The Rocket Rejects Podcast 2026! Episode 19
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The Rocket Rejects Podcast 2026! Episode 19
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This episode of the Rocket Rejects Podcast covers a jam-packed week in the Pokémon hobby, dominated by grading industry drama. We dig into ACE's controversial price hikes and longer turnaround times, along with their new membership scheme, and connect it to PSA's near-simultaneous decision to close their lower submission tiers due to a 10-million-card backlog — which we suspect was no coincidence in timing. We also touch on the Pokémon Company's sweeping new event restrictions (no slab sales, no items over $1,000, no Pokémon Centre Japan resales), and take aim at shady newcomer grading companies using cheap materials and dubious associations. The conversation shifts to lighter topics including Pokémon Lego sets (mixed reactions), the 30th anniversary set's confirmed Pikachu-in-every-pack detail, a top-five Normal-type Pokémon countdown (with Meowth and Snorlax as the clear favourites), pack battles, trivia questions, a car boot sale haul, and a spirited debate about whether the Pokémon anime should have had a musical episode — which somehow ends with a pitch for a Team Rocket rock opera.