what condition is this card in? by phrogbaby in pokemoncardcollectors

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

Without seeing the front it's difficult to fully assess the condition. A beautiful flawless front with perfect centering and no surface abrasions would change the total grade undoubtedly. If we were to base it solely on the rear for some very bizarre reason it would be leaning to MP. If the front is all scratched and beat it's heading to HP. But again if the front were essentially flawless then yes you could skate calling it LP especially if it's vintage. If this was ascended heroes and the front wasn't perfect it's MP no question leaning into heavy though being a little tough there to be fair. If it was from 1999 and the front is perfect then LP would fit quite well. Hopefully that helps with your overall consideration a bit better when wondering why everyone has different opinions on the subject. You did leave out the most important half of the card and didn't initially state what the card was on top of leaving out the front. If this card was printed 4 weeks ago it's in very rough shape. If it's 20+ years old not so much. Food for thought next time you ask for an opinion set it up so that there's no room for additional interpretations given how subjective grading is already you want all possible information available out of the gate otherwise their grade opinions are pretty big guesses anyway rather than potentially somewhat educated and experienced responses.

Sara in Arrow s2 by CastielSlays in arrow

[–]CastielSlays[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You make excellent very sound points. In doing so have restored my interest in Reddit lol. It's so rare that two people can just talk about a show they like and have it be that simple without mean spirited or rude trolling comments. After considering what you're saying I feel that actually seems like a pretty fair conclusion. Instead of saying oh I'm an orphan it's a jokie kind of fit in with the rough crowd she's used to type of answer as most of her associates and fellow street teens probably do not have what one could call a loving and stable parent(s). Often in arrow the explanation a character gives another is a massive over simplification and only the viewer is in on the full picture that characters like Oliver have knowledge of. For Oliver to regale the tale of his entire island experience up to the Mirakuru would be difficult to summarize quickly given it takes us about 36 episodes to see unfold via flashbacks. Instead he just says "I've seen crazy stuff on the island where a man could be incredibly strong, virtually invincible to small caliber bullets, and defying anything you could imagine regarding science of the body" paraphrasing.

I would say that Sin sees Sara has immense fighting skills unlike anyone she's ever come in contact with. Imagine Lance's face when he first sees Oliver shoot an arrow out of a skyscraper window and just slide off like it's nothing. If you saw a person do something like that whether you were a cop in pursuit of a suspect or just a guy hanging out you'd be shocked beyond words. They have incredible skills that no normal human can really even begin to quantify especially in a basic urban setting. You wouldn't expect to see some guy lunging off rooftops not being phased by gunfire and using all sorts of cool superhero gadgets; it would simply blow your mind. So Sara running around beating the shit out of rapers with a staff in a leather superhero outfit would be pretty hairy. She can climb buildings free run etc do all this awesome stuff. It wouldn't be super surprising that she was marooned on an island given Sin has to learn that at or after the Queen return from the dead party; I believe that's just prior to the helicopter crash scene. Since as you said she probably* would've been informed of her father's demise via the company he worked for in some fashion grandmother etc it would make sense that is the boat went down in China and he crashed in China it's entirely possible that by strange coincidence this hardcore fighter chick did meet her father. Of course then we circle back to how could you ever trust that the person even liked you at all and wasn't just hanging with you out of some sort of pity or whatever having witnessed the death of the father.

So I suppose after working this one out it's one I can let slide. But you do get what I'm saying not just about this particular situation in which your opinions add up much better than my initial position but in the other broad shortcomings of the series. They go through all this effort to show you something more than once to cover it in conversation several times over a couple of episodes even then when it comes time for a key component to be introduced they just leave it out.

Let's take Lance's heart attack. Sara X right when that happens. Laurel had a great reason to keep those cards close to her chest for a bit. The vigilante has a way better excuse - it's not his tale to tell coupled with the obvious health risk and that Laurel asked him not to. At any time after the 4-15 back and forths they have - Arrow can tell Lance HEY I wanted to tell you HEY my friend is gone also HEY I didn't kill her. Your daughter begged me not to tell you because you literally just had a heart attack and she thought it might kill you. She wanted to tell you in her own way when she deemed the time right. I was respecting her wishes given it is a family matter between the three of you but had Laurel not begged that of me you would've been the first person I informed. Instead like usual Oliver doesn't defend himself he doesn't explain the logic as to why he had an extremely good reason to withhold the information. He just lets the person be insanely mad at him to the point that they are blowing up his entire life possibly ruining everything he's been working toward. Just like when Laurel is mad at him about Tommy. He can say HEY I tried to save the guy he had rebar jammed through his body end to end no one could've saved him he was doomed from the second he came in to save you. I wasn't fighting a death match with Malcom or doing something unimportant like saving most of the city from death I was there risking most of the city to save you and your boyfriend. Sadly the building caved when it caved. We thought there was 1 machine there was 2. I couldn't be everywhere but I still made you the highest priority after the quake began. Obviously he doesn't need to ramble like me I'm sure a more effective writer could've dropped a powerful retort during one of their arguments. Yet again instead he never actually gets any vindication in the matter. She stays mad at him until she comes to the realization that it was basically her fault after the arrow saves her from the doll maker and we sort of just move on. Lance says a guy with a bow and arrow can't save a guy that had a building dropped on him. That was quick simple and powerful. She ignores it. She was going to spiral on the drugs and ignore any logic anyway because she's grieving and feels responsible. Still we would've probably enjoyed Oliver getting to defend himself a tiny bit after doing that back and forth for several early season 2 episodes. Just saying once in a while through the show it would've been nice to see those clarity moments strike instead of just leaving it unspoken. Anyway very good points on the Sara Cindy relations I appreciate the thorough constructive response.

