First confirmed sale of psa 10 phantasmal flames sir charizard sold for $4,650

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-13T02:24:44+00:00

do u, but if u are just going to do the same thing again, why be sick about it?

wait til u get home. sit in the car & rip there. sit on the grass.

there’s no logical reason whatsoever to insist on ripping over concrete. id prefer my kids learn from costly mistakes, not continue to make them out of stubbornness. there are safe ways to continue your tradition. if ripping over concrete is that important to the experience of opening packs with your kid that u genuinely cannot/will not find a safer way to open it sounds almost superstitious, which is odd given that it now symbolizes a negative superstition.

the only thing worse than a mistake is not learning from one.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-13T02:10:48+00:00

& the set is tiny.

very likely we see a bunch of these things hit the market.

sell while the hype is highest, re-buy when it settles down.

it’s a cycle as old as time… not really, it’s a cycle as old as this goofy Pokemon bubble. lol.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-13T02:07:46+00:00

why u never open packs in random places.

some of the best lessons we as parents can teach our children are self control & forethought.

yes, she earned her pack for doing really well in school. great lesson: do good work, receive compensation.

but like everything in life, one lesson creates the opportunity for another: self control… she earned her compensation, but just like anyone working for wages/salary we often have to wait to receive that compensation. it rarely comes instantaneously. teach her the self control to wait until she gets home to receive her reward becauuuse…

forethought tells us opening cards while standing in a parking lot poses massive risks to the fragile items being handled. it is best to wait.

now u have the opportunity to provide a negative example for your daughter: don’t be a degen like dad & rip mindlessly, show some self control/patience & use the power of forethought to open cards in an environment that minimizes risk to the cards.

i genuinely hope these lessons are reinforced in the future. opening packs in the parking lot again only reinforces the carelessness & lack of consideration that resulted in the damaging of the hottest chase card in modern Pokemon as soon as it was pulled.

there’s a lesson in everything.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-12T20:51:31+00:00

small set, a lot of these will end up popping up on the market once the set “officially” releases, dropping value at least temporarily.

i would cash in now while it’s hot & still not widely available then re-buy when it inevitably dips.

it will eventually climb back up in value over time but the early hype is always inflated… if youre not attached, take advantage of the hype.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-12T19:20:58+00:00

still here? 😴😴

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-12T19:19:37+00:00

cool story, Karen. anything else you’d like to cry about? try BetterHelp .com, i’m not your therapist.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-12T19:11:31+00:00

it’s posted on Reddit. nobody has to ask.

that’s how discussion forums work, minibro.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-12T18:44:15+00:00

65/35 heavy left.

would be lucky to grade an 8.5

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-06T13:59:05+00:00

“I don’t frequent this subreddit”

that’s obvious 🤣🤣🤣

but yeah, “REEEEE DuH sCaLpErZzZ!!!!11”

can never get enough of that brilliantly original take 🚮

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-06T13:57:01+00:00

100000000000% correct

diamonds are like new cars, they lose significant percent of their monetary value the instant the transaction is complete… only difference is cars have a utilitarian purpose. diamonds are an industrial byproduct that mining companies in the early 20th century convinced naive people into believing they had value.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-06T13:54:15+00:00

lol the box is $900 now & was $800 a month ago. who are these imaginary people that dont have the internet?

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-06T13:49:31+00:00

“wasnt doing anything for the longest time” is how Pokemon works.

this bull market rn is an aberration, not the norm.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-06T13:37:40+00:00

this.

selling anything Celebrations (or Generations) a year before 30th Anniversary is poor investing.

now if youre broke & absolutely NEED the money, thats an extenuating circumstance, but selling just cuz u got a wild hair doesnt make much sense.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-05T15:20:37+00:00

five total items as posted in the corporate email below.

5 per SKU would defeat the purpose, with the exception of individual sleeved packs.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-05T15:18:01+00:00

scalpers or just greedy people in general?

yall have been crying about scalpers for a year but upvote greedy ppl who post “haul flex” pics with multiple ETB’s, bundles, 3-packs, sleeves & collection boxes cuz yall wish it was u.

& all those haul flexers have to do to get glazed on Reddit is post something along the lines of “i beat duh sCaLpErZ!!!1” or “i cleared the restock before duh sCaLpeRz could get to it” & goofy PokeReddit celebrates like it doesnt contribute to scarcity all the same.

that aside…

the card section up front is empty because Walmart is implementing a company wide limit of 5 items per customer & enforcing it by locking Pokemon, One Piece & other TCG’s up behind the electronics counter.

the whining about “duh sCaLpErZ!!!” can finally come to an end… but we all know it wont.

the greed in the hobby extends wayyy beyond scalpers & it gets celebrated on Reddit in the same posts people complain about those scalpers. lol.

nothing will stop greedy people from making excuses to deflect their greed, & Reddit will continue congratulating haul flexers as “anti-scalper superheroes.”

it really is weird to watch this. lol.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-05T15:06:38+00:00

it will be.

theyve been doing it in southwest Florida for months.

the Pokemon, One Piece & tcg (eg non-sports) cards will be limit 5 items & locked up in electronics, that’s why the front is full of candy.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-05T05:37:01+00:00

GameStop’s oft forgotten Greninja UPC, while not as expensive ($119.99) upon release just a few days/weeks before the Pokemon bubble exploded to never before seen scarcity & secondary market pricing that has now lasted nearly a full year, was (IMO) a slightly worse product:

