Welcome here @cyberurchin
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Welcome, @cyberurchin ! Karen. Good choice. One of the cooler thematic gym/elite four leaders from that era IMO.
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Welcome @rainbowwingpokemart!!
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Hi everyone!
Iām Jax, been collecting since Base set. Rather, I was into it for a little bit, then got myself falling back into things in 2020. I missed a ton, and jumped back in hard. Favorite set is Team Rocket, which ironically was the 1st set I missed after I fell out of it. Since coming back into Pokemon, I have settled into being a Greninja collector. Slowly working on my graded Greninja Master Set in English and Japanese.
Looking forward to being a part of everything here!
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Welcome here @jaxlax21
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Hi, New here. A number of years I started playing pokemon (various forms) and got into the cards with my kids. They grew out of it so I got rid of most of my cardsā¦except for the Eevees and Eeveeloutions. 
Now I am getting back to it a bit and being a bit more serious about collecting them! Still have a long way to go but that is aprt of the fun.
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Welcome here @almea
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Hello everyone! I got back into the hobby during covid and itās been an exciting but expensive journey. Iām honestly really glad prices are cooling down because there are a lot of amazing cards Iād love to collect. I just finished a master set of Dream League and Iām looking into other TCGs to collect as well.
I got into the hobby when the original Red & Blue came out and also picked up Yellow because I loved the fact that I could start with Pikachu just like Ash and theyād follow me around. After that, everything Pokemon was my calling and was the primary reason I started reading early. I loved playing the TCG and I competed in local events at my LCS until I was in middle school (so from Base set to EX Dragon). Sadly, after I stopped playing a few of the neighbor kids came by and picked through all of my cards and obtained a handful of holos from all of the eras including first edition cards to take home with them. At the time, I was done, so I didnāt want to say no to them. Itās honestly one of my biggest regrets, not even for the monetary value but because even if some of the cards were beat-up due to being played with, I wouldāve loved to have them as memories.
Thankfully, I found some of the other stored cards that I thought were thrown out long ago and I have most of my common/uncommon cards with a few beat up holos. It was so fun going through everything and picking cards out again and I felt like a kid again. I donāt regret getting back into Pokemon at all even if itās an expensive hobby. The games, the cards, the toys, the animeā¦ theyāre all such great memories for me and those great feelings are still there with all of the beautiful modern art cards. I donāt mind if all of the cards drop to $1, Iād still treasure them just as much. Something to be cherished.
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@makiatsea, welcome to the forums! Itās great to have a long-time collector join us! Happy that you found your way back to the hobby during Covid.
Thereās nothing wrong with those beat-up cards. Many of us here still treasure our old, beaten cards 
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Welcome here @makiatsea
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Aww, thank you for the welcome. Iāve been putting together a MP-NM binder of Base through Neo Destiny cards and itās one of my favorite possessions. I love just sitting in the morning sun every few weeks and just flipping through the cards softly while looking at their move lists/designs.
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Hey friends, new here. Just looking to learn as a relatively new collector. I always loved Pokemon and played through all the games, but never dipped my toes into the TCG half of the franchise. Thank you all for having me!
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Glad to have you, @shinru! Welcome!
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Hello guys,
I am Brokenman from France. I just turned around a quarter of a century and I grew up with the end of WOTC and early/mid Ex bloc, when printing was extremely low in my language.
I pulled my modest childhood collection from the attic a few months ago, with probably a dozen of cards worth grading and with personal meaning (I was a very careful kid but didnāt got a lot of cards).
As I am coming from the reselling sneaker world after making some money from flipping modern stuff I stumbled upon smpratteās channel with his clever market insights.
I am looking here to make some friends and some clever & enjoyable adult investments, looking at vintage japanese graded mainly at the moment.
Happy to be here, Iāll probably join the Discord also, my place of choice for chatting.
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Welcome here @shinru
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Welcome, @brokenman! Glad to have you!
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Morning everyone!
Iām a new sub to Scottās YouTube channel and Patreon and found this community through those. Very excited to be a part of the group! I collected through the late 90ās/early-00ās craze, then started up again last year. Iāve had a lot of fun so far and Scottās videos/Patreon have been a huge help.
I sell/trade a bit but most of what I do is just for personal collection. My first order of business when I got back into it was to complete a PSA 9 or 10 2000 Rocket 1st Edition set (my favorite when I was a kid). Just finished that up so Iām trying to decide what to get into next. Iām really enjoying the hobby again and looking forward to getting to know you all!
Cody
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Welcome, @codytcas! Nice goals!
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Welcome here @codytcas
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Thanks yāall! Happy to be here!
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