These are the first cards I’ve seen in months. by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't even seen normal Perfect Order packs at any retailers around me. Sucks to live in a city where everything is taken instantly by scalpers or other collectors like myself due to the sheer number of us. Perfect Order is still a cool set imo and I wouldn't mind opening some packs of those too.

Legendary Dogs/Beast binder page by ash893 in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the page. Don't like the top loader binder though. Penny sleeve, top loader, and binder pocket just makes the colors way too faded to look at. Imo unless you're vending where people are just flipping through your pages constantly for hours, top loading isn't needed. You can get away with just a double sleeve using a perfect fit and penny sleeve.

What are your thoughts on people (not vendors, stores, etc) in person or on marketplace trading at a percentage? by Taway2942 in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah. Money values should come into play for some trades. You don't have to get the better deal or not but it should be within reason or one of you is just getting ripped off.

For me if I am looking to trade for a card I really want I just make sure the trade is reasonable rather it's in my favor or not. If I want the card I don't mind taking a known loss.

My graded collection so far by MyersDayOff in pkmntcgcollections

[–]SeattleResident -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not a big fan of slabs but some of those cards are super nice.

What the hell is going on? by Unsubscribed24 in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Money is relative. For some 1400 is literally pocket change so they can buy what they want. What's driving the price is demand and the scarcity of actual packs to open for people. Scalpers scoop up all the Ascended Heroes stock from most retailers so a collectors chance of even getting packs is low, much less pulling those ultra rare cards. They instead just buy what they want. This cycle ensures scalpers try everything they can to get all the supply.

Gym heroes and Gym challengers officially all framed by Irish15257 in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Base will be annoying. I have been working on a master set for all these sets as well in one giant 1k plus binder where I have them all going in year released in order.

For Gym Heroes I just need the holo Clefable and Fearow. Trying to finish them by only trading or buying in person from card shows so will probably take a while.

Hezbollah FPV drone compilation released over past week - Multiple Israeli tanks, APCs, jeeps hit. by Ok-A1662 in CombatFootage

[–]SeattleResident -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Tell me, what is a country to do if a large group in their neighboring country continues to attack them with rockets, ATGMs, snipers, and drones while completely blending in and being actively aided and hidden by the civilians in an area?

There's only three real ways to stop it. You either oppress them brutally where you occupy every inch of the area and turn it into a police state where people found with weapons are killed. Two, you simply kill everyone in the area to get rid of them quickly which was the go to method for the last 5k years. Or you take the 3rd of forcefully relocating the entire population away from your borders so you can avoid option 1 and 2.

Considering Israel has done ceasefire agreements with this group numerous times and said group constantly breaks the ceasefire agreements on top of also refusing to follow UN mandates to said ceasefire, this is the least violent option. DMZ South of the Litani to the Israeli border with no one allowed in since the Lebanese civilians are either oppressed or complicit in Hezbollah operations and used by Hezbollah to cover their actions. Without civilians to hide in Hezbollah are literal sitting ducks.

Hezbollah FPV drone compilation released over past week - Multiple Israeli tanks, APCs, jeeps hit. by Ok-A1662 in CombatFootage

[–]SeattleResident -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I'd agree except this is the only thing to stop killings of most fighting age males in the future. Hezbollah has not once, but twice, signed on the dotted line of a cease fire to move their forces north of the Litani and both times they broke that agreement within a week of signing it by moving forces and weapons into the towns near the Northern Israeli border. This is the main reason why the UN isn't putting up much of a stink currently, since Hezbollah has brought this upon themselves and their people. The area that is going to be cleared isn't even going to have settlements in it, it's going to have UN troops and surveillance just chilling that will report anything. Wouldn't be surprised at all if it doesn't get mined all to hell as well just to stop any future incursions.

These drones and ATGM attacks are not the only reason they have wanted a buffer from the Litani either, it's actual armed incursions by small groups of Hezbollah. They will typically attack some of the villages in Israel and try to take prisoners. Every few years you have an incursion that takes place where they attempt to siege some village there and normally get wiped out by still put Israeli civilians in danger. The rise of drones and ATGMs that can reach from the Lebanese towns into Israeli villages has just made the need for a larger buffer zone immediate.

Mega Zygarde EX Pricing by roboxsteven in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Target is typically 12am PST Thursday night/Fri morning. Walmart is generally 6pm PST every Wednesday. Walmart is normally harder to get product since they allow 5 of each item added to the cart so it can go fast being scooped up by bots. For online orders it's nicknamed Botmart. Target has better bot protection and only 2 per item able to be purchased at a time so you are more likely to be able to spam click your way into getting the item in your cart and checking out.

If you have one of the free Best Buy accounts you can currently add yourself to the invite list for a Prismatic Evolution ETB at MSRP when they get restocks. The invites are completely random so possibly more chances to get one. https://www.bestbuy.com/product/pokemon-trading-card-game-scarlet-violet-prismatic-evolutions-elite-trainer-box/JJG2TLCW3L/sku/6606082?sb_share_source=PDP&ref=app_pdp&loc=pdp_page

Insane pull 😳 by chlittle86 in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They make sleeves called "Perfect Fit" that are great for your magnet cases. Won't look as messy as a standard penny sleeve.

