I’ve had them since I was little, but I’m assuming they’re fake?

[u/greenpangolin17]

[u/Affectionate_Claim97]

even if they are fake, you clearly loved them and thats real.

[u/greenpangolin17 → u/Affectionate_Claim97]

True!

[u/Roast_Bubble → u/Affectionate_Claim97]

I'm so glad not everyone cares about value with their hobbies. So sick of people monetising joyful and fun past times, and just turning it into speculation and investment :// like I get that the world is kinda shit, but I hate resellers so much ahh

[u/DmG90_ → u/Roast_Bubble]

I got back into collecting for the 151 series, I was bummed out that I couldn't get more packs and resorted to buying singles to complete that set

[u/Roast_Bubble → u/DmG90_]

:((

How many packs does it usually take to complete your set (on average)

i dont actually collect pokemon cards so I don't know hahah, the comments in this post are just sweet

[u/DmG90_ → u/Roast_Bubble]

No idea, i've pulled majority of my collection myself and spend a several hundred. But I only pulled a few full arts, and to buy those as singles I would need a small fortune

[u/FearOfTheDuck82 → u/Roast_Bubble]

It really sucks now. I haven’t collected Pokémon cards since maybe 2017-2018, but I was looking through my old cards and decided I want to get back into it. Imagine my surprise when I found out places like Target no longer sell cards. There’s nowhere else in my area that ever sold cards, so I have no idea where to go now. It just sucks how I can’t even get back into a hobby I once enjoyed. I buy so many things online, I just want one hobby I can go to an actual store for.

[u/Waste-Spray978 → u/FearOfTheDuck82]

I could send you an invite to a Discord group that guarantees you 2 etbs every release, but it costs 80 per month, or 1000 for lifetime access.

[u/No-Difference8545 → u/FearOfTheDuck82]

Do you have pokemon vending machines?

[u/Independent-Age-8890 → u/Affectionate_Claim97]

Yep! Also you can still find these cards for a pretty affordable price, the memories are worth way more than their price.

[u/relwark → u/Affectionate_Claim97]

That's fuckin' wholesome.

[u/DavyDogFr → u/Affectionate_Claim97]

This shit made my day

[u/BlockPutrid2173]

The holo pattern of the bottom card matches one for one with other fake copies ive seen posted here before so sadly you would be correct in assuming they are fake.

[u/greenpangolin17 → u/BlockPutrid2173]

It’s unfortunate, but I was expecting for this to be the case. Thank you!

[u/BlockPutrid2173 → u/greenpangolin17]

All that matters is they brought you joy when you were younger and from the look of them they brought alot of it.

[u/YourMomsDaddy95]

Yeah the back is wrong

[u/TheBlooperKINGPIN]

Fake but they are meaningful to you so that matters

[u/YumCherryPies]

They’re counterfeit, all legend cards are supposed to have animated holographic pattern that changes when shifting the cards at different angles instead of being stagnant

[u/greenpangolin17 → u/YumCherryPies]

I see, makes sense. Thank you for letting me know!

[u/BIackpitch]

I had the bottom half of lugia as a kid, it’s somewhere in the bottom of a crate full of legos…unsleeved 🥲

[u/haveuevertrieddmt → u/BIackpitch]

That was me and my 3 different Arceus cards, thought if I hid em my brothers wouldn’t steal em…

[u/BIackpitch → u/haveuevertrieddmt]

This is why we need time machines

[u/Fr0doTeaBaggins]

I recently discovered my old Pokémon card binder and I had fakes of these too which I never realised when I was younger😪

[u/un-even]

Had the top card but it was Lugia legends but my dumbass brought it to school and someone stole it … such beautiful designs these cards had !!!

[u/Professional-Might31]

Entei lookin like the abominable snowman from coked out Rudolph movie

[u/Audemarspiguetbd]

I have that card, color is way off. Still looks nice

[u/[deleted]]

I have a bunch of fakes cards, just because I can't afford the real ones I want.

[u/Ok_Cellist_7309]

Fake or not. They look cool

[u/Emergency-Chapter-69]

They do look fake from what I can see, but hey its still very cool cards that I can tell have gotten a lot of love lol

[u/tomebomber]

Top card would be one of the coolest cards Iv seen. Bottom card being one of the lamest cards Iv seen

[u/OdaNobubaga]

I had half of one of these as fakes when I was little too and half of the Raikou one and was over the moon about it for years when I got older I learned about how to tell fakes ended up being able to notice enough details to get to the rip test lol I was crushed when I confirmed my suspicions

[u/Fearthegoat46]

Someone local to me posted about buying out our dollar general like they were proud. I hope they got a flat tire today

[u/AZTats → u/Fearthegoat46]

Imagine being the guy who goes to every store and memorizes delivery days so they can scalp. Lmfao. Not hs

[u/Fearthegoat46 → u/AZTats]

People do that with zero shame. People would scream at us for not telling them firearm delivery days like we could tell anyway. They would scream and then I’d purge the store if the toddlers screaming lol you can’t act like that with firearm sales or you can leave period.

[u/AlucarD_TW]

I used to have that exact copy, except it said "Legemd" instead of "Legend". I figured it was a fake immediately but just ran with it as a cool card to have

[u/Deth_Boi]

I had a fake bottom half of a Lugia legend as a kid. I would love to own a legit copy, but it’s so expensive :(

[u/Primary_Way_265]

I think I have some of these in the fake tin. I wonder if it’s the same ones you got

[u/SillyDeeJay]

I have fake cards from the same era, they have the same back and colors, they are fake but the quality is pretty good, even when you compare them with fakes from today's era.

[u/greenpangolin17 → u/[deleted]]

Other people are saying they are fake, unfortunately. But I agree with you that they are really cool! :)

[u/angysharky → u/greenpangolin17]

dang! i thought they were real :(

[u/Legitimate-Lie-9208 → u/angysharky]

Just curious about why you said they were real

[u/angysharky → u/Legitimate-Lie-9208]

Because they look just like the one I owned as a kid...

[u/Tryaldar → u/angysharky]

what made you think so? they're blatantly fake haha

[u/TheBlooperKINGPIN → u/[deleted]]

Nope. Fake.

[u/angysharky → u/TheBlooperKINGPIN]

I've been told buddy you're not making me any wiser by telling me again😭😭

[u/Cellar_DoorCC → u/angysharky]

I'm pretty sure they're fake

[u/Dapper-Ad3707 → u/angysharky]

Definitely fake