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From Pokemon to T1, global fandoms open new market for Korean resellers

🇰🇷 South Korea·The UNHINGED Desk·Source: Korea Herald·7 Nov, 01:07 am
From Pokemon to T1, global fandoms open new market for Korean resellers — South Korea
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The Straight Version

Korean sellers are finding new opportunities in the global collectibles market, as overseas buyers are willing to pay a premium for rare, hard-to-find items, with trading card sales by Korean sellers on eBay more than tripling year-on-year in the third quarter. EBay said Friday that Korean sellers in the Collectible Card Games Category saw the highest sales growth among all Korean sellers on the global e-commerce platform from July to September this year. Trading cards featuring characters, artists or celebrity athletes fueled platform users’ attraction toward the Korean resellers. The most popular trading cards featured characters from the globally popular animated franchise Pokemon and iconic League of Legends esports team T1. The top-selling item in the category was the 2026 KOREA MEGA FESTA Magikarp card, which also ranked ninth in overall sales among Korean sellers on eBay. The Riftbound X 2025 World Champion T1 Signature Edition Card fetched a premium even during prelaunch sales, demonstrating a global fandom around the product itself and the team represented by professional gam

The UNHINGED Take

"From Pokemon to T1, global fandoms open new market for Korean resellers" — genuinely psychotic behaviour. Not a single functioning brain cell survived the meeting that produced this trainwreck.

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The Bottom Line

FAILED / 10

"From Pokemon to T1, global fandoms open new market for Korean resellers" — genuinely psychotic behaviour.

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"From Pokemon to T1, global fandoms open new market for Korean resellers" — genuinely psychotic behaviour. FAILED / 10 https://unhingednews.com/kr/from-pokemon-to-t1-global-fandoms-open-new #NZElection2026 #UnhingedNZ

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