Hot Topic had them today.
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Now…the struggle for me remains finding a place to preorder. They aren’t making this easy. My game shop is great but these shops only get so much and can’t guarantee more than a booster box or so.
Second set will hit with folks still struggling to get the first lol.
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Maybe the masses should just hold off buying. Let the speculators just wanting to flip these get zero sales by no one buying until they have no other option but to drop the prices… hehe…
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I’m still curious as to whether the second run of the first chapter stuff coming in 2024 will be marked as a second print or not.
i assume not, in which case prices will crash to near retail
I’ve never heard of trading card games doing such things. They can literally just keep printing and printing them if they want. Once the hype and FOMO wears off, these will likely be easy to grab for the normal people who just want to play the game.
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It only takes the smallest of details or subtle chances to make that first printing stand out and become more sought after.
The most known examples of this are, of course Magic the Gathering and Pokemon.
While the cards were reprinted, there were those subtle differences that made all the difference.
Of course these most famous examples are many years ago but they are so significant that it is something that remains at the forefront of the Lorcana discussion.
Alpha vs beta vs revised. Shadow vs Shadowless vs 1st edition vs second, etc.
I have a heck of a time telling the difference between alpha and beta magic cards. Folks can though and look at those prices.
There is a ton of conjecture but Ravensburger hasn’t explicitly made any firm statement on it. Even if they don’t intend for the difference even a visible variation in color, shading, text font can make a difference.
It will be interesting to see how it pans out.
There is only one scheduled resupply of Chapter 1 which will hit in October…that will be everything pre holiday and there is already pretty much non existent availability.
For all we know, the “quarter 1 reprint” could hit in late March?
I can also say…I don’t have jack extra to sell so while it may seem I’m hyping it for personal gain… I’m not. I just have & will continue to follow it closely.
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The other thing that can happen is people just give up and by March of 2024 nobody gives a sh!t anymore. The reason Pokemon and Magic are as popular, and in some cases valuable, is people got to play them when they came out and a following from that started the whole thing. If nobody gets to play it and a bunch of people just hoard everything, there will be no organic interest in the game and no future growth. At least that’s what a guy I know who plays Pokemon told me. He started playing the game when it first came out and still plays to this day. If nobody gets hooked on the game, then it really faces headwinds in the future. It will just be collectors flipping to collectors until finally someone gets stuck with the hot potato.
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Pokemon did this back in the day. They have 1st and 2nd print of the first wave.
Could be wrong as always lol…
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Interesting… how do you tell the difference?
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Picked up at Walmart today.
All this and I didn’t come close to clearing them out…!!
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Winner winner chicken dinner right there!!!
I have the opportunity to pick up the First Chapter pre-built sets as D-Rog shows above. I’m asking as a collector, not as a reseller. In your opinion, should I pick up a set of each?
Unfortunately, no single packs to open.
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@Pittsburgh
I think it’s a safe buy to pick up one of each.
If they didn’t have the booster (from a collecting standpoint) I’d likely say no. The booster packs are what are really driving things, inflated prices. Ravensburger was smart to include them in a starter.
Even if someday they became worthless…you still have three playable, fun decks you can play with/enjoy the game with.
I definitely wouldn’t advise paying the $30 and up prices I’m seeing from the secondary market.
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Great info but ultimately, I did not buy. There were still 4 total but they were the Cruella sets. The Aurora/Simba and Moana/Mickey (could be the other way around) sets were bought up.
I want some as a Disney fan, but I much prefer pack opening. I think I’ll hold out and hope I find some in the wild.
IMO, they will always be collectable and playable.
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Boosters just continue to rise…
Can’t believe the prices I see some folks paying. Especially on Whatnot. $18 to $20 a booster. While occasionally they can show up on eBay for $12 it’s generally in the $14 and higher range now.
Troves are pretty consistent in the $90 to $110 range.
What really kills me are the folks paying for “breaks”. Watched a “color break” where 2 troves were split via color at a $45 buy in.
So… retail cost of $100 turned to $270 (sans whatever Whatnot takes).
…the folks buying in at $45 are getting a total of 32 cards give or take because obviously with random colors it can’t be exact…but likely a card amount of 3-4 packs…crazy.
I can’t understand spending the money that way…Even at the crazy top rate you could buy 3 packs or close to a gift set (4 packs) and be guaranteed the rates, foils???
Product is non existent in my area now. Even the price gouging places are sold out.
Waiting to see what this “October restock” actually brings.
Would love to hear how your areas are doing with it. The actual gaming scene, people showing up to events has risen, but lack of cards is creating too much imbalance.
One store is allowing proxies
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I mentioned “Lorcana” to my son who plays Magic tournaments at a store consistently. He knew nothing about Lorcana before I mentioned it.
Fast forward to yesterday, I had a Trove sitting on my computer desk (which I didn’t ask for) and he told me he got it for $70 as a regular customer. He also said the owner is so tired of holding these Troves and constantly has people coming in asking about them. When he tells them the price, they walk out 
I don’t know anything about them. I only know I have one Trove now I didn’t ask for and his store owner apparently is disgruntled somehow with holding inventory. Whatever all this mean… lolol
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