Meet thatvirtualboy

In the late 90s when I was 10, PokéMania was real. I would dream about going on Pokémon adventures with Ash Ketchum who was also 10. My name in Pokémon Yellow? Ash. I collected everything that had a Pokémon on it. I traded cards at lunch and on the playground. Charizard was the ultimate grail. Burger King had life-size Pokéballs with 23k Gold collector cards. eBay was the only place to discover exotic and different cards. Then, Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back came to theaters and we all lost our minds. Free promos with Kids WB stamps. The collection was only growing.

Somehow along the path of growing up, I lost interest. Lost or sold my cards. Got rid of my posters, shirts, and toys. All of it - gone.

Then in 2018, Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee came out for the Nintendo Switch. A remake of the Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow I loved so much. Playing that game was like getting slapped in the face with nostalgia. The story, the map, the music - it was perfect. Then I started to notice TCG packs here and there, and would pick some up for my kids for Christmas stockings. More Pokémon games would come out and I'd play some with the kids. But then it happened.

Scarlet & Violet 151 was released. The ultimate nostalgia bomb for millennials like me. And better yet, Costco had pallets of them! The rest is history. Like so many others, 151 sucked me back in and I've jumped straight into the deep end!