is trash
vv was one of the worst sets ever printed to date
I believe there's some misinformation being spread. As someone who works with distributors, suppliers, etc, I have a little better understanding of what's happened with the allocation of PE.
Pokemon did NOT print enough.
Local stores were very greedy than normal. Let's say a "SPORTS CARD" store that "dabbles" in pokemon usually orders a case of the products they know will sell, well with PE they ordered 10-20 cases. This also goes with local pokemon shops that typically order 10, now they want 20-30.
There just isn't enough to go around for EVERYONE.
If you ordered early through the bigger chains like Pokemoncenter, Gamestop, etc, u should be fine.
If you ordered through local shops and online stores that literally can cancel on u with no reason just to sell it at a higher price, then now u know not to trust them.
Why do u think it was still available a week or two latee for pre orders from these places? It's bc ppl like me already ordered their fill from the main affiliated stores that get the most numbers.
We won't buy from, "Johnies Shiny Loots, or Grumpy Al's online world of FUN, or Bob's Sports collectibles!"
Why? Bc I don't trust they will meet the number they ordered.
If these guys who typically never order more than say 50 ETB's suddenly order 5000, then ya chances are 80% of u will be phucked!
My question is, if u are an adult, amd you've experienced this before, why are we just now coming out and crying about this like u had NO IDEA this would happen?!
And WHY are so many misinformed youtubers creating these cringe videos?
After PE, everything will go back to normal with under hyped poor sets like Stellar Crown, Shrouded Fable, etc..
Prismatic Evolutions is that once in a generation set. Think 151 x Evolving Skies, x Team Up, and multiply it by infinity.
Not every set will create this sort of demand! Relax!
There will be PLENTY from Target, Walmart, Barnes, Gamestop, Beat Buy, etc! Now, it won't sit for days. So you'll have to plan accordingly to score product!
Here's a tip. Walmarts ALWAYS stock when they normally do during the week. If u know your store stocks on a Tuesday, Wednesday, etc do NOT think it will stock on Friday! Check it on the day it normally stocks. Take off, camp there, whatevef it takes. And buy what u can. It's that easy!
Pro tip. Do NOT sell your PC ETB’s guys, they are GOLD disguised as cheap cardboard.
Plz stop you're making me afraid to open a single binder collection 😂 I need that binder 😭
You can still get it at MSRP, just gotta beat the bots and scalpers by being quicker on the big retail stores🤷🏽
its nearly impossible unlessd you sit for hours refreshing,
@@yuckimusic2670 This is not true at all. You just need the discord alerts.
Yeah you should of seen the massive walmart drop about a week ago. Gone in less than 5 mins. Then smoke and mirrors drop. 15 seconds. Several other shops as well under 1-2 mins.
@@yuckimusic2670There are discord servers that notify when restocks happen. I was able to secure 27 etbs at msrp from walmart/target using it.
@@Sun33daze15 seconds? More like 2-3 seconds.
What arent people getting??? There is no booster boxes for this set. People as usual want to rip it like a normal set. The numbers dont add up. The rippers on what not or whatever need the packs so its gonna be scarce and more scarce than say surging sparks.
So glad I pre-order 20 ETB way back November 7 I got all of them for $49.99 on GameStop 10 walk-in and 10 online and 10 tech sticker collection 14.99 each annnnnd GameStop took the money today so now I know I’m getting it
You are right in that it might never get to MSRP. Fair enough.
I can, however, guarantee that ETBs won't hold at $150 a box. They are going to try to reprint this set to the ground because the demand is so wild. Depending on how long this bull market holds, you might have to settle for $60-80 an ETB, but that's still way better than the current prices.
And product is going to be released nearly every month for this set. You're likely going to be able to pick up a decent amount if you don't waste your whole budget on the initial release.
Honestly I love opening packs but ita getting so hard too find packs of new sets like surging sparks I only opened two packs and I haven't seen it in store for over a month I would recommend buying cheaper singles or Japanese
You turn into a problem. But it's your money, you do you.
Team rocket is going to be so bad it’s going to presale for 200$ early pre orders will be 150$ time stamp this. I already predicted prismatic at 150$ for pre sale.
all stores need to do iS figure out out to not allow bots to purchase.....POKEMON needs to out money into the solution.... the scalpers will kill the hobby
secondary market almost never sells at MSRP. MSRP is going nowhere. Not like Big Box won't still get products.
Dammit the local Scalper Raul posted up by the local tcg store just raised his price too. 😞
I made friends ( gave gifts ) with my local card shop employees and they said they will hold 2 Prismatic ETBs and some smaller stuff for me. I'm grateful and will search online for reasonable prices or just miss out for a few months. Come on folks, we know they will be printing this stuff for a while. It should only be the quick flippers that are Salty.
Big box stores are getting more than ever, LGS are getting less than ever this is an international trend probably directed by The Pokemon Company
You'll be able to get stock later in if not now. There are new products launching until September, so you'll manage to get something. If you wanted the promo card tho, that's a rip.
worse equals better 🥵🥵🥶🥶🥵🥵🥶
Whats even more fascinating to me is whats going to happen to reprints in general. I think Pokemon would like to reprint a bunch of sets from Scarlet and Violet. Like 151, Twilight Masquerade, Paldea Evolved and Surging Sparks but when? If the printers are tapped out with demand this high I dont think any of the early Scarlet and Violet sets are getting large reprints maybe ever. I picked up Obsidian Flames and SV Base Booster boxes 2 weeks ago based on that. Theyre both up about 15% in those 2 weeks.
