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The speculative bubble of Pokemon cards has burst in Japan. Will it soon be all over for Western Pokemon scalpers too?

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/pokemon-cards-are-finally-becoming-accessible-to-kids-again-as-japans-speculative-bubble-collapses/
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>>97632991
>oh shit our scam is falling apart!
>QUICK! Find another scam!
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>>97633029
I bet a lot of American scalpers who are now balls deep in Pokemon products transitioned to it from shit like sneaker reselling after the sneaker scalping and resale market imploded.
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>>97633198
Despite having an extremely low opinion of people who collect trading cards, at least them being collectible is quite literally one of the core aspects of the product. Sure, in the case of the ones people care about nowadays, they're generally game pieces first, but them being collectible is an important aspect of how they function.
Collectible shoes on the other hand are just all sorts of retarded. It is a shoe. Its primary purpose is to be worn on your feet and protect them from both the ground and the elements, with some having a secondary purpose of looking good/being status symbols when worn. Collectible shoes are literally just mass produced products made by major companies that exist in a state completely counter to their intended use. I'm honestly not sure if a collectible shoe that exists to never be worn and sit on a shelf whilst still TECHNICALLY being a shoe and POTENTIALLY having actual utility is better or worse than something like a funko pop, which has literally no purpose whatsoever outside of being product.
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>>97633198
This, I know this because it's at least 50% overweight Hmong guys in their mid 30s.
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>>97633198
Most of these scalpers were doing NFT shit before trying to rape the tcg hobby
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They will do anything except get a normal job.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kV5trVXKEz8
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>>97632991
Kabuto guy is going to get fired up.
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Where did I get these "bonbon drop" stickers. Please! I hotta scaaaalp
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>>97633029
They are trying to infest MTG but keep getting burned.
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>>97636835
Good fucking luck with that, MtG has blessedly little mainstream appeal.
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>>97636873
MtG just has proportionally more people who actually use the cards to play with them, Pokemon is scalper friendlier because it has more pure collector whales.

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