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Old 06-07-2025, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by imdaman1964 View Post
Pokemon is taking over the collecting world for good or bad
It's what kids relate to now

I have set up at sports card shows and as a test I show a Babe Ruth card to a young kid and asked them to identify him. NO CLUE.

But CHARIZARD? Of course!

Although I am not a follower I will say Pikachu will never go on the DL or get caught in scandal
Most kids over 12 and involved in actual sports don’t give a shit about Pokémon. When I was a kid, Dungeons and Dragons owned that space. Gotta give it up to the Japanese for cornering the unathletic nerd market.
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Collecting Indianapolis-related pre-war and rare regionals, along with other vintage thru '80s

Successful deals with Kingcobb, Harford20, darwinbulldog, iwantitiwinit, helfrich91, kaddyshack, Marckus99, D. Bergin, Commodus the Great, Moonlight Graham, orioles70, adoo1, Nilo, JollyElm, DJCollector1, angolajones, timn1, jh691626, NiceDocter

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