The best card I ever had growing up was a fossil Ditto Holo that I loved so much my mom laminated it for me.
Good times.
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Iāll never forget those trips down to the market with Ā£2.50 clutched in my hand to get a pack of base set cards. Thatās why I just donāt see the other cards in the same way.
Iāve been handing out packs of cards to my students here. Seeing their faces light up when they open the packs takes me right back to my own childhood.
They also love fake cards as they donāt know the difference. Iām sure theyāll treasure them all equally, and will look back on them as awesome experiences as kids. I donāt think the item itself matters so much in terms of someone elseās evaluation of it - itās more about the personal meaning behind the item. One manās treasure and all that.
I guess what it ultimately comes down to for me as a WOTC era collector is an attempt to hold onto those moments I enjoyed as a kid. I collect the Chinese cards as a modern interpretation of that same challenge to get them all as a child. Once I got the sets finished, I replaced that challenge with getting them in higher grades. So itās not the collection, but the collecting that Iām drawn to. Once I have them, the feeling dies.
*stops being introspective and goes to bed*
Note to self, stop using the asterisks to denote action thing.
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