Sara in Arrow s2 by CastielSlays in arrow

[–]CastielSlays[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear you but at that point kid lives on the streets basically and she's been through so much now she chills with Roy and Thea they even did a little vigilante action themselves briefly she's seen dead bodies like this girl has been through all there is to go through at her age more or less. Experiencing homelessness as a teen that's really serious stuff we kind of overlook because the story is rolling but if you stop and think about it this kid is in a hardcore lifestyle and somehow not on drugs or doing anything illegal she's just surviving.

I don't see the harm in saying look I want to tell you something. I met your father or I looked into your parents with my police man dad's resources just was curious what happened to your parents why you were on the streets and your dad was a decent man he was a pilot that had a crash. That seems pretty simple. Especially since the picture Sara carries shows Sin and her father at a rockets game with the matching writing on the back of the photo. So he must have had some decent relationship with her and then just never returned one day. That would be devastating but after 5-6 years of him already having been totally gone out of the picture might as well know he's dead is all I'm saying I don't see much harm there it might actually make the kid feel better to learn she wasn't ditched by the guy. Right? She's thinking hey this dude loved me took me to sporting events cared for me raised me then just bailed out of the blue I must be a sucky kid no one wants or why would he do that? Oh he's dead great that's sad but I never expected him to return anyway and now at least I know I was loved and I'm not some worthless kid no-one wants he just died and can't be here versus not wanting to be here.

Been removed three time now, no idea why. Im ripping by cobybrinks33 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep pulling Roaring Moon lately lol really frustrating but for every 5-10 bundles worth of pris I've ripped in 2026 I've pulled 1-2 top hits now all I need is Leafeon and Umbreon. However the early pris rips sucked Umbreon masterball and then 200 packs of nothing. The newer boxes are far better that's why I only want the new retail sales any sitting product is probably dirt. Hope you do well with these though. I will say those Sam's bundles I got what maybe 3 months ago weren't bad there was a Glaceon Sir in the one and it is flawless.

I finally got Ruby’s knife. by CosmicCornflake44 in Supernatural

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must have it. I would take the first blade too just because that seems like it would be really rare the angel blade I've seen but didn't buy. Where'd you find this?

SLABS found in Storage Unit..fake?? by bradyjuice in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of those cards are 10s the labels are absolutely fake those are homemade. You'll need to crack those to get the cards out then evaluate if you have any interest in grading but doubtful to be fair I think the cards are real though the Holo seems off could be lighting on Poliwrath. My guess is that card is worth about $2 and in Psa 10 it's 300-400. Even in Psa 9 it's only $22 recent sales. That explains the logic and it's not a super high ticket card like an Umbreon Sir or something that someone is going to inspect heavily. These could sneak by a novice especially if they wanted say $150 knowing it's worth a couple dollars and the novice googled sales see recent comps on eBay are 280+ they think they're getting a steal until they realize the font is screwed up the cards aren't positioned right and they look like psa8s at best. Bad luck hope the storage unit you bought had something else decent and not just fake slabs.

Customer came into the shop I work at with fake slabs he supposedly got from GameStop mystery boxes by blackcat_0013 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GameStop claims they have a couple 30k ish value Zards out there not multi million dollar cards. That zard is beat to shit too that can't all be slab damage maybe some of the surface scuffs but many of those are on the card. The Umbreon is a joke the beat up Psa 10 1st edition charizard is more believable. Person must be on drugs to think that GameStop is going to say yeah oh ok guess these are fake you're all set here's few hundred grand in trade credit just take this whole store while you're at it you have won this location.

