The Question of the Day is a way to facilitate community discussion to help members ponder the unanswered questions of the world that are somehow relating to the hobby. Questionsj are many times open ended and up to interpretation. Feel free to post your thoughts in as much or as little detail as you’d like.
Helpful Considerations may or may not help some people focus their answer, these are blurred to not bother those who have their own ideas.
Today’s Question: QotD: Nostalgia overdrive time, whats your best “I remember when…” story?
Helpful Considerations: Pikachu was the devil’s gateway drug? Marill, thats pikablu? Remember when all pokemon could be on one game? When quirky prom outfits didnt ruin your portfolio?
I remember going to local festivals and there being a hundred or more old back holos for a hundred yen a piece. Nowadays when going to local festivals I don’t see stands with cards
I also remember not long ago when tins, blisters and sleeved boosters were plentiful and available to pick what you wanted from shelves. Now everything is behind a counter, if you’re lucky to find a store with stock.
I remember when strategy guides were a necessity for any new video game purchase. Where you couldnt Youtube spoilers and word of mouth / playground rumors were how information was passed along
I remember when I carried my game link cable and gb with me everywhere to try get all 151 Pokemon and I met someone who told me about the missingno glitch.
Many an item was duplicated that day not that I understood arbitrary code execution much more than I do today.
I remember when entire booster boxes were 1/10th of the price of certain singles these days. (Then again, the S. Chinese Pikachu with Gengar cameo is still 10x the booster box price of ~140 USD right now. )
I remember when sets had just 0-10 Secret Rare cards in a set.
I remember when booster boxes in certain languages (aka Korean) were 12-18 USD. (I have opened barely any booster boxes in my entire life, but I’m pretty sure half of them were Korean thus far - since trying to pull your chase cards was more fun than buying it as single.)
I remember when my most expensive bought card was 28 USD, and I was doubting about buying it for about two weeks prior.
I was 9, the year was holiday 1999 I believe in a K-MART, I would always run to the video games/strategy guides. I always wanted a magazine but my parents always told me no so I took matter into my own hands, I opened a TIPS N TRICKS magazine and I tried ripping the page out that I needed for the particular video game. I tried putting it in my pocket but that’s when a K-MART employee saw me. I freaked out and ran. THAT WAS THE FIRST AND LAST TIME. That memory is still stuck in my core for some reason.
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