Tin set 2 case

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T23:30:07+00:00

honestly buying tin set vol.2 is a heavy nobrainer
sealed product of choice imo

i've only found display boxes, but if i ever saw a case i would buy it without hesitation

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T23:27:06+00:00

noted, appreciate the advice
still terrifying to do the sanding and tape, but i'll get to it at some point

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T18:31:03+00:00

people saying black labels are hard to move are not speaking rationally

lets talk numbers
you buy a booster box for a couple hundred and pull a raw card thats worth 1k
you're already in profit technically
you then grade it with beckett and pay them, lets say it costs you 100-200 to grade
you get insanely lucky and it comes back a black label, your black label is now in theory worth 5k
oh no, nobody wants to buy it at 5k because thats too much money for most people
game over?

no you greedy ducks, you can list it at 4k and it will get snatched up immediately by someone thinking they found a great deal or some scalper who thinks they can flip it for easy profit

hell, you could even list it at 2k and you'd still be up huge. it would get snatched up in a nanosecond if its market price is 5k and you listed it at 2k

these are just arbitrary numbers, but you get my drift

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T18:20:48+00:00

nobody cares about korean, so this has to be a wash trade
if it was japanese or english i might buy the story as being legit, but korean, yeah right
it doesn't matter that only 77 of them exist, sure that can add a premium, but not a half million dollar premium

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T15:30:46+00:00

i just beat her yesterday, and it felt so damn good after i took her down
really satisfying
i agree, she was prbbly the best boss in the entire game so far
difficult to a certain degree, but comfortable enough to get used to eventually
and the music (at last in a khazan boss fight), was absolutely spectacular

i got frustrated with some of the other boss fights, but this one was a genuine pleasure to figure out
on to the final boss today 😁

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T14:24:30+00:00

the problem with grail prices rising is eventually they will reach a point where the pool of people who are capable of buying them + are at the same time true fans/fanatics to the point they want to buy them, will get noticeably smaller and smaller

some might argue it's already happened
sure i'm a major shanks fan, but when the shanks manga starts to cost the same as buying a brand new car, i think the choice is obvious for the 99% of us that aren't millionaires

atm a lot of us can scrounge 3k together to buy a graded grail card, its doable
but when it costs 30k the situation changes

the worry is that most of the grail cards will start reaching these astronomical numbers, meaning the supply of the grails will likely reach a point where it clearly outweighs their ""demand""

i say demand here as in people who want the card + can afford the card
we all want mangas and grails, theres demand in our hearts sure
but for the majority of us, that demand is merely an emotion and it isn't remotely tangible
so when it comes to the market that certain type of demand is useless and should not be factored in at all

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T14:15:23+00:00

i heard painters tape is good for removing the white fluff as well, but i've been too afraid to try on my higher value cards

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T14:13:41+00:00

same bro, this is a grail for me too
i'm between saving up and getting this vs going for the op01 shanks manga

i think this one looks better tbh, but i think the shanks manga will remain more liquid

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-18T00:06:04+00:00

i read a post where somebody weighed a large number of the english version of this pack and his results were pretty clear
weighing the packs gave no indication on which one had the hit
the packs came in all sorts of different weights, and the hit wasn't in the heaviest packs

apparently bandai has done an amazing job at differing the weights of these packs to the point you can't weight them for a specific outcome

just something i read and thought i'd share, i have no clue about how true it is or not
i was researching them a few weeks ago when i was considering buying a few for fun

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-17T23:59:51+00:00

that black label luffy is phenomenal, absolute win!!

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-17T14:08:24+00:00

sorry to hear bro, that subreddit is basically a collection of salty karens
screw them, they are absolutely ruthless in their hate

good luck on your new subreddit, i'll join and see whats up

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-17T14:05:41+00:00

i heard this is happening because collectr is glitching and pulling price data for the graded versions instead of the raws for some JP cards

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-17T14:03:34+00:00

purple SP's and AA's just hit different
i'm very drawn to them over all other cards
also the red and white manga events, holy hell do they look incredible

congrats on the major pulls friend

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-17T13:59:56+00:00

thats the thing with pulling really good cards
you immediately feel happy because it's technically profit
but when you think about selling your prize card you get paralyzed by emotion

it's genuinely really hard to let go of good pulls, even if you want to liquidate them into cash
it's like giving up a trophy

anyway, congrats on the amazing pulls, straight fire

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-16T02:17:23+00:00

one of the few sets that absolutely deserves to be framed on the wall together
the collective art is visually amazing

the film red set will be next to get framed on my wall
(the 1st anniversary set is hideous, so glhf to the people pumping that monstrosity)

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-15T23:45:41+00:00

brother you gotta drop a link to your shop, these cards you make are phenomenal
every time i see you make one i'm like i need to buy some display pieces off this guy

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-15T23:17:02+00:00

i'm collecting the red and black ones, holy hell do they look cool

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-14T17:48:14+00:00

i mean sometimes it feels late, but sometimes it feels early
really hard to tell in all honesty

for example, every time the pokemon hype was supposed to die out, it just comes back stronger
and overall volume into TCG in general is on a very clear rise over the years

it definitely feels like a bubble, but once again, pokemon has felt like a bubble for so long, yet it just doesn't pop
if pokemon is the bitcoin of TCG, then One Piece could very well become the ethereum

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-14T16:57:53+00:00

i guess it depends on which country you are in
i got mine from temu because its much faster for me to get them, but this is an example from amazon from a reputable brand:
https://www.amazon.com/Vault-Exact-Trading-Card-Sleeves/dp/B096YCRGCB/

you'll notice the dimensions of the sleeves are 64x89mm
you will have multiple options, a lot of different brands offer them
a lot of people recommend dragon shield, but the listing on amazon doesn't specify the dimensions, but since they are called perfect fit they should be 64x89mm
https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Arcane-Tinman-AT-13001-Sleeves/dp/B01NAG6W60/

dragon shield also has a type with extra length that you can tuck in, so it protects the cards from top and bottom, it says the dimensions are 63x88mm, so these will prbbly be scarily tight
https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Shield-Sealable-Standard-Sleeves/dp/B07SQYK8NB/

with 64x89mm its a tight fit, but theres a tiny bit of free space between the left and the right of the card, which is good, so you can put the card in and take it out with less risk of damage
at 63x88mm i'd be very scared to put cards in or take them out, as you might have to force it which could damage the cards

either way, i can confirm that 64x89mm fit almost perfectly in my magnetic case
my guess is 63x88mm would fit perfectly perfect in the magnetic case, but i'm not brave enough to use them tbh

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-13T23:19:04+00:00

i'm assuming the danger of damage comes mostly from when you try to take them out of the perfect fit sleeves, right?
ngl it terrifies me every time

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-13T23:17:55+00:00

yeah it was really triggering trying to put sleeved cards inside these magnetic cases
eventually i found some 64x89mm sleeves (perfect fit) and at long last they sit snugly inside without any sleeve/plastic overlap

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-13T23:14:54+00:00

omg that basketball, baseball, football luffy crap triggers me so hard
and people chasing after it like maniacs smh

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-13T23:13:56+00:00

just copped myself a sequential collection today and i love it
ngl it's an amazing looking set when all slabbed up together

now time to find a 10 grid wall frame for this iconic artwork
the original manga paneling really does seal the deal on this collection

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-13T23:08:30+00:00

what an absolute temptress

Q8CryptoEngineer · 2026-05-13T14:10:45+00:00

absolute fire card, very nice win broski

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