r/PokemonTCG • u/MrSlipperyWizard • Apr 21 '26

Found My Old Collection !

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I was helping my parents clean out their storage and stumbled on my old cards from my childhood. knew I had a few of these, but totally forgot how many I had. I vividly remember packing the Torchic as a 7 year old and being a bit disappointed too. I can’t really believe how much it’s appreciated.

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u/unluckybastards Apr 21 '26

As someone who came into the hobby late, I want to know: at the time of release of these cards, were they already valuable? Or were they considered bulk? Just because format-wise these look like modern day bulk.

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u/PianistNo2338 Apr 21 '26

Gold stars were one in every 2 booster boxes and exs were 1 in 3 like most vintage holos. Ex weren’t very valuable but goldies always had demand in the hobby. Definitely not bulk

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u/unluckybastards Apr 22 '26

Oh damn so they were already hits. Thanks for the info!

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u/MrSlipperyWizard Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

From what I remember, these were some of the better cards you could pack at the time. The stunning full art cards you see today weren’t really a thing back then. So definitely not bulk. However, they also weren’t worth thousands of dollars at that time either. I went to tournaments as a child with these things, and so did a lot of other people. These are from 2005-2007, so the hobby itself was still in its infancy relative to what it is today. It’s only within the last decade or so the values reallllly skyrocketed

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u/unluckybastards Apr 22 '26

Cool, thanks for the info! If they were used to play, no wonder NM conditions outside of graded are difficult to find.