Summary
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Fusion Strike TCG Set was initially unpopular due to lack of exciting cards and its inflated size.
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Sounded fusion strike products have increased exponentially over the past year.
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Factors such as FOMO and valuable cards drive up prices and create a wild time for collectors.
I remember specifically when Fusion Strike was launched. I covered it for Dualshockers, and at that time there was a lot of dissatisfaction around the set. It followed two of the most hyped enlargements in Pokemon Trading Card game history, parties and developing sky, and it brought things down to the earth with a bolt.
The set was huge, the largest in TCG's history, which made it a nightmare for Master -Bosmatare, and its lack of “exciting cards” meant that it was not anywhere as popular as its predecessors. I could pick boosterboxes for under £ 100 comfortably, and boy, I did.
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Please, please, please, be easier to grab.
But since Pokemon TCG -NESTAKA prices have shot through the roof (and then seemingly started to come back a bit), Fusion Strike has found a second wind, with its value growing exponentially in recent weeks.
Sealed fusion strike products now cost a fortune
Of course, when Fusion Strike went out of print and became unavailable in the stores, prices would rise – and they did. According to Collectr, this time last year, a sealed boosterbox would have set you back $ 243 and an elite trainer box about $ 48. The extension then saw a Boost in January this year, with the two products that jumped to $ 487 and $ 90 respectively in the middle of the month. They then settled a bit, but in recent days it has been blown up.
According to The Collectr, sealed booster boxes are now selling for $ 779 and elite coach boxes for $ 166. This represents an increase of 220 percent from last year and an increase of 61 percent from May 1 for booster boxes and an increase of 246 percent from this time last year and an increase of 15 percent from May 1.
There are probably a few causes of these huge increases. First, Fomo, people are now starting to worry about this being the last chance to get hold of the products, so they are willing to pay extreme prices. Secondly the self. Many of Fusion Strike's most popular cards are now very valuable (Gengar VMAX and Espeon Vmax Alternate Arts are the two largest), and people itch to draw their own.
In my preview of DualShockers, I said that the set would be “one that people will learn to love over time”, and these prices are an idiration of exactly that.
Of course, when Fusion Strike has risen, has developed the sky, with booster boxes from the set that jumped from $ 887 to $ 1,723 in the last six months – a set that I opened ten booster boxes and could have been on my way to retirement if I had kept them sailed.
It is a wild time to be a Pokemon card collector.
- Original release date
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October 20, 1996
- Player count
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2
- Age recommendation
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6+
- Length per game
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Variable
- Franchis name
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Pokemon
