According to Pokebeach, people in The Netherlands may soon have another chance of acquiring the desirable Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat (SVP085) promo. The promo was previously handed out at the Van Gogh museum, but the promotion was quickly halted after videos of the mania among people trying to get the card went viral. Pokemon’s official distributors have reached out to local game stores. Each store will get 100 copies of the promo and they will be handed out to customers spending €30+ on Pokemon merchandise. Prices on Cardmarket have decreased since this news has come out. The card was sitting at around €130-€140 two weeks ago. Currently, listings are approaching €100. What is your thought? Is this a good way to make up for the museum’s short distribution run of this promo? Will you try to get one?

Are you considering buying it? Do you think prices will rise or fall? Its official price is €400 and they are already offers in the web even more expensive. I'm waiting the release to buy it for Christmas gift, although I haven't seen it in my usual stores.

Time for the 6th round of Team Red vs. Blue. Team Blue - 1x Japan Post Stamp Box (including promos and stamps) - won the previous round and kicked out the Eeveelotion premium collection boxes. Now, can the Japanese Post Stamp Box go for a winning streak and beat this Shining Pokemon as well? 1. Check out the attached image. 2. Vote below. 3. Leave a comment and share the reasoning behind your vote.

Last year we had the craze around the Charizard UPC. Pre-orders were going for €150, €200, €250 or even more. Then it came out, and Pokemon showed it had taken a different approach than with the Celebrations UPC. They printed, and printed, and printed.... and printed. Quickly the price dropped to €100 on cardmarket, which in my understanding is way below MSRP. Today (almost a year after release) it's still available for €100 😂 Now back to the Mew Pokemon 151 UPC. I see a similar scenario playing out. It's already being sold below MSRP (for €120) on Cardmarket and it JUST released. I mean the demand for 151 is insane, the product is amazing, but still... below MSRP within a couple days after release. I wouldn't be surprised if it dropped below €100 very soon. What can we learn from this? The Pokémon Company International has stepped up their game in adding more supply to deal with the insane demand. This is a good thing, now we can all get product more easily and enjoy the amazing cards they are releasing currently. This is also the role modern products play in the eco system of Pokemon. They are supposed to be readily available, get people engaged and into the hobby. The lesson Investing wise, is for me that it's not as simple as buying a UPC on pre-order and waiting for the value to go to the moon. The balance of supply and demand in English modern Pokemon has shifted from insane demand and low supply, to insane demand and insane amounts of supply 😅 All in all I do like developments like this. This is when the real collectors/investors that love Pokemon get to thinking and shift their approach/strategies and when the easy scalpers drop off cause theres no more easy money to be made.

If anyone wants Van Gogh X Pokemon Merch, the online store of Van Gogh Museum will accept orders again from Wednesday morning 1st of November at 9:00 AM CET. They ship internationally too. https://www.vangoghmuseumshop.com/en/pokemon The merch might actually end up being more rare than the promo. If you want to some merch, this is a good time to get some :)