About
Who's behind SLAB LAB
Three mates from Canberra who spent way too many afternoons trading Pokémon cards and watching anime instead of doing homework. That hasn't really changed, We just got better at separating commons from rares and figured out how to make a business out of it.
SLAB LAB started the way most things like this do: one of us had a shoebox of cards worth more than we thought, another one couldn't stop pulling packs, and the third was the only one organised enough to actually track what we were buying and selling. A few years and a lot of card shows later, here we are.
We deal in Pokémon and One Piece, singles, graded slabs, the lot. If you've spent time at card shows around Canberra and Sydney, there's a decent chance you've seen us set up with too many binders and not enough table space.
What we're into hasn't changed since we were kids: the hunt for a specific card, the debate over what's actually worth grading, the shows where you walk in with a plan and walk out with none of it intact. We're not trying to be a big faceless card shop. It's still just the three of us doing the sourcing, the grading calls, and the packing.
If you're after something specific, or you've got cards to sell, flick us a message... there's a good chance one of us will actually know what you've got before we even look it up.
Feel free to reach out to us on here or DM us on Instagram!