4 Pokemon Investments That DRAIN YOUR MONEY! (Avoid!)

The 4 Pokemon Investments I Never Buy. Avoid These Money-Drains!
I have been an avid Pokemon fan for over twenty years and had the privilege of opening my first Pokemon Base Set Booster Pack back in 1999.
Over the years of collecting trading cards and being involved in other TCGs, I have noticed that some products are not worth your money when holding onto them. Usually, there are better choices you can make when buying the product.
Hopefully, you will enjoy the video. Let me know if there are any Pokemon products you have never bought.
VIDEO CHAPTERS ⏱️:
00:00 Intro
00:23 A Common Mistake Investors Make
00:53 Rules For Success
1:53 Pokemons Market Always Changes
2:45 1: Loose Booster Packs
4:31 Dangers Of Buying Resealed Packs
6:15 Alternatives To Loose Packs
7:17 2: Special Promotional Boxes
8:00 Problematic When Selling
8:55 3: Premium Figure Collections
9:35 Limited Buyer Market
10:27 Issues When Selling Figure Collections
10:53 4: Elite Trainer Boxes (Base Versions)
11:40 AlternativesTo Base ETB's
12:33 New Trends Within Pokemon Investing
Let me know if you guys enjoyed the video and if you agree/disagree with any of the selections! I'd love to know your thoughts.
If you did enjoy the video I would love for you to join the channel and participate in the active community!
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[@Leeroycfc]

Thank you for the amazing content bro so helpful it’s unreal

[@phillips.collectibles]

You're a legend!

[@rebornstudios2511]

absolutely love the content!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Appreciate that!!

[@samersalama6275]

Phillip you hit so many top points that not everyone talks about. Aside from opening the 151 Zappos box all collection boxes have rarely ever given me decent hits. Also, every time I see those collection boxes online they are always either low priced or the buyer will negotiate even more so than for a standard ETB or booster box. I think people make a lot of these mistakes all the time and they think there’s an exception to the rule. Generally there isn’t and you’re better off with a booster box. If you don’t have the funds, the three pack blister will do. Even regular ETBs will sell lower than MSRP because there’s not much interest in it. If you’re trying to open pack sets that don’t have booster boxes, ETBs are a nice buy since people will discount them.

[@phillips.collectibles]

100%. Those collection boxes can be real misses with hits. For sure, booster boxes all the way!

[@FictionalPersonality]

I 100% agree with you on the PC exclusive ETB. Great video! I made the mistake of buying the Crown zenith premium collection boxes; but just bought a few only. I did it because the PC ETBs aren’t available and I don’t like regular ETBs

[@phillips.collectibles]

That’s okay. Those premium figure collections are good to rip!

[@FictionalPersonality]

@@phillips.collectibles hahah true.

[@WhoooooNerd]

Great advice! thx. I bet i'll save alot from this! ☺

[@phillips.collectibles]

Nice one!!

[@justinalexander4166]

Idk why people would use glue for re sealing because the packs are self sealing with heat

[@phillips.collectibles]

Glue is very common

[@coltonblood2776]

Done this before

[@Djan252]

The ETB i don’t really agree with you. Yes the PC ETB is way better for investment but the regular ETB will be a better buy for people in the long run because they will always be cheaper then the PC one. 151 PC is already above the $100 mark where you can get the regular one for around $60. I am all in in both ETB’s but getting the PC one is hard for me (Netherlands) because they don’t ship in Europe

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

one thing i want to note is that it is also hard for veterans to tell if a pack is resealed most of the time unless they open it. like i think holding loose packs is fine if you get them from a sealed item but i would never buy a loose pack of any set. they are super easy to reseal, super hard to tell if they are resealed, and the rng can be manipulated on them even if you dont tamper with the pack itself. for example if you buy a loose pack of 151 from japan you will not get a master ball card. not because somebody opened the pack and took it out but because people know you get 1 per box so what they do is they open all the packs untill they get the master ball and then sell the packs left over. so yes stay away from buying loose packs but i would not necessarily say you should stay away from holding them if you get them from a sealed product you opened. like lets say you get a sealed product that has a set with witch you have already got all the cards you wanted out of it. might as well just keep that pack sealed and hold onto it at that point since it has nothing you want inside it.

[@jamewood3195]

Only one I think differently on is the Crown Zenith premiums, They are the last yellow border set before we changed to silver borders. Which people are already missing and feeling some form of nostalgia towards. I personally think later down the line people will look to return to sets like this maybe to rip on stream especially with great pull rates. But a potential for a good return on that investment just buy a few and store them in a tub later down the line. But I do agree that ETBs are more ideal and abit better on storage aha. In general though I go for BBs/ETBs/Triple Blisters and Sleeved blisters.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Yeah exactly right good point here. Do you like Crown Zenith?

[@newjones1754]

I always buy the sleeved booster packs if just wanna rip 1 pack. Great tips!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Totally agree! For ripping they’re fine. More for long term holds!

[@bradleyhalabi3992]

Love the channel but I think you are a bit harsh on premium collection boxes as a whole. Crown zenith is a specialty set and last of the yellow boarders so if you picked up the $39 boxes and held them for 2-3 years being able to sell them at the $80-$100 price point which is very reasonable at $8-$10 per pack would be a good investment as kids love collection boxes to rip open on birthdays and Xmas gifts. My 9 year old would rather a collection box to rip then a ETB that’s for sure.

