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Pojo's Pokemon News
Well, I
went to Origins over the weekend. Can't say I
had as good a time this year as last; I hauled
in a few choice items last year--not so this
year. I enjoyed the great Pokemon USA giveaways;
play a demo, receive a card box w/3 boosters and
2 POP card packs (just like the sets sold in
stores around Xmas), plus, they gave out
inflatable POP Poke balls and POP series 2 and 3
card packs. Giveaways at the stand also included
were Holon Phantoms posters, 10th anniversary
Pokemon Fan zines, stickers, cards, card boxes,
etc. It would be nice if they actually *sold*
some souvenirs (esp. 10th Anniversary stuff
since the Pokemon Center kiosk was completely
out of the merchandise at the Cinci.
stop!--well, unless you count keyrings...).
Someone said they probably don't haul items to
sell since they know dealers will be there with
Pokemon cards, BUT... and this is something I'd
often wondered about... My worst fear realized
(what many POP probably already know-?): many
unscrupulous folks out there analyze their
Pokemon boosters scientifically before reselling
them. How does this work? Well, one e-Bay seller
I ran into used a micrometer to measure the
thickness of the booster--the foil cards added a
minuscule amount to the thickness of the pack.
Another trick he used was to weigh the packages
with a very sensitive scale. He claimed he
actually took such instruments into Targets in
his area and NO ONE stopped him from doing such.
OK, so it's a free country, but, can you imagine
if people who sold lotto tix x-rayed them
before... (BTW, the e-Bay seller said he thought
about x-raying packs, but, that would be too
costly!). The seller said he would then sell the
foils for huge profit and the unopened packs he
analyzed he'd sell for list price to another
dealer; ah, capitalism, but, then, no chance of
the ultimate buyer having the 1:3 pack chance of
getting a premium card! He said the methods were
fairly accurate; but, boy, does this put a
damper on my enthusiasm as far as buying
boosters. So, if I was wondering how one stand
was able to sell brand new Holon boosters for
$2.50/per... Team Rocket lives?!
(Pojo Note: We know many people use scales to weigh packs as well. One foil per pack easily solves this problem that plagues Yugioh as well). One nice surprise in the POP Series 3 packet (since I don't play, just collect at this point) was the Pichu Bros. card; here's a scan from some e-Bay seller: Pichu Bros Card Cuties! Unfortunately, I missed the life size Munchlax costumed person who was supposed to be wandering the site; I figure since they said the costume was 120F inside and it was a 90+F day outside... Then again, the A/C was going pretty good in the Convention Center... I heard the costume was tres incredible! Hope you had a happy 4th! Loretta
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