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Originally Posted by Easy 6
I'm onboard with every idea you're onto, but I've always been unclear about the difference between hobby and retail... hobby is now the $1000 full box at an actual card store?
But when I buy a mini box of Absolute packs at wally world for $20-30, thats not considered hobby? only dedicated card stores get the best product? Its always seemed a strange distinction IMO
Back in the old days, I clearly remember hobby shops carrying some of the same products you could find at the chain store... help me out here, I don't get it
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Retail is sold in places like Walmart, Target, Walgreens, Meijers, etc. Oh, and the $1 3card packs at Dollar Tree. I've heard that Big Lots carries cards occasionally, but I can't confirm that. Each place will have it's own exclusive color of parallels. The way they are sold is in single packs, fat packs, hanger boxes, blaster boxes, mega boxes and Topps has tins. Those are not considered hobby.
Retail creates a lower entry price, that was originally intended for children to have access and grow the hobby without having to pay hundreds, or even thousands for Hobby boxes. Retail does have less odds of pulling something that will have great value but it does occur. Just not as good of odds as Hobby.
Hobby is what is sold in your local card stores. The entry price is much steeper, but the odds are greater you will pull auto's, relics, more parallels. Hobby depending on the product can easily cost hundreds of dollars per box. The $20-30 you are spending at retail stores will barely get you 1 pack from most products in LCS's.