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How are 90s baseball cards, pogs, and yo-yos looking? Or "regular" opened copies of NHL 94 or what have you? I think we often overlook all the shit we were into

How are 90s baseball cards, pogs, and yo-yos looking? Or "regular" opened copies of NHL 94 or what have you? I think we often overlook all the shit we were into that hasn't gotten expensive. We'd have to basically index-fund this shit if we had really been trying to invest in it in 2000 or so, and I think the losers would be a big problem for our fund. Maybe you bought a 3000GT instead of a Supra because you didn't see The Fast and the Furious coming. Whoops. Let's try to predict the future instead: which of things that 2022 kids are into should we be buying up for 20 years from now? Roblox items? New Pokemon cards? (I don't know if I actually can come up with any other things off the top of my head, lol.)

NavinF 5y ago
> which of things that 2022 kids are into should we be buying up for 20 years from now? Streamer memorabilia: https://www.gwern.net/Startup-ideas#streamer-memorabilia https://www.gwern.net/Startup-ideas#streamer-memorabilia Tho I think the average HNer is too out of touch to make good investments in this field and would be better off asking their kids
jonhohle 5y ago
Regular copies of NHL ‘94 aren’t worth much (because yearly sports releases have a lot of copies and are typically fungible with the year prior or later), but is still a fantastic game and worth the $17 market price. That said, 16-bit games have doubled to quadrupled in market price in the last 3-4 years and are becoming increasingly hard to find. I’m interested in seeing how a recession affects prices, but some rarer, low print games have been expensive for a decade add and probably won’t lose much value. Obviously, who would have known, but at least in video games you can watch prices start to rise about 20 years after a consoles original life.
- nradov 5y ago
  Are there counterfeits being made? Seems like those games would be relatively easy to copy for someone with a little skill. I don't imagine many buyers are able to verify authenticity.
  - jonhohle 5y ago
    There are counterfeits, but they are easily spotted by inspecting PCBs, packaging, printing, etc. There may be some skill involved in identifying a counterfeit, but that’s true of most collectibles. If you get a copy of Snatcher for less than $1,000 it’s probably a counterfeit, and if you can’t tell, you probably wouldn’t be spending that much to begin with.
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nunez 5y ago
fwiw Topps (one of the Big Two manufacturers of baseball cards) recently attempted to go public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). Their pitch? NFT baseball cards. So they might actually make a comeback.
Ekaros 5y ago
Vtuber merchandise? It might actually be decent bet. Start expensive and limited, might go up with right popular groups. From cars I'm not sure, Teslas? Or will they just die on their own.

NavinF 5y ago

> which of things that 2022 kids are into should we be buying up for 20 years from now? Streamer memorabilia: https://www.gwern.net/Startup-ideas#streamer-memorabilia https://www.gwern.net/Startup-ideas#streamer-memorabilia Tho I think the average HNer is too out of touch to make good investments in this field and would be better off asking their kids

jonhohle 5y ago

Regular copies of NHL ‘94 aren’t worth much (because yearly sports releases have a lot of copies and are typically fungible with the year prior or later), but is still a fantastic game and worth the $17 market price. That said, 16-bit games have doubled to quadrupled in market price in the last 3-4 years and are becoming increasingly hard to find. I’m interested in seeing how a recession affects prices, but some rarer, low print games have been expensive for a decade add and probably won’t lose much value. Obviously, who would have known, but at least in video games you can watch prices start to rise about 20 years after a consoles original life.

nradov 5y ago
Are there counterfeits being made? Seems like those games would be relatively easy to copy for someone with a little skill. I don't imagine many buyers are able to verify authenticity.
- jonhohle 5y ago
  There are counterfeits, but they are easily spotted by inspecting PCBs, packaging, printing, etc. There may be some skill involved in identifying a counterfeit, but that’s true of most collectibles. If you get a copy of Snatcher for less than $1,000 it’s probably a counterfeit, and if you can’t tell, you probably wouldn’t be spending that much to begin with.

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nunez 5y ago

fwiw Topps (one of the Big Two manufacturers of baseball cards) recently attempted to go public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). Their pitch? NFT baseball cards. So they might actually make a comeback.

Ekaros 5y ago

Vtuber merchandise? It might actually be decent bet. Start expensive and limited, might go up with right popular groups. From cars I'm not sure, Teslas? Or will they just die on their own.