[@phillips.collectibles]

It’s great for younger gens! I think I would just always choose ETB over Premium figures. Appreciate the comment ✅👍

[@tmenaged]

Loose booster packs always looked like a suspicious deal to me but I never thought why it’s that way. After seeing your reasoning here I can completely agree!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Yeah I have always found them difficult to buy because of that!

[@Bodonism]

Loose booster packs especially from modern set tend to get filtered from a booster box.. for example, in One Piece TCG, loose booster pack is always a big NO because each booster box has a certain hits.. so once all the hits are pulled, they know the rest of the booster packs has zero hits and then they will sell it as loose booster packs.. which are clearly filtered..

[@thomas_o]

In regards to the collection boxes (promo, premium, etc.), I've actually done very well with them. Might be different in the States verses other countries. Better for card shows, trade nights, etc. over selling online. For example, the Walmart Black Friday Jirachi boxes which I bought for $20 each (plus tax), sold easily for $100 each at a card show (sold seven boxes). If you're not familiar with those Jirachi boxes, they were huge with ten packs and with an actual promo card. And you have to remember that some cards/sets are only available in the collection boxes (and tins), like Detective Pikachu.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Very true! Thanks for the input you made some great points here.

[@Evan-ys2ig]

not to mention with those special pokemon boxes, the promo and jumbo card will be bent or folded at the sides 99/100 times because its fckin impossible to get the card out without bending and most of the time it just bends itself because its only pinned down in two spots by plastic . The ones where you can slide the card out the bottom are way better but for some reason they dont always make them like that

[@phillips.collectibles]

Yep…those in PSA 10 are so hard to get!

[@BigPat216]

Buying any vintage also seems like a total waste of money, and only makes sense if you're making a ton of money off ripping it on youtube. Some of these loose packs, which are a rip anyways, or even boxes/etb's are so expensive sealed when the cards themselves have little to no value. Pretty much impossible to get back even half your money buying something like a Sun/Moon booster box or XY Evolutions.

[@kb6530]

Haha yeah just stay away from large boxes like those vboxes , just way too bulky for shipping be like $15 to ship , another 20% in fees , will take YEARS to break even

[@phillips.collectibles]

100%. What’s your favourite to invest in?

[@lildwyaneheat]

As someone who wants to invest in single cards graded or ungraded I need to know if japanese cards will be worth the investment. English cards are getting so expensive that I am looking more and more for japanese cards. Japanese Secret Art Rare cards are also always so much better looking than the english version but are still cheaper and the price difference from a raw card to a PSA 10 is (of course due to better quality) never as high as for english cards.

[@kingcutler953]

If there's an English version of a card, the English version is pretty much always more valuable. Like he said about the whole etb .v pokemon center etb, it just feels second best. Cards that never got a English print, however, might be pretty valuable.

[@SDCISHERE]

Amazing

[@JeremyRogers.]

I bought my Daughter one of the promo boxes from a discount rack at JB HiFi on Saturday for $25 and She pulled a Giratina V, crazy hey.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Unreal!! What a pull

[@itsantonioparker]

1999 packs are still 🔥 gotta buy it from a dependable source tho

[@phillips.collectibles]

They are unbeatable!

[@famelessshorts9743]

Do you think Pokémon mini tins are a good investment? Particularly crown zenith.

[@justinalexander4166]

Only the ones that have shrink on the whole tin and not the ones with half shrink. You can slide the sleeve off and weigh the packs and re slip the shrink over.

[@justinalexander4166]

Only the ones that have shrink on the whole tin and not the ones with half shrink. You can slide the sleeve off and weigh the packs and re slip the shrink over.

[@famelessshorts9743]

@@justinalexander4166 appreciate the advice, I just bought a crown zenith 10 mini tin set so will definitely be double checking that shrink wrap ! 💯

[@phillips.collectibles]

They’re cool. I love 3-pack blisters!

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

​@@phillips.collectiblesI'm looking seriously at those. At Kmart they're $22, which means you're getting a promo card for an extra $1. Given that most of the S&V era Holos are appallingly centred, cut, and even printed on occasion, picking out any possible PSA 10's adds a bit of value.

[@khodrsalah2024]

Dunno why you’re misinforming people regarding the mythical squishy collection. They aren’t sitting anywhere for ‘super cheap’, they may be available on secondary platforms but at about 2.5x retail which is a pretty good ROI. Also any product that contains evolving skies people are privy too and usually snap it all up when they can get it for retail, for example the v heroes tins which contained evoking skies packs where sold out nationwide within days of release.

[@phillips.collectibles]

In Australia we can still get these pretty easily to be honest.

[@khodrsalah2024]

Like I said these aren’t ‘sitting on shelves’ anywhere because the contents far exceed the retail value hence why they aren’t available for ‘super cheap’ and furthermore anyone who might’ve invested in these would be cheering as they’d be 2.5x on there money which to me doesn’t sound like a ‘drain on your money’.

[@PokeVidTCG]

Here in California you can find them on the market for just over retail 🤷‍♂️

[@khodrsalah2024]

@@PokeVidTCG doubt it as most recent eBay sales on this item from the US are $100 aud + $70 aud shipping

[@PokeVidTCG]

@@khodrsalah2024 you say doubt it but I see them sitting at my Walmart and have seen plenty listings on FB marketplace for cheap.

[@user-ph8bh9wc6j]

I pulled a Gold Palkia Form premium Collection 🎉 🤷‍♂️

[@phillips.collectibles]

Incredible! Like I said in the video, its more just general vibe!