Gotta Fix Them All

03/09/2026

Would you crack a BGS 9.5 and risk the grade for a shot at a BGS Pristine 10? 👀

Back in February, this 2025 Masters History of Z Son Gohan, Sadness & Rage Serial SR came across our restoration bench already graded BGS 9.5.

And this is where high-grade card restoration gets interesting.

When you’re dealing with a card that’s already a 9.5, the question isn’t simply:

“Can we make it look better?”

It’s:

“Is there actually enough safely treatable potential here to justify touching it at all?”

Because sometimes the correct answer is no.

Under magnification, we can assess the surface, edges, corners and other condition factors individually. The goal isn’t to chase a number blindly — it’s to identify what is actually present on the card and determine what can reasonably and safely be addressed.

This particular card gave us enough confidence to proceed.

After professional restoration and grading preparation, it went back through Beckett Grading Services.

The result:

🏆 BGS PRISTINE 10

And check out those subgrades:

Centering — 9.5
Edges — 10
Corners — 10
Surface — 10

Three 10 subgrades. 🤯

Results like this are also why we constantly remind collectors that the grade on a slab and the physical condition of the card aren’t necessarily the same conversation.

A 9.5 doesn’t automatically mean there is room for improvement.

A lower grade doesn’t automatically mean there is.

Every card needs to be assessed on its own merits.

We’ve seen cards where intervention makes sense — and plenty where we recommend against pushing any further.

This particular gamble paid off.

BGS 9.5 ➡️ BGS PRISTINE 10.

Six months later and it’s still one of our favourite Beckett returns.

Now put yourself in the owner’s position:

You have the BGS 9.5 sitting in front of you.

Are you cracking it for another shot…

or taking the 9.5 and never touching it again? 😂👇

Professional card restoration • microscope assessment • grading preparation • worldwide submissions.

Gotta Fix Them All

Real client result. Individual outcomes vary. Restoration does not guarantee a grade increase, and all grades are independently determined by the grading company.



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Forget that you know the result. 😂

You’re holding the BGS 9.5.

🔨 CRACK IT
🛑 KEEP IT

What are you doing? 👇

02/09/2026

These little edge lifts are much trickier than they look… 👀

We had five of these cards come across the restoration bench, all needing attention around the edges.

An edge lift is where part of the card’s layered edge has started to lift or separate. And despite how tempting it might be to simply push it back down, that’s exactly where you can make things worse.

Too much pressure can create a new impression.
Work the wrong area and you can disturb the edge further.
Rush it and a tiny defect can become a much bigger one.

So each card is worked individually.

Under magnification, we assess how the edge is sitting, carefully work the affected area, then use controlled pressure to help the lifted section settle back into its natural position.

And then… we wait.

Honestly, there’s something strangely satisfying about seeing five of them lined up at once. 😂

It’s also a good reminder of just how much is happening on a trading card that you simply don’t notice with the naked eye.

Would an edge lift like this bother you, or would you leave it alone? 👇

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The hardest part is knowing when to STOP. 🔬

Some edge lifts can respond really well. Others are better left alone rather than risking additional damage.

Would you have noticed these without magnification? 👀

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01/09/2026

50,000 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK. 🤯💙💛

What a way to celebrate it…

Could this Beckett 7.5 Pikachu become ANOTHER 10? 👀

When we started Gotta Fix Them All, the goal was never just to clean Pokémon cards.

We wanted to build something collectors could genuinely trust with cards that may have been in their collections for years — sometimes decades.

And somehow, this community has now grown to 50,000+ people on Facebook alone.

Collectors watching from around the world. 🌎
Following the restorations.
Guessing the grades.
Celebrating the wins.
Debating the results. 😂
And trusting us with some absolutely incredible pieces of Pokémon and trading card history.

So firstly — THANK YOU. ❤️

And today’s card is exactly why we love doing this.

We’re cracking a Beckett 7.5 Pikachu and putting it through our professional card restoration and grading preparation process.

The question?

