Hi Everyone,
New user alert *OMG*. My name is Adam, although my username says iamnotlame.
I grew up with gen 1, and spent my childhood with pokemon cards, pokemon cards, the pokemon anime, and pokemon merchandise. When I was around 13 i “grew out” of pokemon, and had just a passing interest until fire red/leaf green were released. It wasn’t until 2008 that i got back into collecting cards, and for the past 5 years its been a big part of my life.
Im now 23. I recently got the urge to start playing the game, so bought my first post WOTC cards to actually keep (as opposed to buying to sell on) to play online. I bought the frost ray deck.
I collect solely WOTC/Japanese cards up until nintendo began making cards. For me, collecting is nostalgic, which is why i choose to collect the cards i grew up, and the cards that were current when i was a child.
The gem of my collection is a 1st edition base set, albeit ungraded, however its still a good centrepiece so to speak.
I stumbled across this site about 2 weeks ago whilst i was on my phone travelling back from the metro with my girlfriend (I live in the UK)
After a few weeks of just reading, i thought id sign up and get to know you all a bit better and join in on the fun.
I really couldn’t pin point what im currently working on completing, the next sets im nearest to finishing would be gym challenge unlimited, and japanese neo genesis.
In terms of english sets, my goal is to complete each set up until Legendary Collection. I’d also like to get each in 1st edition (who wouldn’t) if that will ever happen remains to be seen however. Outside of this, I would also like complete japanese sets, along with some of the more uncommon japanese cards, such as the vending machine (i have some), VS series (i have none) promo’s and the like. My most recent purchase (tonight) was the 1997 bandai card set. Something i never thought i’d do, but now think i might, is collect the newer cards. With me getting back into the TCG im unsure at the moment if i’ll aim to complete these sets, or just get the cards i need to play.
I also host my own youtube channel, i wont post a link unless a moderator allows me to do so, however my channel name is iamnotlame.
Whilst the “golden age” of pokemon to me is gen 1 and 2, as this was my childhood, im not one of these guys who hates all the other generations. I admint i am not as familiar with pokemon gen 3 onwards, however I have played all the main series games, and can’t wait until pokemon X/Y. I go through phases were i work through the older episodes of the anime, if time permits.
I really didn’t intend this post to go on aslong as it has but that’s just an intro from me. If anyone has any questions (i doubt you will) about my collection, what im looking to buy/sell etc please feel free to do so! I’ve been youtubing for a few years, but took a lot of my old videos down due to crappy camera quality. I currently have a few opening/collection videos on my channel, and I plan to expand my content to pokemon facts, interesting notes about pokemon, entertainment videos, updated higher quality collection videos, opening videos and so on. If you’d like to follow my videos please head over to my channel, which is iamnotlame.
VERY VERY sorry for the long post, but im glad to be apart of the forum guys and look forward to speaking, and getting to know you all in due course!
