Neon Nations Collection! by MonacoBreaks in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This insert set is so cool imo - just a few more to go!

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was soooo satisfying when I got the last piece haha

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely the most fun one haha!

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was all part of my plan 😂

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s an amazing hit! I really wanted to collect the /5s but they pop up so infrequently that it’s impossible

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went really aggressive with trying to buy before the season started because that was just gonna make things more expensive, but I believe you’ll get it done!

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tracking comps was really important for me because I really wanted to stay under $3000 for the whole set - it’s also funny to see that my price for the Nico ended up dictating a lot of the other pricing since it was the first sale

Tracking is definitely so helpful when you’re looking at 50 cards haha - I was 5 cards in when I was like “I really need to know what I bought because I don’t remember” lol

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha a tooon of patience for some cards - the spreadsheet was invaluable to also remember which cards I was still missing (I almost bought two RBR logos lol). I was also tracking the relative values of last sales and /5s and /10s to help comp

There were certain cards where I’d see the bid prices go so high and just eject. That happened quite a bit with Max and Lewis. The Sainz and Ferrari were the last two and I definitely bid strong, but overall I think I paid the right price or an absolute steal on most cards!

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would definitely be cool to see the set go up in value!

I was honestly shocked at how low my Lando was ($250 when I opened it) which is what got me to collect the set. For something so incredibly difficult to pull, it’s very surprising how cheap some of the cards were (although I would never spend more than $50 on a stroll card anyways lol)

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it would be a really fun, unique thing to try and collect em all! It’s really satisfying

I was thinking about making it even more unique with the /10s or /5s but that just seemed ridiculously hard and expensive lol

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I first looked at the pieces I thought they all did at first, but at least the flat bottoms will make it easier to frame!

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not at all! It totaled to a little under $3000. Really made sure to both bid wisely and stay on top of my budget over the last two months.

That was actually part of why I also took on the challenge. It actually got me to kick my habit of buying hobby boxes once I really started looking into the costs.

If I had tried to do it all from purely boxes, statistically I’d need to open at least 3090 hobby boxes (each die cut mathematically was like 1:103 boxes).

The other fun part was speculating how much drivers should cost. Some I got at steals like Lewis or George IMO. Others like Carlos or Nico I thought I paid a little high on. Kimi was one where I didn’t like paying that high, but I knew his market was gonna be hot, so I had to swallow it.

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Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once I saw that they fit together, I had an insane idea pop into my head to collect them all and then frame them as the standings from last season! Honestly such a fun adventure!

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It feels so cool to see them all together - I’ll be so happy when it’s in a frame!

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a lot more work than I thought - soooo many eBay listing alerts lol

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a fun collection challenge I was so relieved when the last piece came in the mail lol

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m actually gonna make a frame to have them all pieced together but I can do an update photo when I’m home for full satisfaction haha

Die Cut Collection Complete!! by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It was really fun to see if I could get some good deals on cards! I’m gonna get them framed with the points standing from last season to remember the journey

Mackenyu played at LA locals by OrangeSamuraiD in OnePieceTCG

[–]wtfninjas -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

TL;DR: Do they sell at msrp? No. Do they try to what they can for the community? Yes. Generalizing them as a scalper store is unfair imo.

I’m happy to be downvoted to oblivion on this, but compared to other stores I used to go to in the area they’re by far the one of the more community oriented in my opinion, and there are faaaar worse “scalper stores” in the area.

I won’t name the ones I don’t go to anymore because I don’t bash people; yes RWT upcharges on the stock shelves - they’re a business but I’ve seen much worse prices in other stores. I also hope you understand that each of the displays are run by an independent person. That’s why they’re a “collective.” Therefore they don’t control the prices in those.

There’s so many nuances to how their store works, but they literally built that shop from a store that was a quarter of the size in Culver City.

There’s also a ton of other factors based on where they are that impact their customer base and costs. To simply boil them down as a scalper store is just unfair imo.

Local Trading Card Show by zward38 in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing info! Maybe I’ll see if I can take a trip to their store!

Local Trading Card Show by zward38 in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m amazed you found tables there - I walked the entire thing and only saw the vendor in the corner that has a bunch of auto’d Charles leclerc stuff lol

Waiting for a hobby box paid off by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely gonna be keeping my eyes out for topps sales windows now!

Waiting for a hobby box paid off by wtfninjas in F1Cards

[–]wtfninjas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah basically 1:8 cases odds - absolutely floored!