RegularGuyGamer | 2,013 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, AdamW said: Also, the market just doesn't like Blue much I've no idea why. Red and Yellow are selling like hotcakes lately, there've been some crazy sales of Yellow especially, well over $500. But Blue isn't doing the same, decent copies are still selling well under $300 sometimes. I guess nobody loves Blastoise. Red and Yellow have the best selling Pokemon characters of all time attached to them. For everyone one Blastoise collector, there are thousands of Charizard collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,787 Administrator · Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 31 minutes ago, AdamW said: If it's sealed, you can probably send your next reply from your private island after a quick phone call to Heritage Auctions Otherwise - I've only seen one person try to sell the "Red text" variant (BTW I'm now inclined to count it as a variant of the first print, rather than a separate print, because Nintendo didn't change the official print code on the box), described correctly, at a premium. I don't think it's sold yet. The copies that have been listed since I started this thread where the seller *doesn't* know what it is do seem like they might have attracted a bit more attention, but they aren't selling at much of a premium if any (hard to tell with the general variability of prices and other factors like condition and missing bits). What I'm really curious to see happen - I'm sure it will some time, as WATA and HA definitely know about this - is for HA to sell a sealed copy and make a big hullabaloo about it. If they do that and it sells for crazy money, it might affect the non-sealed market a bit too. Still, I think it'll be like Left Bros. again - sealed Left Bros. is clearly a lot more valuable than equivalent condition sealed Right Bros., but cart-only or CIB Left Bros. isn't really *that* much more than equivalent Right Bros. The "red text" variant isn't vanishingly rare, as I'm updating my DB, its prevalance is staying right around 10% of copies, which is not like "one copy a year" kind of rarity, more like one a week or so. But sealed copies of it are likely very rare. I've still only seen evidence of two sealed copies of it existing so far. Also, the market just doesn't like Blue much I've no idea why. Red and Yellow are selling like hotcakes lately, there've been some crazy sales of Yellow especially, well over $500. But Blue isn't doing the same, decent copies are still selling well under $300 sometimes. I guess nobody loves Blastoise. So... I'm NOT rich? I shouldn't have punched my boss? ... damn. Re: Red & Yellow vs Blue - that's easy, Blastoise is stupid, Charizard and Pikachu are hella cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Yeah, that's the obvious theory, but there are some odd counterpoints. FireRed and LeafGreen have also had some crazy sales lately, and there LeafGreen doesn't seem to go much if any less than FR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,787 Administrator · Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, AdamW said: Yeah, that's the obvious theory, but there are some odd counterpoints. FireRed and LeafGreen have also had some crazy sales lately, and there LeafGreen doesn't seem to go much if any less than FR. Yeah Venasaur is cool. It's just Blastoise that sucks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 oh, yeah, the other reason it's odd with Gen 1 - it's a new thing. When I started tracking this stuff way back in the prehistoric times of...uh...January, Blue and Red were selling around C$250-C$300 for nice copies, Yellow was at like C$200. Red and Blue prices were similar, and Yellow was definitely cheaper. Since then Red has gone up by $100+, Yellow has just gotten straight weird (multiple sales over US$500, but still a few copies being sold in the $200 range...), and Blue has...just kinda sat around at about the same price. I dunno. Maybe I should get out of this thread and start making NFTs of Gamestop stock certificates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,787 Administrator · Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, AdamW said: oh, yeah, the other reason it's odd with Gen 1 - it's a new thing. When I started tracking this stuff way back in the prehistoric times of...uh...January, Blue and Red were selling around C$250-C$300 for nice copies, Yellow was at like C$200. Red and Blue prices were similar, and Yellow was definitely cheaper. Since then Red has gone up by $100+, Yellow has just gotten straight weird (multiple sales over US$500, but still a few copies being sold in the $200 range...), and Blue has...just kinda sat around at about the same price. I dunno. Maybe I should get out of this thread and start making NFTs of Gamestop stock certificates I mean I clearly need to get the heck out of here and start writing up my FS thread. This cardboard is selling for well over my usual "just sell the stupid thing" price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,787 Administrator · Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 It's so tempting to just yeet this all into a FS thread, and that pains me. I love my boxes but Jesus are these prices tempting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) If you've got a Yellow with black ESRB logo in a double-ended box, I'll take it! edit: from the pic it looks like you do. count me interested! And yeah, assuming those are all in nice shape, at eBay prices you've got, oh, I dunno, like US$2500 of pokemon cardboard there? Somewhere in that range. Not even counting "Red text" at any premium. Edited March 16, 2021 by AdamW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,787 Administrator · Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Just now, AdamW said: If you've got a Yellow with black ESRB logo in a double-ended box, I'll take it! I do, hah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 The current HA has loads of sealed Pokemon boxes: https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294943473+&Ntk=SI_Titles&Nty=1&Ntt=pokemon&limitTo=all&ic5=CatalogHome-ActionArea-Search-071515 I'm predicting that all of them will sell for hella $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Yup, I'm watching them. Mentioned it on the HA thread. Curious to see where the high grade crystal and emerald wind up especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 So I just did a very big rewrite of the first post to cut some of the chit-chat but add a lot more hard information. It now covers all the main series GB/GBC/GBA games, and has detailed box contents and population data for Gen 1 and FireRed / LeafGreen. I also added some detailed discussion of how I'm ordering/dating the prints, especially for Yellow. I tried to make the format as readable as possible, but do let me know what you think. Thanks folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 37 minutes ago, AdamW said: So I just did a very big rewrite of the first post to cut some of the chit-chat but add a lot more hard information. It now covers all the main series GB/GBC/GBA games, and has detailed box contents and population data for Gen 1 and FireRed / LeafGreen. I also added some detailed discussion of how I'm ordering/dating the prints, especially for Yellow. I tried to make the format as readable as possible, but do let me know what you think. Thanks folks Thanks dude, had no idea there were so many variants for FR/LG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Emerald updated (I still have seen only one box print, added detailed contents info). