Thank you! I appreciate it. One day I will have them all
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Thank you! I started off with the Japanese Neo PSA 9 one. Found it by searching ひかるコイキング online at market price. Used a mixture of stealing a comment on a different listing and Google translate to negotiate the price. I managed to get ¥30,000 yen ($190 USD) discount so I was pretty proud of that. Dealing with buyee was a bit stressful, had some issues with Aussie customs and had to explain what the product was and how I bought it but it worked out. Then once it arrived in Australia it landed with the most local shipping company and they are absolutely horrible. They have 2/5 stars on Google. They are notorious for just driving by homes, not even stopping to place a “sorry we missed you” card. Like people have no idea delivery was attempted until they eventually get frustrated and call the company up. My card was with them for 4 whole business days (even though the depot is a 10 minute drive away). On the third business day I called them and asked them if I could come pick it up and I was told that they would have to locate it first. I gave them a few hours and then called up to check in, then called every two hours after that. They said they couldn’t find it and they would contact me the next day after they’d found it. 11am next business day I call them and ask if they’ve found it and they tell me they’ve sent it out for delivery ??? They even said “I can see here it’s been noted that you want to pick this item up but it’s actually out for delivery now”. I ended up waiting 2 hours in my car so I could catch them in case they tried to pull any further funny business. It was so stressful when it arrived in their hands and sucked knowing it was only 10 minutes away for a whole week
Anyway, card was definitely worth it, it’s beautiful
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Welcome @KoinKing! Shining Magikarp is one of my favorite cards, so I think you’ve picked a great card to focus on! Looking forward to seeing your progress!
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Thank you! It really is such a pretty card
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This is my current setup for looking for good Shining Magikarp deals. Go in and reload each tab a few times a day
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Welcome to the fourum, @KoinKing ! I wish you the best of luck in your collecting journey, and DANG! That collection is going to look pretty. 
I hope you find this community a welcoming and engaging place. Glad to have you!
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Thank you! It really will! I’m already finding everyone here so lovely
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Welcome to the forum @KoinKing ! I love shining magikarp also (although I don’t own any variants yet). Looking forward to the updates to your collection as it progresses!
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Hey thanks so much! It’ll be a long and very enjoyable/worthwhile adventure
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Hello everyone!
I joined the discord a couple weeks ago and have finally decided to join the actual forum too haha!
As my profile picture may suggest, I am very much a dog person and that translates to my Pokemon preferences too! Manectric is my favorite, but I also adore Houndoom, Arcanine, and Ninetales.
Besides that, I’m strictly a binder collector and my main focus is the ex era/ HGSS. Though I do enjoy a bit of Scarlet Violet modern cards too.
Anyway, I look forward to gleaming knowledge from E4 and am happy to be here.
Thanks to anyone that reads though my introduction 
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Welcome @Ilovelabs !
An animal lover and a binder collector? I like the cut of your jib.
I would love to see your binder collection posted someday.
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Thank you very much!
I hope to post it eventually and appreciate your interest!
Is it perhaps presumptuous to assume you’re also an animal and/or specifically dog lover?
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Welcome, @Ilovelabs! Glad to see a bit of variety on collection focus! I feel like I don’t see a lot of HGSS, so I hope to see some of your favorites from that era soon!
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Welcome @Ilovelabs. I hope that you find the forum a great place to connect with like minded souls
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Welcome to the forums @Ilovelabs, super awesome to have you here. Really love that you have a niche in the hobby because of your love for doggos and also love your forum name.
This place is awesome with even better people to talk and interact with. Hoping you can get the best of it and looking forward to getting to know you and also your collection a lot more in the days ahead.
Cheers!
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Yes I love all animals, particularly cats and dogs. Mine is here but she’s all grown up now.
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Mabel is adorable, thanks for sharing!
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Thank you everyone for the warm welcome
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Hello all! I’m a new-ish collector here, been collecting for about 2 months now since around the release of Surging Sparks. I’ve been casually ripping packs on and off as far back as Unified Minds but didn’t really have any collection goals, just wanted to pull cool cards. But the day Surging Sparks came out I happened to find some packs in the wild, I didn’t pull anything good but it got me interested because I hadn’t seen the set before and after doing some research I thought to myself “I’d be fun to collect some of these as a hobby” and even after more research I settled on 2 goals for now : A Scarlet and Violet base set master set and collecting one of each english card illustrated by Akira Egawa, her illustrations are just so good looking. I’m still working on both of still goals and, slowly but surely, it’s coming along really well!
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Welcome to the forum! 
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