OT—Pokemon cards—

[tkd]

Depends on how much you want to spend but you can't go wrong with a new pokemon cosmic eclipse booster box. They cost around $90 and contain 36 packs. You can find online at dave and adams, steel city or ebay. If you want to spend less try booster packs or a collection box. Booster packs at Wal-Mart typically are around $4 each and collection boxes at Wal-Mart are from $19.99 to $49.99.
My recommendation is stick to the newest sets such as cosmic eclipse unless told otherwise.

[nebboy]

My son find common Pokemon cards at local comic book store for 10 cent each. They have monster boxes and albums full of them.

[mattsey9]

My 11 year old son and his friends are currently gaga over the Tag Team variants. You should find them on Ebay easily enough.

[ALBB]

An unopened box ( and these things are only 15 yrs old or so ) went for some crazy money -$5000-$10000...in a major auction a couple weeks ago

The box possibly contained the " oh so rare" ..Char-a-zard hologram !

[albrshbr]

My son collects Pokémon also. The $20 boxes at Walmart or Target are a good deal. Lots of kids really like the oversized cards and it's the best way to get them other than getting them off eBay or through another secondary seller. I would also recommend checking your local Dollar Tree. They sell packs of 4 cards for $1 each. The chances of getting a "good" card is actually quite good, we seem to have better luck than paying for the $4 packs. They might be tough to find though because they are so popular. You can see videos on youtube of folks opening 1,000 packs at a time. Very good results though.

Good luck!

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by ALBB

An unopened box ( and these things are only 15 yrs old or so ) went for some crazy money -$5000-$10000...in a major auction a couple weeks ago

The box possibly contained the " oh so rare" ..Char-a-zard hologram !

$10,000 is nothing. The November Huggins and Scott auction got $61,500 for a box of Pokemon.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Eric72

$10,000 is nothing. The November Huggins and Scott auction got $61,500 for a box of Pokemon.

We've sold 3 boxes over the past year in the ballpark. Have another coming up in February. It's like a 1986-87 Fleer Basketball box of Pokemon, except with a huge international following.

[ALBB]

Yes, that unopened box of Pokeman....I was way way off on the final bidding price... $65 grand !! $65 grand !! wow