http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2f__jm4 ... re=related
If so, I was wondering what your reaction(s) are?
I have to say that I was quite saddened when I watched this. First of all, the time walk and underground sea are right next to each other on the rare sheet, and unless something unlikely happens I think most of the time you will get two rares that are vertically adjacent to one another on the rare sheet. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) Hence this has got to be the second best possible pull from a Beta starter (the best being lotus + anything).
The thing that is so disheartening to me about this video is that Mr. Chang does not even seem to really care or get particularly excited about his pulls. And in any case, he will just resell them as graded cards anyhow. There are so many collectors who would die to merely open a Beta starter at all, even with garbage rares. The excitement of doing so would be huge. Add to that, lucking out and finding not only an underground sea but a time walk as well? Wow. That would be a day to remember! Mr. Chang on the other hand seems fairly nonchalant.
It is also strikes me as odd that a professional dealer would decide to open such a rare commodity. I think everyone here knows that you open beta starters at your own risk - the odds are against you, and it is overwhelmingly more likely that you will end up with considerably less than what the sealed product is worth. I am definitely not trying to suggest any foul play or anything, but it just strikes me as very lucky and a bit surprising (surprising that he would have decided to open it in the first place).
I guess I would ideally like to have seen some collector who saved up to buy that starter open it and get those rares, rather than someone who buys and sells such high value cards every day without thinking twice of it. Instead there is now one less beta starter with power rares in it.
What are others' thoughts? maybe I'm making a big deal over nothing.
[Edit: By the way, I love how he has like $30,000+ in cards just sitting on his kitchen table!
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