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 What do the population %'s mean (Population: 100% (all), 100% (sealed))? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,013 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) On 3/16/2021 at 4:37 PM, Gloves said: . I love my boxes but Jesus are these prices tempting I looked up crystal since it's the only one I need for the GB/C set. What the fuck?? Somehow I got back doored out of a sale this time last year for $215 and I never bothered to get back into the market for a copy. These lads are selling for $525 shipped?? Unreal. Idk how you haven't fed those to the wolves yet. Somehow the best selling games of all time are scarce and desirable. Pokemon games.selling for more than Smash 64 and Super Mario World is insane to me. I would suggest the prices arrn't sustainable, but after a decade of collecting I now know better. Edited March 22, 2021 by RegularGuyGamer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 30 minutes ago, RegularGuyGamer said: I looked up crystal since it's the only one I need for the GB/C set. What the fuck?? Somehow I got back doored out of a sale this time last year for $215 and I never bothered to get back into the market for a copy. These lads are selling for $525 shipped?? Unreal. Idk how you haven't fed those to the wolves yet. Somehow the best selling games of all time are scarce and desirable. Pokemon games.selling for more than Smash 64 and Super Mario World is insane to me. I would suggest the prices arrn't sustainable, but after a decade of collecting I now know better. Is that for CIB? Here's a sealed one that I wouldn't be surprised if it goes for over 100k: https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/pokemon-crystal-version-wata-98-a-sealed-gbc-nintendo-2001-usa/a/7242-93067.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Open-AlsoViewed-Thumbnail-081514&tab=BrowseAlsoViewed-012417 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, tidaldreams said: What do the population %'s mean (Population: 100% (all), 100% (sealed))? Percentage of copies that are that box print. Since there's only one print, of course they're 100% it's obviously fairly useless for a game with only one print, but I just put it in so the format would be consistent with the games that have multiple prints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 @RegularGuyGamer There definitely isn't enough market supply of boxed copies in good condition to satisfy current demand, which is why prices are shooting up and trash copies are selling. The Gen 2 and 3 boxes are also kinda unusually subject to wear due to their shininess/shatterfoiliness, which is also a factor, I think. Crystal is "rare" in Pokémon terms too, it sold fewer copies than any other cardboard game I think. Emerald is similar. I suspect there are a lot of copies out there that aren't on the market because people do have a strong attachment to these games. You'd think there might be a stabilization point somewhere if the cib prices get *so* high it almost forces anyone just keeping their copy for sentiment to sell, but hard to guess where that might be. Gloves decided not to sell me his yellow So yeah, if you want a cib emerald or crystal in good condition right now, you're looking at $500+ red is getting there too, thanks to charizard I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,787 Administrator · Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, AdamW said: @RegularGuyGamer There definitely isn't enough market supply of boxed copies in good condition to satisfy current demand, which is why prices are shooting up and trash copies are selling. The Gen 2 and 3 boxes are also kinda unusually subject to wear due to their shininess/shatterfoiliness, which is also a factor, I think. Crystal is "rare" in Pokémon terms too, it sold fewer copies than any other cardboard game I think. Emerald is similar. I suspect there are a lot of copies out there that aren't on the market because people do have a strong attachment to these games. You'd think there might be a stabilization point somewhere if the cib prices get *so* high it almost forces anyone just keeping their copy for sentiment to sell, but hard to guess where that might be. Gloves decided not to sell me his yellow So yeah, if you want a cib emerald or crystal in good condition right now, you're looking at $500+ red is getting there too, thanks to charizard I guess. If I am gonna sell my yellow, I'm gonna sell all my Pokemon CIBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 No one's messaged me asking to buy MY Pokémon collection yet... What, my Taiwanese Perkermern not good enough for ya?! Where's MY hundred thousand dollars?!! Bunch of ingrates... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,787 Administrator · Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, OptOut said: No one's messaged me asking to buy MY Pokémon collection yet... What, my Taiwanese Perkermern not good enough for ya?! Where's MY hundred thousand dollars?!! Bunch of ingrates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 FINALLY something to play in my Gema Yob! Where do I send the money truck? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,201 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Been trying to catch 'em all since day 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Nice set! I have the first production of every game now, but I'm trying to complete my set of every box print before I post a picture if everything in transit shows up, I'm now two boxes away. Two very very hard to find boxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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