Yep, ive been saying this for a while now. How are they supose to reprint the past sets ontop of printing enough of the new hype sets like battle partners/team rocket? They aint got the printer space for all of it, hence why I think the people saying prismatic will be "printed to ground" are in for a rude awakening.
random guy from portugal here, i just think this is an effect of the pokemon tcg pocket boom as it is the first new set after its release
Only the dummies think they can wait it out and think prices are going to come down man I don’t care how much they print how much they put on shelves it’s not going to last an hour it’s not going to last minute it’s going to be gone little Timmy will never get a box or even a sticker collection
Yo vapour how much is paldea evolved booster boxes in america?
Something doesnt add up... small stores that never ordered pokemon before would not get any allocations from distro
Big distro is watching
The working theory is that people who already spend a lot of money with the distros for sports cards are now requesting pokemon product. I think that makes sense because if you're the distributor and you have a store that normally spends 100k a month with you on sports cards, you're going to want to keep them happy as well. That and all the rip and shippers starting LLCs and setting up wholesale accounts. There's too many mouths to feed
@@dtwduuvaaall6865 Okay yeah that makes more sense than book stores... I don't think distros that deal in books would deal in trading card games.
First 🎉 where's my free prismatic evolutions etb?
Every single member of my family will be at different gamestops 3hrs before opening each member will have 600 bucks to get as many etbs as possible for 50 bucks a piece. Lol
Think of the children.
It’s because use ppl brought all the Surging Sparks up 😂😂😂
While it's famine now, what do you want to bet Pokemon prints this set into oblivion. We're just getting started here. Champions path was going to be impossible to get (and was at first), they flooded the market. Shining Fates, impossible to find out of the gate. Flooded the market and you can still get it at MSRP or less today. Hidden Fates was hard to get for quite some time, but eventually sat rotting on store shelves for several months. Experience shows they will print these things to death when the demand is this high, and they have all year to print it.
This is nothing like you’ve seen before we’re entering a new era of Pokemon brothers
This is what people don't understand. Pokemon will reprint a set to oblivion is they see it's doing well but there's stock issues. Many of the sets through covid went through the same thing and then got super reprinted after a few months
60 million people downloaded pokemon tcg pocket a survey said 8 million said "I dont currently collect cards but may start collecting physical cards" that's your competition right as a Eeveelution set releases
@@Doors067 I hadn't considered the impact from that game. I know Pokemon Go triggered a revival in the TCG when it released. I guess we'll find out what impact that may cause, but yeah it's worth keeping an eye on.
It’s sucks for those who preorder from lgs’s/card shop/online lgs’s😂
Would anyone here sell an ounce of gold and cash to buy 4 cases of vivid voltage? I know what a RISKY and Dumb move but is there another market or world in the next 4 years gold goes to 4k or vv goes to 300? The 'reprints' oooo its so scary, but is it with the biggest ip in the world?
I mean anything is possible, but the past like 10 years gold has been one of the worst performing assets. If a macro economic meltdown occurs, gold could def shoot up but its hard to predict such things i.e 2008 recession. Right now the best bet is the 2nd half of the crypto bull run for gains, the stock market is inflated IMO but we'll see, there's forces out there bigger than us propping the markets up I can promise you that.
Still won't be hard to get P Evo at msrp if you put in some effort
Guess yugioh and magic is safe, not for pokemon, digimon and one piece due of flippers are just wanting to have fun with us. It is what it is, pick your poison, pay or don’t pay.
I just stick with singles for now. 🙂
Wait for a recession or depression😂
Msrp this , msrp that. Just shut up
i knew i wasnt the only one tired of hearing people cry about prices it's like get real nobody owes u anything in this world
Here we go, the token "suck it up and pay scalpers cause you aren't owed anything like MSRP" post.
@@avenger1212 here we go with the boomer mentality not understanding supply and demand .......plenty of us got it at msrp buddy idk what you're saying..... if u missed the boat u missed the boat. But don't cry over spilled milk.....once again nobdy is forcing you to buy lmao
@@SmokaBolla I got plenty at MSRP. But there's always someone like you that has to gripe when people express disappointment at not being able to.
@@avenger1212 feeling entitled to MSRP..... when a lot of stores aint even getting it is crazy works and shows how privileged y'all are..... life's full of disappointments you think i sit there and gripe on it no i fix the problem ahaha or i move on with my life ahaha
@@avenger1212 and yeah I'm tired of hearing people crying because...... when everything was sitting on shelfs for 2 years and the Pokémon market was doing nothing .......all those people wasn't even buying then....EVERYTHING WAS SITTING AND GOING ON SALE UNDER MSRP LIKE FUSION AT $80 .... POLITELY GET REKTTED LOL
Lol. Vapor.
There is plenty of vivid voltage to open up for the cheap cry babies
U don’t don’t have to buy premium sets lol
ahaha frfr or battle styles...... i was opening that because that's all i could get back in the day but i didn't cry about it ahaha i actually ended up enjoying the set still do think it's a sleeper just massed produced
Unless you can buy months before, it simply just wont be MSRP
pay too play :)
Problematic evolutions.! 🤦🏽♂️ I’m glad I folded my wallet and am patiently waiting for team rocket. 😏
Nice . Rockets gone flop 🎉
@ bet, I will just get more. 🫱🏽🫲🏼
@@Iamwillz okay, then I will just more. Since you won’t be getting your portion.
@@5200CHIEFA okay. 😂😂😂 Go buy your one booster box
@@Iamwillz why you so worried about what I’m on.? Nobody else wants to talk to you. 😂😂😂
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