Starting from a small church basement with an idea of "What if there was a card show closer?" Poke_Bondo has since expanded his locally run card show into large venues and even started his own brick and mortar card shop in today's wild pokemon card market. Listen in as we dive into how he got started collecting, logistics around running a card store and card shows, and where the future will take Bondo now that he's gotten some great support from the community!

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What does it take to visit a card show and walk away with something truly special for your collection? If you're a regular attendee or someone who has never been to a card show, this episode is all about Pokémon card shows and what you can do to strategize your trip. TeamPokeColors dives into personal experiences and tips and tricks you can use to help make your journey that much better, and completing your goals that much more achievable.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro: why this episode is all about card shows

1:00 - What makes card shows worth it, and who you'll meet there

3:50 - Tip: Go in with a goal (and pick the right size show)

5:06 - Yesterday's hunt: chasing the Celebrations master set

10:41 - Grab Celebrations now, before the 30th anniversary set

15:30 - The floor yesterday: the summer slowdown and overpriced slabs

19:49 - Working the room: budget discipline and comparing tables

21:52 - Repacks, dollar binders, and hunting cosmos holos

24:10 - How to negotiate (whoever names the first number loses)

30:33 - How vendors price a collection, and building relationships

34:23 - Why cards hit different in person: art, swirls, and subsets

38:11 - Hidden gems in the clutter and buying with intention

44:03 - The #1 tip in today's market: avoid the scalpers

46:20 - Funding the hobby: selling sealed to chase what you want

51:41 - Selling smart: lowball buyers and fair percentages

54:57 - Wrap-up and what's next for the podcast

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When is a good time to sell? When is a good time to buy? Should you wait to sell or wait to buy? How to be ahead of the market by collecting what you like without going into debt? All these questions and more will be answered in this episode! Join me in a warm welcome to our first guest on the Holon Radio Podcast: Bismack! Bismack is a well respected seller on both X and eBay with over 3,000 transactions and positive feedback above 99%! Tune into this episode as I pick his brain around buying and selling and how you can follow the same patterns used to scale your own collection, and have fun while doing it!

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro and welcome to the guest

1:00 - The guest's collecting journey and how he got into selling

4:00 - Is the summer slowdown real? (shows and online) 6:20 — The big graded-card auction and whether the market has a ceiling

8:10 - Card show recap: the crowd, vintage finds, and low turnout

13:30 - Why a slow summer is actually a buying opportunity

15:30 - Timing the market: buying modern singles near their lows

20:00 - Modern value: illustration rares, Mega cards, and set history

34:00 - The 30th anniversary set: hype, preorders, and the Celebrations comparison

42:00 - When to sell: riding the hype and staying liquid

47:30 - Practical selling tactics: pricing, offers, and relisting

55:00 - Collecting that pays for itself, and what to keep vs. sell

1:00:00 - Master-set building and a long-term collecting philosophy

1:09:00 - Chasing specific cards and appreciating the art

1:13:30 - Collect your own way, and outro

Links

Guest links:

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Collecting niche Pokémon Cards in the era of empty shelves. What constitutes a niche card, and why collecting them might be advantageous for your own collection. There are patterns in the Pokémon card market that keep repeating, and once you start seeing them, you stop chasing whatever everyone's hyping this month and start reading the hobby itself. In this one I get into why the niche cards, the ones that sat in binders as bulk for years, end up doing the craziest numbers, and how I try to spot them before the rest of the timeline catches on.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome, and why niche subsets are the budget play

01:30 Reverse holos: a short history and the patterns to watch

05:00 The ones I'm watching: stamped EX, Masterball, and Pokeball reverses

13:30 Investor bros, hype cycles, and getting priced out

16:00 How I actually hunt cards (Conduit, artwork, and low pop)

22:30 Getting ahead of the curve and reading the trends

33:30 Scalper vs smart collector, and knowing when to sell

43:30 Collect what you love, and my master-set goal

51:00 Where to find me

Links

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I'm Clark, but you probably know me as TeamPokeColors. After 10 years making Pokémon content for over 20,000 collectors and investors, I finally started a podcast. Welcome to Holon Radio.

This first episode is the introduction. Who I am, how I got into the hobby, where I land on the Pokémon card market, and what I'm building right now with Conduit, my condition grading and pricing app for collectors.

If you care about Pokémon TCG collecting and investing, raw and graded singles, PSA grades, vintage sets, and where the market is actually heading, this is the show for you. Episode 1 sets the table for everything coming next.

I'm glad you're here!

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome to Holon Radio

01:16 Who I am: an EX-era collector at heart

04:21 How the channel started (Furious Fists and my cousin Alex)

06:36 Burnout, the break, and selling it all for college

08:15 Coming back for Hidden Fates and the thrill of the hunt

10:04 From the 2020 boom to today's GameStop prices

12:44 What to expect from the show

14:04 How I collect now: low-pop PSA 9s and the PSA shutdown

16:31 Trading a $500 modern ETB for vintage holos

18:14 How I think about grades

19:15 Building Conduit, my card pricing app

19:52 Why TCGplayer and eBay prices don't agree

23:38 Collector first: no coins, no financial advice

28:11 What Conduit does and where it's headed

34:38 YouTube vs newsletter vs podcast

36:33 Guests, cadence, and Q&A

38:49 Pack openings, God packs, and the scalper question

43:04 Next episode: the patterns behind niche card booms

45:52 Wrap-up and where to find me

Links

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