Pokemon Battle Road Schedule Announced

If you’re looking for the New England Pokemon  Battle Road Schedule, look no further! Save the dates, and we’ll see you out on the Battle Road!

2012 Pokémon Spring Battle Roads

 

5/26/2012 – Game Castle – 123 Nashua Rd. – Londonderry, NH

5/27/2012 – X9 Games- 367 Russell St. – Hadley, MA 

6/2/2012 – The Relentless Dragon – 493 Amherst St. – Nashua, NH

6/3/2012 – Harrison’s Comics – 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway – Medford, MA

6/9/2012 – The Grid Games – 52 Purnell Place, Manchester, CT

6/9/2012 – Batter Up – 1875 Main St. – Tewksbury, MA

6/10/2012 – Harrison’s Comics – 252 Essex St. – Salem, MA

6/10/2011 – Comicazi – 407 Highland Ave – Somerville, MA

6/16/2012 – TJ Collectibles – 160 Main St. – Milford, MA

 

Registration for all events begins at 10:15 am. Tournament starts at 11:00 am. Format is Modified Constructed. Bring your deck and your friends for a Fun, Fast, and Friendly event!

See you there!

 

HUGE Weekend! April 28 & 29

There’s so much going on this weekend! I think it’s the busiest I’ve seen TJ’s in a long time! Check out what’s going on!

 

Saturday, April 28th: TJ Collectibles opens at 11:00 am

Sunday, April 29th TJ Collectibles opens at 10:30 am

We’ve got an awesome weekend of prereleases planned here at TJ’s!

No matter what your game, come down and be the first to get your hands on the newest cards. We’ve got Magic, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Prereleases and Sneak Peeks lined up for the weekend of April 28th and 29th!

If Magic is your game, come and play in the Midnight Madness prerelease or open the Helvault on April 28th. We have 5 Avacyn Restored prerelease events in total:

MIDNIGHT MADNESS! Registration opens at 11:30 pm at the conclusion of Friday Night Magic, and we’ll start promptly at Midnight! (Sealed Deck) 

*Saturday, April 28th: Registration open at 11:00 am, Event starts at 12:00 pm – (*Helvault Event)

Saturday, April 28th: Registration open at 4:00 pm, Event starts at 5:00 pm 

*Sunday, April 29th: Registration open at 10:00 am, Event starts at 11:00 am – (*Helvault Event)

Sunday, April 29th: Registration open at 3:00 pm, Event begins at 4:00 pm

Entry fee for All Magic Prereleases is $25.00

If you’re looking for Pokemon, we’ve got that too! On Sunday, April 29, we have the Pokemon Black & White: Dark Explorers prerelease. Registration opens at 10:15, and the prerelease begins at 11:00 am. Entry fee is $25.00.

We aren’t done there! On both Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, we have the Yu-Gi-Oh! Galactic Overlord Sneak Peek. The Sneak Peek events run from 1-4 pm each day, and entry fee is $20.00 per player.

Come and join us for an excellent weekend of prerelease fun! Bring your friends!

See you there!

 

TCG Player Platinum Qualifier Results

This past Saturday, 126Magic players descended on TJ Collectibles for their shot at winning some of Tom Shea’s Money. In the end, here’s what everyone walked away with- and who won!

Winners:
1st place: Dustin Taylor  – $500, TCG Player Playmat and 60 TCGPlayer points
2nd place: Joshua Grauman – $200, TCG Player Playmat and 40 TCGPlayer points
3rd  place:  Kevin Garroshen – $100, TCG Player Playmat and 30 TCGPlayer points

4th place: Joseph Didonato -  $100, TCG Player Playmat and 30 TCGPlayer points
5th  place:  Thomas Smiley$50, TCG Player Playmat and 20 TCGPlayer points
6th place: Andrew Capela – $50, TCG Player Playmat and 20 TCGPlayer points

7th place:  Andrew Marsden – $50, TCG Player Playmat and 20 TCGPlayer points

8th place: Hank Mead – $50, TCG Player Playmat and 20 TCGPlayer points

Congrats to all of the winners! Good luck in Indy!

Want to see the top 8 deck lists? Head on over to here and check them out!

Win Tom Shea’s Money/TCG Player Platinum Qualifier

Want to win Tom Shea’s Money?

We’ve got $1000 of Tom Shea’s money waiting for you this weekend! Cash money, no check in the mail.

Come and play in the TCG Player Platinum Qualifier here at TJ’s on Saturday, and take home your share of the CA$H.

The event is Standard Constructed, and deck lists are required. Entry fee is $25.00 per player.

Prizes:

1st Place – $400, Playmat + 60 Points
2nd Place – $200, Playmat + 40 Points
3rd/4th Place – $100, Playmat + 30 Points
5th-8th Place – $50, Playmat + 20 Points
9th-16th Place – Playmat + 20 Points
17th-32nd Place – Playmat + 10 Points
33rd-64th Place – 5 Points
65th-128th Place – 2 Points

 

See you there!

April Events

We’re back from PAX East, and that means getting ready for the rest of our April Events. April is quite busy here at TJ Collectibles, and we’ve got lots of stuff in the works. Check out our Events Calendar for more info on the goings on here at TJ’s!

April 21, 2012: TCGPlayer Platinum/Win Tom Shea’s Money

April 28, 2012: Avacyn Restored Prereleases begin

April 28, 2012: Pokemon: Dark Explorers Prereleases begin

TJ’s Online to Buy and Sell at Hartford PTQ This Saturday

TJ Collectibles is headed to Hartford, CT this weekend where we’ll be setting up our Online retail booth at the Pro Tour Qualifier! Stop by and visit, as we’ll be on site to buy and sell cards all day!

Need cards for the event? No problem! Just order online and tell us that you’d like your order delivered to the PTQ, and your cards will be there waiting for you. Select the delivery to event option when you check out. Just make sure that you place your online order by 9:00 am Eastern time on Friday, and we’ll bring them to you!

The event information can be found on Facebook. The venue address is 200 Clement Road, East Hartford, CT.

We’ll see you in Hartford!

Free Comic Book Day with Keith Champagne

Saturday, May 5 is Free Comic Book Day! Come meet Keith Champagne, writer/artist/inker for titles such as Green Lantern Corps, THe Mighty, JSA, War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath, 52, Batman, Uncanny X-Men, Superman, and lots more! He will be signing books and doing head sketches for fans for FREE (limit 1 per customer).

Come join us for TJ’s FREE Comic Book Day Celebration!

Want to learn more about Keith Champagne? Read his blog!