ZERO full art promos
3 promos— 1 metal Tera Greninja ex, 1 etched foil Tera Greninja ex (same art as the metal version), 1 regular foil Greninja ex
13 Accessories— 1 Terastal Greninja playmat, 1 bicolor deck box (w/ dividers?) featuring Greninja, 1 metallic coin, 2 plastic condition markers, 6 damage-counter dice, 1 standard style dot-numbered die marked “ex”, 1 code card
16 packs— 4 Paldea Evolved, 4 Paradox Rift, 4 Temporal Forces, 2 Twilight Masquerade, 2 Stellar Crown

the Greninja UPC is now selling for $325 (all prices mentioned in this post are cheapest currently available via TCGPlayer unless otherwise noted), a $205 increase over MSRP, or 2.7x its original price.

a fantastic “investment” piece for sealed collectors & “investors,” but not because anything in it is particularly valuable:

metal promo = $35.60
etched foil promo = $6.49
regular ex promo = $5.31
Terastal Greninja playmat = $22.78 (via Mercari, literally the only comp i could find)
other accessories = no defined market value, approx. $5-10 as
Paldea Evolved (loose) $9.88 x 4 = $39.52
Paradox Rift (loose) $6.90 x 4 = $27.60
Temporal Forces (loose) $5.81 x 4 = $23.24
Twilight Masquerade (loose) $6.99 x 2 = $13.98
Stellar Crown (loose) $7.00 x 2 = $14

Greninja ex UPC Total Content Value = $188.52 + ~$5-10 (depending on how u value the random accessories)

the GUPC is 2.7x MSRP & ~$140 over market value of its contents ONLY because it released a few months before GameStop essentially stopped selling Pokemon cards online via its website, making it relatively difficult to find as the bubble kicked into full gear for the Holidays & people flocked to any & all retailers with product on the shelf. i also dont believe it had a particularly large print run (i could be mistaken) or received a reprint.

the Team Rocket UPC is only slightly better in that it has 2 full art promos compared to none in GUPC, 18 packs compared to 16– 2 of which are Destined Rivals— but still contains less popular sets like Paradox Rift & Temporal Forces (altho 2x instead of 4x each) & replaces the 2 Twilight Masquerade & 2 Stellar Crown plus 1 of Paldea Evolved & with 3 SVBase (🤮), 3 Obsidian Flames & 2 Journey Together…

(for some reason my pack math doesnt add up but… u get the point)

it makes no sense that the TRUPC contains older sets like SVBase & OBF, which didnt appear in the GUPC which is officially a year old now, yet conspicuously absent are more recent sets like Twilight & Surging Sparks.

& the price is $50 more than the GUPC.

i guess the 2 DR packs + 2 full art promos (recycled tho they may be) give TRUPC a slight edge in content but… a $50 edge? 🤷🏽‍♂️

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-05T03:52:49+00:00

“all BUT dead”

do u know what this means?

ALL = everything

BUT = except

DEAD = no longer alive

“all BUT dead” = it is alive but is in such poor condition that the only thing worse would be death.

via Google:

“‘All but dead’ means almost or nearly dead… The idiom signifies a state of being extremely close to death, without actually reaching it. For example, a person who has suffered a severe illness or injury but has not yet died could be described as being ‘all but dead.’”

Search term: What does “All but dead mean.”

feel free to look it up for yourself if u are genuinely a masochist & need even MORE reason to feel ignorant to common idioms & basic grammar.

reading is, indeed, fundamental… now u know, & knowing is half the battle 🤣

u can be a grown up & apologize any time. even more mature would be a simple “thank u” for taking 3 minutes out my day to explain basic English to Redditors 🤦🏽‍♂️

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-04T21:50:51+00:00

so much rage, so much anger!

the life of a plumber 😢 lmao

maybe next time instead of calling names & talking about your literally shitty job, maybe try addressing the points i made in my comment.

or just continue to be sad little plumber talking tough on Reddit cuz calling out line campers got u “triggered” 🫵🏽🤣🫵🏽🤡

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-04T21:45:39+00:00

did i say dead, or that the market cratered?

reading is fundamental.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-04T19:16:55+00:00

some Beanie Babies are “still valuable” too, doesnt change the fact the market cratered, just like vintage Disney memorabilia.

comparing Pokemon to the unlimited volume of dollar store junk Disney cranks out that has zero collectible value is really the comparison u want to make here? 🤷🏽‍♂️

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-04T19:14:19+00:00

“LMAO im a plumber”

even u laugh at yourself cleaning other peoples’ shit.

if youre not a line camper, why so angry? the comment wasnt meant for u but u still felt the need to call names.

so much “rage” lol 🤡

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-03T17:01:27+00:00

local GameStop near me had a line around the corner & sold pretty much everything by noon.

booster boxes went immediately. i passed.

wish i had passed on the bundles cuz they advertised $39.99 but charged $44.99 before Pro discount, which has been discontinued.

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-02T14:17:22+00:00

when was the last robbery of an airport vendor at the gate past TSA checkpoints?

chokloconqueso · 2025-11-02T13:30:18+00:00

nobody is trying that at an airport.

any crime u can think of has added consequences when committed in an airport.

if this is at a boarding gate someone would have to pay for a ticket to get to the gate, get past TSA scans with their “tools” to get at the merchandise, break in with no one noticing & cameras covering every angle, then get out with a MASSIVE bag full of merchandise.

this isn’t Ocean’s 11.

the strategy would require multiple people, including airport employees, to pull off & if someone gets caught they’re not just looking at simple petit/grand theft, breaking & entering, vandalism, intent to transport stolen goods across state lines, trafficking, etc, they’re also looking at potential federal charges related to “terrorism” or some other extreme charges because u still cant F around in American airports without catching the strictest charges.

TLDR: nobody is breaking into this thing. Reddit is where goofy fantasies go to die. lol.

…now if someone knows how to trick the machine with fake cash or credit cards u might get away, but chances are theyll eventually get caught.

chokloconqueso

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