What's your most Recent Purchase? [Archive]

[themewcollector]

[deltazero]

@themewcollector

Generally not the biggest fans of these topps first movie cards, but these made me go “Wow!” Excellent collection additions.

[lyleberr]

@quuador

Not a quad-10, but I’m happy to have found a CGC-10 for my Moltres WotC #21 promo collection. Bought it yesterday, so now I’ll just have to wait 1.5 month since it comes from the other side of the planet (Australia).

Greetz,
Quuador

Congrats @quuador, its awesome you found one.

[marchander]

@quuador

Not a quad-10, but I’m happy to have found a CGC-10 for my Moltres WotC #21 promo collection. Bought it yesterday, so now I’ll just have to wait 1.5 month since it comes from the other side of the planet (Australia).

Greetz,
Quuador

Cool collection! Is the PSA 4 (last image) a childhood card? I feel like this one has a story or sentimental value behind it.

[quuador]

@marchander

@quuador

Not a quad-10, but I’m happy to have found a CGC-10 for my Moltres WotC #21 promo collection. Bought it yesterday, so now I’ll just have to wait 1.5 month since it comes from the other side of the planet (Australia).

Greetz,
Quuador

Cool collection! Is the PSA 4 (last image) a childhood card? I feel like this one has a story or sentimental value behind it.

Thank you. And yep, that is the card that was given to me at the cinemas when I was a kid. I hadn’t seen the first movie in theaters (although I did see it on TV later on), but me, my parents, and little brother did go to the second movie in cinemas, where we received four Moltres cards (two for me, of which I traded one for a Zapdos; and two for my little brother, who traded one for an Articuno). When I first saw the Moltres (I think I was 8 at the time) it quickly became my favorite artwork of all Pokémon TCG cards, which still holds true today.
When someone on Efour told me this Moltres artwork is Holofoil in the Japanese Pokémon Web set I immediately bought both a raw and PSA-10 graded copy, and that was basically the start of my small sub-collection you see in the link. I graded the card I received as a child last year for nostalgia sake, and am actually surprised it came back as a PSA-4, since I was expecting a 2 with a small chance at a 3.

Right now I’m just looking for a sealed Japanese 1st edition Pokémon Web booster pack with the Moltres (and possibly a quad-10 CGC-10 one day), and then I’ll consider this collection complete.

Greetz,
Quuador

[azulryu]

Waiting a couple of years for a sealed box in good condition was worth it:

[marchander]

@quuador

@marchander

Cool collection! Is the PSA 4 (last image) a childhood card? I feel like this one has a story or sentimental value behind it.

Thank you. And yep, that is the card that was given to me at the cinemas when I was a kid. I hadn’t seen the first movie in theaters (although I did see it on TV later on), but me, my parents, and little brother did go to the second movie in cinemas, where we received four Moltres cards (two for me, of which I traded one for a Zapdos; and two for my little brother, who traded one for an Articuno). When I first saw the Moltres (I think I was 8 at the time) it quickly became my favorite artwork of all Pokémon TCG cards, which still holds true today.
When someone on Efour told me this Moltres artwork is Holofoil in the Japanese Pokémon Web set I immediately bought both a raw and PSA-10 graded copy, and that was basically the start of my small sub-collection you see in the link. I graded the card I received as a child last year for nostalgia sake, and am actually surprised it came back as a PSA-4, since I was expecting a 2 with a small chance at a 3.

Right now I’m just looking for a sealed Japanese 1st edition Pokémon Web booster pack with the Moltres (and possibly a quad-10 CGC-10 one day), and then I’ll consider this collection complete.

Greetz,
Quuador

Awesome story! Thanks for sharing. That holo version is sick. Did you eventually trade him for that Articuno? Is your brother still collecting today?
I don’t think that my experience with Pokemon cards would have been nearly as enjoyable without my brother (then and now).

[kpod]

The hunt for Japanese promos continues…

[quuador]

@marchander

@quuador

Thank you. And yep, that is the card that was given to me at the cinemas when I was a kid. I hadn’t seen the first movie in theaters (although I did see it on TV later on), but me, my parents, and little brother did go to the second movie in cinemas, where we received four Moltres cards (two for me, of which I traded one for a Zapdos; and two for my little brother, who traded one for an Articuno). When I first saw the Moltres (I think I was 8 at the time) it quickly became my favorite artwork of all Pokémon TCG cards, which still holds true today.
When someone on Efour told me this Moltres artwork is Holofoil in the Japanese Pokémon Web set I immediately bought both a raw and PSA-10 graded copy, and that was basically the start of my small sub-collection you see in the link. I graded the card I received as a child last year for nostalgia sake, and am actually surprised it came back as a PSA-4, since I was expecting a 2 with a small chance at a 3.

Right now I’m just looking for a sealed Japanese 1st edition Pokémon Web booster pack with the Moltres (and possibly a quad-10 CGC-10 one day), and then I’ll consider this collection complete.

