Pokemon Pokemon is expensive!
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Though I don't purchase much pokemon merchandise as I once did,I usually will tend to purchase something occasionally.
Perhaps its nothing more than a mere plush (approx.$7),or maybe a tin of cards for collective purposes ($14).The only thing I do tend to splurge on however,are the video games as well as the strategy guides,equating to a total of maybe $71.
This year so far,I've spent an approximate $90-110 on merchandise,whereas when I first indulged in pokemon,cost were normally $200-320,a substantial drop.Last year was perhaps the peak in which I would purchase Merchandise,Both HeartGold and SoulSilver,the two strategy guides,pokemon ranger 1 and 2,etc...Spending roughly $500 just last year.
My interest in the accessories and buying both games has decreased significantly,my interest as a whole is just no longer present...
Perhaps its nothing more than a mere plush (approx.$7),or maybe a tin of cards for collective purposes ($14).The only thing I do tend to splurge on however,are the video games as well as the strategy guides,equating to a total of maybe $71.
This year so far,I've spent an approximate $90-110 on merchandise,whereas when I first indulged in pokemon,cost were normally $200-320,a substantial drop.Last year was perhaps the peak in which I would purchase Merchandise,Both HeartGold and SoulSilver,the two strategy guides,pokemon ranger 1 and 2,etc...Spending roughly $500 just last year.
My interest in the accessories and buying both games has decreased significantly,my interest as a whole is just no longer present...
Renoir said:
Is that what you're seeing? Around here, most parents I'm seeing just let their kids do whatever they want. If a kid wants something, the parents buy it. If a kid wants to go somewhere, the parents take them there. I've noticed it for the past several years--the trend around here is that parents cannot bear to see their kids display negative emotions at all, so the kid gets everything he or she wants. Heck, I remember a parent-teacher conference where the mother of this girl spent the whole conference yelling at the teacher defending her "little angel" who can do no wrong, when the girl was obviously a troublemaker.
The worst part is that these kids think it's perfectly normal. So when they encounter a kid who DOESN'T have at least a thousand cards per set, they get confused and encourage the other kids to yell and scream until their parents buy them.
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I do find it disturbing that a pack of 10 cards can buy someone a decent meal. I myself try to keep annual spending under 100$, but in doing do limit myself from being too competitive.
i can spend any amount i would like to. currently looking into getting 4 TBs for my sons deck and mine.
you guys have no idea what it means to play an expensive card game. (yugioh/MTG)
you guys have no idea what it means to play an expensive card game. (yugioh/MTG)
Unless I'm given money, I don't spend any money on cards, though occasionally I will if I need something for a tournament that I don't already have. I bet I spend $50-$150 a year on cards. Merchandise on the other hand, is a different, much more expensive story for me 
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!!^My reaction after seeing the price of Black Lotus, can't have a price. In other words, PRICELESS. I was just like O_O
That makes me mad, the parents who put up with spoiled kids, and the parents who think their children are angels. Those children need a good spanking, and those parents need a... what do they need? :IOphie said:
they need a life lesson then LOL.i do see that alot of parents now get what they want for the kid but at the same time some have the guts to say no to their kid and the kid cries like wild.but for yugioh people steal cards like crazy and some of the players really need to shower every once in awhile instead of smellin like a homeless person.magic is competitive as crazy but their prizes are alot though.
but it usually depends what you buy from pokemon to make it expensive if its cards plushies and toys thats alot but for me i just spend around 20 or so a month depending if tins and promos come out
but it usually depends what you buy from pokemon to make it expensive if its cards plushies and toys thats alot but for me i just spend around 20 or so a month depending if tins and promos come out
Pokemon isn't that expensive at all. (assuming minimum rarities on all these)
TLDR; Don't complain about pokemon being "expensive"
TLDR; Don't complain about pokemon being "expensive"
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I haven't bought cards in eons (though I cherish and keep my old ones in mint condition). Occasionally I may buy a used game, though usually not a current gen one.
I haven't bought cards in eons (though I cherish and keep my old ones in mint condition). Occasionally I may buy a used game, though usually not a current gen one.
Only 350 for TGU??? Wow that's cheap
I was going by all cards listed, not per card.
yea, last i saw TGU was going for 150+ each.
IDK how much i spend or how much i've spent, but when i got back into the game all i did was buy packs, but since then i've finally realized that buying singles will save alot of money and i started trading more so i have saved alot of money in the past few months.
DNA said:
Add time walk to that list. Why yes, I would like to take another turn.
Honestly, though, the cost to play could be cut a bit if they would let us use old version of new cards that were given a different name. I just bought 6 gust of winds to use as proxies for a total of 60 cents. Why do I have to pay $15 for a pokemon catcher. Its the same freaking card!
Because Nintendo doesn't make a profit off of that. They know you'll pay for a Pokémon Catcher instead of settling for a less potent deck or giving up the TCG altogether.
How much is Serra Avatar selling for nowadays? I knew someone in high school who got his hands on one, and he was unbeaten for as long as I saw him.
How much is Serra Avatar selling for nowadays? I knew someone in high school who got his hands on one, and he was unbeaten for as long as I saw him.