What are your 2023 collection goals?

[wooltchi]

I usually never have anything super specific in mind besides the next big card I want to save up for and get out of the way. First was skyridge charizard and second was gold star rayquaza which I got a few months ago. The next big card I wanna force myself to save for is shining charizard. Other than that, continue to slowly work on all 30 sets I’m collecting .

[Typhlosion_Collector]

Russian and Polish cards are the most difficult. I’ll keep an eye out when I randomly message sellers and people in Facebook groups

[launcestoneeveeman]

i would like to finish and progress my eevee collection
i ended up needing 3 english cards prior to the release of the POP pack promos at the end of the year. have managed to get 3 of the 16 so far, but my main goals this year are to get one or more of the 3 i need (1st edition neo umbreon, gold star umbreon and espeon)

[walkyrion]

Thanks, I’ll keep in mind your typhlosion too!

[ShinPorygon]

All new Scarlet violet SARs.

[explorer]

I remember posting in a thread like this last year where I had lofty goals before the economy dealt a beatdown, will definitely be another slow year ahead for me.

I would be very happy if come the end of the year I have-

Completed Crown Zenith GG set
Picked up a couple of Japanese base PSA 9
Picked up a couple of E-series (English or Japanese) PSA 9
Got some of my grading pile sent to PSA for less than $15CAD per card.

[cyberurchin]

My lgs got a couple Russian Ancient origins boxes randomly a while ago. Was your Yveltal that set?

[walkyrion]

It was from BREAKthrough. Thanks for checking.

[justinmew]

My goal this year is to return to collecting for solely the enjoyment like I did pre-Covid and to ignore the investment aspect.

I want to cut down my collection to a few key cards.

[zubat]

Mid year bump. How is everyone doing on their goals?

@zubat

I met none of my 2022 goals. However, the most important collection feat accomplished was a complete English Prime set in mint condition. My 2023 goals are smaller and more concise which hopefully will encourage focus.

1. Follow a budget of $250 per month. Any excess must come from sales. -ehh doing better but not as disciplined as I’d like
2. Get Tyrantitar, Gyrados and Dragonite, Grimer and Weezing reverses in PSA 9 from Team Rocket Returns.- Still open
   3. Gold sky Silver Ocean Lugia Ex Japanese in PSA 9. - Acquired potential 9 via Mercari. Will send to PSA
   4. Get the Jigglypuff 047/DPt-P in PSA 8 or higher.~~ Obtained. Mint card at PSA right now.
3. Complete Japanese Lucky Stadium near mint - 6/8 complete. Probably post pone until 2024
   6. Complete Dragonite line T Promo near mint - Acquired a sealed set on Yahoo!
   7. Advent of Arceus Ponyta in PSA 8 or higher.~~ Graded a PSA 10 myself on 2/15/23
   8. Near mint VS Charizard. - Acquired PSA 8 on 7/30/23
4. Japanese Ex era ex cards as they become available. - Steady work. Have made progress
5. Get the Morii Pikachu 10th anniversary set in PSA 9 condition - Only have Fukuoka and Nagoya, Probably post pone until 2024
   11. Tropical Tidal Wave 2006 - Acquired in PSA 9
   12. Pikachu World Collection ungraded mint - Acquired folder of all 9 cards.

[Will]

I have achieved one of these and will likely not achieve any more. But PSA 9 gold star mew is now mine!

My revised goal for the year is to successfully buy cards from yhj or cardrush for the first time.

[Dyl]

@Dyl

@Dyl

Many of my “core” collecting goals are completed or near-completed, so I would like to relax a bit over the next year.

My hopes for 2023:

• More card shows/events to buy/trade/sell in person
• Continuing to sell what I no longer want and upgrading when feasible
• Hanging out with all of you
• Revisiting the video games
• Watching the anime and movies
• Focusing on my niche and developing interests

I need to add one daunting bullet point for this year.

• Find Wurmple

I have completed/am completing all of these goals, but I have not relaxed. If anything, this year has presented too many good deals with rare/niche cards popping up at the most unexpected of times.

I didn’t find the Wurmple, but I was able to pick up a sequential PSA 9 set, so that goal is as close to being completed as it can be.

For the rest of the year, I don’t think that I’ll go back to “relaxation mode,” unfortunately. I have made too much progress in new directions to stop now.

[cyberurchin]

@cyberurchin

But for 2023, my goals are the following:

-Complete my Karen binder and obtain a graded copy of each Karen appearance card making progress still, got started on my Umbreon V page so that’s something

(have a few already so should be obtainable)

-Obtain my Kimura Grail, a PSA Japanese Crystal Lugia! Not yet, but we will see

(Really want to trade for this one, got a Complete PSA 9 Japanese Neo Genesis holo set i’m willing to trade it for) FYI everyone haha

-Make another CGC/PSA submission subbed to PSA in late May I think
-Open a VSTAR Universe box not yet, May not do this cuz priorities have changed
-Get to 75% of my Kimura binder completed almost there! Just added a bunch yesterday. Need to check what %completion I’m at

Here’s my update a little over halfway into the year

[neverforget50in07]

I completed the goal of obtaining more autographs (I was able to go to the last three regionals after I posted this).

I have sold many things from my past collections that I no longer needed or cared about. I still have some things to sell, but overall I’m close to finishing this goal.

My new goal is to get a full time job or at least a decent parttime job by the beginning of my last semester (Jan).

[Ruley711]

@Ruley711

I have a fair amount of goals for 2023.

My main and #1 goal is to consolidate my collection. I have so many little side projects that I started in 2022 that I half finished and got bored of or finished and it didn’t bring me the excitement like other parts of my collection.

2: I want to try and start selling more (including some of those side collections) and prioritizing keeping the items that really keep my interest and excitement, and continue with my normal casual selling.

