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[LEHR]

Originally Posted by jayshum

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.

This is a new era. Every show I go to I see kids everywhere with wads of cash. I've seen kids that look as young as 8-9 buying $500.00 cards in cash. It doesn't matter where they got the money, they have it. The age old argument of "kid's are priced out of the hobby" doesn't hold much water in 2025.

Just my perspective.

[Leon]

The barrier of entry to be an entrepeneur in our hobby is about 5 bucks. Buy a card for 5, flip it for 6, and you just made 20% profit. Collecting doesn't seem high on the priority list of most of the whippersnappers buying and selling, so it seems to me.

Originally Posted by LEHR

This is a new era. Every show I go to I see kids everywhere with wads of cash. I've seen kids that look as young as 8-9 buying $500.00 cards in cash. It doesn't matter where they got the money, they have it. The age old argument of "kid's are priced out of the hobby" doesn't hold much water in 2025.

Just my perspective.

[Yoda]

Before Pokeman there were Beanie Babies, repulsive little creatures. Many show promoters eventually banned them it got so bad.

[BioCRN]

Well, that dropped quicker than I expected...

https://powerpacks.gamestop.com/

It's in cooperation with PSA. Market is so saturated with 1000 different versions of this, but in a way it's also an emerging market so who knows how big they can actually make this "buy a mystery slab" thing.