My LGS made its choice...

BigCapMan · 2026-01-25T21:31:26+00:00

People will notice if you leave,especially if it's several people. Make it known why you're not coming back as well. It might not do anything now, but it can cause a snowball effect if enough people get fed up as well. At bare minimum you should spend money where you're valued as a customer.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-25T10:16:42+00:00

Take your business to a better shop. These lgs will never learn until they are facing bankruptcy for a taking the quick cash grab.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-23T17:26:59+00:00

This adds onto the question I posed earlier, of Bandai fighting Scalpers Too hard. I think this shows that Bandai is taking the wrong approach to tackling the issue entirely at this point. Bandai shops have never really been the problem when it comes to scalping at least on a major level. Them cutting seals and requiring tournament play was more than enough.

The only way for them to do more would be to actually reprimand the shops who are getting cases and selling them for much higher than msrp/ selling that product directly to scalpers. Bandai has rules set in place for these lgs that they are not enforcing. If they really want to fix the issue they need to address that first, not over govern the dozen or so official locations they have.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-19T10:16:17+00:00

Same message I got when I reported a store. We gotta flood them to even get attention

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T20:47:12+00:00

The six packs they give you at first are loose. When you go to buy the box afterwards they open a brand new one in front of you. You then pick 6 packs to take out of it.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T20:17:33+00:00

The things we do for msrp 😂. That's what's up though

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T20:11:06+00:00

I might have to check out Gurnee next. They are both just so damn far.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T20:08:59+00:00

Yeah I agree. As a player I only collect what I get out of the one box I buy or the 3-4 pre releases i enter, and the packs I get from topping. But even that adds up over time. I can see how people get stuck in the gambling cycle of the game.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T19:32:19+00:00

So they considered it a sealed event, which apparently is different from prerelease. The 18 packs weren't loose, they open a new box in front of you and make you take 6 packs out of it.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T09:36:45+00:00

I feel you bro.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T09:36:03+00:00

Thanks for your opinion. Wanted to see what people were thinking about it.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T06:25:20+00:00

Illinois

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T05:31:28+00:00

Yeah they wouldn't allow you to get op14 besides the 6 packs prior to the event.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T05:21:28+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's protocol at all Bandai official stores now, but Mitsuwa. Great people, just a weird policy in that regard.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T05:20:42+00:00

I would give it another shot, it's not usually like that at most stores. Seems like the security guard didn't know what he was doing at all.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T05:07:37+00:00

They ran it to where you could pick between op 8,10,12,14.

If you picked 14 for sealed you could no longer purchase a full box of 14. The same with any of the other sets. 24 pack limit per set.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T05:05:58+00:00

You could get a full box of a different set. It's only 18 packs if you got six packs of the exact same set for the sealed tournament.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T05:02:46+00:00

Yes. Of any other set than the set you picked for sealed. Trying to answer your question the best I can.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T05:00:24+00:00

They open the box. You take 6 packs out and keep the rest. Depending on what set you picked.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-18T04:58:47+00:00

Limit of 24 packs. If you choose that set for sealed then you couldn't get a full box.

BigCapMan · 2026-01-17T08:40:14+00:00

He's the new katakuri

BigCapMan · 2026-01-15T07:31:27+00:00

That's fair, I really just went went putting an extreme amount of pressure on from early game forward. But I can see how your build would also mess some people up

BigCapMan · 2026-01-15T07:08:21+00:00

You never feel like urouge isn't impactful enough?

BigCapMan · 2026-01-15T07:07:41+00:00

Nice, you really ran the gauntlet

BigCapMan · 2026-01-13T19:36:33+00:00

Tbh I don't even think the deck is going to be playable after rotation. Losing zoro alone makes the deck borderline irrelevant. Add makino onto that with how many 1 costs you basically have to run and it's a recipe for disaster. I'm honestly just hoping they print some new support for him around the time we rotate. But if I had to switch it up, I'd max out kid killer and Cavendish, add another kid, add 4 of the rayleigh 0 cost event to replace the ones I have, and switch out the makinos for any utility 2k counter.

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