Part V: Pokemon Value Over the Long Term

This is going to be a long series of posts over time. Links for quick reference can be found here:
November 2018: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV
December 2018: Part V
January 2019: Part VI
February 2019: Part VII
September 2019: Part VIII
October 2019: Part IX

So its been a few weeks since I’ve posted an update of where this is at, with the hiking trip and some extra bribery for the kids happening we are now at the ¹⁄₂ box mark. I’ve also discovered I marked an Uncommon card as an Ultra Rare, so I’ve also fixed that up.

The current card counts by rarity are as follows:

• 95 Common
• 60 Uncommon
• 24 Rare
• 1 Secret-Rare

Total Value as of 19 December 2018 = USD$40.87 (AUD$56.96)

Cost of packets opened: AUD$3.83 * 18 = AUD$68.94

TCGPlayer: Current cost per booster: USD$3.53 (AUD$4.92)

TCGPlayer: Current cost per box: USD$88.04 (AUD$122.71)

The price of a full box is still on the way down, and at the ¹⁄₂ way mark of the box we have opened $68.94 of boosters for $56.96 of value (so were down $11.98).

Hopefully the right hand side of the box will bring some shinny joy.