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In today’s episode

• Scarlet And Violet UPC Pre-orders

• Trainer Tuesday featuring Johto’s professor

Current sales

• Big W (New price drops)

• EB Games

• Target

SV 151 Ultra Premium Collection

Should I buy while it’s hot?

Pre-orders have begun overnight at EB Games for $250 a pop.

With a bit of digging, you could probably find a cheaper pre-order through an independent hobby shop.

Should I buy it?!

Given the history of the Celebrations UPC: Yes

Given the history of the Charizard UPC: No

Given the history of the Arceus UPC: Uhhhhh

Each had their unique features. Let’s dive in.

The Celebrations UPC has so much value packed into it, and people saw the value even before release. Given the limited print run it had, people were jumping over each other to secure a box.

The Charizard UPC was only hyped for the promo cards that were included. On release, they were selling for $100 for the lot. Now just $40. If it had a shorter print run, I’m certain they would be worth much more.

The Arceus UPC is a sort of mystery. It released with a bit of hype, and the hype has died down a lot. But it is still retaining the $220 RRP. The metal cards are dirt cheap. Probably because they look it too. Just looking on ebay for them, I scrolled past a bunch of Arceus V and VSTAR cards because I didn’t realise the cards I was looking at were actually metal until closer inspection.

Also keep in mind these were printed before the “inflation price rise” of Scarlet and Violet.

Now over to the Scarlet and Violet 151 UPC.

Contents (and I will give under-estimated values for each):

• 1 etched foil promo card featuring Mew ex est. value $10

• 1 full-art foil promo card featuring Mewtwo ex est. value $10

• 1 etched metal card featuring Mew ex est. value $10

• 1 playmat est. value $10

• 1 deck box est. value $5

• 1 metallic coin featuring Mew est. value $5

• 6 damage-counter dice est. value $2

• 2 plastic condition markers est. value $3

• 16 booster packs from Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 est. value $128

Total estimated value: $183

Promo cards:

The price values should be worst case scenario, with boosters valued at $8 each. The metal Mew card has yet to be seen on metal (if only it was Ancient Mew 😍) but it should actually look great with all the gold metal real estate there is behind Mew. Compare the Celebrations metal cards and the Arceus metal cards.

I had to do a double take on the Arceus cards. You really need a some blank space to show off the metal. I suspect the Mew ex metal card will look fantastic.

But in summary, I would be wary of pre-ordering this box for $250. Even if pre-orders run out, this is only the beginning of the pre-orders. There will be more.

If you can find a pre-order for $220 or less, then my worst-case scenario will sting a bit less.

Will this be a collector’s item? Inevitably, probably yes.

Should I buy it? Hopefully you have made your decision by now! If not, then it should probably be a no.

In the memes

That’s a wrap!

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