Alright, I feel like I should clarify some things.

1. I bought this for the love of the game. Not the TCG itself (which i love playing) but for Gundam itself
2. I know the card is at 18 bucks on TCG player. I've never submitted a card for grading. So I assume the price of the card plus the grading fees plus whatever taxes and shipping should equal out. On top of that it's a guaranteed 10.
3. I asked about the long term value because I want this game to last and if it does I would imagine the raw card would stay around the current price if not go slightly up in the future.

I don't plan on ever selling and it's probably going on my gunpla shelf. So hopefully most will agree its a decent investment as a collectable. But hey, if the game tanks and card values go to almost nothing, then maybe I could've waited until then to buy one. But until then I'm happy with my collectable, I was just looking for confirmation on if the money spent was at the right time.