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So my daughter said she only wanted to collect “a few Pikachu cards”.

Naturally, being a supportive parent, I thought: great, nice little bonding hobby, maybe a page or two in a binder.

Anyway, here we are. Three binder pages later and I’m starting to suspect “a few” in six-year-old terms actually means “every electrically charged yellow rodent ever printed by mankind”.

We have happy Pikachu, angry Pikachu, surfing Pikachu, flying Pikachu, birthday Pikachu, chubby vintage Pikachu, Japanese Pikachu, Pikachu dressed like it has a better social life than me, and several Pikachu cards that appear to have summoned the entire extended family for moral support.

The funny thing is, this is only a limited number of them. Apparently there are still more. Many more. An alarming amount more.

I used to think Pokémon collecting was about cards. I now realise it’s about explaining to your child why a tiny shiny mouse can cost more than a weekly food shop.

Still, she loves the binder, and I have to admit it does look pretty awesome.

So yes, we are now officially a Pikachu household. Our electricity bill has remained unchanged, but emotionally we are fully charged.

I started collecting last October because I wanted a hobby I could enjoy with my daughter. It began innocently enough. She wanted some Surging Sparks, I thought “that sounds harmless,” and then, somewhere between opening packs and pretending I had self-control, I caught the bug.

Naturally, instead of being sensible and collecting a few cards I liked, I decided the only reasonable course of action was to try and complete the entire Pokédex.

As you can see, I am still a considerable distance from becoming Professor Oak’s favourite student, but the collection is slowly taking shape.

It has been brilliant fun so far, especially sharing it with my daughter. Although I must admit, she seems far better at pulling decent cards than I am, which is both wonderful and deeply irritating.

Anyway, this is the Dex so far. Plenty still missing, but we’re getting there.

Gotta catch them all… just perhaps not before payday. less

I started collecting last October because I wanted a hobby I could enjoy with my daughter. It began innocently enough. She wanted some Surging Sparks, I thought “that sounds harmless,” and then, somewhere between opening packs and pretending I had self-control, I caught the bug.

Naturally, instead of being sensible and collecting a few cards I liked, I decided the only reasonable course of action was to try and complete the entire Pokédex.

As you can see, I am still a considerable distance from becoming Professor Oak’s favourite student, but the collection is slowly taking shape.

It has been brilliant fun so far, especially sharing it with my daughter. Although I must admit, she seems far better at pulling decent cards than I am, which is both wonderful and deeply irritating.

Anyway, this is the Dex so far. Plenty still missing, but we’re getting there.

Gotta catch them all… just perhaps not before payday.

I started collecting last October because I wanted a hobby I could enjoy with my daughter. It began innocently enough. She wanted some Surging Sparks, I thought “that sounds harmless,” and then, somewhere between opening packs and pretending I had self-control, I caught the bug.

Naturally, instead of being sensible and collecting a few cards I liked, I decided the only reasonable course of action was to try and complete the entire Pokédex.

As you can see, I am still a considerable distance from becoming Professor Oak’s favourite student, but the collection is slowly taking shape.

It has been brilliant fun so far, especially sharing it with my daughter. Although I must admit, she seems far better at pulling decent cards than I am, which is both wonderful and deeply irritating.

Anyway, this is the Dex so far. Plenty still missing, but we’re getting there.

Gotta catch them all… just perhaps not before payday.

PT 2 as I couldn’t upload all images.

I started collecting last October because I wanted a hobby I could enjoy with my daughter. It began innocently enough. She wanted some Surging Sparks, I thought “that sounds harmless,” and then, somewhere between opening packs and pretending I had self-control, I caught the bug.

Naturally, instead of being sensible and collecting a few cards I liked, I decided the only reasonable course of action was to try and complete the entire Pokédex.

As you can see, I am still a considerable distance from becoming Professor Oak’s favourite student, but the collection is slowly taking shape.

It has been brilliant fun so far, especially sharing it with my daughter. Although I must admit, she seems far better at pulling decent cards than I am, which is both wonderful and deeply irritating.

Anyway, this is the Dex so far. Plenty still missing, but we’re getting there.

Gotta catch them all… just perhaps not before payday.