@Wouter Kuhlkamp welcome to the community, cool that you're collecting with your kids, ever played the gameboy games again? I recently played soulsilver again

@Gorka Ezeiza welcome!

@Nick Zebregs met someone in a tcg store last week who told me price got manipulated by a chinese billionaire who bought 33% of the supply and then inflated the price. Not sure if its true. I have a copy because i went to the museum, but I would not buy one right now if I didnt have it.

@Nick Zebregs It's simply not worth my time, I make more money working on my business than buying a case, sending it in, getting the cards back, selling the ones I don't want. Also you risk not getting a psa10. Pikachu Poncho 203, it's a nice card, about 5.5k psa10 pop. How I make decisions whether to buy a card like that is to think do I want to have this card in my collection and if the price stays the same for 10 years, do I still enjoy having it? Otherwise it's very hard to hold. If it's purely about investments, I like stocks more. If it's about hobby with an investment angle and enjoyment of having the asset, in this case a card, pokemon cards are really great. You just need to be able to let time to its thing when it comes to value going up, and for that the most important thing for me is actually enjoying having the card rather than thinking that other people will want this card in the future and that's the only reason why I have it. I have a lot of cards that I just enjoy having, not sure if they have gone up yet, they probably have, but I just want to keep them for now, which ironically seems to be a great way to invest and let time pass to build value appreciation, besides focusing on some fundamentals of course, like how old, rare, scarce, and hard to grade the card is multiplied by popularity.

@Tomáš Zajac Check this out: Osaka TCG stores: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FKPbE4g2KLcesGuP6 Tokyo TCG stores: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1KSc5gqUYLYSwxi57

@Natalia C. I’ve seen the box twice in about 4 weeks spent between Tokyo and Osaka. Once it was opened, once sealed. Card shoos hold expensive items, I’ve seen WOTC sealed boxes, japanese base set etc. Also gold stars up to €50k, sitting in the display. Not every shops though, I’d say the average shop sells single cards ungraded.

Tohoku's, Fukuoka's and Hiroshima's Pikachu are pretty new and haven't skyrocketed in price yet, could be a cool pick up if you haven't got them already. Japan exclusive promos appreciate really well and the art and story behind the card is always really unique.

@Maik Oertel yea get the cards as well, reserve holo promos do well! I’m in Japan at the moment, those 3 boxes go for €110 to €220 each in every card shop here too.

What scandals have happened with PSA?

@Maik Oertel damn thats messed up, i didnt know that