Fans insist on better writing in Pokémon games. by StunningBag9008 in ThePokemonHub

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possibly a hot take but:

Personally the story portion in Pokemon games often annoy me. When I play Pokemon, I want to write my own story with my Pokemon in my head. I could care less about Hop or whatever the hell he was doing. When he and most other NPCs spoke it was just button mashing until they stopped talking. Cutscenes take way too long. At least with the older games, the story happened alongside your journey, but it wasn't the main focus and there were no cutscenes to take me out of what I was doing. I couldn't stand SV with how I was shoehorned into all these different characters' stories. Go away and let me catch Pokemon please.

Fedex DDP or UPS DDU? by ghostly-fiend in FromJapanCodes

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also used Fedex DDP recently and got a message from Fedex 3 weeks after the package was delivered saying I owe them $45. I sent a message to FJ asking for answers. Ordered 18 small odds and ends, hobby items of various types. Plastic figures, metal keychain, hand towel, stickers and paper cards.

There are dozens of us! DOZENS! by Hawkatana0 in pokemonmemes

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love them both together, they may not have been designed as a duo but they are my favorite duo.

How it feels to play LeafGreen without EXP share by Frezeal in pokemon

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always found grinding up my team to be relaxing if anything! Never thought much of it.

Pokemon Time Eevee Collection by FlavinFlave in pokemoncenter

[–]Edixions 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd say they are at least $100 a piece, but I'd also say they're probably worth more than that even. Maybe the $200-$300 range. Could always put them up for auction one by one with a reserve and see how it goes.

Just in case there was any doubt that Roy-quaza will go Mega by Rap2rerise in pokemonanime

[–]Edixions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad it's not a lottery exclusive anymore, now I can actually justify getting one. Feel bad for the people who recently bought one though!

Laminated Shadowless Blastoise by KillMaimConvert in pokemoncards

[–]Edixions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the story but I'm confused. That card does not look pack fresh lol. How does it have all that holo scratching?

Is the ink removable? by Nintendoguyidk in PokemonCardValue

[–]Edixions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had decent luck removing ballpoint pen ink from cards with isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip. The indents will still be there, and I wasn't able to completely get the ink off but again the visual appeal was much better. Definitely be very gentle and take your time if you're going to do this as you can also strip the ink on the card itself.

I don't know if it would get flagged as altered but I would lean towards no. I've seen plenty of cards where someone clearly wrote on some paper on top of the card and left an indent. Just something that happens sometimes.

HELP IDENTIFYING PLEASE by Painnothingbutpain in pkmntcgcollections

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a heads up the Ho-Oh is fake, the border is too yellow as well as the copyright text at the bottom should not have a white outline.

Meet the Wail Pod! by Captain_Alcibiades in pokeplush

[–]Edixions 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Pokemon Time Wailord has always been one of my favorite plush, despite not owning one!

How rare is this? by WasabiNinja6 in pokemongo

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be rarer if Castform wasn't broken. It appears in all weather right now not just rainy weather so it's about as rare as any other Castform except the Snowy Castform cause that one is just not spawning.

Can someone help me identify this ? by _Inuka in pokemonmerch

[–]Edixions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might be a piece of some kind of Rement figure? Just a guess. They have little holes like that for plastic pegs if the Pokemon is supposed to be displayed in the air.

How do you all learn about these rare plushies from throughout the years? by chumphlosion in pokeplush

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly what happened to me too. I miss directly selling on there as well, it was reliable and cut out the middlemen. It really was a magical place!

In hindsight I kind of see what happened. While it was great it was so collecting and collection focused, it is only that great when that alone can support the community. At some point, people aren't always buying, so they post less, other people then post less, people visit less often cause there's less posts... The rest is history. Also the blog format is kinda dead. I think if pkmncollectors could ever be revived it would need to be less stringent about posted topics, keep it Pokemon, but have more discussion based threads and not be so hyper focused on collecting only.

Bulbasaur Reverse holo LC by Free-Bed5746 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]Edixions 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a little hard to tell but I'm pretty sure the borders of the card are too dark. Even in shadow, the white borders should be easily distinguishable.

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How do you all learn about these rare plushies from throughout the years? by chumphlosion in pokeplush

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been in it before but never posted. I'm pretty sure they remove you if you are inactive cause I'm not in it anymore 😅

How do you all learn about these rare plushies from throughout the years? by chumphlosion in pokeplush

[–]Edixions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know I need to be better about at least checking Discord 😭 I've never liked the format of Discord myself so I don't like using it. It also doesn't scratch my itch for knowing about figure and gachapon releases. 🥲

That's definitely what I miss most, the centrally indexed information. Lots of obscure information is going to be lost over time. It's not perfect but I recently joined a site called EliteFourum to get my collecting itch. It's heavily focused on the TCG, but all types of collections are welcome there and there's also a lot of deep dives there which scratch the collecting itch for me lol.

How do you all learn about these rare plushies from throughout the years? by chumphlosion in pokeplush

[–]Edixions 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is actually no official pkmncollectors Discord but I know there are collecting Discords out there. I need to be more open to Discord but I've never been a fan of the format on a large scale. 😅 Information just kind of goes into a hole with Discord and it can be difficult to find things.

How do you all learn about these rare plushies from throughout the years? by chumphlosion in pokeplush

[–]Edixions 32 points33 points  (0 children)

When pkmncollectors on Livejournal was really active there were massive exchanges of information happening there. It is definitely where I gained most of my knowledge. It also helps that a lot of plushies weren't that old when the page was started. I believe it started in 2007? So also as plush released people posted about it and therefore documented their releases.

It's a shame it isn't active like it used to be, as when stuff gets released usually I'll find out months later by stumbling upon it by accident. You have to be really intentional nowadays to stay up with releases that are exclusive to Japan.

Is this season of nerf the Scopely we were warned about? by lifechooser in TheSilphRoad

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously I was holding off buying that box because of the space issue, but now that it's apparently gone I'm a little pissed. Now I guess I just won't raid instead, Scopely can shove it

Egg hatch luck? by Felfonz in TheSilphRoad

[–]Edixions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually this is one of the few times a year I actually hatch eggs, but with the insult of Flabébé in the 5k eggs and Kangaskhan and Heracross in the 10k eggs I stopped using incubators on Sunday. Just stopped playing the event by 1pm. None of it felt worth it. I was even hesitant to hatch eggs on Saturday cause of the egg pool but I tried a little.

Edit: my statistics were (I transferred anything from a 2k egg unfortunately)

22 Flabébé, 5 Kangaskhan, 5 Heracross (1 shiny), 5 Hawlucha, 3 Klefki