"1999 Pokémon trading card could rake in $500K at auction"

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by glynparson

Oh and where the hell do any of us get off criticizing what someone collects? Why is a Pokémon card more absurd than a baseball card?

It's funny to think about. Most of us are grown men spending good money on images of other grown men on a little piece of cardboard that have mainly been marketed towards little kids. Outside of a few blaster boxes at Walmart, it's no longer a hobby for kids. No throwing stones here. If someone enjoys collecting something, have at it.

[2dueces]

Originally Posted by oldeboo

It's funny to think about. Most of us are grown men spending good money on images of other grown men on a little piece of cardboard that have mainly been marketed towards little kids. Outside of a few blaster boxes at Walmart, it's no longer a hobby for kids. No throwing stones here. If someone enjoys collecting something, have at it.

Correcting this statement to add "dead" to men. Kinda morbid if you think about it.

[BCauley]

Pokémon certainly is not my thing but my son at one point was into them. Nothing crazy but he liked to pick up packs/boxes at Target once in awhile and it was fun to watch him and his friends get together and trade and/or just look at each others cards.

He's out of it now but I had to go to a LCS recently and my son came with me. He pointed out a couple of cards that he has, somewhere in the house, that were on sale at the LCS for $90. It absolutely floored me.

I figure to each their own. People like what they like, they're having fun doing it, and it's not harming anybody.