Just some old guy living in Hagerstown, Maryland
I was scrolling through a Pokémon collectors group on Facebook yesterday. It’s a private group dedicated to Pokémon collectors who live in Maryland. A thread caught my eye because it involves Hagerstown, the city in Maryland where I live. It begins with this: The person who posted this angry screed was hurt because the person …
The Pokémon Company released Prismatic Evolution, the newest English-language card set, on Friday, January 17, 2025. Unfortunately, retailers didn’t receive as much Prismatic Evolution product as they initially requested. Distributors weren’t able to fully fulfill orders originally placed by retailers due to a product shortage. The Pokémon Company addressed this shortage of Prismatic Evolution products. They …
Best Vintage Cards, LLC, and entrepreneur Sean Bassik are suing Canadian YouTuber Rattle Pokemon (government name Michael Barristo) in Maricopa County, Arizona. The lawsuit (CV2024-000498) is for Defamation, False Light, Tortious Interference, and civil RICO. I am not a lawyer, nor a legal expert In general, lawsuits require money. Like many YouTubers who find themselves …
There’s a person on the Internet who goes by the name of Rattle Pokémon. He’s carved out a niche for himself as the Pokémon fraud investigator. Rattle Pokémon is a cross between Rorschach and Barney Fife, only with a French-Canadian accent. Almost every video he posts on YouTube deals with someone he deems to be …
A Massachusetts woman held a yard sale last month. Included in the items sold were three factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes belonging to her father. Unbeknownst to her, the Pokémon boxes were worth a lot of money. TCGPlayer currently lists similar factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes for around $14,000 a box. According to …