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One of my local trading card stores got in the Chinese 30th Anniversary Pikachu blind box figures… so naturally, I bought an entire sealed box to guarantee the whole set!

A sealed box guarantees no duplicates - you’ll usually get all twelve standard figures (like I did), but there is a small chance of the secret figure replacing one of the standards at random.

One of my local trading card stores got in the Chinese 30th Anniversary Pikachu blind box figures… so naturally, I bought an entire sealed box to guarantee the whole set!

Surprisingly (to me at least), Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons are actually less complicated internally than original Switch Joy-Cons, and I actually had a very easy time taking mine apart and replacing the shells (pics later).

I finished a video game for the first time in a year and a half!

We’re still in the process of unpacking everything at our new house and getting back into hobbies, but I really wanted to play this game as I waited almost two years for my physical copy from Rock It Games.

Oh my god, it really is game over now.

We’ve been talking about the ‘inevitable’ all-digital future for years now but it feels surreal that’s it’s *actually* happening. PlayStation has been my platform of choice for multiplatform/third-party games due to its trophy system, but I guess I’ll be switching to Nintendo from 2028.

Oh my god, it really is game over now.

We’ve been talking about the ‘inevitable’ all-digital future for years now but it feels surreal that’s it’s *actually* happening. PlayStation has been my platform of choice for multiplatform/third-party games due to its trophy system, but I guess I’ll be switching to Nintendo from 2028.

There were some really decent announcements in last night’s Nintendo Direct. First time in a while that I’ve thought “this is a good year for video games”. And yet the game I am most excited for came out of the Xbox Showcase. Never thought I’d say that.

It’s Spyro, by the way.

I went to a Chaos Rising prerelease yesterday, placed 19th out of around 24 people (tie, loss, loss)… but in the end I kinda won the event when I pulled this from my last participation prize pack!

Honestly? Tempting…

I’ve said it before; the Pokémon Adventures manga has the best storytelling of all Pokémon media, in my opinion (and I’ve only finished the Red & Blue and Yellow chapters so far).

There seems to be quite a few new and returning Pokémon fan sites popping up lately, and I am LOVING it! So heartwarming to see fans return to the independent web space. It’s motivating me to get back into working on PokéPrint (my laptop needs a new battery again, however).

The LEGO Venusaur, Charizard & Blastoise set got delivered to my PO Box yesterday! I won’t be opening it and putting it together until we move into the new house in a month or so, so I guess it’ll be our housewarming present to ourselves.

What I did not know, when I went to the post office yesterday without a car, is that it weighs OVER TEN KILOS! I had to take it on the bus and walk almost a kilometre home carrying it yesterday. Damn thing better be worth that effort!

Easter is in two weeks and I don’t think the Pokémon Center has revealed this year’s Easter merch line yet. Should I be panicking? Because I’m panicking.

Well… Easter is over and still no 2026 Easter/spring Pokémon Center merch line. I guess they want to focus on pushing the 30th Anniversary merchandise instead.

I forgot to mention, but I went to a Perfect Order prerelease a couple of weeks back, and it was so fun! I didn’t realise how much I missed attending these - the last one I went to before this was XY—BREAKpoint, and that was ten years ago!

Easter is in two weeks and I don’t think the Pokémon Center has revealed this year’s Easter merch line yet. Should I be panicking? Because I’m panicking.

I’m not going crazy right? They haven’t announced Easter merch yet? I know they’re focussing on 30th Anniversary merch, but they usually announce Easter stuff pretty early, sometimes even in January, so it’s weird that they haven’t shown anything yet.