I know that recently there was a discussion about the best investment opportunities in the current market. Yet, I’ve been buying packs and booster boxes for a few years now, but lately (probably since the end of last year) prices seem to be getting crazier. I’m curious how you see the current market, in terms of both demand and supply, and what strategy you’re currently using in terms of investing. For example, Destined Rivals is one of the newer sets, but do you think prices might come down? What about older sets - do you see them stabilizing, dropping, or even rising further? Because it used to be that, after some time, prices would go down significantly, but I’m not really seeing that with sets released in late 2024 or early 2025. So, are you still buying in this market, or are you skipping some sets and waiting for prices to drop? I’d be really interested to hear your current mindset. I’m sure there are people here who’ve been in the game for a long time and have seen plenty of market fluctuations. Thanks!

Hey fellow Dutch collectors: where do you still finds new products (ETB/BB) of new releases / preorders? I can’t seem to find a way to even get close to buying outside of Cardmarket. I know it is hard, but people still manage, so my questions is: what can I try?

Hey everyone, I would like to share my thoughts and wanted to have a discussion about the current state of teh market. I’ve noticed it’s getting increasingly difficult to find good and affordable sealed products with real potential. The market has exploded in 2025 – products sell out quickly, prices are way above MSRP and even (small) reprints seem to make investment outcomes less predictable. That’s why I’m curious to hear your thoughts on what sealed Pokémon products are currently the best investment opportunities in this current market. This could be recent sets, upcoming releases, or more niche items like special ETBs, promo boxes, or Japanese sealed products. A few questions I’d love to discuss: - Which recent or upcoming sets do you still see growth potential in? - What’s your view on the risks of reprints? - Are Japanese products a better play right now? - Are there alternative sealed items (like pin collections, holiday sets, etc.) that might be flying under the radar? Personally, I’ve been looking at 151(ETBS, boosterbundles), Prismatic evolutions (ETBS and bundles), and possibly some older Sword & Shield sets that are still somewhat accessible(Fusion Strike, Lost Origin, Chilling Reign, Astral RAdiance, Silver Tempest or Brilliant Stars). But I’d love to hear your strategies and opinions! I think reprints wont hurt as they used to like lost origin and fusion strike in de Sword and Shield era. They will dip maybe 20% but at what pricepoint are you prepared to pay for a BB? For me its around 150 euro for a BB (Journey and and Destined Rivals (maybe 160) In my opinion Japanese are a good alternatieve in this kind of boom market but English will always be preferred when the market is down. So i dont have allot of japanese myself (i have VStar uni and 151 bb) Looking forward to the discussion!

Hi guys! I wanted to start a thread where we all could share the best European stores we buy from. Especially in this bull market it will be very useful to be as resourceful as possible in order to min max the investments :) Best prices: Games Island (Germany - free international shipping above 500 EUR) Czech Republic: Waku Waku Najada

We have already some RR cards with the Eeveelutions of the set Terastal Festival ex (High Class pack set), the new set that will launch on 6 of Dec in Japan. In English will be lanched on January as Prismatic Evolution. This is a set that all the market have a lot of expectations (at this point i don't know if this would be good or not haha). I already order 2 boxes in Pokemon Center Japan, with a cost of 5.500 Yen, around 33,20€. Is really good price for High Class set, but also need to add the shipping cost to Europe, the fee of Tenso (the proxy company for order in Pokémon center Japan and the one will receive your order and resend to you in Europe) and the importation tax (21% in case of Spain). If someone is interested in Buy on Pokémon center Japan and how to manage the order comment on this post and i will open a special post explaining step by step how to do it. Coming back to the topic this are the Eeveelutions of this set! looking forward to get my boxes of the set! Nice day to everyone! Special Illustration rares are revealed, i like them and i think with the shiny of the cards will look greater than in picture. I guess many people don't like them with the crown (in fact i think are one of the first Special Illustration rares with the crowns over Charizard from OFlames and PFates and Hydragon of Surging Sparks) but we need to give a chance and see them in live, i'm sure would be great). ** individual pics of the SAR cards are published in new comment on this post.