Glad to hear. Kids are resilient! Especially where there's more Pokemon to catch!haha, a bit of a bloody nose and incredibly sad about the phone, but he's a champ. Dusted, fed, and on to more catching with the iPad (which sucks by the way)
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I felt so bad, man.. All he wanted to do was play Pokemon haha
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Dude!! Cal would lose his mind!
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I’m going to start digging through some boxes. Hoping we didn’t ditch them when we moved. However I think I know where they may be.
well if it makes him feel any better, that’s exactly the kind of thing ash ketchum would do while catching Pokémon. I grew up right in the Pokémon era. Watched the original series and a little bit of the rest. Collected cards, played the games the whole 9 yards. I wish I had the time to justify buying a switch and playing the new games although I’m not a huge fan of the multiple generations or mega evolutions.
I played Pokémon go for a short while as well, it’s a great game the more involved you get.
Glad to see your kid enjoys it so much, as I know how much I did when I was growing up!
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haha hell yeah! PoGo has changed so much since release. It's been a blast playing with him especially this year when getting out and doing stuff is so much harder.
Some pokemon cards go for big bucks nowadays!
https://www.ranker.com/list/most-expensive-pokmon-cards/mariel-loveland
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Trying to buy a gift for a friends children. If they are Pokemon kids do they prefer cards or gift cards to iTunes to play the game?
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They use cards I believe, but also an iPhone.
Genuinely no idea, but are fantatics for it.
Are those periods and commas in the wrong spot?
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The phone based stuff is hard because while I assume it would be Pokemon Go, the in game currency can't be bought with a card, usually just through whatever they have linked to their account (iTunes, PayPal, etc).
Cards are probably a lot easier. You can't really go wrong buying individual packs, however a lot of the time they have different box based options that get kids fired up.
Or if you want to go bigger, the Elite Trainer Box is probably the coolest thing you can get a pokemon card collector as it has a bunch of stuff from the latest offerings;
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haha, you'd think.
Pokemon Cards just went WAY up in value overall. I used to buy my Son some random rare cards for a buck apiece or whatever, as backup if one of our pack opening sessions went poorly or if he was super good. Now everything is way more expensive. What used to be a dollar is now 4-5 and that adds up quickly.
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Thank you so much that helps me a lot
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Now @JB has me going down the rabbit hole on what Elite Trainer Boxes I haven't gotten tiny human yet hahaha!
It's insane how fast these series move.
Sword and Shield launched in early February this year. Since then, there have been;
Rebel Clash
Darkness Ablaze
Vivid Voltage
Champion's Path
That is pretty wild how quickly it moves.
It's insane how fast these series move.
Sword and Shield launched in early February this year. Since then, there have been;
Rebel Clash
Darkness Ablaze
Vivid Voltage
Champion's Path
That is pretty wild how quickly it moves.
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This weekend we exchanged gifts with my side of the family. My son had a Scizor V card in the Pokémon pack that was in his stocking. You’d have thought there was a $100 bill in there. He was very excited. He showed it to me...yep looks pretty shiny. I have no idea anything about Pokémon. He doesn’t play, he just collects.
Haven’t read all this, but just so you know.... Pokémon cards are on the rise again... if you are able to buy certain packs and find certain cards... they can turn a quick and great profit.
Oh I know about the graded ones as well. My son collects hockey cards and he always wants to submit his good ones for sale hoping to get it graded 10 and then resell for a quick profit. It didn't take him long to figure out the game!
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My Son's rarest is a 50 dollar 'market value' card on one of the sites that resells. eBay is a little nuts on value - starting to wonder if i should get this bad boy graded and start working on his first car fund hahaha
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Go for it! It only costs like $12 to send a card to PSA but the wait times are long because everyone is playing the raw to graded flipping game hoping for 10's and resale. Itry to convince him that EVERYONE has PSA 10 cards of the hottest prospect from thisyeas set so get rid of it and turn his profit into a high graded rookie card of someone like Gretzky. Hot prospect could get hurt or fizzle out and prices drop overnight. It's not a rare card, just hype! Gretzky will only go up. Hes retired and in the Hall of Fame but what do I know, i'm old. I'm a Red Sox fan but I buy graded Mickey Mantle cards. It's like money in the bank.