Phantasmal Flames launch (Booster Box & ETB)
Called 13 November 2025 · #pokemon-alerts · Resell Vault Drops
- In · retail
- £154.44
- Out · eBay UK solds
- ~£220
- Net · per unit
- +£66
- ROI · at the low end
- 42%+
Why we called it
The night before Phantasmal Flames launched, members got a pricing sheet for the entire set: booster box £154.44 → £220, half booster £71 → £115, bundle £25 → £40, ETB £49.99 → £85. Not estimates to browse — recommended listing prices, so the room maximised profit instead of undercutting itself on launch morning.
The set kept paying for months: Argos booster-box restocks pinged with SKUs in mid-November (£144 → £200 on eBay), corner-shop half boxes through the winter, and by late January the boxes members bought at retail were trading £200+ with £250 in sight.
The edge
What members knew before everyone else worked it out.
- Whole-set pricing sheet the night before launch — every format ranked.
- Coordinated listing prices protected the room's margin from itself.
- Restocks tracked for months: Argos SKU 7796582 pings, corner-shop halves, the lot.
- The long hold paid too — boxes at £154 traded £200+ by January.
How it played out
- 13 Nov
The pricing sheet
Launch-eve sheet posts with listing prices for BB, half box, bundle and ETB.
- 16 Nov
Argos restocks
Booster boxes reload at £144 against a £200 eBay market — SKU in the ping, one per person, bring friends.
- 21 Jan
The hold matures
Boxes trade £200+ with £250 projected — the buy-at-retail window long gone.
The takeaway
A launch isn't one trade — it's a season. Phantasmal Flames paid on day one, paid through the restocks, and paid again as a hold. Every stage had a ping.
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