I too, am considering taking out a student loan and using it to buy a shining charizard instead.
Welcome to the forum.
Continuing 2 longterm goals + 1 new goal for 2026,
Long Term Goals:
- Collect all the heracross cards
- Expand Celebi collection
New goal
- Start a collection of cards closely inspired by irl art. Iāve gotten the smeargle which was oddly difficult for a common card but hopefully iāll complete it by 2026 and get them all ARS graded.
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My on-and-off goal for several years has been to collect all of the jumbo cards (including box toppers & post cards) from the first 5 gens and a few specific ones from the XY era. I havenāt been buying many cards these past couple years, jumbo or normal-sized, and still have a long way to go. Hoping I can make some progress on that goal this year, because the prices on some of these are becoming truly out of my reach 
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Scrap all other collecting goals. This is the only one:
GET RAYQUAZA GOLD STAR
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Letās gooooooooooooo !
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Only 2 cards I want at the moment.
Early correction 1999 Ancient Mew PSA 10 (actively looking).
Psyduck Munch PSA 10. (One day).
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Possibly the worst year in Pokemon TCG history to set this goalā¦ but best of luck, Vert! We believe in you.
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It will probably only go up from here dawg.
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With a bit of luck I was able to complete my goal and added my 2 biggest grails to my collection. These are my Final 2 pickups while I take a hiatus from collecting and save for my wedding!
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