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Gotta get them all

4 Apr 17th, 2001

Advantages:
You can make money when you sell them

Disadvantages:
You can get in fights over them

Recommendable: Yes 

Iggglybufff

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I have been collecting Pokemon cards for a long time and I have hundreds of them. There are different types of cards; Jungle, Fossil, Rocket, Dark Rocket, Pokeball 2, Edition 1, Base Set, Gym Challenger and Gym Leader, that is 9 types in all.

Pokemon cards all have different values, some of them, rip offs. Ancient Mew, for example, is worth £150.00 but if you sell it you will never even get £100.00 for it. Some Pokemon cards like Magikarp are only worth 5p! This is because they are common and lots of people have got them.

Shinies (which are sometimes called Holofoils) are normally worth between £5.00 and £15.00. Some are even worth over £20.00. I think the most common shiny is Clefairy, but a very hard one to get is a Dark Charizard shiny.

Rocket cards and Pokeball 2 cards are worth more than Base Sets, and the Edition 1 cards are worth much more! These ones have a stamp on them that says Edition 1. This means that all the other cards have been photocopied from that one and that card was stamped afterwards.

If you think you are not getting enough money for your cards, then either don’t sell them or say that they are worth much more than the offer. But you will probably never get the amount it’s worth - even if you know how much it should be bought for.

So, when you are selling or buying Pokemon cards, try to sell or buy them for the right price. To do that, there are Pokemon trading card game magazines around.

To buy Pokemon cards in the shops a Deck (60 cards) costs from £6.99 to £7.50 and a Booster pack (11 cards) costs £2.49 or £2.50. Note that Edition 1 cards don’t come in special packs, they come in normal packs by luck. They are very rare.
 

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NIKNAKy2k2

NIKNAKy2k2

12.06.2002 20:46

My brother used to collect these but not anymore.Nice op.....Nick

bigdgaff

bigdgaff

04.08.2001 12:27

Another good op. I collect the cards for the sake of collecting them and have quite a good collection. Dave.

MotherLove

MotherLove

13.06.2001 13:32

My two daughters were really into Pokemon for a while but the craze seems to have died down now. Good op, thanks Caroline

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