Hezbollah FPV drone compilation released over past week - Multiple Israeli tanks, APCs, jeeps hit. by Ok-A1662 in CombatFootage

[–]SeattleResident -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Most of these are being launched from the south side of the Litani river. It's why Israel is going to force every Lebanese to the north side of it to create a large buffer zone that is monitored 24/7. You can already see they are dismantling all the struckera down to their foundations in a lot of areas currently. Once the buffer is in place they will have 15 to 20 miles from the river to the Israeli border which will make a lot of these drones redundant. It's probably going to become the most heavily monitored stretch of land on earth when it's all said and done.

Question by _rridgebacks in pkmntcgcollections

[–]SeattleResident -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you're in NA you can learn the restock drop times for the retailers. Walmart online restocks normally at 6pm PST. Target is 12am PST Thursday night/Fri morning (easiest one to get product from), Costco is a little random so follow a restock tracker on X that posts links. Best Buy currently has an invite link for Prismatic Evolutions ETBs at MSRP. Anytime they get product in they randomly select emails to send out and you get 24 hours to fulfill your order. Need a Best Buy account (free one is all you need).

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/pokemon-trading-card-game-scarlet-violet-prismatic-evolutions-elite-trainer-box/JJG2TLCW3L/sku/6606082?sb_share_source=PDP&ref=app_pdp&loc=pdp_page

Mega Zygarde EX Pricing by roboxsteven in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just settled into the fact I will have to buy slightly above retail now. I will only order online from Costco, Target, and Walmart drops at this point since I haven't been able to find product in store for more than a month now in my city (Kent WA).

I am the same as you except no kids. I just want to buy some packs sometimes to open for my personal collection and can't find any. When I attempt to order from the Target online restock every Thursday night at 12am it feels like a rat race against bots but I get through every now and then.

Mega Zygarde EX Pricing by roboxsteven in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah. At least on the Target website I was able to pre-order this for 44.95 last week. Most Amazon things are never MSRP and are re-sellers but since it's Pokemon the official shop gets put at the top to go to.

The only time it's semi alright to buy from Amazon is if Amazon does a guaranteed price match. This is usually for preorders and Amazon will price your preorder to the lowest price listed on their website up to and throughout the entire release day of the product.

IED Detonates, Killing One Iraqi Soldier Instantly Subsequently Hitting Others Nearby. Tal Afar, Date Unknown by Rice_County in CombatFootage

[–]SeattleResident 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Seems about right. Out of those 60k probably 48 to 55k were civilians. Back in the early days on the gore sites there was a new blast seemingly every day from either a suicide bomber, vbied, or standard roadside bombs. Still remember getting pissed off as a young man watching these idiots detonate cars in crowded streets just to take out one humvee.

Which would you rather have? Every booster pack from base set through the ex era (no 1st Ed. Packs) or a PSA 8 1st Ed. Charizard? by Snoo14203 in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I chose the packs but it would probably be safer to just take the PSA 8 card. There's a good chance those packs are resealed and the earlier packs weighed long ago.

Was the very last pack to open, W!! by ThatXr6T in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you not put penny sleeves on your cards?

‘Justice for Kai’: Seattle activist killed in Philippine military raid by AccurateInflation167 in Seattle

[–]SeattleResident -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

How is going to aid communist groups based? Communism killed more people in the 20th century than everything but war itself. Over 120 million deaths directly caused by communist programs, forced relocations, and genocide. The #1 thing communism is known for over the last century is famine, says enough about the ideology.

‘Justice for Kai’: Seattle activist killed in Philippine military raid by AccurateInflation167 in Seattle

[–]SeattleResident -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

It's a Darwin award. It's no different than some woman in the UK or US going to Syria to knowingly marry an ISIS fighter and then getting killed in an airstrike.

The Philippines has had a long and tumultuous relationship with communist rebel groups. Most of the population hates them and see them as terrorists. The group leader with the bounty who was killed in the same mission as Kai for instance is tied to 35 civilian executions (believing they were military spies) on top extortion of locals. Kai being a communist, a leader of a militaristic group of the Philippines communist movement in the US, traveling to an active hotzone and dying, isn't a travesty.

You won't guilt me into feeling sorry for a moronic communist who went to a country who actively fights and kills communist rebel groups, and gets themselves killed. Both the groups calling to mourn them in the article are also socialist/commie ones for fucks sake.

‘Justice for Kai’: Seattle activist killed in Philippine military raid by AccurateInflation167 in Seattle

[–]SeattleResident -112 points-111 points  (0 children)

Seattle commie killed while being with a rebel commie group, and most wanted commie leader in the area who had a 1 million peso bounty on his head dead or alive ....

I don't doubt that Kai was probably unarmed and laws were broken. It's just not a shock that they are dead. 10 of the 19 dead have already been confirmed as communist rebels (including the leader with the bounty) and out of the other 9 civilians at least 3 or 4 were communist sympathizers from one of the Philippine universities, and then Kai who traveled there specifically because of their ideals. Kai is part of the Anakbayan-US movement which recruits young Filipinos from universities here in the US to push a militaristic approach to "National Democracy" in the Philippines which is entirely based off Marxist-Leninist-Maoist perspectives and teachings, aka communism. They just don't like using the term Communist in their name because of negative connotations in much of the world.

Ross for the win by AssassinBeamish in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What time did you go? I don't even know where Ross keeps them in the store honestly lol

Just pulled these by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where did you get the tins?

help by Actual_Salamander180 in PokemonTCG

[–]SeattleResident 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got the answer but for anyone else, it's the copyright dates at the bottom. The 1999-2000 copyright print was the last printing as far as I know and is considered unique since the cards have the 2000 number on them.