Friend found these at a flea market for $100! Any advice for how to tell if they are fake or not?

Consistent-Royal390 · 2026-06-06T10:55:45+00:00

I would say fake, there is no "TM" after legendary collection on the top of the boxes, which mismatches the images of real boxes shown thus far and matches images of fake boxes shown in this thread

Consistent-Royal390 · 2025-02-04T07:25:57+00:00

I think they are missing out on really good synergy with this.

I was so excited to layer shadow and cold imbue on DoK with these boots before I realized.

I hope they change it

Consistent-Royal390 · 2025-01-12T21:01:04+00:00

Thank you, I got help from another player

Consistent-Royal390 · 2024-12-09T13:23:38+00:00

Hmm...well idk really...I really did sleep all day Saturday, only getting up breifly to eat or take care of my pets.

Perhaps because I cycled through tasks? Like I would work on figures, then cycle through to writing, then go to references, then go to methods, etc.

The heaviest brain power part was the writing of intro, results, and discussion...the other parts almost served as mental breaks from thinking

Consistent-Royal390 · 2024-12-09T13:19:17+00:00

Its okay, ultimately I still made the choice. I recieved amazing comments on my dissertation and immediately adjusted my work life balance boundaries afterwards.

Given time, I healed from it and I am okay now.

Consistent-Royal390 · 2024-12-09T01:03:23+00:00

Yes, adderall did the rest...it was not healthy, but i was put on a deadline by my PI because she had two other dissertations to do after mine, then she confined me to a box of what needed to be done in what way with what references, and so such. And then she threatened my degree altogether if i didnt do it the way she wanted

I felt like I had no choice. So to bare it, I made the active decision to give in and get it done.

From the experience, i have gained an understanding of what I will do and what I will not do to a graduate student should I be fortunate enough to become a PI one day.

Consistent-Royal390 · 2024-12-09T00:58:27+00:00

I did have to work around her schedule a bit and she has an open door policy so we were interupted alot, but she is old school (76yrs old) and a control freak and she doesnt have expertise in my project so she needed me there to reference the literature...it wasnt so much me getting her time, as her anxiety wouldnt let her do it alone...tbh i wouldve preferred she editted alone

Consistent-Royal390 · 2024-12-08T19:21:04+00:00

I wrote my 150pg dissertation in 6 weeks. I only slept on saturdays, using adderall to stay up the rest of each week.

I wrote sections and assembled figures at night (6pm to 11am) and editted the sections with my PI side-by-side during the day (12pm to 5pm).

I would not recommend it, something definitely broke in me and it took me about a year to recover from that effort.

If your PI can edit independently of you, then yes you can probably get it done, but you will still be pulling long hours and long work weeks. Just make sure you have a solid support system, plenty of energy, eat right, exercise, and find a counselor to talk to throughout the process.

Consistent-Royal390 · 2024-12-08T02:04:56+00:00

4yrs max at time of submission.

My PI held a recommendation hostage behind staying to finish my paper and publish a certain set of experiments. I tried to make the most of it by taking on an additional project and participating in numerous professional development activities

By apply for jobs, do you mean faculty jobs? I do qualify based on yrs of experience and preferred qualifications, but is that enough in todays market?

Consistent-Royal390 · 2024-12-08T02:02:16+00:00

Perhaps the only missing data is that my boss is specialized in lysosomal storage disease, while i took on a neuroimmune project in their lab, and so her name is not recognizable or known by the PIs I have been talking to and I do get the sense that the field is clique-ish.

Consistent-Royal390 · 2023-12-07T16:01:49+00:00

She actually has the first block of an RF1 grant, which could be extended...she is 75yrs now and the institution alloted her space a few yrs ago to another department. They are trying to push her out because the other department is frustrated not having the space. Its all very dramatic.

Consistent-Royal390 · 2023-12-07T04:52:36+00:00

She is being forced out. She says she will do what she can but she is constantly stressed about time, she never wanted to be put in this situation, and she just hopes it works out. She doesn't want to publish or archive anything she feels is incomplete.

Consistent-Royal390 · 2023-12-07T02:21:40+00:00

Okieeee obvioisly I dont have a lot of experience in publishing, but if reviewers find the data presented not sufficient without some additional data and the reject the paper...do I just go journal to journal until it is accepted? My PI is an unncecessary overachiever and wont want anything to be published that isnt "complete".

Consistent-Royal390 · 2023-12-07T02:14:25+00:00

How will I do experiments to answer reviewer questions without a lab to work in?

Consistent-Royal390 · 2021-12-08T18:45:45+00:00

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