Soooo it was my birthday yesterday, and I dove head first into my e-Card era master sets. 😬
Sorry for the length, I enjoyed writing this and brain dumping.
SETUP: In 2013 I bought a few booster boxes of XY era expansion sets, kids received pack rewards for good grades, doing chores, etc. After a 2014 move, we forgot all about them until we found them tucked away in storage in 2023. Whoa. Pulled back in to Pokemon TCG world.
NOW: Recently found a couple Skyridge cards at a show that I fell in love with. I did a little research and made the very foolish proclamation that “I’m going to master set e-Card era!” (meaning Skyridge, Aquapolis and Expedition)
YESTERDAY: Went to a smaller, no-admission local show and had an absolute BLAST. I’ve been to massive shows of all sorts but I have learned that I like the smaller shows where tables cost less and vendors tend to bring more cards that they maybe wouldn’t bring to larger, more expensive shows. I found about 50 cards towards my goal, a lot of LP or better for 50 cents, a dollar or two. I unfortunately found some that were a bit more expensive.
I normally don’t spend like this, my kids and I have a number of themed collections (fave being “seeing double” where we collect cards with more than 1 instance of the same pokemon, like all Ghastly or all Eevees.) yesterday it was my birthday, I was enjoying the hunt, and I didn’t just but everything I saw, I picked up a lot of things. What is pictures are the more important cards. Wish I could find someone with some bulk singles for these sets!
TL;DR: recently proclaimed my desire to master set a vintage e-Card era, went to local show and spent waaaaaaay too much. It’s ok, I’ll have fun vending in my retirement. Or passing the cards down to my kids. I justified it by telling myself happy birthday.