That Rhydon Guy

Collecting every 1st edition Rhydon from Jungle set | Documenting Pokemon #001 | Building the archive →

[That Rhydon Guy @ForgottenFirst_]

Unpopular opinion:

The Pokemon card market is still in its infancy.

We’re pricing nostalgia, not history.
We’re pricing moments, not origins.
We’re pricing popularity, not provenance.

When this market matures, the repricing will be violent.

Rhydon was designed in 1990. First Pokemon ever created.

But a PSA 10 costs $500.

Meanwhile Charizard - designed AFTER Rhydon - trades at $500k.

Why? Anime. Nostalgia. Childhood memories.

All valid. All already priced in.
Rhydon’s story? Not priced in at all.

I’m betting the market eventually cares about who started it. 🦏

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@NoLimitGains This is so real

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@konstructivizm Pre moon speedy fan here !

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@shinshinart Just taking my time. Need the Rhydon market to settle.

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Counting cards…..

802 🦏🫡

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Ooooo First Edition Jungle Rhydon PSA 10 Total just moved from 386 to 387…..

👀🦏

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@Squirtle_Sage All good brother
Focusing irl, stacking dons
Hope you’re good

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@CharmanderChief

[AtnsMDX @AtnsXBT]

the first pokemon ever created.

back in the early 1990s, when game freak was first pitching the idea of “capsule monsters,” they needed the creature to build everything around. the very first pokemon wasn’t pikachu but it was rhydon.

ken sugimori, the original art director, confirmed that this rhydon was the very first one he drew. rhydon became the base of the entire franchise. in the internal code of pokémon red and blue, it holds index number 001, making it the first pokémon ever added to the game’s database.

game freak used rhydon as their main test subject for everything, battles, sprites, animations, and moves. that’s why rhydon can learn weird moves like surf and thunder. its sprite was also used as a template for many other large pokemon like nidoking and nidoqueen.

rhydons sprite doesn’t stopped at pokemon development only. rhydon statues appear all over the games: at the entrance of every kanto gym, on cinnabar island, in the ruins of alph in johto, and even in later titles like pokémon x and y. also rhydon stripe is used before engaging mewtwo. these statues had a funny glitch where they were coded as water tiles, letting players surf or fish on them in pokemon red and blue.

rhydon may not be the most famous pokemon like pikachu but it’s definitely is the one that contributed the most for the games that we all love to play.

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@AtnsXBT You should read my thesis @AtnsXBT
https://t.co/CuSDfgUNoe

Rhydon’s first English appearance in the TCG is First Edition Jungle Set.

Gotta catch em all. 🫡🫡🫡

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@AbisaiR67517011 🦏🦏🦏

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@AbisaiR67517011 🫡🫡🫡🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

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@AbisaiR67517011 😏😏😏

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@AbisaiR67517011 So wet

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@AbisaiR67517011 Sexy

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Rhydon still going strong…

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@ExeggcuteEmpire 🤣🤣🤣

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I realised I was shooting myself in the foot being public about Rhydon and it made the price move unnecessarily.

I have reason for silence. I will continue to stack dons in silence.

I will do an update once I receive the cards from my shipping container.

[Pallet Town Leaderboard: 1st Edition Collectors @PalletTown1st]

1st Edition Pokémon Leaderboard - Update #6

1. Kabuto King (@KabutoKing_): 4,300 Kabuto
2*. MaChamp (@MaChampCoin): 1,122 Machamp
3*. Bellsprout Bud (@Bellsprout_Bud): 1,028 Bellsprout
4*. Horsea King (@HorseaKing): 916 Horsea
5. Meowth Prince (@MeowthPrince): 825 Meowth
6. Bellsprout Boss (@Bellsprout_Boss): 703 Bellsprout
7. That Rhydon Guy (@ForgottenFirst_): 634 Rhydon
8. Exeggcute Emperor (@ExeggcuteEmpire): 536 Exeggcute
9. Tenta'cool Guy (@hotocrypto): 502 Tentacool
10. Bro Im Slow (@BroImSlow): 463 Slowbro
11. OmaKnight (@Oma_Knight_): 419 Omanyte
12. Omanyte Overlord (@OmanyteOverlord): 404 Omanyte
13. Magmartyr (@RarifyMagmar): 395 Magmar
14. Tauros Titan (@The_Dragon_Bull): 344 Tauros
15**. Charmander Chief (@CharmanderChief): 250 Charmander
16. Mr. Fuji Master (@mrfujimaster): 232 Mr. Fuji
17. I love Oddish. (@MoreOddish): 206 Oddish
18. Mankey Master (@mankey_master): 204 Mankey
19. Grim Grimer (@Grim_Grimer): 181 Grimer
20. Spearow King (@SpearowKing): 179 Spearow
21. Cracking Cloysters (@CrackinCloyster): 170 Cloyster
22. Drowzee King (@DrowzeeKing1): 160 Drowzee
23. Abi (@AbisaiR67517011): 150 Squirtle
24. Omanyte Hunter (@OmanyteTears): 142 Omanyte
25. Goop Gas King (@GoopGas): 121 Goop Gas Attack

Notes:
* No recent activity, may remove from next update
** New addition - welcome!

Gotta catch 'em all!

[That Rhydon Guy @ForgottenFirst_]

@PalletTown1st @KabutoKing_ @MaChampCoin @Bellsprout_Bud @HorseaKing @MeowthPrince Will catch em all.

I haven’t done an update for a while!!

I will do soon. 🍻

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Rare rhydons.
Green printer ink mark above the word pokemon.
Just received back from grading.
The 8 was a pack fresh rip.