PK Boosters in Fall Tins - A Travesty

[cloud9]

It hurts me to tell younger kids at league "Sorry, does cards are to old to ble played in tournemants" and they get all upset. PUI, get your act together, try releasing tins with 3-4 booster packs from the newest set.

 

[SteveP]

If you're buying a tin with a level X for only $15, yet still expect $15 worth of the newest boosters, you're being greedy.

Don't open the PK and trade it to some little kid for a Cynthia, Bebe, or something. Both parties will be happy.

 

[Prime]

Yeah, until they go to a tournament and cry to their parents that their super rare Skarmory EX can't be played.

I know that many of the kids at leagues won't be going to tournaments, but I don't think it's fair for Nintendo to assume players can get value out of old product.

Either way, I would never do what you suggest SteveP. Taking advantage of little kids who know not the value of cards isn't in my way of the ninja /naruto.

 

[bugsbite]

Either way, I would never do what you suggest SteveP. Taking advantage of little kids who know not the value of cards isn't in my way of the ninja /naruto.

I agree with you Matt.

SteveP, seems like you are the one with the greedy intentions for your suggestion. :nonono:

 

[Suicide]

One should never take advantage of kids because they don't no better. Its wrong

 

[yoyofsho16]

If they wanna get rid of old leftovers, then they should just sell individual packs of the ones they need to get rid of for like 2 bucks a piece. Not too low in price, yet cheap enough for the casual (noob), noncompetitive player or little kid who like collecting cards based on what Pokemon is on it to enjoy, and seperate so that competitive players don't get ticked off.

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I'd be happier seeing UF, FRLG, DR or SS inside rather than PK...

Yeah, PK is one of the worst sets we have ever gotten in history, second to maybe Fossil...

 

[(TYranitarFReak)]

The ultimate solution is to make good cards in every set. That way, even the oldest set would sell decently.

 

[SteveP]

I agree with you Matt.

SteveP, seems like you are the one with the greedy intentions for your suggestion. :nonono:

You guys are the ones with the one-sided view of what's valuable and what's not.

"One man's garbage is another man's treasure."

I often buy the gift/tin kits for the promos, trading away the unopened boosters for other stuff I want.

I can spend $20 for a LA Mewtwo single, or I can spend $15 for a promo Mewtwo and get 4 boosters and a tin "to boot." That certainly doesn't sound like a travesty to me.

Broaden your view of the world a bit.

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One should never take advantage of kids because they don't no better. Its wrong

That's laughable. Just because you guys think PK boosters are worthless doesn't mean the rest of the world shares your same narrow view.

Besides, just because your PTO doesn't run unlimited tournaments doesn't mean EVERY PTO doesn't. We have new kids coming everyweek because our PTO runs league and tournaments with the old cards. Eventually, we get them "up-to-speed" with the new cards for the premier events; nevertheless, their old cards will "never die" at our league - as well they shouldn't just because they aren't playable at premier events.

 

[bugsbite]

You guys are the ones with the one-sided view of what's valuable and what's not.

"One man's garbage is another man's treasure."

I think the market determines the value.

Let's put it this way, I still think it is taking advantage of "little" kids, and they are not men as in adults.

Broaden your view of the world a bit.

Not that is funny, like you know my view of the world etc. due to a simple post on a pokemon forum.

That's laughable. Just because you guys think PK boosters are worthless doesn't mean the rest of the world shares your same narrow view.

Here we go again with the world.

Besides, just because your PTO doesn't run unlimited tournaments doesn't mean EVERY PTO doesn't. We have new kids coming everyweek because our PTO runs league and tournaments with the old cards. Eventually, we get them "up-to-speed" with the new cards for the premier events; nevertheless, their old cards will "never die" at our league - as well they shouldn't just because they aren't playable at premier events.

That is fine, as long as they know the cards cannot be used in a limited tournament. I have a better idea, how about giving the "little" kids the PK pack for free, I give cards away all the time in my narrow World.

 

[SteveP]

This whole post started because someone thought it was a travesty that PK boosters where included in the new tins. Why? Because PK is not in the current rotation. That's a narrow, "player-istic" point-of-view.

Is a 1st edition Charizard worth what Beckett says it's worth? Or, is it only worth the cardboard it's printed on?

That's my point here.

 

[Prime]

It's narrow. I will agree with you. Many of the players at my league won't be affected by it at all. But even though it's narrow, does my points not pose any value?

There are over 6500+ people that participate in Premier events according to the database on go-pokemon.com. To them, these cards might not have any value at all. I know 6500 people are small when compared to the population of players that just collect cards or just play unlimited themes, but that is still a population that I feel should be considered when marketing a product.

I ended up 'giving' my packs to 2 kids in my neighborhood that only had a few Pokemon cards, days before you posted SteveP. They were tickled pink if I may use that expression. I'm not trying to make it look like the PK packs turned out alright. They were still useless to me and many other people. I know if I had gone to Pokemon league, most members would have turned them down since they try to play modified too (even if they didn't go to events).

The value is still there, I know. The lv.X is still worth it, even with only 2 decent packs, but my main complaint is that the tins have been BETTER previously, ALWAYS having better choices of packs that were closer to the set where the Lv.X came from. I supported that with the information I gathered and posted earlier in the thread.

Why change now? Why turn a Grade-A product into a Grade-C product? What is next? 2 packs of EX series and a Lv.X for $20? How far do we let this go before we start putting our foot down and making it known that it isn't right?

 

[SteveP]

..........Why change now? Why turn a Grade-A product into a Grade-C product? What is next? 2 packs of EX series and a Lv.X for $20? How far do we let this go before we start putting our foot down and making it known that it isn't right?

I'd say the best thing PUI could've done was to put AMU in the tins instead of Mewtwo and Rhyperior. With that combo, store shelves wouldn't be loaded down with all the Rhyperior tins because everyone bought Mewtwo.

So, I agree that the tins could've been better, for both players and casual collectors. But, all we can do is speak out with our buying-dollars. Personally, I only plan on buying a couple Mewtwo tins, no Rhyperior tins, which will make my FLGS (friendly-local-game-store) pretty mad at PUI if other players do likewise.