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This Rapper Just Dropped A Quarter Million On Pokémon · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest Logic, he's known for
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Speaker 1: probably embracing his inner geek. He just made a record
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Speaker 1: breaking purchase that reflects that he dropped a quarter million
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Speaker 1: dollars on a Pokemon card. It's a first edition Charizard,
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Speaker 1: which is missing the shadow typically printed on one side
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Speaker 1: of the card that makes it rare. The Pokemon game
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Speaker 1: itself is only about twenty years old, which means this
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Speaker 1: card has gone from a value of essentially nothing to
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Speaker 1: two six thousand dollars in that time. It's crazy. While
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Speaker 1: the purchase might seem outlandish, Logic says, when I was
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Speaker 1: a kid, I absolutely love Pokemon, but I couldn't afford
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Speaker 1: the cards. I remember even trying to trade food stamps
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Speaker 1: for them. So now, as an adult who saved every
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Speaker 1: penny's made being able to enjoy something I've loved since
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Speaker 1: a child, It's like buying back a piece of something
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Speaker 1: I could never have. It's not about the material, it's
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Speaker 1: about the experience. This goes down as the most ever
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Speaker 1: spent on pokemons or passing YouTube star logan Paul's two
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Speaker 1: hundred sixteen thousand dollars purchase last year. That's direct from
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Speaker 1: Hollywood