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Articles
Collecting
- Your first card show: a plan
- How to avoid FOMO buying
- Buying online without getting burned
- A card show checklist
- Collect by theme, not by set
- Collecting with kids without losing your mind
- Why condition matters more than rarity
- How to display a collection without ruining it
- Fakes, reprints and the tells that matter
- Gifts for collectors under $30
- Gifts for a collector when you do not know the hobby
- How to host a trade night at a shop
- When a collection is worth insuring
- Keep a want list, not a wish list
- Organizing a collection by set
- Pack opening etiquette
- How to photograph a collection
- How to plan a toy shop road trip
- How to track prices without checking every hour
- What to ask before you trade
- Selling at a show for the first time
- Selling your first card
- How to set a collecting budget that survives the year
- How to ship a card so it arrives alive
- How to start a collection without wasting money
- Storage basics for toys and cards
- Storing toys without a spare room
- Trade etiquette for kids and adults
- How to value a collection
- What to do with bulk cards
- What to do with duplicates
- When to sell (and when to hold)
Comparisons
- Anime shops vs comic shops
- Blind boxes vs booster packs
- Board games vs card games
- Card shows vs shop events
- Collecting with kids vs collecting as an adult
- Comics vs manga
- Graded vs raw cards
- Hobby shop vs big box
- Hobby shops vs craft stores
- Building sets vs model kits
- Local shop vs online
- Plush vs squishy toys
- Puzzles vs building sets
- RC vs model trains
- Booster box vs bundle
- Singles vs sealed product
- Squishy vs fidget toys
- Toy collecting vs card collecting
- Toy stores vs card shops
- Trading cards vs figures
Cards
- Collecting on $20 a month
- Building a deck on a budget
- Card condition, explained
- Humidity and your collection
- Draft vs constructed
- Your first tournament: what to bring
- What grading costs after fees and shipping
- How card shops actually make money
- How set size changes the math
- How pack odds actually work
- How to check a shop before you drive
- How to price a card you want to sell
- How to read a price guide
- How to sell a collection without getting taken
- How to spot a reprint or a fake
- How to store cards without wrecking them
- The risk in 'sealed investing'
- Sealed vs singles, explained without the hype
- Consignment, explained
- How many packs to finish a set
- How to make a fair trade
- What a grader looks for
- What grading actually costs after fees, shipping and the sale
- What happens at a trade night
- What a case hit is
- What a prerelease actually is
- When grading is worth it
- Why bulk is worth something
- Why card prices move
- Why new sets sell out
- Why shops buy collections
Market
- Collectibles are the growth engine
- How the Fad Index is built
- The Labubu collapse, in two numbers
- Pokémon's anniversary year, measured
- What 300 recalls say about the low end of the toy market
- The toy year is not flat
- What a census of 3,000 independent shops shows
- The $297 million squishy summer
- The squishy summer: how NeeDoh became a $297 million category
- The 2026 toy market in five numbers
- The toy market grew 7% while games and puzzles grew 45%
- Trading cards are seasonal, and the data shows it
- Why fads fade on a schedule
Fad Index
- The Fad Index leaderboard: what rose and fell in the last 90 days
- Action figure: what the interest curve says now
- Amiibo: what the interest curve says now
- Bakugan: what the interest curve says now
- Beanie Babies: what the interest curve says now
- Beyblade: what the interest curve says now
- Blind box: what the interest curve says now
- Bluey: what the interest curve says now
- Care Bears: what the interest curve says now
- Chiikawa: what the interest curve says now
- Fidget spinner: what the interest curve says now
- Funko: what the interest curve says now
- Gashapon: what the interest curve says now
- Hello Kitty: what the interest curve says now
- Hot Wheels: what the interest curve says now
- L.O.L. Surprise!: what the interest curve says now
- Labubu: what the interest curve says now
- Lego: what the interest curve says now
- Magic: The Gathering: what the interest curve says now
- Mini Brands: what the interest curve says now
- Monster High: what the interest curve says now
- My Little Pony: what the interest curve says now
- Nerf: what the interest curve says now
- One Piece Card Game: what the interest curve says now
- Play-Doh: what the interest curve says now
- Pokémon Trading Card Game: what the interest curve says now
- Rainbow High: what the interest curve says now
- Rubik's Cube: what the interest curve says now
- Skylanders: what the interest curve says now
- Sonny Angel: what the interest curve says now
- Squishmallow: what the interest curve says now
- Tamagotchi: what the interest curve says now
- Teddy bear: what the interest curve says now
- Transformers: what the interest curve says now
- Warhammer 40,000: what the interest curve says now
