A question of collectability

[Sauza12]

Over the weekend I went to a bunch of garage sales and nearly every one that I went to had some Pokemon stuff.  This got me to thinking;  is Pokemon considered video game memoribilia or has it gone so far mainstream that it is now considered television memoribilia?  What do you guys think?

[thx1138]

I always advertise any Pokemon video games stuff in a second non video game forum - usually a specific Pokemon forum.

I think it's just natural. Like a Dr.Who slot machine sold for a stupid amount of money on eBay, because all the sci-fi fans were bidding on it in the Dr,Who category. The coin-op collectors wouldnt have paid that much for one!

[den68]

I wouldn't consider Pokemon stuff as video game or television memoribilia. sure there's loads of video games and videos but the root of it is a trading card game.

I'd say Pokemon is a category unto itself.

[danvx6]

actaually the games spawned the card game and television show, but i see what you mean, pokemon does belong in its own category

[Izret101]

Pokemon definately needs its own category because it spreads into all dacets of media and is so wel known everywhere that it couldnt be broken into specific categories.