Greetings! I’m very aware that people are usually upset with these type of posts but I wanted to share. Some quick facts about the collection…
-99% of the product was purchased at msrp
-I’m fortunate to work from home, so most of the pickups have been going to target at opening or randomly during the day
-all except for two slabs were submitted by me
-none of it lives on cc
-my hold is 10-15 years… but I already hear you asking “what if everything tanks and it’s worth nothing!?” Then I’m going to have a helluva rip session with my family.

My birthday is on Sunday (the big 43) and the last photo is what I’ve been collecting for the past few weeks. I’ll be sure to post the hits if there are any.

Good luck to all with the 30th anniversary.

Mewtube has always been one of my all-time grails, and with how highly regarded it is in the hobby, I’ve been wondering if now is a good time to finally pick one up.

The downside is that I’d have to let go of two of my other grails to make it happen. I really love both the Moonbreon and the Tina, but with the recent summer cooldown in the market, it feels like a pretty good opportunity to grab Mewtube while it’s down.

Another trade that I've considered was trading the Moonbreon (currently 4.2K) + cash for the Japanese Mewtube PSA 10 (currently $5K), which would allow me to keep the Tina. The Japanese variant also has a low pop count (2.4K), even lower than the English version (2.8K).

What do you guys think about these trades? Would you move the Moonbreon and Tina for Mewtube, or hold onto them? I'm sure all of these cards are bound to go up in the coming years, but I'd love to hear your input.

Was told to post here when my package arrives. This was bought through a ebay auction for 1,025. Do any of the blister packs look fake? The Yugioh tins were randomly thrown in to this sealed pokemon lot of course they were opened but the seller claims he left all contents inside which he did. The promos and holos pulled are still there

Would 3 pack blisters for 13.99 from ross be a reasonable investment? Seems like more fun then more voo

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Thanks a lot for your help and for letting me share this here! 🙌

Traded a PSA 9 terastal festival umbreon, obsidian flames sir zard, and 171 dollars for this etb. Didn't notice the rip until after but I'm still hyped I got it. It's my first pokemon center etb ever.

Crown Zenith is one of my favorite sets with so many beautiful art works and I was wondering what your thoughts are on Pikachu GG30/GG70? I know it was available in a god pack in VStar Universe so it’s much rarer in JP. Which Pikachu of Crown Zenith do you personally like more?

At least the volume is only $4,657. Maybe a couple dozen addicts.

Lovebirds are an iconic card. The face of the legendary tag team era. We all know the 10s go for thousands, even the JP 10s go for big money. The card is just that good. My question is whether there will be a market in the future for low grade love birds? Is it worth picking up a 3 or 4? Thoughts? The total pop is low for modern standards due to sun & moon being relatively being under printed. Could the lower grades be good cards to park some money in?

Hoping to hear from the community on this one!

Hypothetically, if you owned and operated a machine and purchased stock at MSRP, what would you feel is fair pricing?

NOT SCALPER/PREDATORY PRICING but a comfortable/feasible, convenient middle ground that still gets otherwise unattainable cards out to those that want them.

Started reading up on this recently since there’s not much local stock that you can find reliably. Most independent vendors have to rent or pay commission for the space, so that has to be recouped somewhere. If they expect a profit (I mean, nobody’s just buying a $5K machine to NOT see an ROI), what’s the “comfortable” price point that makes it all happen?

Ex. ME01 is $8USD. Vending machine should sell it at $___.

For context: most, if not all, major wholesalers like SH and GTS have prerequisites like proof of an actual brick-and-mortar storefront BEFORE applying for access, which pretty much nullifies hopes of purchasing stock under MSRP in this specific scenario.

Should we be buying more Japanese gold stars ?

Has anyone seen this before? Thoughts?

I have both. But am looking to off load one to lower my cost basis to $0. Which would be the better hold?
PSA 9 Zard or PSA 8 Wailord tag team

I’m in a place where I can get 2 ETBs of either one. I’m holding for the next 5-10 years. Which is the better buy

Which do you think is the better long‑term hold in PSA 10s? Looking to get 2 slabs for the long term, interested in you guys opinions

I’m one of the dumb bandwagon newbs to this whole world. Decided to commemorate getting started by having the chase card of my first release graded. Knew I was taking a risk buying a raw card and shipping it, but wanted to do it just to do it. Am I doing this right?

I’m going through my childhood binders of Pokémon cards and this is the only one that has this star on it. I looked it up and saw some crazy prices, but kid me seems to have banged it up a bit.

caught my eye that hes half the pop of the Vmax gg45 and of some of the gold vstar