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Exclusive | Toymaker who lost $8.5M in Pokémon cards during Palisades Fire building back collection — and his neighborhood

California Post·Jared Downing·6 months ago
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He’s gotta catch ’em all — again.

A California toymaker who lost $4.5 million Pokémon cards in the Palisades Fire last year is rebuilding his collection of priceless collectables again — as he helps his neighbors rebuild their homes.

Jeremy Padader’s million-dollar menagerie took years to curate and made the 52-year-old a mentor to influencer Logan Paul, who has built his own formidable cache .

Jeremy Padawer stands in the ruins of his home one year after the Palisades Fire destroyed it. Carlin Stiehl for NY Post

“You can’t imagine the remarkable treasures that were gone forever,” said Padawer, president of Jazwares, whose products include Squishmallows, Pokémon and “Star Wars” merch.

Padawer is also one of the organizers of They Let Us Burn , a group that’s aiming to hold Mayor Karen Bass and other officials accountable for the mismanagement and neglect they say precipitated the fires , which destroyed around 7,000 homes in Palisades and nearly 10,000 more in other parts of Los Angeles County in…

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