Can we help this card reach its full potential… and could we possibly see ANOTHER 10? 👀

There are never guarantees in card grading.

A restoration doesn’t automatically mean a higher grade, and ultimately the final decision belongs to the independent grading company.

Our job is to carefully assess the card, identify defects that may be safely improved, carry out the appropriate restoration and preparation work, and give that card the best opportunity we responsibly can before it goes back in front of a grader.

And that’s what you’re watching here.

One card. One crack. One shot at a new grade.

Now we wait. 👀

If you’ve got a Pokémon card, sports card or trading card sitting in a slab — or raw in your collection — and you’ve always wondered whether it could present better or potentially grade differently, this is exactly what we specialise in.

🌎 Worldwide submissions accepted
🔬 Professional card restoration
🔎 Microscope assessment
📈 Grading preparation
🏆 PSA, Beckett and other grading submissions
📦 Secure mail-in service

Visit GottaFixThemAll.com.au to submit your cards or learn more.

And if you’ve only just discovered us because Facebook pushed this video onto your feed…

Follow Gotta Fix Them All.

Because we’re sending this Pikachu back to grading — and you’ll want to see what happens next. 👀

Finally, to every one of the 50,000 of you following us here on Facebook:

Thank you for helping turn an idea built around a love of collecting into this incredible community.

50K down. We’re only getting started. 💙💛

👇 NOW CALL IT: What grade is this Pikachu coming back with?

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26/08/2026

PSA 5 ➡️ PSA 6. 🔥 On a 1st Edition Base Set Charizard.

This is exactly why collectors send us cards from around the world.

Welcome to Episode 28 of Gotta Crack Them All.

This 1999 Pokémon Base Set 1st Edition Charizard #4 was sitting inside a PSA 5 slab.

And when you’re dealing with one of the most iconic Pokémon cards ever produced, even ONE grade can matter.

A PSA 5 example sold for US$9,032 in September 2025.

But the owner wasn’t satisfied simply looking at the number printed on the slab.

They wanted to know something much more important:

Was the card actually capable of presenting better?

So that’s where we came in.

We assessed the Charizard, removed it from its PSA holder and carefully inspected the card itself to determine what defects were present, what could potentially be improved and — equally importantly — what needed to be left alone.

Because professional card restoration isn’t about blindly cracking slabs and hoping for a higher number.

It’s about understanding the card underneath the grade.

🔬 Identifying correctable defects
🔎 Assessing the card under magnification
🛠️ Safely improving what can be improved
🛡️ Preserving the integrity of the card
📈 Professionally preparing it for another grading attempt

After the restoration and preparation process was complete, this 1st Edition Charizard went back to PSA.

The result?

PSA 5 ➡️ PSA 6. 🔥

Same collectible.

A new grading assessment.

And one grade higher.

Results like this are also why we always say the same thing:

No restoration company can guarantee a grade increase.

Grading is subjective and independently determined by the grading company. Some cards have correctable defects. Others have permanent issues that will ultimately limit the grade regardless of how much work is performed.

Our job isn’t to promise you a PSA 10.

Our job is to assess your card, identify its opportunities and safely maximise its presentation before grading.

And sometimes, on a card like a 1st Edition Base Set Charizard, moving a single grade can be a very meaningful outcome.

🌎 Gotta Fix Them All accepts submissions worldwide.

We work with everything from childhood collections and vintage Pokémon to high-value graded cards where collectors want a professional assessment before deciding whether restoration, preparation or regrading makes sense.

If you’ve been staring at a PSA 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 thinking…

“Is the grade telling the whole story?”

Maybe it’s time to find out.

👉 Professional card restoration
👉 Slab cracking & assessment
👉 Grading preparation
👉 Grading submissions
👉 Collection assessments
👉 Worldwide submissions

Submit your cards through the Gotta Fix Them All website.

And if you’re not ready to submit yet, follow us.

We’re documenting the actual journey — the cracks, the restoration process, the cards that improve, the cards that don’t and the grading returns that make this hobby so addictive.

