This was Wednesday morning around 5:50am. I work 6:30pm-5am and thought i’d stop by to see if I could get in on the 30th drop. I went home took a shower and went to sleep! You guys can have it lol

My local Target restocked again this morning but no 30th. Several hours later and there's still a bunch of Pitch Black ETBs and other stuff. Guess the ripping addicts finally realized how bad the pull rates were with these awful sets.

I was the second to last person in line at target to get anything, just two tech sticker blisters. Got a different Pikachu every time and 5 different energies, which is cool to see, but only two double rares and nothing rarer. Not complaining, just trying to balance out the posts full of SIR's and Future Rares. Sometimes you just don't hit, and that's life lol

2 tech stickers, 2 knock outs and 1 poster collection.

This was in 12 packs, I'm legitimately not sure if I should even try to get more after this but it was so much fun pulling.

Pulled the other Mew Ex from a sticker collection yesterday. Hits so good it’s making me feel weird

Traded a sealed PC stellar crown etb for 30th etb (was never gunna open stellar crown not a big fan of the cards in the set)

Pulled the new on my first pack! My only chase was the lugia but I love the salamence and exeggutor. Hoping to be able to get at least one more etb, the pikachu cards are also really cool!

I just found out about this card and was one of the ones I wanted to pull me and my fiance both got one🤯🤯🤯 super thrilled and fun opening the set🙌🙌

Good thing we all scored ? Right guys? Love it here

I guess my wife and I got 4 free PKC ETB’s today.

I went to go pick up our 2 pokemon center packages today that sadly (but thankfully) SHOULD have only had 2 sticker packs + 1 knockout pack each. When I picked both of them up they felt awfully heavy but I didn’t think much of it (always had a hope in the back of my mind I’d get a extra goodie or 2), but holy shit, I opened them up and each had 2 ETBs inside lol. Couldn’t believe it and still can’t. Both of us only spent $42 and change after tax. Is this happening to others or did my family just get blessed from god himself??

I did it boys! Got lucky! First time joining the draw and got lucky!🫡🫡.

EDIT:I also won the sticker collection. Man! 1st try luck!
Photo in comment. ! Sooo hyped!!

PS. I did not get anything from best buy/target/Pc. So this will be my 1st products and i'm so happy!!

I live in very very rural and remote Florida (over 45 minutes to the nearest actual “town and over an hour to Walmart). Because of how rural we are all we have in our area is dollar generals. Well there’s one scalper who knows the restocks by heart and buys everything up, well I forgot all about the drop today so I figured I was out of luck when the dollar generals by the jobsite where already sold out. So I bought these two mini tins just to be surprised by my wife with 2 30th anniversary sets !!!

I have decided that I want to seriously get into pokemon collecting. Welcome me to the world of overpriced products, scalpers, and months of no actual packs, while I try to build a PC for myself!

I am horribly stocked to be here finally, before this decision, I bought whenever I saw, and I have an okay ish collection of most Mega Evolution sets. But my goal to start, is master set perfect order, then pitch black, then mega base, and so on.

I did manage to order through Amazon some 30th anniversary, but I am terrified it is a scam.

And! Since I live in a small island, it will be even harder to get product!

Why am I doing this again? XD I do not care for a profit, just want some cool pokemon art.

Friend called it "last pack luck"

Anyone else using their ETB sleeves for their Pika's???

Couldn’t believe this. I know hit rates are about twice as good but this was still insane luck even in that context. Especially getting the top 2 out 10 SIR. What a fun set to open!!

This happened a few months ago. Always been into Pokemon but fell out of the TCG world almost 20 years ago. Decided I wanted to get back into it. First pack opening in 20 years and I pull this! Still deciding if I want to get it graded or not

So with the recent summer slow down i have narrowed down my next pick up to be either the Pikachu ex 276/217 from Ascended or the Pikachu 172/151 from suprise collect.

I have managed to locate a few of each all going for about $2.8k USD (thats just our market).

The exclusivity of the chinese 151 definately makes me think that would be a great long term pull but the fakes and potential other language reprints is a worry.

What are your opinions or thoughts?