$50K for a POKÉMOroN card?

[Taro Toporific]

Rare Pokemon Card Yours for at Least $50K
ABC News | 2013-09-09
...the Pokemon Pikachu illustrator is being auctioned off on eBay by Scott Pratte, a 26-year-old professional card collector. He says the “Holy Grail of Pokemon” has multiple reputable bids for more than $50,000...more...

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[GomiGirl]

Amazing how sometime so small and trivial (to me at least) could have such high value.

Some people have WAY WAY too much time on their hands.

[matsuki]

Amazing how sometime so small and trivial (to me at least) could have such high value.

Some people have WAY WAY too much time on their hands.

In their own world....so ronery

[Samurai_Jerk]

Amazing how sometime so small and trivial (to me at least) could have such high value.

Some people have WAY WAY too much time on their hands.

In this case I'd say money more than time.

[GomiGirl]

Amazing how sometime so small and trivial (to me at least) could have such high value.

Some people have WAY WAY too much time on their hands.

In this case I'd say money more than time.

I was imagining people sitting at home, poring over their collection of Pokemon cards (or whatever) and obsessing over every little detail and making sure they had the complete set and willing to shell out tens of thousands of dollars to complete the set - and for what purpose?

Now stamps, coins etc have cultural, historical and political ecosphere around them relating to real world situations so, although I have little interest in these hobbies either, I can see the "value" in collecting the whole set etc. Even sports cards have a real world situation attached to them.

But trading cards relating to a manga character? Really what a supreme waste of time and money. OK, I now have a target on my back for all of the anime geeks for my blasphemy, but perhaps one of them could put down their pitchfork and explain why this is important?

That said - each to their own... but as long as I am allowed to mock them periodically, they are free to waste their time and money as they see fit.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Amazing how sometime so small and trivial (to me at least) could have such high value.

Some people have WAY WAY too much time on their hands.

In this case I'd say money more than time.

I was imagining people sitting at home, poring over their collection of Pokemon cards (or whatever) and obsessing over every little detail and making sure they had the complete set and willing to shell out tens of thousands of dollars to complete the set - and for what purpose?

Now stamps, coins etc have cultural, historical and political ecosphere around them relating to real world situations so, although I have little interest in these hobbies either, I can see the "value" in collecting the whole set etc. Even sports cards have a real world situation attached to them.

But trading cards relating to a manga character? Really what a supreme waste of time and money. OK, I now have a target on my back for all of the anime geeks for my blasphemy, but perhaps one of them could put down their pitchfork and explain why this is important?

That said - each to their own... but as long as I am allowed to mock them periodically, they are free to waste their time and money as they see fit.

Rabid sports fans are the same as Trekkies, comic book nerds, and anime otaku ..... I take that back. They're actually worse since they have a nasty habit of rioting and beating people to death for supporting the other team.

[Coligny]

How much do you spend on booze and hookers...

Never seen a diamond ?

Hot air versus money... Still better than the stock market...

[Russell]

Just heard on the news that tickets for the Olympics will range in price from 25,000 Yen to 150,000 Yen. That sounds just as much like a waste of money as Pokemon cards...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Just heard on the news that tickets for the Olympics will range in price from 25,000 Yen to 150,000 Yen. That sounds just as much like a waste of money as Pokemon cards...

A bigger waste because the Olympics suck. Even sports that should be good like boxing are ruined by Olympic rules.

[pallidknight]

First thing I thought of:

Rabid sports fans are the same as Trekkies, comic book nerds, and anime otaku ..... I take that back. They're actually worse since they have a nasty habit of rioting and beating people to death for supporting the other team.

You may be on to something. There's the very creepy rape culture surrounding American football (Steubenville, Vanderbilt, Torrington) that I find appalling.

[legion]

Just heard on the news that tickets for the Olympics will range in price from 25,000 Yen to 150,000 Yen. That sounds just as much like a waste of money as Pokemon cards...

gonna be a corporate handjob fest

[Taro Toporific]

"Pokémon GO" hasn't.
The game is a no go and failing to launch in Japan (and maybe they're lucky).

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Via (@GeorgeResch)

Rest-of-the-story...wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokémon_Go#Safety_concerns

Suspects used Pokémon Go to target victims near St. Louis, police say
fox13now.com | July 10, 2016

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[Buraku]

Japanese arrested for stealing Pokémon cards
https://www.somagnews.com/japanese-arre ... mon-cards/