www.si.com/mlb/2020/05/04/breaking-the-fall-sports-cards-and-the-pandemic
Interesting article that we can probably just copy paste to Pokemon lol
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The exact same thing is happening with pokemon TCG as well - live box breaks.
What I am curious about is how does everyone here feels about the “live box openings” that pokerev does. It seems like he has really tapped into something here. The whole live stream aspect of it adds to the overall impact of the box opening. The fact that you can actively participate by buying packs draws people in. It seems like it is a huge success overall since the packs literally sell out within minutes of him putting them on his website. The live stream aspect also adds to the community/nostalgia feeling overall. You don’t get the same thing from watching a person like leonhart opening packs for their personal collection.
How do you think this will impact the overall market? Seems like it could bring more people into the hobby, both old and new.
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I think i’ve wrote it here before
Box Breaks and Razzes have caused an incredible boom in the sports card space. There are 100s of legit shops and dealers running these groups. Scams are pretty rare, and the community really polices everything pretty well.
It has been going increasingly strong for the last 4 years - and has hit an even higher fever pitch during the pandemic.
People are starting to venture out into other markets as well - basketball guys are getting into soccer and pokemon. Soccer has seen a 4x increase in the last month on key issues. It’s absolutely wild.
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@austonmatthews I don’t know why but I’ve never really seen many soccer collectibles like I’ve seen for football/basketball
What’s the Fleer Jordan of the soccer collecting community? I’m assuming it’s some kind of Pele/Messi card
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It’s just starting this past month. Mbappe / Messi / Ronaldo cards are going wild.
There is no similar card to the fleer 86, since soccer wasn’t very mass produced - but the closest would be the Messi Megacraques or Ronaldo Megacraques
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Box breaks are fun, but damn do I have horrible luck. These have definitely helped the hobby imo. They are creating communities similar to what we have at e4.
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Yeah my buddy is begging me to do box breaks with him but I have horrible luck myself lol (at least with sports). I have gotten lucky with some Pokemon breaks but I don’t do them anymore.