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So tomorrow my youngest is turning 11. Last week he told me he wanted Pokemon cards, but knew nothing about the cards other then some of his school chums collect them. So I ordered him 2 lots of 100 from eBay just to get him started. He wants to collect them, and play the game with them as well. 

 Here is my delimma. I know next to nothing about Pokemon, and even less about Pokemon cards. Wanting to be a good parent and feed this addictiin too him, I figured I would collect with him. After looking at the cards he got in, how do Pokemon collectors collect? Do they chase there favorite Pokemon? Can you build a set? Or is it all about playing the game (which we are going to look up the hows on that this weekend).

 So if there are any seasoned Pokemon collectors out there, some insight, or Pokemon collecting tips would be much appreciated.

First, Happy Birthday to your son!!

I have two boys that collect but don't play.  They didn't have an interest in learning how but wanted as many as they could lay their hands on.  They trade with their friends at school and each have their own favorite Pokemon that they have gravitated to.  As they are getting older, they have less of an interest. My older son of 14 has all but given up on Pokemon.  My youngest of 12 still wants them.

They found some info books that told how different Pokemon evolved and wanted to compile a binder to match the book. How was I going to tell them no. It actually sounded like a pretty neat idea. 

They have not learned about card condition very well and most cards are well played with, but they definitely had their hours of fun.

I only learned about the sets as a way to help the site. I don't have that much experience with the actual cards. I tried a few times to interact with them to see if I could be interested but I really don't. I know that some can be extremely valuable. Ours are not.

If you or your son have any questions,  feel free to ask. If I don't know, maybe my kids will.  If they don't, I have a couple friends at work that probably will. 

Thank you for the reply. I was looking over the sets on the Database to get an idea of Pokemon. I must say, looks so uninteresting to me. What does interest me is spending collecting time with the kid so looks like its time to go old school. Build Pokemon sets. I can see my old eyes are going to have some work cut out for them seeing thise little numbers.

Again thank you for some ideas that I can throw his way. 

My 16 year old son likes to open packs of Pokemon but really has no interest in them after that. We open them on my Youtube Channel and have fun with it.