Podcast Monsters is kicking off 2021 with our first special guest: JP, also known as SlangTangPoke! Shinja, Dunks, and Brews introduce JP and discuss Japanese Pokémon cards, printing quality, the hype market/scalping, and more. We recap the New Year’s space sunrise stream then go off on a huge tangent on Pokémon Go, spoofing, accessibility, and more. We cover the new Blastoise & Venusaur VMAX boxes and some Battle Styles updates including new Single Strike & Rapid Strike Urshifu alternative arts. We go in depth with a recent story involving CGC grading an English Charizard VMAX card that was “inadvertently” released early. For Pokémon Go, we talk about the North Face x Gucci avatar items, NPC contest, collection challenges, and GBL season 6. Note: There is no anime rewatch episode review this week.

Talking Points:

0:0 Introductions

13:00 Space Sunrise Stream Recap

16:21 A Tangent on Pokémon Go (Shinies, Spoofing, Accessibility, & Transparency)

27:16 Pokémon TCG News

44:16 CGC Grading “Inadvertent Early Release” Charizard VMAX

01:13:25 Pokémon Go News

01:32:13 Pokémon Sword & Shield January Max Raid Battles

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