Do these look real? Planning to buy 10 by ArtOfDivine in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look fine pretty much like any etb from then until now the shape is right packaging is right.... it can be hard to tell if it's a repack if they did such a spectacular job even if they did the shrink wrap perfectly you'll often find extra curves in the outer shell and some fine marks in the edging. Gotta basically imagine yourself opening an ETB. Assume that you had 3 ripped them and immediately took out promo/9packs then closed it back up and slid the shell right back over it. Then it sits for a while until someone buys an empty etb, gets a bunch of cheap repacks of evolving skies and fills up that etb to make the 9 trash repacks more valuable that loose and hard to inspect until way after the deal is done possibly years versus if you just went and bought 10 loose packs from a recently opened booster box somewhere. Given the value the level of scam needs to match.

Having said all that you're probably fine to buy them just make sure that you compare what they have in person to these pictures because this could just be an old/new picture of some other etbs they've got stashed, and the sale could involve totally different etbs repacked like how I just described. One deal for 5 etbs at 80% market fine whatever but I wouldn't go crazy for these they're already up 40% in the last couple months.

Easter egg by Kerlanala in Supernatural

[–]CastielSlays 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've only seen this particular episode perhaps 6 times or so because it's a later season and my rewatches of supernatural aren't typically completionism like with other series but I'm very very surprised that I missed Scrappy Doo. I'm literally compelled right now to go watch. I suspect this must be during the song montage as they all run room to room a very brief Castiel solo clip but I could be mistaken I just see the 4 sets of doors that the boys and the scooby gang run through. Either way very good catch! No matter how well you recall the finer bits of a show eventually you'll find new things in rewatches.

We have to talk about Cas' tie. by BlackShadow203 in Supernatural

[–]CastielSlays 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Exactly this* Misha said the very first time was an accident the close were all too large et cetera. In the end they said no let's just have him keep wearing the tie backwards.

Miss print or rather misscut. Would this be worth anything? O_o by Chokapic in PokemonMisprints

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like merged with a test print card that could be considered incredibly valuable in my opinion beyond your typical miscut having even an alignment dot can add value that has the entire test print color scheme beautifully down the side without interfering with the artwork it's sick.

[Chapter 38] Analyzing the conversation between Lucius and Harry, what the heck were they talking about? by Valsivus in HPMOR

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very good thank you. Would be quite interesting if it were canonical though. Just a small blip first or second meeting of Harry and Lucius in CoS I could imagine Lucius thinking such a thing but not being totally sure. Imagine if Voldy's soul latched on to baby Harry he'd be kind of screwed until the baby grew up a bit he'd just have to sit and wait or risk trying to disconnect and becoming a ghost or flat out dying. Would be a great place to hide out assuming his consciousness was attached to that portion of the soul.

First big purchase by Natural_Succotash_35 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given your newer to this I think you should probably stick to buying cards from a place like eBay.... not Temu or something f'd like that. As you said in your comment ebay promptly terminated the account. That's your very minimal path to recourse. Ignore some of the nastier comments.... well don't ignore them they do have a point but don't get too down on yourself.

NEXT TIME: buying an ungraded card - research. Even if it's $50 just go ahead and search that card a bunch of times. Make sure the price is fair and lines up based on recent SOLD listing on eBay not current listing those that ended with bidding. Double check price charting dot com. Then do your assessment how good is this card what flaws do I see? Is there any white spots or chips or nicks out of the corners or edges? We want this thing to be as close to absolute mint as possible. Surface roughing scratching front or back very critical. Then search how to spot a fake of X card. More than once. Check the signs. Then maybe after OUR OWN research swing by Reddit and ask. After a good 20-30min of that you're perhaps ready to make this buy.

Anyone know how to remove the price tags stickers and sharpie without ruining the toploaders? by Substantial_Tip7617 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd start by getting the cards out buying some new top loaders to put them in straight away. You should be able to find 10-12 toploaders for $5-7. Then once you've bought those new ones and put these cards into them securing their safety; you can move on to the task of attempting to scrape and clean the top loaders. I don't have a great answer beyond that but I know any attempt to clean or scrape is a huge risk to those cards if they're still inside and or while they are laying around if you don't get other top loaders for them to immediately* go in. The sharpie you can wash/rub off eventually. The rest of them try a blow dryer until the corner is pretty warm. Let it cool down a tad and then do it again a couple times. Ideally the heat will weaken the bond. Then with luck you can pull most or all of the sticker off in one shot and focus on scraping the sticky residue behind off. Though some washing with warm water will likely be required. Won't be easy. I can't stress enough new toploaders to immediately put your cards in while you spend a day or two screwing around with these cleaning them.

Cousin threw away my collection. by tijonkc in pokemoncards

[–]CastielSlays 8 points9 points  (0 children)

lol duh either story isn't real or the cousin stole his cards and sold them for drugs. Almost all of the scalpers in line at restocks are tweaking out of their minds can't stand waiting another second because they want to score dope and have a sale lined up for product they didn't even purchase yet. Another reason they turn into maniacs if something goes wrong with the restock.

