KG SGC mail and review

GarnettFan4Life · Mar 24, 2023

First SGC slab I've had in hand that I can remember so I thought I'd take a few pics and do a review.

Looks great, feels solid. Very nice to hold.

I really like the black surrounding area - it would be particularly nice to emphasise certain colourful and even mainly one colour cards.

The label is very simple and black & white really goes nice on the black background. I like that they went to the half grades and away from the numbered up to 100 previously on the older slabs.

Slightly bigger than PSA cases obviously with the more room around the borders.

Downside is the case scratches makes it hard to photograph. And this is not an issue exclusive to SGC, it's become more common with PSA too and I think it might be a supply issue - if they are requesting 50 million cases instead of what was 5 million 5 years ago then the QC has slipped so they could make up the order in a timely manner.

This last photo on the back of the case is actually inside on the black border piece as well as on the outside so it's a bit annoying!

Case scratches are the main issue here. If you buy a protective case for a card to display - you obviously want it clear and mark-free to be able to view the card inside without any distractions!!!!!!!! They really need to pick this up and improve on this issue it's very disappointing all around.

kiwi_in_melb · Mar 24, 2023

Time to crack it open

GarnettFan4Life · Mar 24, 2023

Already got a raw one - may as well keep it in

OutlawNinja · Mar 25, 2023

The padding inside the case, looks like the foam that Electronics, say PC graphics cards come packed in?!
The case scratching is of course a huge issue, nothing like a plastic bag around the slab, sealed in place, to protect it all.

skip20 · Mar 29, 2023

I assume they send each slab in its own team bag and padding etc? Cards like that royal blue (or the team colour / jersey colour matches) may benefit from the HGA effect....

GarnettFan4Life · Mar 29, 2023

skip20 said:
I assume they send each slab in its own team bag and padding etc? Cards like that royal blue (or the team colour / jersey colour matches) may benefit from the HGA effect....

I think it’s a production issue and not something after the fact. Who knows though?! So many steps along the line where they could get scratched.

No chance of using HGA - are they still in business even?? Lol

Essellohbeebeewhy · Apr 3, 2023

OutlawNinja said:
The padding inside the case, looks like the foam that Electronics, say PC graphics cards come packed in?!
The case scratching is of course a huge issue, nothing like a plastic bag around the slab, sealed in place, to protect it all.

yep, its a like a foam, i've busted a few SGC slabs.

as for the scratches, get some scratch x and rub it in and buff it. makes quite difference. i did it to mine and it worked.

GarnettFan4Life · Apr 3, 2023

Essellohbeebeewhy said:
yep, its a like a foam, i've busted a few SGC slabs.

as for the scratches, get some scratch x and rub it in and buff it. makes quite difference. i did it to mine and it worked.

Thanks for the tip mate ! Looking into that now!

kiwi_in_melb · Apr 3, 2023

Did I really just read @Essellohbeebeewhy giving advice on how to fix slabs other than breaking them out?

2023 truly is a wild time to be alive

OutlawNinja · Apr 6, 2023

kiwi_in_melb said:
Did I really just read @Essellohbeebeewhy giving advice on how to fix slabs other than breaking them out?

2023 truly is a wild time to be alive

It is often, not till you pull something apart that you really know how it works. Nobody has pulled more apart than Slobby

GarnettFan4Life · Apr 11, 2023

Got some Meguiar’s ScratchX and works really good at first look. Just had a quick test on SGC then I’ll try PSA on the weekend.

Can still see a few minor scratches if you tilt in the light but it might clean up more with a second go etc

Essellohbeebeewhy · Apr 12, 2023

yessss!!!!! how good does it look!!!! scratch x is about to get a big bump in sales thanks to the graded card community!!

looks fantastic mate!!

who'd have thought the guy with only 1 slabbed card could help out!! :lol:

GarnettFan4Life · Apr 13, 2023

Essellohbeebeewhy said:
yessss!!!!! how good does it look!!!! scratch x is about to get a big bump in sales thanks to the graded card community!!

looks fantastic mate!!

who'd have thought the guy with only 1 slabbed card could help out!!

facts! Hoping it works on psa stuff just as good!

jimbo2193 · Apr 24, 2023

GarnettFan4Life said:
First SGC slab I've had in hand that I can remember so I thought I'd take a few pics and do a review.

Looks great, feels solid. Very nice to hold.

I really like the black surrounding area - it would be particularly nice to emphasise certain colourful and even mainly one colour cards.

The label is very simple and black & white really goes nice on the black background. I like that they went to the half grades and away from the numbered up to 100 previously on the older slabs.

Slightly bigger than PSA cases obviously with the more room around the borders.

Downside is the case scratches makes it hard to photograph. And this is not an issue exclusive to SGC, it's become more common with PSA too and I think it might be a supply issue - if they are requesting 50 million cases instead of what was 5 million 5 years ago then the QC has slipped so they could make up the order in a timely manner.

This last photo on the back of the case is actually inside on the black border piece as well as on the outside so it's a bit annoying!

Case scratches are the main issue here. If you buy a protective case for a card to display - you obviously want it clear and mark-free to be able to view the card inside without any distractions!!!!!!!! They really need to pick this up and improve on this issue it's very disappointing all around.

I prefer them for the darker cards (ones with a black border or a dark background). They are slightly bigger then PSA so stacking becomes an issue when grouping together.