I was wondering if 2025 would be the first year in a while where I would go a long time without buying any sports cards. Then a few days into February I made my first sports card pick-up of 2025 which was that Troy Tulowitzki 2012 Sega Card Gen rare foil there.
There's a card shop called Trickster right across the hall from Mint Ikebukuro. Trickster doesn't deal with sports cards, they deal with cards used for card games but more importantly they also have a nice selection of cards used for arcade games. Which includes Sega Card Gen somehow like over a decade after the game went offline.
I wasn't expecting to find any of these rares in the wild, let alone Tulo's which was the last one I needed to finish the rare foil portion of the Colorado Rockies team set from 2012.
It's kind of nuts to think about how enough time has passed that now we know Todd Helton made it into the Hall of Fame while Carlos Gonzalez and Tulo just fell off the ballot immediately this year.
But as I mentioned before on this blog, when I think of the Rockies I think of the CarGo-Tulo era and it's finally nice to get them from the set I hold near and dear to me from my first serious days in the hobby.
Also picked up some Kancolle cards used for their arcade game which is still on-going. I don't play the games but these two are cute and the artwork is phenomenal (and I am a degenerate).
As always thanks for stopping by and take care.
"go a long time without buying any sportscards" LOL
ReplyDeleteWent a solid 3 months dating back to last year.
DeleteThose Sega cards that you sent to me years ago are some of my favorites in my collection. Great stuff ZZ!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tony.
DeleteDid I ever mention how I watched Tulo play in high school?
ReplyDeleteYes, and I wasn't super sure on how to respond so I just left it on read.
DeleteCongratulations on completing your Rockies rare set (and glad to see you behind the keyboard again).
ReplyDeleteI'd love to walk into a card shop (sports cards or card games... doesn't matter) and find a bunch of these Sega Card Gen cards. Heck if I won the lottery, I'd find one of these video games and try and track down a complete set of these cards and go buck wild.
Thanks Fuji.
DeleteI've walked into that shop once or twice when visiting Mint Ikebukuro but never knew what their name was.
ReplyDeleteI mistakenly assumed they were Mint Ikebukuro forever but after the sports themed arcade card games like WCCF and BBH went away the divide is really noticeable now.
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