sanzonw Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Hi I've noticed recently that Pokemon slabs are no longer encased in their original design of a full enclosure of the card in a square but uses a design similar to psa with gaps in corners as shown in the recent trophy pikachus . I briefly looked through the news section if there was any information or press release on the changing of the slabs and could not find any information and would like to hear cgc's response and reasons for the change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeGrownPoke1 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 8/20/2021 at 1:56 AM, sanzonw said: Hi I've noticed recently that Pokemon slabs are no longer encased in their original design of a full enclosure of the card in a square but uses a design similar to psa with gaps in corners as shown in the recent trophy pikachus . I briefly looked through the news section if there was any information or press release on the changing of the slabs and could not find any information and would like to hear cgc's response and reasons for the change. A proper response from CGC? Lol good luck..... kreativemente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toybot Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 8/20/2021 at 4:44 AM, HomeGrownPoke1 said: A proper response from CGC? Lol good luck..... Paul has been the man. Always answers whatever questions he can even give an answer to but always responds. kreativemente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreativemente Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Will find out in a week or so. I have a submission that shipped out. I'll compare it with my earlier ones and see if I can see a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Central Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I can confirm this change happened in the last month. I've gotten returns back reflecting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyMouse Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Interesting. The new slabs weigh about 3 g less as well. Looks the same otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness7 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Are there any slabs out there that one can purchase that are very similar to the CGC slabs for trading cards? I collect Star Trek cards and wanted something like the CGC case. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreativemente Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) So I got my cards back and the slabs have indeed changed a bit Old Slab New Slab Edited August 26, 2021 by kreativemente greggy and darkness7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeeeeee Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 thats the same case CSG uses for their sports cards, its to prevent corner damage. CGC couldve ran out of regular cases at one point and had to use CSG cases? i can see this being the case going forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreativemente Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/26/2021 at 12:41 PM, smeeeeee said: thats the same case CSG uses for their sports cards, its to prevent corner damage. CGC couldve ran out of regular cases at one point and had to use CSG cases? i can see this being the case going forward Quite possible. Im not sure if I like one over the other really. Maybe the newer one because you can see more of the card. But Im cool with either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamelJR Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 You can see the original CGC holder here:https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/8436/cgc-trading-cards-holder/ Updated holder introduced for CSG here:https://www.csgcards.com/card-grading/holder-label/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Churches Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 yeah, the CSG case (I think) is slightly better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreativemente Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 They might have updated it for ramping up to grading other kinds of trading cards. I can see how the old case would mess up sports cards with pointy corners, but for Pokemon having rounded corners, it would be mute. Buuuuuuut DBZ has pointy corners 👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeGrownPoke1 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 8/26/2021 at 11:49 AM, kreativemente said: So I got my cards back and the slabs have indeed changed a bit Old Slab New Slab Well nice if that's the case, then CGC can grade and slab up square cornered Pokemon cards now. Why haven't they announced this yet? Lol kreativemente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oreos Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I like the new one better. So no complaints here 😂 IrishPrince 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUGIMEN Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Maybe is because they’re getting ready to grade yugioh so they needed something that can work for Pokémon and yugioh cards? kreativemente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
