So this just popped up in my sub feed… apparently we are a fad…
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welp. I try and stay away from top 10 videos. nostalgic little one though. I had forgotten about pogs >_> I wonder what happened to all of mine
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I’m super interested in redeeming this thread:
What are the top 10 fads within Pokémon Card collecting?
I know for sure one was gold stars. There was a brief moment when everyone was trading any and everything for them.
birthday pikachu and the grand party promo in the 90s. (though I still think both are very pretty cards)
treasured as holy grails in the pokemon card game, pretty much just because English collectors had no clue what they actually were or how many of them there were
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What I’ve heard 8x Lucky Stadium cards were super wanted back in the days and people spend high hundreds/low thousands for full set. Then it turned out they were much more common than everyone assumed.
LV.X would be my other choice. I know this era had lots of stuff that gained premium by players, nowadays it feels people forget these cards exist. Even now when psa grading is on everyone’s lips you can rarely see LV.X’s included in submissions.
Wow didn’t realize people payed that much for the lucky stadiums once upon a time - they do sound rare though; each only available in one location during one/two days in 2000
Thundurus EX from Plasma Freeze.
Was hyped up BIG time heading into pre-release and the release of the set. Was set to be a huge meta presence, I pulled an FA on pre-release day and sold it for 70 dollars. That’s how hyped it was.
Turned out to be no more than a 1 or 2 slot tech in 1 or 2 decks and was selling for 10 bucks even before the Promo EX in the tins came out.
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Without regards to any morals I have to congratulate you on your 60+ dollar profit. 
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Those 24 karat gold plated cards. People were going crazy to get a whole set and were convinced they would go up in price.
Once again, fast food had the last laugh.
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Cabbage Patch Kids were collectible?
though they aren’t worth what some people went crazy with, I really like the burger king gold plated cards haha
I cannot possibly recall all of the hearts I have shattered when evaluating collections that contained “solid gold cards”
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@funmonkey54, what other cards were thought to be “solid gold”? XD
I will admit, it was awesome to get them. Between my sister and I, we have a full set. I just remember mostly wanting the Mewtwo and Jigglypuff one. XD
Wasn’t anything to do with morals really. People were willing to pay 70 dollars for the card on release because they thought it’d be a huge meta presence. The person who bought it off me also bought a regular ex off another pre release person for 40 iirc.
Their face when the tins got announced must have been priceless.
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www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/family/what-your-old-toys-are-worth/ss-AA8HoV9?ocid=ansmsnnews11#image=4
Interesting read. Thanks for posting.
“POKEMON CARDS, $5,500 - Yes, you read that price tag right. The Japanese trading cards that spiked in popularity during the late '90s can now fetch up to $5,500. For one card! This one, featuring the character Charizard, is said to be rare. But unless you’re a 7-year-old millionaire, we’re not sure who would be clamoring to buy it at that cost.”
everything in that “article” is so wrong in so many ways
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AMEN
Top rate journalism, IMO