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When I looked at this blog entry for this week only one thing came to mind....Pokemon. When I was in elementary school I would watch this show religiously. Everyday I would come home from school and watch my two episodes before my mother forced me to do my homework.
After the first 25 episodes, they came out with a trading card game. Now being the little entrepreneur I was I started selling these cards in school. My friends and I would sell several cards a week to each other. The funny thing is we would never actually play the game. It was all about who had the best cards and what kind of leverage they had on one another.
In essence we wanted to be little Pokemon trainers that the show portrayed. The show itself showed us how to be these Pokemon trainers. The cards allowed us to carry out that dream. Everyone wanted to be a Pokemon trainer. Everyone and anyone wanted to be involved with Pokemon at this time. It was an elementary students drug. Looking back on this it is quite amazing how loyal and involved we were to this game. A kids imagination is quite a tool.
Since I lived in Japan when I was in elementary school the girls' cards of choice were Sailor Moon. My friends & I would collect those things like crazy. We didn't sell them to each other but we definitely traded them all the time. We also made an effort to watch that show whenever it was on because needless to say we were obsessed!
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