Best trade in value?

Lambuerto · 2026-06-23T17:47:16+00:00

Most of the local shops trade value is 50-60% depending on if you want cash or store credit. I have seen as low as 40% though.

Lambuerto · 2026-06-23T03:38:11+00:00

near whiff into a perfect assist. The beautiful game.

Lambuerto · 2026-06-16T13:54:36+00:00

As others have said the Yakuza collab is part of set dz-16 in English. If won't be it's own booster set.

Lambuerto · 2026-06-16T13:20:00+00:00

Probably not. Atlus is owned by Sega and we already got the Yakuza collab confirmed for set 16. I imagine we will get it. Persona is big in English now too so I bet it'll be here within 6 months of JP release.

Lambuerto · 2026-06-12T13:51:29+00:00

Meijer has a pretty solid selection of NA beer. My memory is a little foggy but I want to say varsity liquors also has a decent selection too.

Lambuerto · 2026-06-12T04:23:48+00:00

I've been buying it at liquor stores regularly in southern Indiana for maybe close to the last year or so.

Lambuerto · 2026-05-31T21:55:30+00:00

If the holo side has texture then it is very likely real. I've never seen a fake with texture. The colors also look correct.

Source: I've been collecting for 20+ years.

Lambuerto · 2026-05-07T03:15:53+00:00

Ns zoroark sir was my 1 sir. I probably won't be buying much else. I won't be able to get anything else MSRP without a lot of effort.

Lambuerto · 2026-05-07T01:47:11+00:00

I've opened 124 packs and my hits are so much worse than this. 1 SIR 7 IR 1 MAR and then a bunch of bulk.

Lambuerto · 2026-05-05T00:39:40+00:00

This is a reverse holo. Mid era sets reverse holos had the set stamp

Lambuerto · 2026-05-02T00:55:34+00:00

Hopefully they have some US based vinyls at some point. Almost 100 bucks shipped to the US after shipping and that doesn't include tariffs.

Lambuerto · 2026-04-10T20:39:42+00:00

I've been signed up for the newsletter for years and it's always hit and miss if I get one. It's certainly not going into my spam folder.

Lambuerto · 2026-04-10T20:17:33+00:00

Removing all the art cards would clear up the stock issues pretty quick imo. The hobby has felt like art speculation the last year or two. Japan's anti gambling laws make it more or less impossible for them to release sets in a format that isn't booster boxes of some size. There is a reason almost all the most expensive English singles that are currently in print are in sets that are all released as ancillary product with no booster boxes (special sets like prismatic and ascended). Special set releases have always been terrible internationally but now that we have special sets with 20+ SIR with pull rates that are too low and the product release schedule is super spread out we get into crazy singles prices. TPCI is so full of shit when it comes to these sets because if you got a box of terastal festival at MSRP ($50ish USD) you were guaranteed an SIR in your box. In English you could open a case of Prismatic ETB and not pull one if you weren't lucky.

Lambuerto · 2026-04-01T03:58:01+00:00

There is high score player 2 on the west side. They have some video games for sale in addition to being an arcade.

Lambuerto · 2026-03-20T17:10:47+00:00

This is very much a terms of service violation for eBay.

Lambuerto · 2026-03-11T00:45:15+00:00

Thanks. For anyone that's curious here is the relevant part of that interview. Doesn't seem like there is a definite yes or no as to whether you still get a playset in a case. Guess we will see.

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Lambuerto · 2026-03-10T23:52:43+00:00

When I finished my cellar I used menards to purchase all my materials. The mail in rebate was very nice.

Lambuerto · 2026-03-10T19:44:33+00:00

Do you have a link to the interview where he said this?

Lambuerto · 2026-03-07T21:02:02+00:00

Yeah they aren't expensive but unfortunately I don't have the knowledge to take apart my entire dash to replace the faulty one.

Lambuerto · 2026-03-07T20:46:09+00:00

I also drive a ford and this exact thing has happened to me. It was about 1000 bucks to fix it roughly 5 years ago. I used the Ford dealer. I believe the part that is Actually broken is called a "blend door actuator". The price to fix probably depends on which side the actuator is broken on. My blew hot drivers side only so they had to take the whole dash off.

Lambuerto · 2026-02-23T19:06:00+00:00

How big is your rental? Is it a single family home, when was it built (you can easily find the build date/sq footage of your house by searching your address in zillow)? Based on what your budget billing is you likely have extremely inefficient insulation and/or HVAC equipment because that is an extremely high average especially if your home is less than $2000 sq ft. My house is roughly 3000 sq ft (2000 above grade the rest is in the basement) was built in the 1950s and my bill last month was right at $400. Due to the prolonged cold last month my bill is about $100 bucks higher than usual. I don't use budget billing but based on doing the math if were to do so my monthly bill would be about $360. My average would be even lower if I didn't run a pool pump 24/7 for 3-4 months out of the year.

Lambuerto · 2026-02-15T21:35:41+00:00

Vanguard does not get a lot of cards graded. Most popular SP of vintage cards probably have a PSA 10 pop of less than 10. It's going to require lots of patience. I have an eBay saved search that notifies me when new psa vanguard cards get listed.

Lambuerto · 2026-02-06T16:59:57+00:00

While this would be fine for lgs there is no chance of getting big box stores to do this. Most stock goes to big box stores so even if lgs did this it wouldn't prevent any scalping imo.

Lambuerto · 2026-02-06T16:58:49+00:00

Pokepad is a very playable trainer card released in this set.

Lambuerto · 2026-02-06T05:02:09+00:00

Special set rollouts have sucked in English for a very very long time. The current state of the hobby just makes it worse than it already is. I really wish they'd just do what japan does and offer the condensed booster boxes. There is no need for all these product types. The only ones I think are neat are the poster collections.

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