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ToadallyAwesome posted...

Awww man! I went down a YouTube hole about that stuff about a year ago. Was really cool but the parallels thing blew my mind (I come from the CCG/TCG world. So 1/1s are wild to me).

Now I really want to see you get it. I know the full sets not only look stunning but its worth a lot more too when its complete. I wont ask the player cause I know you dont want people trying to mess with you though.

I hope you get a response soon. If you dont mind me asking how outrageous was he trying to go for it? Sucks you cant maybe try to do a cash plus trade situation. Honor amongst the hobby atleast of getting something maybe they want too.

i started in sports cards as a kid in the 80s, but i switched completely to tcgs too by 95. got back into the sports side about 15 years ago (bought some hockey boxes to get me through the first lockout), and it was quite a shock to see how much it had changed, and even those days are unrecognizable compared to today's sets.

he was asking ~125. there were three other, arguably better, 1/1s of the same player in the recently solds. one a little under 100, the other two under 50. i offered him 75 and he snap took it (like he absolutely should have. he's not going to get a better offer)

and yeah, i hate that it's wrong to show off partial rainbows because people with more money than heart can just up and ruin it for you. there's a notorious ebayer that just buys up every single 1/1 that catches his attention and jacks up the price. thankfully, he seems to have run out of money/willpower in the last few years.