Episode 29 is next. 👀

Would YOU have cracked a PSA 5 1st Edition Charizard chasing the 6?

👇 PSA 5 — leave it
🔥 Crack it — chase the 6

26/08/2026

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23/08/2026

TAG 6.5 ➡️ RESTORATION ➡️ PSA 8 🤯

Would you have cracked this slab?

Episode 27 of Gotta Crack Them All takes us inside the restoration and regrading of a 2005 Pokémon Umbreon ex #112/115 from Unseen Forces — and this one is a perfect example of why we believe every card should be assessed individually.

The card originally received a TAG 6.5 EX-MT+.

One of the great things about TAG is the detailed grading information available on their cards, so before beginning any work, we reviewed the TAG report and then compared those findings against what we could physically identify during our own inspection.

And we found something important.

A dent.

Not every defect on a trading card can — or should — be removed. Part of professional card restoration is knowing the difference between a defect that can potentially be safely reduced and one that needs to be left alone.

In this case, we believed there was an opportunity to safely improve the dent.

So the card was carefully removed from its TAG holder and underwent professional restoration, focusing specifically on improving the correctable defects while preserving the integrity of the card.

The difference was significant.

But here’s the important part:

We never guarantee grades.

Restoration doesn’t magically turn a card into a certain number. Every grading company has its own standards, and ultimately the final grade is determined independently by the grader.

After receiving the restored Umbreon back, our client decided to submit it to PSA for regrading.

Then the message arrived…

PSA 8. 🔥

From a TAG 6.5 to a PSA 8 after professional restoration and preparation.

For us, these are the results we love — not simply because the number increased, but because we identified a genuine opportunity in the card, improved what could safely be improved, and the client was absolutely stoked with the outcome.

This is what Gotta Fix Them All is about.

We work with collectors around the world on Pokémon cards, sports cards, TCGs and high-value collectibles — from childhood cards carrying decades of memories to serious collection pieces being prepared for grading.

If you have a card sitting in a slab and you’ve ever wondered:

“Could this card present better?”
“Is that dent actually repairable?”
“Should I crack and regrade this?”

That’s exactly what we assess.

🌎 Worldwide submissions accepted
🔬 Professional card restoration & grading preparation
📦 Submit directly through our website

And if you enjoy seeing what actually happens when cards are cracked, inspected, restored and sent back through grading…

Follow Gotta Fix Them All.

Episode 28 is coming. 👀

Would YOU have cracked the TAG 6.5?

21/08/2026

🚨 WE CRACKED A PSA 9 GOLD STAR PIKACHU… AND SENT IT BACK TO PSA.

Welcome back to Gotta Crack Them All ⚡

If you remember Episode 20, you’ll remember this incredible 2006 Pokémon Gold Star Pikachu from EX Holon Phantoms.

It originally came to us already graded PSA 9 MINT.

But when we assessed the card, we identified edge flicks/defects that we believed could be safely improved.

So the client made the decision:

Crack the PSA 9.
Restore the card.
Prepare it for grading.
And send it back to PSA.

Now the grade is back. 👀

And after everything?

PSA 9 → PSA 9.

Some people might look at that and ask:

“So what was the point?”

But that’s one of the most important lessons in professional card restoration and grading preparation.

A grade increase is NEVER guaranteed.

Restoration can improve correctable defects and presentation, but ultimately PSA, Beckett, CGC and other grading companies independently determine the grade.

And sometimes, even after improving a card, the same grade is the outcome.

What’s particularly interesting about this Gold Star Pikachu is what happened to the market while this journey was taking place.

When we originally filmed the card, a PSA 9 was valued around $27,000 AUD based on the market information we were referencing at the time.

A more recent PSA 9 example from an older certification sold/listed around $35,000 AUD.

That’s roughly an $8,000 movement in the market while the card remained a PSA 9. 🤯

And that’s why these cards are so fascinating.

The restoration is only one part of the story.

Condition.
Grading.
Population.
Demand.
Scarcity.
And the market itself all play a role.

