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Originally Posted by jayshum

I agree with you about Pokémon catering to kids, but I don't think pricing is very kid friendly on many of the cards. I was at a show last weekend and talked to a dealer I know who deals only with Pokémon. There were plenty of cards he had that people were asking about for $100+ and not many that I saw below $10. I'm not sure I would consider that to be kid friendly.

That's going to be true of any chase card in any hobby. But the packs cost on average about $5 and you can buy ETB's for $35 to $50. The other thing Pokemon does well is they include all chase cards in one single product.

Look at the alternative in the baseball card world. There are multiple versions of every Topps release (Topps Series 1, Series 2, Update, Chrome, Chrome Update, etc.) and on average you'll be paying a few hundred dollars for base set hobby boxes. The price only goes up from there.

In baseball there is also a clear separation of the quality of cards available depending on the product you buy. There are retail versions of every product available but the odds of getting a hit get more and more remote as you level down. Compare that to Pokemon where the same chase cards are available at comparable odds in every product release type (ETBs, boosters, tins, blaster packs, etc.).