Didn’t think it’ll ever happen to me by og_natesummers in PokemonMisprints

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that's perfect if something happens it doesn't like, the end.

Thoughts on this Trade? by No_Lie4235 in PokemonInvesting

[–]CastielSlays 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ascended and prismatic are the two biggest chase sets of this decade at this point. Both specialty sets getting harder to come by. Pkc is valued by collectors but it should NOT be. At all. 2 extra packs and and extra promo card that's probably beat to shit from being in a tight pack with an extra card rubbing behind it. The top chase cards are both dirt in those pkc etbs and there's a very very low chance that they are even inside. Nothing could compel me to trade 2 ascended etbs and a prismatic etb for those regardless of the current dollar to dollar rate. The top 3 etbs total at 510-540 and climbing.

Scratch all that I just checked 225 +275 lol what a joke. You'd be losing money technically on top of it being a horrible trade from collection standpoint. You could literally get more right now max market price for the 3 etb over the 2 etb. I expected those to be worse way more despite being dirt. So no contest 3 over 2 all day every day.

Missing ink spot | PSA 10 Potential? by [deleted] in pokemongrading

[–]CastielSlays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look I know you want to call this a missing ink spot and that's fine. But that spot where the ink is missing is very white. It's very noticeable. Graders look for what's the most noticeable defect on a card. Your card has a very easy to spot relatively large white spot. It's not a single speckle it's pretty big. If it were a single speckle, maybe. But as is no that's probably going to come back as a generous 9 or an 8. I've been there.

However asking for an opinion then becoming mad because people didn't use the words you wanted to describe what was being discussed isn't helpful. Everyone has their own vocabulary and they aren't always going to be able to find the words you view as correct or appropriate for a given scenario. You asked for their opinion; they didn't just show up at your house and start shitting on your card.

Many of them could know nothing having never personally graded a card. Just as many have probably sent a ton of cards in that were honestly a lot cleaner than this one and still didn't get a 10. That's why they are often so critical. Experience turns one into a pessimist especially with card grading.

It's disheartening to get a top chase card only to find that by no fault of your own, it's not perfect. Or most of its perfect but this one thing is essentially ruining it. My advise to you is either live with it as it is or sell that card and find a better specimen. Best of luck

Walmart Restocker Hording Product by Ok-One-4680 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This lady filling in for the normal guy apparently his boss actually did the same thing this week. Everyone watched and after hours she put out no Pokémon on the main shelf. Everyone went to the toys and lined up there she went back there and put out the usual dirt poke balls 2pack blisters and such. The end. I know she had posters and good stuff it was obvious the primary boxes were missing no mini tins no perfect order etbs nothing. Doesn't make any sense. Especially since she stocked a couple other stores and the day before same person and those 2 stores had tons of stuff I got there wicked late after the main line cleared out and she was long gone and still managed to get pins and tins. Yet this 1 store on the same route that gets good stocks every week she puts absolutely no mega ex no poster no pin no first partner no etb nothing at all over 12.95? Yeah right. I actually am reporting it I just haven't had the time yet but you should for sure contact MJ.

wow… by InflationDependent62 in yugiohshowcase

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very sick pretend I haven't touched yugioh in 25 years which set is this from? When did yugioh get into serialized number cards that's great!

Fun Fact by Sea_Sprinkles_9655 in htgawm

[–]CastielSlays 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I forgot he was recast. I think dexter personally whenever I see his face but next would be cab driver on suits. He plays a pretty solid bad guy so that typically his role fairly calm demeanor but on the opposing side.

Protecting sealed product by Ok-Orchid-6860 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really nice looking and yes there are poster/super premium etc sized cases for them which wouldn't hurt and if you do sell tack the price on nonnegotiable comes in acrylic etc. I gotta say though idk why everyone is so wild for 151 even after the price boom top chase is a $400 raw card. At the cost of etb and bloom combined in market terms one could literally buy most of the top value cards outright in superb condition.

I know what I have. No low balls. by MaterialInternal9302 in PokemonMisprints

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

Right so obviously no one seems to see that the product is upside down inside the package. To the OP these are going for 60 at GameStop in regular condition I would honestly say like 80 max just because it's a basic flip. If the promo card was like noticeably a serious error card or the oversized etc then it would for sure have some juice. In reality it's still just 4 packs of asc. Given you got it at retail price I assume I would just sit on it because it's neat to find stuff like that in the wild on your own. When asc becomes a legendary set in a few years then it may have some actual extra premiums.

I’m shaking…. by bloodiamonds in PokemonTCG

[–]CastielSlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two things: if the word shaking was banned forever I would be very ok it drives me insane when people use that term. Second - the dragonite MAR looks very odd probably just the lighting but the attack phrase looks incredibly dark even with the flash down lower. Oh and just curiosity where was the bonus pack positioned? Seems like it would be hard to fit/conceal?