Gold Star Pikachu remains one of the most iconic Pokémon cards of the EX era, and at this level, collectors are dealing with serious pieces of Pokémon history.

Would YOU have cracked the PSA 9?

Or once a card reaches a 9 at this value, are you leaving it exactly where it is?

👇 KEEP THE 9 🔒 or CHASE THE 10 🔥?

If you have a valuable Pokémon card with dents, edge issues, surface defects, creases or other potentially correctable damage, our team works with collectors around the world to professionally assess and restore their cards.

No grade guarantees. Every card is different. Every restoration is assessed individually.

🌎 Worldwide submissions
🔬 Professional trading card restoration
📈 Grading preparation
🏆 High-value and vintage collections

Submit your card at gottafixthemall.com.au

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18/08/2026

🔥 EPISODE 26: GOTTA CRACK THEM ALL 🔥

This isn’t just another Charizard.

This is a 1st Edition Base Set Charizard belonging to Kode Abdo, better known as BossLogic and it’s the FINAL card from his three card collection we’ve been working on.

And this one had a problem.

Under close inspection we identified an edge bend and dent that could have a major impact on the card’s condition and potential grading outcome.

So we got to work.

You’ll see the entire process in this episode including the damage we identified, the restoration process, the before and after transformation and finally the moment we’ve been waiting for…

THE GRADE. 👀

With cards at this level, even a small difference in grade can represent thousands of dollars in potential market value.

But restoration is never about guaranteeing a particular grade. Every card is different and grading ultimately remains subjective and entirely at the discretion of the grading company.

That’s what makes these reveals so addictive.

Was the restoration worth it?

Did the edge repair make the difference?

And what happened when this 1st Edition Charizard was sent to Beckett after previously being graded by CGC?

Watch Episode 26 until the end to find out. 👀🔥

If you have a damaged, dented, creased or high value Pokémon card sitting in your collection and you’ve ever wondered what may be possible…

We specialise in professional trading card restoration for collectors around the world.

🌎 International submissions welcome
🔬 Professional restoration options available
🔥 High value cards assessed individually
📦 Australian based, servicing collectors globally

Submit your cards or book a restoration consultation at:

🌐 gottafixthemall.com.au

And FOLLOW Gotta Fix Them All because there are plenty more grading reveals coming.

What would YOU have predicted for this Charizard? 👇

17/08/2026

EPISODE 25 🔥 PSA 9 ➡️ PSA 10… and this one could help buy his son a car. 🚗❤️

This is exactly why we love what we do.

This Umbreon came to us already sitting in a PSA 9. For most collectors, that is already an incredible card to own. But when there is potentially room for improvement, the difference between a PSA 9 and PSA 10 can be significant.

So the goal was simple:

Could we carefully restore the card, improve its overall presentation and give it another opportunity at the elusive PSA 10?

After restoration, the Umbreon was resubmitted for grading…

And it GEMMED. 💎

PSA 10.

But the best part of this story is what happens next.

The owner is planning to sell the card and put the money towards buying a car for his son. 🚗

That is what makes some of these restorations so much bigger than the grade itself.

A Pokémon card sitting in a collection can hold memories, nostalgia and potentially significant value. Sometimes unlocking that potential can help a collector fund something meaningful in the real world.

This is Episode 25 of our PSA 9 to PSA 10 series and definitely one of our favourite stories so far.

Have a PSA 8 or PSA 9 sitting in your collection that you think could have more potential? 👀

We assess Pokémon cards from collectors around Australia and internationally to determine whether restoration may be worthwhile before resubmission.

Not every card should be restored and not every restored card will achieve a higher grade. Grading is ultimately determined by the grading company and we cannot guarantee specific results.

But when the right card, the right restoration and the right outcome come together…

This is what is possible. 💎

Follow for more Pokémon card restoration transformations, PSA grading journeys, before and after restorations and our mission to help collectors unlock the potential hiding inside their collections.

Would you sell this PSA 10 to buy your son a car… or would you keep the Umbreon? 👀👇

17/08/2026

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