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We are happy to say that we will be at the Bridgeview Toy Show on December 4th, 2011. This is their annual Charity Show (for more information please visit http://www.toycontoyshow.com/Our_Products.html ) and will be full of vendors, so its a great place to get your christmas shopping done! Santa may show up as well! Its going to be a blast!

As always, our show schedule and links to driving instructions can be found under our shows tab.

We hope to see you there!!

The newest set for the Pokemon trading card game, Noble Victories, is now available for Presale. The actual release is November 16th, 2011. This set is another amazing set featuring Full Art cards and an Ultra Rare Meowth card!

Here is the complete list:

Number Name Rarity
12 Accelgor Rare
10 Amoonguss Uncommon
66 Archen Uncommon
67 Archeops Rare
85 Audino Uncommon
86 Axew Conmon
56 Beheeyem Rare
76 Bisharp Uncommon
82 Bisharp Rare
35 Blitzle Common
26 Carracosta Rare
60 Chandelure rare
100 Cobalion Super Holofoil Rare
84 Cobalion Rare Holo
46 Cofagrigus (46) Rare
47 Cofagrigus (47) Rare
65 Conkeldurr (Chip Away) Rare
64 Conkeldurr (Craftmanship) Rare
90 Cover Fossil Uncommon
7 Crustle Uncommon
32 Cryogonal (32) Uncommon
33 Cryogonal (33) Rare
77 Deino Common
89 Druddigon Rare
51 Duosion Uncommon
83 Durant Uncommon
6 Dwebble Common
40 Eelektrik Uncommon
41 Eelektross Holofoil Rare
55 Elgyem (First Contact) Common
54 Elgyem (Headbutt) Common
37 Emolga Uncommon
80 Escavalier Rare
91 Eviolite Uncommon
9 Foongus Common
87 Fraxure Uncommon
30 Frillish Common
49 Garbodor Uncommon
61 Gigalith Rare
71 Golett Common
72 Golurk Rare
63 Gurdurr Uncommon
88 Haxorus Rare Holo
18 Heatmor Uncommon
79 Hydreigon Rare Holo
31 Jellicent Rare
8 Karrablast Common
34 Kyurem Holofoil Rare
59 Lampent Uncommon
74 Landorus Rare Holo
19 Larvesta (19) Common
20 Larvesta (20) Common
3 Leavanny Holofoil Rare
5 Lilligant Rare
57 Litwick (Searing Flame) Common
58 Litwick (Teleportation Burst) Common
102 Meowth Ultra Holofoil Rare
69 Mienfoo Common
70 Mienshao Uncommon
101 N Super Holofoil Rare
92 N Uncommon
23 Palpitoad Uncommon
16 Pansear Common
75 Pawniard Common
81 Pawniard Common
4 Petilil Common
93 Plume Fossil Uncommon
53 Reuniclus (Dizzy Punch) Rare
52 Reuniclus (Future Sight) Rare
94 Rocky Helmet Uncommon
24 Seismitoad Rare
1 Sewaddle Common
11 Shelmet Common
17 Simisear Uncommon
50 Solosis Common
42 Stunfisk Common
68 Stunfisk (Trickle) Uncommon
95 Super Rod Uncommon
2 Swadloon Uncommon
99 Terrakion Super Holofoil Rare
73 Terrakion Rare Holo
62 Timburr Common
25 Tirtouga Uncommon
48 Trubbish Common
22 Tympole Common
38 Tynamo (38) Common
39 Tynamo (39) Common
28 Vanillish Uncommon
27 Vanillite Common
29 Vanilluxe Rare
98 Victini Super Holofoil Rare
43 Victini Rare
14 Victini (14) Holofoil Rare
15 Victini (15) Holofoil Rare
13 Virizion Holofoil Rare
97 Virizion Super Holofoil Rare
21 Volcarona Rare
96 Xtransceiver Uncommon
44 Yamask (44) Common
45 Yamask (45) Common
36 Zebstrika Rare
78 Zweilous Uncommon

We are pleased to announce that we will be doing the next Toy Con in Bridgeview, IL and the Lincoln Center in Highland, IN.

Bridgeview Toy Con is located in Bridgeview, IL on October 16th. It features a HUGE variety of classic and new toys and is always a great place to spend the day. Thier website, along with driving instructions is located on our “shows” page for those who need it, and we hope to see many familure faces this time too!

The Lincoln Center is a shopping experience in Highland, IN this November. They feature a variety of different sellers, and we are one of the many that specialize in trading cards. Their information is also located under the shows tab

The upcoming shows should be great and we can’t wait! We’ve got tons of new cards too – Emerging Powers and Innistrad will both be available ~

We are pleased to tell you that we will once again be at this week’s Toy Con show in Bridgeview, IL. This time’s theme is Back-to-School. Check out our shows page for more details!

This week, we saw some great cards from the new Magic the Gathering set, Innistrad. All over the web, cards have been spoiled giving us a great glimpse of the new set.

Pokemon fans delight! The next set, Emerging Powers, should be released on or around the 31st of this month, giving us one week before the release! What a great way to wrap up summer!

The set is to feature 96 new pokemon cards, all of which should be available on our eBay store. If there is one you want that isn’t posted yet, post here or send us an email. We will be happy to assist you!

Some of the pokemon from the Black & White series will be featured in this set – including audino, pansage, simisage, pansear, simisear, panpour, and simipour to name a few. New, unseen pokemon will also be in this set – including beartic, verizion, thundurous, and tornadous. New Trainer/Supporter cards Blanca, Charon, Pokemon Catcher, and Crushing Hammer are sure to bring new excitement into this already enjoyable game. (I know that sounded cheesy, I’m just so excited!)

Anyway, here is the complete list of cards available, as reported from PokeBeach.com

Emerging Powers Set List

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Hello again!

Last week was nothing short of amazing. The RTJ Hobbies crew really enjoyed the Obon Festival at the Mitsuwa Marketplace and Toy Con at Bridgeview. We will be there for the next exciting Toy Con as well! These two events really remind us that Summer is coming to an end, and that means school is going to start up again soon.

Theresa, head of the Pokemon department, knows that Back-to-School time brings about mixed feelings. When she goes back, she is eager to see all of her friends, and eager to start learning, but misses the freedom of the summer. So, when she suggested a 15% off sale to brighten the mood a bit, we started it with haste! Visit our eBay account (Click Shop to see how) to see all the fun things we put on sale! Remember, one good thing about going back to school and seeing all of your Pokepals again is seeing their new decks

As always, we will be posting up new pictures and videos throughout the week.

Hoping you had a great summer,

RTJHobbies

Mitsuwa Marketplace in Arlington Heights is having an Obon Festival. Good Food, Good People, and Good Dancing for all! And a Free Jazz concert at the end. Its a great way to appreciate summer! Also Toycon in Bridgeview is Sunday, we’ll be right by the entrance! We have some great cards and collectibles available once again!

Hey guys! The RTJ Hobbies crew is having a blast at the Cyphan Sci-Fi Convention in Rosemont this weekend! We are about to kick off day two (Saturday 7/30/11) and will be in the dealers room from 9am to 6pm. We have some full decks put together by me (Theresa) for Standard Magic and tons of sealed booster packs, single cards (including a very shiny foil Chandra the Firebrand from M12), starter decks, gaming supplies, and tons of goodies!

Need more information about CyPhan? Addresses and Event Schedule is located at http://www.cyphan.com.

We will have a ton of pictures to show off by the end of the weekend to, so be sure to check those out when I get them up!

We’ll be outside in the awesome weather with a good deal of our product at competitive prices.