What is something new you have learned in the hobby in 2018?

[jdalcour]

I took the time to study all the sets in order they came out, just to get familiar with set’s I have never dealt with or just didn’t have the interest for. I was tired of looking at sets or certain cards and literally having no clue about them.

[ptccards]

Learning to buy cards from different platforms outside the united states and canada

[nuttun]

@ptccards

Learning to buy cards from different platforms outside the united states and canada

Uh oh…rest in peace your wallet

[jkanly]

@zacheggers

@TCAGaming

Only 1st edition. The unlimited has 4 versions, only 1 of them has the evolution box error.

I learned something new again!

I’ve only seen a few copies of the fourth “variant” It’s an official print, but wasn’t released.

[yz2428]

I learned more about magic the gathering through Pokemon this year. Also through Pokémon, I feel that i have learned a lot about human psychology. I know, deep stuff.

[gotdundee]

@ptccards

Learning to buy cards from different platforms outside the united states and canada

ditto

[handschoen]

One of the many things, I’m starting to appreciate Japanese cards.
Fun fact: The older Japanese holo’s do not get covered by the evolution box as with the English cards. Didn’t know that but makes them look a lot better in my opinion.

[pokenoob]

Most sealed product goes up or stays at its high, while graded cards fluctuate.

[aquaz]

Recently learned about the existence of the English Fossil Cosmos holo variant

[chrispy]

This is my first year collecting since I was a lil bugger. So, everything.

[muk]

@chrispy

This is my first year collecting since I was a lil bugger. So, everything.

Same for me!

p.s. you’ve got one hell of a high post count for only one year of collecting! Keep them badges coming

[alovell]

@aquaz

Recently learned about the existence of the English Fossil Cosmos holo variant

Tell me more please

[milhouse]

Parts of my life that were being fulfilled by collecting Pokemon cards are now being fulfilled by other things, and I find myself a lot less emotionally invested in Pokemon cards, and the hobby, in general.

[KingPokemon]

@milhouse

Parts of my life that were being fulfilled by collecting Pokemon cards are now being fulfilled by other things, and I find myself a lot less emotionally invested in Pokemon cards, and the hobby, in general.

That affect it had on you, you shared with others (including me). Those efforts have continued to have a positive influence on the hobby.

[milhouse]

@KingPokemon

@milhouse

Parts of my life that were being fulfilled by collecting Pokemon cards are now being fulfilled by other things, and I find myself a lot less emotionally invested in Pokemon cards, and the hobby, in general.

That affect it had on you, you shared with others (including me). Those efforts have continued to have a positive influence on the hobby.

Thanks Gary. I’m not feeling despondent or negative at all about Pokemon or the Pokemon collecting hobby and I am still here and will continue to be here. It’s just for a few years there I was incredibly obsessive over it and it was because at the time it was tough to find positives, and Pokemon became a positive.

I have some other positives now so I don’t need to rely on it as much.

[genosha]

What I’ve learned: Sticking to a fixed maximum budget a month really spices up what you can and cannot buy, making you always settle with what fits your budget and not endlessly replacing the same card for a slightly better one.

[jim89]

Got back into collecting in June after some horrible surgery to the abdomen left me sitting down for a good month admiring all the cards me and my family collected from when I was 9 - 13 years old
I’d say for graded cards OLDER RARER MINTER BETTER was such a great thing to learn
and just collect what you want… not what will get you up-votes online or in the real world

[TrainOfThought]

@milhouse

@KingPokemon

That affect it had on you, you shared with others (including me). Those efforts have continued to have a positive influence on the hobby.

Thanks Gary. I’m not feeling despondent or negative at all about Pokemon or the Pokemon collecting hobby and I am still here and will continue to be here. It’s just for a few years there I was incredibly obsessive over it and it was because it’s just because at the time it was tough to find positives, and Pokemon became a positive.

I have some other positives now so I don’t need to rely on it as much.

amen to that brother.

[therealonewolf]

I recently learned that it is super easy to buy non English cards from cardmarket… if you are in the EU…

I learned about the multiple serial numbers on skyridge and similar era sets.

[acebren]

@milhouse

@KingPokemon

That affect it had on you, you shared with others (including me). Those efforts have continued to have a positive influence on the hobby.

Thanks Gary. I’m not feeling despondent or negative at all about Pokemon or the Pokemon collecting hobby and I am still here and will continue to be here. It’s just for a few years there I was incredibly obsessive over it and it was because at the time it was tough to find positives, and Pokemon became a positive.

I have some other positives now so I don’t need to rely on it as much.

Totally the same here, obsessing over Pokémon got me through some really tough times, now that the tides are changing Pokemon is taking a back seat, but I’ll never stop loving it