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30th Celebration second eBay run: what moved, what didn't, and how Heat reads it

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◆ Pokémon TCG // DISPATCH 06 · By AOM Editorial Desk · Sep 26, 2026

Every price below is a median eBay asking price from our Sep 26 run, with the number of listings that passed our filters. Asks are not sales.

On Sep 26 we ran a full eBay check on every tracked 30th Celebration product. Every one now has at least two checks, which means price lines have started to draw. Two checks is still a short line, so read this as direction, not trend.

Sealed products

  • Booster Bundle: $102.47 across 18 listings, down from the $122.99 first check in Dispatch 05. Still well above the $26.94 list price, and still a presale market until Oct 2.
  • Single booster pack: $19.99 across 34 listings, unchanged from the first check.
  • Elite Trainer Box: $169.95 across 17 listings, close to the ~$173 Sep 25 ask in Dispatch 01.
  • Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box: $320.00 across 20 listings.
  • Day Ultra-Premium Collection: $582.47 across 8 listings. Night: $712.50 across only 4 listings, a thin read. Both are presales for Nov 6.
  • Mini Tin: $54.99 across 20 listings, ahead of its Oct 2 retail date.

Singles

  • Mew ex Special Illustration Rare: $192.99 across 25 listings, against a $175 Sep 25 snapshot.
  • Mew ex Futuristic Rare: $124.00 across 39 listings. Mewtwo ex Futuristic Rare: $95.00 across 43 listings.
  • Classic Collection Magikarp: $125.00 across 19 listings. Gengar Prime: $99.99 across 23. Pikachu 58/102: $32.00 across 15.
  • Pikachu ex SIR: Day $125.00 (6 listings), Night $120.00 (11 listings).

What we won't score

  • Binder Collection ($555.00) and Mewtwo Figure Collection ($1,064.99) each rest on 2 listings. Neither product is on shelves yet. We report them and do not treat them as prices.
  • Classic Collection Charizard ($250.00) and the Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND top half ($35.99) have 4 listings each.
  • RGB Mew asks range from $3,498.96 (1 listing) to $6,500.00 (3 listings). Only the G print, at $4,500.00 across 9 listings, clears our 5-listing bar.
  • Crystal Lugia: every listing was filtered out as a mismatch, so no price was recorded.

Heat scenarios

The scenarios after this article place each dated price next to the latest check, so you can see how Heat reads the same market at a different price. Open any one in the Heat simulator, or run the full table on the reading desk. Heat is computed live from recorded checks each time; we do not publish a saved score.

What to watch next

  1. Oct 2: does the Booster Bundle ask keep narrowing once retail stock lands?
  2. Third checks on sealed products: the first point where a direction can be told apart from noise.
  3. Thin reads: anything under 5 listings stays unscored.

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Update note: Published Sep 26, 2026. Figures are from the Sep 26 run; the live table below updates as new checks arrive.

// Dispatch 04 · market check

Latest recorded eBay asks

Active-listing medians only. A missing check is not a zero price; Sep 25 references are dated editorial snapshots.

Sealed productSep 25 referenceLatest eBay check
Booster Bundle~$94 presaleChecking eBay…
Elite Trainer Box~$173Checking eBay…
Pokémon Center ETB~$293Checking eBay…
Day Ultra-Premium Collection~$611–$678 presale*Checking eBay…
Night Ultra-Premium Collection~$611–$678 presale*Checking eBay…
Binder Collection~$92 presaleChecking eBay…

*The Sep 25 UPC range combined Day and Night presale asks; it is not a separate price for either edition. Reference figures: Dispatch 03. Prices exclude shipping and tax. Verify completed sales independently.

// Price desk

Run these prices in Heat

Dated editorial figures beside the latest recorded eBay median asking price. Select a figure to compare its price history in Heat; sign-in required. Prices are never saved.

Booster Bundle · first check

First recorded eBay median ask

Checking eBay…

Booster Bundle · Sep 26 run

Sep 26 eBay median ask, 18 listings

Checking eBay…

Elite Trainer Box · Sep 25 ask

Sep 25 ask

Checking eBay…

Elite Trainer Box · Sep 26 run

Sep 26 eBay median ask, 17 listings

Checking eBay…

Mew ex · SIR · Sep 25

Sep 25 raw snapshot

Checking eBay…

Mew ex · SIR · Sep 26 run

Sep 26 eBay median ask, 25 listings

Checking eBay…

Magikarp · Sep 26 run

Sep 26 eBay median ask, 19 listings

Checking eBay…

MSRP, presale and raw snapshots are not live eBay medians or completed sales. New catalog items may have no checks yet.

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