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game: what the interest curve says now
Fad post-mortem
Gifts
- Gift ideas for a 10-year-old under $15
- Gift ideas for a 10-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 10-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 10-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 2-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 2-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 2-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 3-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 3-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 3-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 3-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 4-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 4-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 4-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 4-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 5-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 5-year-old under $15
- Gift ideas for a 5-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 5-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 5-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 6-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 6-year-old under $15
- Gift ideas for a 6-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 6-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 6-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 7-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 7-year-old under $15
- Gift ideas for a 7-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 7-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 7-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 8-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 8-year-old under $15
- Gift ideas for a 8-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 8-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 8-year-old under $60
- Gift ideas for a 9-year-old under $100
- Gift ideas for a 9-year-old under $15
- Gift ideas for a 9-year-old under $25
- Gift ideas for a 9-year-old under $40
- Gift ideas for a 9-year-old under $60
Buying
Safety
- Toy recalls in 2025-11
- Toy recalls in 2025-12
- Toy recalls in 2026-01
- Toy recalls in 2026-02
- Toy recalls in 2026-03
- Toy recalls in 2026-04
- Toy recalls in 2026-05
- Toy recalls in 2026-06
- Toy recalls in 2026-07
- Toy recalls in 2026-08
- Toy recalls in 2026-09
- Toy recalls in 2026-10
- What a CPSC recall record actually tells you
Retail
- What a card shop actually is
- What a collectible shop actually is
- What a comic shop actually is
- What a game store actually is
- What a hobby shop actually is
- What a toy store actually is in 2026
- Why a $12 blind box is the best business model in toys
Local
- Where to buy toys and cards in Alabama
- Where to buy toys and cards in Arizona
- Where to buy toys and cards in Arkansas
- Where to buy toys and cards in California
- Where to buy toys and cards in Colorado
- Where to buy toys and cards in Connecticut
- Where to buy toys and cards in Delaware
- Where to buy toys and cards in Florida
- Where to buy toys and cards in Georgia
- Where to buy toys and cards in Hawaii
- Where to buy toys and cards in Idaho
- Where to buy toys and cards in Illinois
- Where to buy toys and cards in Indiana
- Where to buy toys and cards in Iowa
- Where to buy toys and cards in Kansas
- Where to buy toys and cards in Kentucky
- Where to buy toys and cards in Louisiana
- Where to buy toys and cards in Maine
- Where to buy toys and cards in Maryland
- Where to buy toys and cards in Massachusetts
- Where to buy toys and cards in Michigan
- Where to buy toys and cards in Minnesota
- Where to buy toys and cards in Mississippi
- Where to buy toys and cards in Missouri
- Where to buy toys and cards in Montana
- Where to buy toys and cards in Nevada
- Where to buy toys and cards in New Hampshire
- Where to buy toys and cards in New Jersey
- Where to buy toys and cards in New Mexico
- Where to buy toys and cards in New York
- Where to buy toys and cards in North Carolina
- Where to buy toys and cards in North Dakota
- Where to buy toys and cards in Ohio
- Where to buy toys and cards in Oklahoma
- Where to buy toys and cards in Oregon
- Where to buy toys and cards in Pennsylvania
- Where to buy toys and cards in Rhode Island
- Where to buy toys and cards in South Carolina
- Where to buy toys and cards in Tennessee
- Where to buy toys and cards in Texas
- Where to buy toys and cards in Utah
- Where to buy toys and cards in Virginia
- Where to buy toys and cards in Washington
- Where to buy toys and cards in West Virginia
- Where to buy toys and cards in Wisconsin
Tools and data
- Gift finder by age and budget
- Pack odds calculator
- Grading ROI calculator
- Sealed vs singles
- Trade fairness calculator
- Set completion calculator
- Recall checker
- Collection value tracker
- Shop road-trip planner
- What should I collect?
- Birthday party budget
- Price per card
- Shop finder
- Price watch
- The Fad Index
- Recall watch
- Open data
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