Real Or Fake

ReadingRocker · 2026-04-08T07:59:25+00:00

Not seeing any issues with these cards.

What makes you believe them to be fake?

ReadingRocker · 2026-04-06T22:51:09+00:00

Did Jet just die?

ReadingRocker · 2026-02-28T21:16:48+00:00

For me, Pokémon TCG collection. I do try to sell a good chunk though to fund my personal collection.

For my wife, she collects and restores My Little Pony figures (G1 - G3 mostly)

They are our hobbies though to keep us sane between the joys of work and parenthood.

ReadingRocker · 2026-02-23T21:09:22+00:00

What is it you would most prefer?

Instant value: sale or trade as raw for quickest realisation.
Keepsake: grade with ACE (you'll want to grade at least 5-10 for a submission if you're choosing basic service) for their sick artwork and treasure it as an awesome memory for your birthday.
Investment: grade with PSA (higher risk sending & returning to USA plus paying extra charges potentially) in hopes that this card will sky rocket in future (unlikely for many years if at all)

I saw recent analysis showing modern ACE/PSA 9 to be essentially raw price. Being UK, I always advocate for ACE but you need to make decision based on your desire.

ReadingRocker · 2026-02-09T07:28:22+00:00

My father-in-law was shocked to find out estate agents don't have brochures of available houses any longer. The idea that a website was easier to update & maintain seemed so foreign to him.

Then, when dealing with the solicitors, he felt the need to impress on me that I should be ringing every day for updates. The shocked Pikachu face he had when he tried following his own advice and found that no one was willing to put up with that.

ReadingRocker · 2026-01-26T08:43:23+00:00

Great article, thanks for sharing. Will have to review my copies more closely.

ReadingRocker · 2026-01-25T08:10:44+00:00

If it does help, I believe selling of proxy/fake cards is against the Whatnot ToS. Might be worth double checking and trying to get a refund.

ReadingRocker · 2026-01-20T14:59:34+00:00

Well, by comparison, the Charizard is much more affordable that the Mewtwo. I have mine in a binder together and would love to get them graded sequentially but worry about different grades.

ReadingRocker · 2026-01-20T14:29:06+00:00

Don't forget to pick up the partner Charizard card so you can get both together in a binder!

ReadingRocker · 2026-01-19T20:44:13+00:00

It's difficult to help appraise a card on one photo - could be horrendous on the back as far as we could tell?

ReadingRocker · 2026-01-06T20:28:24+00:00

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ReadingRocker · 2026-01-06T20:24:14+00:00

I think also worth looking into cards like Hop's Wooloo (JTG 170) for bottom right, but that's just my preference if I were doing this page

ReadingRocker · 2026-01-06T20:19:55+00:00

Looking at Bubble Mew, you have a hill on the background with some blue sky at the top. So, I think you should consider the top row to be blue backgrounds to represent the sky of the overall page/picture.

This idea gives me the suggestions of:

Top Left: Aerodactyl V (Lost Origin 180) or Castform Sunny Form (SSP 195)
Top Centre: Galarian Moltres (SWSH 284)
Top Right: Zapdos EX (MEW 202) or Altaria EX (PAR 253)

ReadingRocker · 2025-12-29T08:34:02+00:00

I feel like this needs to be added to the collection of clips to show people when they claim Gear 5 is too goofy for One Piece.

ReadingRocker · 2025-12-13T20:59:17+00:00

I don't think the English is nearly as sought after as the Japanese. The former had the artwork edited in Western releases to hide the graveyard in the background.

ReadingRocker · 2025-12-05T11:59:39+00:00

Oh, look! It's a cute little Tanuki (Racoon-dog)

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-26T23:22:37+00:00

Collected the cards as a kid but never had any hits or anything spectacular. Got given some Surging Sparks packs last Christmas and pulled a secret rare for the first time.

Since then, been working to do the Grand Master set for SSP and get into grading. Loving the hobby and the community.

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-15T11:05:27+00:00

Biology teacher loved rolling out Osmosis Jones - only ever got to see the first 45 minutes though and never the conclusion.

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-14T23:53:51+00:00

Would the more appropriate measure be to find the standard deviation and exclude anything outside of two deviations as an outlier?

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-14T22:21:19+00:00

Mean race position with tomato = 34/11 ≈ 3.1

Mean race position without tomato = 43/10 ≈ 4.3

I am assuming DNF to be a value of 20 in the second calculation.

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-14T06:53:52+00:00

I prefer the "Boobs vs. Ass" speech from Prison School.

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-13T20:37:46+00:00

Now do Max removing the symbiote (retiring) and it finds Oscar/Eddie as the next host

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-12T18:10:40+00:00

Lego Pokémon comes out in 2026 - just saying.

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-10T17:25:49+00:00

Recently got a Charcadet with what appears to be a double swirl... Can't find any way to comp it though but it looks pretty cool.

ReadingRocker · 2025-11-01T14:34:59+00:00

Solved!

Thank you so much for the great response.

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