{"id":49429,"date":"2023-09-26T19:42:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/26\/these-pokemon-themed-skateboards-are-selling-for-20k\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T08:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:23:12","slug":"these-pokemon-themed-skateboards-are-selling-for-20k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/26\/these-pokemon-themed-skateboards-are-selling-for-20k\/","title":{"rendered":"These Pok\u00e9mon-Themed Skateboards Are Promoting for $20K"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019re fairly used to eye-watering costs for Pok\u00e9mon TCG<\/em> cardboard merchandise, however how about for Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>skateboards? A current collab between the pocket monster firm and Santa Cruz Skateboards<\/span>, which offered out in literal seconds, noticed 1000’s of individuals shopping for sealed, unknown decks, which are actually altering palms for tens of 1000’s of {dollars}.<\/p>\n

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This isn\u2019t Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>\u2019s first foray into skateboards, as there\u2019s the enormously common Bear Walker collab<\/span> which you can nonetheless purchase right now. Nonetheless, the Santa Cruz match-up went a step additional. It put sealed<\/em> Pok\u00e9mon boards up on the market, with prospects not figuring out which of 15 designs they have been ordering, in a means that mimics opening up TCG<\/em> packs. It additionally included an astonishingly tiny likelihood of \u201cpulling\u201d a gold skateboard from the packaging, with 5 golden designs\u2014Eevee, Gyrados, Pikachu, Charizard and Mimikyu\u2014thrown within the combine, restricted to only 50 of every.<\/p>\n

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For $110 every, the decks themselves are extremely moderately priced (an average-priced common skateboard will run you about $50-$100), which doubtless explains why most individuals who visited the web site at precisely 9 a.m. EST on September 13 discovered that they have been instantaneously offered out. And that was regardless of a purchase order restrict of 5 per individual. Since then, those that did handle to choose some up have both held onto the decks, or gone to eBay in an effort to money out early.<\/p>\n

Why? As a result of the decks have wildly totally different valuations all primarily based on which Pok\u00e9mon seems after you tear open that packaging. Placing apart the unlikely likelihood of pulling one of many 250 golden boards, prospects had a one-in-fifteen likelihood of getting a board with one thing as fascinating as a Gengar, Charizard or Pikachu. But in addition a one-in-fifteen likelihood of getting Magikarp. Positive, all of us love Ivysaur, however all of us need<\/em> Mewtwo. So, in fact, promoting them sealed means you might earn more money, or vastly much less, relying upon what\u2019s inside. As such, each opening has confirmed social media manna.<\/p>\n

Take, as an illustration, this wonderful opening by a girl with a parrot on her head.<\/p>\n