Tag: nostalgia

It’s 2000. Every little kid and pre-teen (and some teens as well!) are heavily sick of Pokemon fever. The video games and TCG sell like crazy and you can see a Pikachu almost everywhere you go. Kind of like Dora the Explorer or Ben 10 of today. A little boy called Dimitris Hall is no exception and is sicker than most.

I caught the Pokemon bug (or should I say… the Bug Pokemon. Get it? ;p) early in 2000 and for a few years Pokemon was all I could think about. “I ate and breathed Pokemon”. Even today I can amaze my friends, who weren’t all that lesser of fans, by being able to recall almost the full roster of the 251 Pokemon of the first two generations. They have been etched in my long-term memory. Generations 3 and 4 were disappointments for me, so I recall being a big Poke-fan for around 3 years.  Yes, the special years of pre-puberty I was collecting virtual monsters and animals. Cool, isn’t it? I still like Pokemon but the game has not grown up or matured at all, unlike me.

Mum found my Pokemon TCG collection a few weeks ago which had been almost lost after numerous moves. She handed me my albums and boxfuls and back I went to my 11 and 12-year old self, rediscovering old prize pieces and decks. Yes, decks. I wasn’t just a collector, but also a trainer! I used to play in the Pokemon League in Holargos with my old friend Aldo. We’d go to the League every second weekend, sometimes every Saturday. And it was fun! We weren’t top players because we frequently missed meetings, but it was good fun. I still have the original 8 Gym Badges in some box here in Nea Smyrni.

It’s amazing what a money-sink this collection had been. I have hundreds of rare cards, which means that my collection had easily set my parents back (especially mum, who I now realise had dealed with my addiction quite marvelously) several thousand euros. Imagine: every booster pack cost 1.400-1.500 drachmas, the equivalent of ~€4,5. And I have so many cards, I must had bought a couple of hundreds of booster packs. OK, I will admit that I did combine my collection with a friend of mine’s back then. He suddenly lost interest so I got to keep all of his cards after claiming that it would be impossible to split our collections as they were before we had merged them (wow… what a jerk! Addictions can be very dangerous matters, hurting self and friend alike…)

They were curious, happy and care-free times. Nostalgia has been singing in my ears after I re-discovered my cards, just as if it was some siren I fell in love with long ago. But the sirens’ song is captivating… dangerous and… tranquilizing in a bad way…. 10 years later, I no longer am 11 but 21, and in a state of acceptance, reconciliation and introspection about my past life and current personality. Holding on to my collection has no point at this time. I will keep some worthless cards so that I may play with friends sometime, it is a very enjoyable game after all, but the wise decision to take is to sell the good ones; let go of this collection that brings out emotions in me not at all unlike those Gollum felt when he craved the One Ring. But better yet, I can use the money I get from the cards to buy something that suits my current needs and dreams…

So. This is my collection. I have only listed my Holos, Promos and special cards. I have not listed any of my Non-Holo Rares (I’ve got loads!) or Uncommon/Common 1st Edition ones, although some of them might be more valuable than some of the holos. If I see that selling my holos is paying off, I’ll put them up as well. Comment on this post or e-mail me at dimitrishall (duckling) hotmail (dot) com if you’re interested in any of the cards.

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Cubilone’s Pokemon TCG Valuable Card Price List

Last Availability Update: 26/07/2010

Μy condition standards:
Mint (M): New, best condition available. No visible scratches or blemishes.
Near Mint (NM): Card has been handled very briefly. Has some extremely faint scratches, but is similar to Mint condition.
Very Good (VG): A few scratches, but generally looks good and is quite acceptable.
Good (G): Condition worse than Very Good, but still not too bad. Usually has dirt and creases, perhaps the first signs of black spots.
OK: The card has been played slightly, will have some creases, black spots and edge wear.
Played (P): The card has been fairly played and looks it. Many creases and scratches and lots of black spots.
Heavily Played (HP): This card’s condition is poor. Will have large creases, dirt, discoloration and scratches (and worse!).

