Hero of Legend
Member
I think it's fair to say if you are or were a Pokemon fan, you bought the cards, you bought the magazines, you bought the toys, and all that jazz.
The card game was my biggest addiction in the 90's, I somehow magically stopped when EX Ruby and Sapphire came out (maybe it was due to Wizards having departed yet I didn't know until years later LOL). Still will NEVER forget getting a fucking HOLOGRAPHIC CHARIZARD in my first batch of Base Set booster packs. Oh course I was an idiot and traded it for the Weedle line and Gyarados.
I'll always remember getting a batch of packs in my Christmas stockings each Christmas morning, usually got like 3-5. Neo Genesis was another extremely memorable set.
And who can forget Pokemon Beckett Collector?! That was my source of news for ages, always buying them at Chapters or Indigo and even in World's Biggest Bookstore (RIP) in Toronto. I remember seeing some of the first GS Pokemon as cards in that one issue (like Steelix, Kingdra, Togetic), was blown out of my mind!
This had the first look at GS Pokemon PERIOD! Yes, gaze upon the horror!
And I remember the toys, I got the original sets with Pikachu and Raichu and Sandshrew and Sandslash with those Masterballs. Never knew that these were by Tomy and Hasbro brought them over to NA, now Tomy's back worldwide after all these years!
Anime and movies deserve mention of course, I saw all of the first four in theaters. I wanted to see Pokemon Heroes, but it never aired in Canada, only the US. :/ The movies are pretty crappy nowadays. 3rd one is by far my fav. Who can forget getting the cards with each viewing?
AND, Pokemon still has a nice presence in amusement parks like the CNE where you can win stuffed toys of Pikachu and even recent starter Pokemon like Oshawott from small to almost as big as you, jeez! Puts a smile on my face.
So what about you guys? What are your experiences with Pokemon outside the games?
The card game was my biggest addiction in the 90's, I somehow magically stopped when EX Ruby and Sapphire came out (maybe it was due to Wizards having departed yet I didn't know until years later LOL). Still will NEVER forget getting a fucking HOLOGRAPHIC CHARIZARD in my first batch of Base Set booster packs. Oh course I was an idiot and traded it for the Weedle line and Gyarados.
I'll always remember getting a batch of packs in my Christmas stockings each Christmas morning, usually got like 3-5. Neo Genesis was another extremely memorable set.
And who can forget Pokemon Beckett Collector?! That was my source of news for ages, always buying them at Chapters or Indigo and even in World's Biggest Bookstore (RIP) in Toronto. I remember seeing some of the first GS Pokemon as cards in that one issue (like Steelix, Kingdra, Togetic), was blown out of my mind!
This had the first look at GS Pokemon PERIOD! Yes, gaze upon the horror!
And I remember the toys, I got the original sets with Pikachu and Raichu and Sandshrew and Sandslash with those Masterballs. Never knew that these were by Tomy and Hasbro brought them over to NA, now Tomy's back worldwide after all these years!
Anime and movies deserve mention of course, I saw all of the first four in theaters. I wanted to see Pokemon Heroes, but it never aired in Canada, only the US. :/ The movies are pretty crappy nowadays. 3rd one is by far my fav. Who can forget getting the cards with each viewing?
AND, Pokemon still has a nice presence in amusement parks like the CNE where you can win stuffed toys of Pikachu and even recent starter Pokemon like Oshawott from small to almost as big as you, jeez! Puts a smile on my face.
So what about you guys? What are your experiences with Pokemon outside the games?