3: I want to keep up with my species collections, mainly Togepi line collection and Jirachi collection for any new releases.

3.5: I also want to keep up with my artists collections, mainly sowsow collection and Saya Tsuruta collection for any new releases.

4: I potentially want to expand my Jirachi collection to a master set like I have with the Togepi line and also expand the Togepi line collection to JP master set. This would likely require selling some of my other species collections like riolu line or piplup line, but something I may consider for my absolute favourites.

5: I want to try and grade for myself this year and not just buy slabs I want.

6: Finish some of my favourite side collections: my Cynthia collection, my SH# secret rares in NM raw, my tea collection.

7: Not a top priority but if I can find a nice deal on some of my bigger chase cards in good condition/grade (some JP promos, Shinings, gold stars)

1./2: I have overdone this goal and am aiming to sell 90% of my collection/cards this year and more than intended in January as home ownership is in sight for 2024, so selling more gets me closer to that goal

3/4: No new releases for any Togepi line/Jirachi card yet lol. But I did expand my Jirachi collection to a master set as opposed to an each art set. Decided it’s not worth it at this time to expand my Togepi collection to JP master set as well

3.5: I have decided at this time to stop my artist collections for the time being. Not selling them, just stopping at the end of SWSH for now.

5. I have sent 2 submissions to a middleman this year and likely am going to try my own submission(s) by year end

6. Still on the fence of which side collections to keep and which to continuing liquidating for that daunting house down payment. Have already sold the Cynthia collection during the Waifu boom though. Likely just keeping my mini sets like Southern Islands and the gen 4 secret rares subsets

7. Have focused on other things for now.

NEW GOAL: I am near finishing a goal I set earlier this year of acquiring every single mainline Pokémon game, and that is my priority right now moreso than TCG, especially when I can workout trades on FB for cards I am selling.

[jabby]

@jabby

Slowly chip away at the rest of my 1st Ed WOTC era holos. For the Base Set, I got Blastoise and Venusaur and Mewtwo this year… and I’m hoping maybe I can finally get Charizard next year if I just save up for a while. I have a few Jungle & Fossil holos left as well, but they’re all kind of the lower tier ones in terms of popularity, so shouldn’t be hard to get them.

Aside from this, I’m slowly collecting some vintage and modern Japanese singles and sets. Getting more interested in the vending series and VS cards as well.

I did get a 1st Ed Charizard earlier in the year. A PSA 5 copy none the less, but it’s a strong 5 with an Arita sig, I couldn’t be happier! Got it mostly ‘under market’ at the time as I’ve seen a few 5s and lower BGS/CGC grades sell for at least 20-30% more than I paid in the past 2-3 months. Not sure if I bought the bottom or got lucky, 1 of the 2 I guess.

I did get a couple more Jungle/Fossil holos as well… just have some boring ones left (Venomoth, Muk, etc). Got all the big hitters out of the way there. Think I should have them by end of year or sooner I hope. I expect it will take me a few more years to finish off 1st Ed Base Set entirely.

I’ve definitely bought way more Japanese this year than I anticipated. Went on a bit of ‘binge’ recently with the 151 set and some others. After seeing my S&M Japanese cards blow up in price, I’ve become even more interested in Japanese lately. I also recently worked out a deal on a Masaki Gengar, super excited to get that.

[apbsayin]

All I want at the moment are two cards that are somewhat easy to get but finding the right price, & any cards that show a UFO or alien (not a Pokémon) in the artwork.

What I picture is that one day in the future more info will publicly get out, & someday it will be established (without a doubt) that aliens/UFO’s exist & are active, & one day people will look into the past to see what artworks out there, including TCG, will have UFO’s, etc. in their art, & a discussion (or investigation lol) might take place. Just as we do with renaissance paintings depicting what looks like UFO’s, why not Pokemon cards? That’s just my thing here with my collection. It’s a long term thing.

[Dyl]

@apbsayin

What I picture is that one day in the future more info will publicly get out, & someday it will be established (without a doubt) that aliens/UFO’s exist & are active, & one day people will look into the past to see what artworks out there, including TCG, will have UFO’s, etc. in their art, & a discussion (or investigation lol) might take place.

lmao what?

[apbsayin]

I’m sure you know, in recent years, (3-4 years or so) Congress, & other entities, have been taking the UFO subject (mostly about technology & safety) on a more serious level, & admitting to such things happening.

Ultimately, because of ridicule, & the public not taking it seriously (although our government always has lol) this has been shed little light (or forced) until recent years, but here’s my thinking, all these people (well most) who were criticized for being crazy, or on drugs, blah blah blah, will slowly start to get their limeligh back, people will go back (if not already) & take a look again at these people who went on the news, or confessed on their death bed, about their encounters or information they knew.

Now, we have old renaissance paintings, 1500’s & so on, that depict UFO’s in the sky, some of them damn near resemble EXACTLY that, & so let’s say 1,000 years from now, when most things are destroyed, (maybe from age or war), people will look at artwork, or structures, or documents, that we have made in our era, & will see this as quite incredible to look at, or dig into. Being that Pokémon is so massive, 1,000 years from now people will also look at these ancient cards that we have now, & I’m assuming by 1,000 years we may already know plenty of these crafts, or the beings inside of them, & the Pokemon cards that depict UFO’s will be sought after as most important, rather than random art of a made up character on a grass field or a mountain.

That’s why I think books about UFO’s, or documentaries, etc etc. will increasingly have an uptick in popularity the more we know about this subject. I don’t think it will ever go backwards. Only time it will go backwards is if this whole thing was a lie & judging by history, claims, confessions & pictures/footage, released documents, & so on… I highly doubt it. All of that would win any case on the planet if taken to court.

[A.P.Speeze]

okay