Notes:

Cards with a (1^st) next to their condition are 1^st Edition.

Double conditions, ex. G-VG, may be deemed either, depending on the collector’s condition requirements.

BASE SET

Alakazam 1/102 P €1 OK-G €1 OK-G €1 G-VG €2

Blastoise 2/102 G-VG €3 OK €2 OK €2 G €2

Chansey 3/102 P €1 G-VG €2

Charizard 4/102 HP €4

Clefairy 5/102 G €2

Gyarados 6/102 G €2 OK €1

Hitmonchan 7/102 VG-NM €4 VG €3 G €2 OK €2

Machamp 8/102 G (1^st) €1 OK (1^st) €1 OK (1^st) €1

Magneton 9/102 OK €1 G €2

Mewtwo 10/102 OK €1 VG €3 G €2 G €2

Nidoking 11/102 OK €2 OK €2 OK €2 G €2

Ninetales 12/102 VG €4 VG €4

Poliwrath 13/102 OK-G €2 OK €2 OK €2 G €3

Raichu 14/102 G-VG €3 VG €4 G €2 G-VG €3

Venusaur 15/102 VG-NM €4 HP €1 G-VG €3 G €2

Zapdos 16/102 G-VG €3 VG €3 HP €1

JUNGLE

Clefable 1/64 G-VG €3 VG €4

Electrode 2/64 G €3 OK-G €2

Flareon 3/64 VG €3

Jolteon 4/64 G-VG €3 OK €1

Kangaskhan 5/64 G-VG €3 VG €4 G €3 HP €1

Mr. Mime 6/64 G €2 G-VG €3

Nidoqueen 7/64 G €2

Pidgeot 8/64 VG €3 G-VG €2

Pinsir 9/64 OK-G €2 G €3

Snorlax 11/64 OK-G €2 HP €1

Vaporeon 12/64 G-VG €3 G €2

Venomoth 13/64 VG €3 G €2

Victreebel 14/64 G-VG €3

Vileplume 15/64 VG €3 G-VG €3

Wigglytuff 16/64 VG-NM €5 VG €4

FOSSIL

Aerodactyl 1/62 VG (1^st) €7 VG €3 OK €1 VG €3

Articuno 2/62 G €3 VG €4 HP €1 P(1^st) €3

Ditto 3/62 NM €5

Dragonite 4/62 G-VG €3 VG €3

Gengar 5/62 G-VG €2

Haunter 6/62 VG €3 OK €1

Hitmonlee 7/62 G €2

Hypno 8/62 G €2 VG €3

Kabutops 9/62 VG €3 OK-G €1

Lapras 10/62 G-VG €3 OK €1 G €2 G €2

Magneton 11/62 G-VG €3

Moltres 12/62 NM €5

Muk 13/62 OK-G €1 G-VG €2

Raichu 14/62 G-VG €3

Zapdos 15/62 NM-M €4 VG €3 G-VG €2

ΒΑSE SET 2

Blastoise 2/130 NM €8

Chansey 3/130 VG-NM €5 VG €4

Clefable 5/130 VG €3 VG-NM €4

Clefairy 6/130 G €2

Hitmonchan 8/130 G-VG €3

Poliwrath 15/130 OK €2

Scyther 17/130 VG-NM €6 VG €5

Venusaur 18/130 VG €5

Wigglytuff 19/130 VG €4 NM €5

TEAM ROCKET

Dk Alakazam 1/82 VG €7

Dk Arbok 2/82 G-VG €5 VG €6

Dk Blastoise 3/82 VG-NM €8 VG-NM €8

Dk Charizard 4/82 P-OK €5

Dk Dugtrio 6/82 G-VG €4

Dk Gyarados 8/82 G-VG €6 NM €8

Dk Machamp 10/82 NM €7

Dk Magneton 11/82 OK-G €4 VG-NM €7

Dk Slowbro 12/82 HP-P €2 P €3

Dk Vileplume 13/82 NM €7

