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September 23rd  (2PM to 5PM)   Bedford Yard Card Party   The PokeChalet will be hosting a Pokemon Show and Tell and Trade Event on September 23rd from 2PM to 5PM.     Events Show and Tell – Many of our friends and family don’t want to hear us talk about Pokémon, so let’s talk about it together.  Bring a backpack or binder with some of your collection pieces you’d just like to ‘show off’.    Trade & Vend – Part of our hobby is buying, selling and trading.  Bring your trade binder and feel free to sell your dupes to...

As many people will say, collecting should be treated as a marathon - not a sprint.   There are many many cards.  There are many cards, card arts, card types and Pokemon to collect.    There are many different type of collectors as well:  Favourite Pokemon Collector - someone who collects cards of a specific pokemon.   Favourite Artist Collector - someone who loves a particular artist art style and collects cards illustrated by that artist Theme Collector - like roofs? there are people who collect cards that have roofs on them.  World is your oyster!  Under water collectors unite! Set Collector-...

Here at the PokeChalet.com, we are lucky that we've found community in the hobby.    We highly recommend you try to find community in this hobby as well! Here are some of our favourite things about collecting:  Looking at our cards! Creating videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TKKCollector  Trading  Working Shows/Booths Opening packs with friends (Playing TCG Live)  As owners of a Pokemon store, our father and son escapades are something that is linked to meeting other collectors (and customers) and being able to grow our store. We've had to make hard decisions (re-home great cards with customers) in order for us to stay open.   We...

We are a store with owners who collect.  This puts us in a position to collect in a different way than 99% of collectors.  Examples of this advantage include the following:  We can buy sealed product from our distributor prices (plus GST) and we get it right away. We can see the good buys first! (on trade-ins) We can accept trade-ins for store credit!  There are lots of good collection practices that you can adopt as someone who doesn't have a store.  Here are some ideas:  Avoid overpaying!     Do your research!  Google! Investigate! Can you get it better than MSRP ?  Build...

We will be getting more inventory as the set continues to release products. Although there is no sign of an additional print of ETBs, the other products look quite interesting.  We will be carrying additional products:  Crown Zenith Elite Trainer Box – January 20, 2023 Crown Zenith Collection – Regieleki V & Regidrago V – January 20, 2023 Crown Zenith Mini Tins – February 17, 2023 Crown Zenith Special Collection – Pikachu VMAX – February 17, 2023 Crown Zenith Tins – March 17, 2023 Crown Zenith Pin Collection – Rillaboom, Cinderace, Inteleon – April 2023 Crown Zenith Premium Playmat Collection...