Greetz,
Quuador

Awesome story! Thanks for sharing. That holo version is sick. Did you eventually trade him for that Articuno? Is your brother still collecting today?
I don’t think that my experience with Pokemon cards would have been nearly as enjoyable without my brother (then and now).

I indeed did. I traded my Neo Revelations Raikou for his Articuno promo. That way I had all three promo legendary birds, and he had all three Neo Revelations legendary dogs/cats.

But no, he isn’t collecting anymore. He gave me his collection in 2019. The only thing he currently ‘collects’ are books from Japanese writers and manga. Learning Japanese is currently his biggest hobby.

Greetz,
Quuador

[muk]

@kpod stunning pics dude! First and foremost congrats on the Mew! Buying those minty sealed Japanese promos just feels so good, especially when they’re big hitters like that!

Mostly curious about your corocoro promos though, are they in gradable condition? I find them SO hard to come by even in near mint.

[marchander]

@quuador

@marchander

Awesome story! Thanks for sharing. That holo version is sick. Did you eventually trade him for that Articuno? Is your brother still collecting today?
I don’t think that my experience with Pokemon cards would have been nearly as enjoyable without my brother (then and now).

I indeed did. I traded my Neo Revelations Raikou for his Articuno promo. That way I had all three promo legendary birds, and he had all three Neo Revelations legendary dogs/cats.

But no, he isn’t collecting anymore. He gave me his collection in 2019. The only thing he currently ‘collects’ are books from Japanese writers and manga. Learning Japanese is currently his biggest hobby.

Greetz,
Quuador

My brother and I did something similar with Base and Jungle/Fossil. Guess we decided we both couldn’t collect it all.

10,817 non-duplicated amount of TCG cards

At first, I wondered to myself “I wonder how many times he counted”. Then I saw how organized you are. And I was like…ohhhhhhh, you’re the Pikachu guy! So awesome. This feels like one of those “live vicariously through someone else” situations. I look forward to watching you get closer to catching em all in 2021.

[marchander]

@executive

@marchander

Brothers are on the way!

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Hey Collectors,

Congraats. Amazing pick up

Luigi box just arrived yesterday. It’s for my brother. He’s so stoked that he’s hunting down a Mario box. Now, I’m trying to decide if I should find another Luigi box for me to open. Things quickly escalated from discovering a whole new world of Japanese exclusives to that overwhelming feeling of “I gotta have it”

[kpod]

@muk

@kpod stunning pics dude! First and foremost congrats on the Mew! Buying those minty sealed Japanese promos just feels so good, especially when they’re big hitters like that!

Mostly curious about your corocoro promos though, are they in gradable condition? I find them SO hard to come by even in near mint.

Thanks! Might crack the Mew out if the L/R centering is withing the 60/40 parameters. Yes most CoroCoro cards are all gradable between 8-10 grades. My personal goal is to grade a complete PSA 10, and PSA 9 set on my own.

[brendantheclayboy]

@kpod, I’m drooling. OH MY GAWWWWD. One of the best pickups I’ve seen here lately. I’m currently buying upgrades of many of those myself!

[muk]

@kpod

Thanks! Might crack the Mew out if the L/R centering is withing the 60/40 parameters. Yes most CoroCoro cards are all gradable between 8-10 grades. My personal goal is to grade a complete PSA 10, and PSA 9 set on my own.

Wow, I’m actually really impressed that you managed to get ahold of so many of them in such good condition. Most of them have a PSA 10 pop well below 10, so a complete gem mint corocoro set would be an insane accomplishment.
Good luck on the grades and definitely keep us updated!

[sylveon]

Just purchased a Darkness Ablaze box for $189 at a local card shop - my first ever booster box, I’ve wanted to open one since I was a kid

I also ordered a few things from Troll&Toad since it was pretty cheap… A few holos and promos I was looking for, and one of those 20 holo mystery things because I like surprises

…Oh, and definitely not notable, but I finally picked up some toploaders for my good cards. It feels nice, I’m still so new to collecting so it makes me feel like I’m a “real” collector lol

[inchy5000]

[ripguyfawkes]

The 2 Mythical Gold Star Pokemon, Celebi being the most recent acquisition. Finding a PSA 10 Japanese Mew was nigh impossible, quality control messed up hard when that card was in print…

[kingboo64]

@ripguyfawkes

The 2 Mythical Gold Star Pokemon, Celebi being the most recent acquisition. Finding a PSA 10 Japanese Mew was nigh impossible, quality control messed up hard when that card was in print…

That Celebi How much was it if you don’t mind me asking?

[ripguyfawkes]

@kingboo64, that Celebi was a steal compared to other current Gold Stars for sale, about $660. The seller didn’t mention the key words “Gold Star” in the auction header, so it kinda flew under the radar.