Collecting baseball or football cards has been a hobby for many collectors in the past. Although many children enjoyed buying these cards from time to time, the true collectors of these sports cards tend to be adults because they have the means to support that hobby. New trends in card collecting come from these sports cards and have reached the profitable new market of children. This article will address some of these card collecting hobbies that are geared towards the younger generation and how they have been very profitable.
The first game that came out was cards that featured different characters from something called Pokémon. These cartoon characters that had a mystical and anime style were sold in small packs of 5-6 cards. They only sold certain characters and some were harder to find than others. Soon kids were begging their parents for more packs of cards to see if they could get the rarer characters. They made big folders to keep their cards in, and often spent time playing games with their friends where they traded cards back and forth. This phenomenon took off as a popular fad and has now become more than just trading cards.
Pokémon has entered the digital and technological age to remain popular with children. They have a website full of Pokémon information, as well as video games and even cartoon shows that bring the stories and characters on the trading cards to life. Although the trading card phenomenon has died down a bit, they continue to be popular in the various videos, games, and TV shows that they now have. You’ll probably still see kids dressed up as Pokémon creatures this Halloween like you have for the past decade, as it’s still popular.
Another collectible card game for kids that grew out of the same principle as collecting sports cards is the game and cards of a thing called YUGIOH. This was a similar idea to Pokémon with different characters appearing on trading cards, but the cards were also used for playing games, not just collecting. Certain characters could outperform other characters and this would result in the best card beating the other card. So a new competitive game became the new way to acquire cards, not just by trading them, but by earning them from others in a game that mimics a type of war. YUGIOH has also expanded into the digital age with a television show, video games, and other toys that use the card character theme.
The old basic concept of a sports card helped create a new type of card aimed at today’s kids. If you ask any kid about trading cards, they will most likely say Pokémon or YUGIOH instead of a sports player like they used to. It’s a shame that fantasy characters are replacing real life people.