Hi guys,
Found this while digging around at home–it’s still in the Walmart plastic wrap
Would it be better to sell it sealed as a collector’s piece? Or is it worth opening it up to parse out the pieces individually?
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(also check out that charizard and…frog? art)
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Brings back memories, man–haven’t seen one of these in 20 years. I remember seeing them at Toys ‘R’ Us as a preschooler and thinking how weird it was that the packaging had fake Pokemon on it. Made me think that they weren’t real Pokemon cards inside–I would tell my parents that they might be fake because the creatures on the package weren’t actual Pokemon. But at some point they did buy one for me and they were indeed real. Damn bro this is triggering major nostalgia waves right now. Also makes me realize something: I have old Japanese cards in my collection from my childhood but never knew how I received them…I guess this must’ve been the source!
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Very interesting find!
This product tells its own story. It is a time capsule of an era. If it were mine I would keep it sealed. I think it is worth a premium, but I can’t say how much. Anyway, to me it makes sense to leave it that way and let the buyer decide what they want to do with it. If nothing else, someone could value this product higher simply because they know the packs weren’t weighed.
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If you’re looking to maximize the selling price, probably better to break it open.
I’d be happy to reimburse your $19.99 if you let me take it off your hands 
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God that is beautiful. Priceless.
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Just realized that even by 2000 standards, that’s an amazing deal for $20
8 tcg packs = $32+
Theme deck = $13+
Plus a Topps packs and 1 other ??
Were bulk TCG packs really $4/ea? I seem to remember them being cheaper
Don’t forget the value of the box artwork = $Priceless
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Pretty sure retail price was right around $4 even back then. Not sure about bulk
My small town shop had them for $2.99. Either way, smoking hot deal.
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I still can’t believe people still have things like this sealed in storage. My 8 year old self would have ripped this to shreds. Utter annihilation.
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The “1 other ??” Is a action flipz pack!
The contents would sell like fresh hotcakes but I can definitely see a collector paying a solid premium, just depends on how long you’re willing to wait. If it’s lasted this long, I say keep it sealed - there certainly aren’t many of these laying around.
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Yeah it is hard to see how this could happen. It’s so unlikely a child would receive this and keep it sealed.
I suppose in some instances a parent may buy something like this as a gift a few months early, keep it stashed away, and then completely forget about it until years later. I know firsthand from dealing with my grandpa’s estate how these things can go. Once an item gets tucked away, it’s at risk of joining the heap of other junk accumulated over a lifetime. Then it might as well be gone for the next 5, 20, or 50 years. At least that’s the impression I got going through that estate! I suspect this is more common in America than in other parts of the world, since filling basements with junk and old consumer goods seems to be more of a thing here, at least in some families.
I don’t know the OP’s story, but I do think this phenomenon could account for some vintage products like these continuing to surface now and in the future.
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I would definitely keep it sealed! Guaranteed unweighed booster packs and the packaging screams nostalgia.
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Hahaha, that knock-off Charizard design though!
Amazing find nonetheless.
I’ve mentioned here before that around 2000 a major toy chain in the UK used to sell booster boxes for £10 as a way of clearing excess stock (which shows just how much product must have been distributed…). I never saw any Base Set boxes but I did convince my parents to buy me Jungle, Fossil and Base Set 2 boxes at that price - £0.27/pack.
I imagine Walmart did this repackaging as a way of making the old product look new and exciting as they were probably struggling to sell them otherwise.
Do realise that this is a third-party product and not an official product. If anything I’d imagine the chance of these being unweighed is slim.
They are likely unweighed. No one weighed packs back then as they thought these cards were worthless. That’s why it’s on sale for 19.99. Would definitely keep it sealed
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Not a chance these are weighed
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I would much rather pay for that as is then broken up. I remember those also and wish I still had one.