Recent content by Pokemon1982

Real 3D art heads know that Planeta and 5Ban are the Ken Sugimori of 3D ( they use the stock game models), and Eske Yoshinob and Ayaka Yoshida are where it's at.

They getting the kids started on waifu acrylic stands early. I get they're big in Japan but I feel they'll flop here.

? CASINO NOW

Looking at the BlackMilk merch and yeah, it looks like anime stock art that you can find on bulbapedia: https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Art_from_Pok%C3%A9mon_the_Series:_Ruby_and_Sapphire.

I mean, TPCi has no reason to answer the question. You can just look at the merchandise. Even high-end collabs, like the ones they do with high-fashion brands, are just stock images. There was that $900 FENDI Dragonite shirt. UNIQLO seems to be the only exception, and that's probably only...

Is that Snom the first 3D art rare we've gotten?

I agree. I feel older artists can get away with sneaking some weird off model things in (like the realistic grandma in Mimikyu AR from Shiny Treasure), but it sucks to see how newer artists are railroaded into following the reference sheets to a T. I actually would have preferred the draft...

TPCi makes the same money selling you a holo rare or some crazy tournament prize, so I mean... not much to actually be made here.

The binder collection is incredible value

Where's his neck

I mean be reasonable. Pull rates are suddenly halved, and people are seeing some god boxes have 20+ secret rares, and now there's all this backdoor stealing going on. I think it's a completely rational conclusion.

I guess Fusion Strike pull rates were a test to see how low they could go while still retaining buyers. What better time to test than when everything is scalped and selling out?

How many of the 27 million printed are also energy, and code cards? You get nearly as many energy in an ETB as you do regular cards...

Nah. I'm glad they buffed the pull-rate to 2 per box. They were annoying when you bought a box and all you got was a full art. As bonuses to the guaranteed gold and alt art, I'm fine with them. Plus they look nice in binder spreads. Looks like a character select screen.

There's more to opening a pack than just the relative value of cards to each other. If every two of three packs needs to have non-holo rare Quagsire and Alcremie, just to keep the prices of Zekrom and Decidueye up 15 cents, why even bother? I'm not justifying the price increase. Given how much...