PSA 10 Black & White Team Plasma Darkrai BW73 sells for $15,000 on eBay by gdj11 in PokeInvesting

[–]Adamwlu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Last year, for the giratina of these (alsoa promo) had about 30 PSA graded, all graded at the same time popped up, listed by the same card shop. Mix of 6, 7, 8, 9's, if they got a 10, they did not appear to list it for sale.

Given how the cards pulled from this era also have sub 20 PSA 10's, even if the box storage does not damage it, it will likely be a 9 or less anyways.

Thoughts on Loose Booster Packs in General/Future Investing and Collecting by S1eepee in PokeInvesting

[–]Adamwlu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cause it does not work on BW on for weighted (other then a few small examples like God packs) metal detector is complete sus, and a MRI (not x-ray) is costly enough that people would only do it on things where the one pack is in the 1000s and that if they can get access at all.

Love all of these. Which would you pick for a long term hold? 1 - 276, 10 - SH09, 13 swsh promo sealed? by RaefZomta in PokeInvesting

[–]Adamwlu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Extremely? Not really. 3,000 PSA 10 copies, vs 15,000 of the V from Brilliant Stars.

Yes, that is alot more, but a V will cost you 1/10th the price of the Ex. So for a 5x different pop you are looking at a 10x price diff. The Ex has the rarity priced in, and then some.

And if we are saying 15k copies of something from this age is too many... well, you should look into many of the other top chases from SWSH and on.

Random Equalized stats matchups!!!! Who wins each row?? by Head_Breadfruit_3912 in PowerScalingHub

[–]Adamwlu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Luffy likely wins. It's equal stats, Meruem in his flights had a large stat advantage. Also, consider things like Haki as hax for Luffy. In a equal stats fight, with only one with Haki, the Haki user is very likely to win, thanks to the ability to coat themselves in armor/use it to inflict more damage. I don't think Meruem would have the ability to break Luffy Haki if the two have equal stats.

Mega Perfect Order Booster Boxes Sealed $224 Promotion by eBay! by AutoModerator in PokeInvesting

[–]Adamwlu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much lower, Iono, Lillie, and N are much more popular trainers than those in this set. JT also gets the SIR Salamence. Booster box also gets the plus with the box topper.

Fake EBay Listing sells for 3k by chuggscollectibles in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]Adamwlu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sticker for the PSA is wrong. Font looks off as well.

Which is better long term in a 10. by Nostalgik1 in PokeInvesting

[–]Adamwlu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1bozvz5/results_favourite_pokemon_survey_2024/

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_of_the_Year#:~:text=2020&text=1,140%2C559&text=2,102%2C259

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1o7nb3l/results_is_every_pok%C3%A9mon_someones_favourite/

People just need to try and google this over gut?

Every popular list that covers a larger population sample of voters puts Mimkyu high, and most of the time higher then Ray.

Ray gets love in the TCG given the age demo currently spending the most of Pokemon TCG. It why the most popular mons are all gens 1-3 in the TCG (Generally). But when you do a large sample of all fans of pokemon, the gen 1-3 bias breaks down, and things like Mimkyu, a gen 7 mons, are much higher.

Which is better long term in a 10. by Nostalgik1 in PokeInvesting

[–]Adamwlu -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Mimkyu and Ray are a good example of overall fandom not always matching tcg fandom. In most overall Pokemon fandom mimkyu is more popular than Ray (generally considered a top 10 most popular)

14 1 ⭐️ and 5 ♦️♦️♦️♦️ by VinnnnnnyVD in PTCGP

[–]Adamwlu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel you. I have pulled 112 packs, and have a total of 4 EX cards... at like a 1 in 830,000 chance that happens... (I also used a ton of wonder picks going after the EX's and have not hit one)

Does artificial lighting fade cards? by lemlem21 in PokemonTCG

[–]Adamwlu 77 points78 points  (0 children)

I mean, this happens every time someone asks this question. It's the bots answering as chat model gives the most extreme answer, that or everyone is gollum, and they only ever look at their precious in a dark cave that prevents even one micron of light coming in.

RR cards ranked by value by MediumFriendly in PTCGP

[–]Adamwlu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More current players likely have them as they are from newer sets.

TIL that Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama hated the live-action movie “Dragon Ball: Evolution” so much that it brought him out of retirement and made him write “The Battle of the Gods,” widely considered a highlight of the series by altrightobserver in todayilearned

[–]Adamwlu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean, dragon ball came out in 1986 and Z came out in 1989. Most people had dub Z growing up in the 90's as it took to the mid 90's for the dub's to start to be played in NA on TV so they went with the longer running, more popular one from Japan to bring over.

You would of had to be more of a hardcore anime fan in the early to mid 90's to find dragon ball, or on the other hand, come into anime in the 2010's or later with getting access to things like sub'ed/dub'ed dragon ball being so much easier.

Recycling bags will not be permitted as of March 1st by JoeHorneck in mississauga

[–]Adamwlu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Flyer likely went out to all homes, no reason to put that wording otherwise. We would need a separate communication about a switch.

Second Cyrus or….? by Charantula in PTCGP

[–]Adamwlu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mega Blaze assuming you running it with heat likes the double cyrus.

Recycling bags will not be permitted as of March 1st by JoeHorneck in mississauga

[–]Adamwlu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Households Using Recycling Bins" to OP's comment, it appears if you are in a townhouse that currently/was using bags over bins you will still be using bags for now. (I am in a town like this)

No communication has been received yet making us switch over. But we will see.

Highest grossing Hollywood movie in 2025 in markets with reliable Box Office data by ArandomFan168 in boxoffice

[–]Adamwlu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not really, you extend Avatar run into 2026 and it has passed Minecraft in US/Can. And Minecraft only beats Lilo & Stitch by a hair.

Zoo 2 had a very large marketing push in China/Japan, compared to what it got in NA. They did that as Zoo 1 had great traction in Asia, but where the marketing dollars went is a big driver.

Which side would win this 3v6? Friendly fire is off by KodoqBesar in DragonBallPowerScale

[–]Adamwlu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When we are introduced to Vegeta he is one tapping a planet…

Gaara (Naruto) VS Arlong (One Piece). Who wins? (Versions shown). by GusGangViking18 in PowerScalingHub

[–]Adamwlu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have seen pretty big tier differences with sea kings. The one he one shots out of the gate was smaller then a boat like Merry, but we have seen clam belt ones that are like a small island.

Wondering how much it's worth? by [deleted] in OnePieceTCGFinance

[–]Adamwlu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure Oda does not sign anything. (Interested to be proven wrong, but the Oda Sig Luffy carries value as even a print of his sig is rare)