Dk Weezing 14/82 VG-NM €5 G €3

Here Comes Team Rocket 15/82 G-VG €6

Dk Raichu 83/82 NM-M €15

GYM HEROES

Blaine’s Moltres 1/132 P €3

Erika’s Dragonair 2/132 NM €5

Erika’s Vileplume 5/132 NM-M €6 VG-NM €4

Lt. Surge’s Fearow 7/132 NM-M €6

Lt. Surge’s Magneton 8/132 OK €3

Misty’s Seadra 9/132 NM-M €7

Misty’s Tentacruel 10/132 NM-M €7

Sabrina’s Gengar 14/132 NM-M €7

Erika 16/132 VG-NM €5

Lt. Surge 17/132 M €7

GYM CHALLENGE

Blaine’s Arcanine 1/132 M 12€

Brock’s Ninetales 3/132 OK €4

Giovanni’s Gyarados 5/132 VG €5 VG €5

Giovanni’s Machamp 6/132 M €7

Giovanni’s Persian 8/132 VG-NM €5 NM €6

Misty’s Golduck 12/132 VG €6

Rocket’s Zapdos 15/132 NM-M €9 VG €7

Sabrina’s Alakazam 16/132 M €9

Sabrina 20/132 M €6

NEO GENESIS

Ampharos 1/111 NM(1^st) €11

Azumarill 2/111 NM €11 VG €7 VG €7

Bellossom 3/111 VG-NM(1^st) €7

Feraligatr 4/111 HP(1st) €5

Feraligatr 5/111 NM-M(1^st) €14 NM(1^st) €12

Heracross 6/111 NM €8 M €9

Jumpluff 7/111 NM-M(1^st) €8

Kingdra 8/111 M €6

Meganium 10/111 VG-NM €6

Meganium 11/111 NM €7 VG-NM(1st) €12 NM €7

Pichu 12/111 NM-M €10

Skarmory 13/111 NM(1^st) €9

Slowking 14/111 VG €7

Steelix 15/111 VG-NM €7

Togetic 16/111 M(1^st) €12 M €8

NEO DISCOVERY

Espeon 1/75 NM(1^st) €10

Foretress 2/75 OK €3

Hitmontop 3/75 M €7

Houndoom 4/75 M €9

Magnemite 7/75 M €7

Poliwrath 9/75 M €7

Scizor 10/75 NM-M €6

Tyranitar 12/75 M €9 M €9

Umbreon 13/75 NM €8

Unown A 14/75 M(1^st) €8

Wobbuffet 16/75 M €6

NEO REVELATION

Ampharos 1/64 M €7

Blissey 2/64 M €9

Delibird 5/64 NM €6

Entei 6/64 M €7 VG-NM €5

Ho-oh 7/64 M €12

Houndoom 8/64 NM €8

Magneton 10/64 M €7 M €7

Porygon 2 12/64 M €8

Raikou 13/64 M €8

Suicune 14/64 M €9

Shining Magikarp 66/64 VG-NM €8

NEO DESTINY

Dark Donphan 3/105 NM €5

Dark Gengar 6/105 NM €6 VG-NM €5

PROMO

Pikachu 1 G-VG €5 NM €6 G €4 VG €5

Electabuzz 2 G €1 VG €2

Mewtwo 3 OK-G €2 G €3

Pikachu 4 OK €1 G €1

Dragonite 5 G €1

Arcanine 6 G €1 NM €2

Mew 8 VG €2

Mew 9 NM €4

Meowth 10 NM €3 M €4

Eevee 11 VG-NM €1 NM € VG €1

Sabrina’s Abra 19 G-VG €3 NM-M €5

Pikachu 26 NM €3 VG €2

Pikachu 27 G-VG €3

SPECIAL

Ancient Mew M €5 M €5 VG €3

Aerodactyl Pre-release 1^st G €3 G €3 NM €5 NM €5

Error Nidoqueen G €5