Hello all,
Like a good handful of you, I recently returned to the hobby after a ~20 year hiatus. A series of small events such as friends pulling out their binders, seeing Pokémon on eBay, and feeling nostalgic, pulled me back into the hobby.
I am a military brat and I grew up in Japan. I was fortunate enough to take Japanese classes in High School as well as make Japanese friends through skateboarding just outside of the military base. Being versed in Japanese is an indispensable skill and I’m very thankful for how it has helped me in this hobby.
I started collecting during the time of unlimited base set and ended up moving to Japan around the time Fossil was released. In Japan, I kept a binder where I aggressively traded to complete my Pokédex. It was my goal to fill out my binder to 250 and the Neo series was the ticket item at the time.
I’m adding my best pulls that I’ve held in my collection for many years as well as some of the recent things I have purchased.
Returning to the hobby as an engineer, I wanted to celebrate my cards by making a control board that changes the color of an LED with RGB selection. I did my own programming, 3D printing, wiring and so on.
I love the no rarity cards and Venusaur
