Collecting photocards vs albums

matilda_rb7 Nov 2026

Do you guys focus on collecting album or photocards more i never seem to make my mind up which to focus on and just end up swapping How do you collect things?

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leserrabeans

ngl i just buy albums with photocards so i can get both, i usually buy albums with more than one pc tho!

yyiaia_

When I first got into K-pop, I was absolutely obsessed with collecting photocards. But after discovering Cortis, I started collecting albums too, so know i do both lol

12j

klinehonda22

I do both but love collecting the cards the most ! As well as trading cards as I buy the albums.

17j

minjujumoka

Well, i but albums depending on the photocards and concept but y buy them for the photocards so I think I colect photocards

imjvy

I do both. I’ll buy albums from groups that I’m not fully into but still like the songs, but I collect pcs/albums for groups/members I Stan. But it really depends, I just don’t have the space any more for albums, but I love CDs.

answeronce

I prio albums so i can listen to them! Pcs are cute but i feel like albums i can enjoy even if i would not be interest in kpop anymore.

heartmyjeans

I buy albums for photocards and also the inclusions because I like to do fun crafts with them

mariteca

I like collecting CDs, I don't really care about the rest of the stuff. I keep the CDs, but I leave all the photobooks in boxes. That's why I prefer to buy digipaks or album versions that come with accessories or other things.

4ever1nce

I prefer to get albums for all the inclusions though i hate buying from places at full price so i usually use proxy or people reselling sealed albums for cheap

bunnyhohoo

Well i kind-of do both . My strategy to not go broke while collecting is : if there is really an album that I want I just try to look for it second hand with pcs of my bias sometimes it works , win is win I get the album and the pcs at thesame time . If i don't find it second hand i buy the album new and manifest to pull my bias if i don't pull hom i just trade the pcs i got for my bias or sell them to buy the one i like . That's my main strategy, but sometimes i stumble onto some collectors who are downsizing their collections or just stopped collecting, they do sell bundles and set of pcs that are affordable compared to how many pcs you get so I just get these and if i get all my bias pcs from the same era like all the pcs without owning the album , i buy the album without the pcs which is relatively cheap . The best strategy ever.

afro2627

Both,but these days mostly pcs

aftersvt

I collect albums and for my fav groups I try and collect the pre-order photocards. I just leave the the regular photocards alone unless I really really want it

paultemple006

Photocard

gtempss

I collect albums, but only collect juwang and renjun photocards. I like to keep the pcs i get from most of my albums tho

alien5he

I am an album collector. PC’s are second.

khloekarnes50

Same

water_ducky

Pcs since its more fun to me and also I just love my binders

broke4albums

I collect Albums to collect photocards... (Yes I'm broke as f)

chaerryblossomonce

I like collecting both but I tend to invest more in pc’s since I think they’re more fun to collect!

pekmez

photocards. they need less space and are fun to collect

fineshyt

Whenever I wanna collect some group,I look for albums,some great prices with pcs and after the albums I collect pcs

luv2reve

Mostly albums, mainly because I love displaying them and listening to cds! I buy photocards after an album because I don't want to have duplicates

magicshopper333

Both, I look for the photocards meantime I try to complete all the albums.

chiara

Mostly albums, cause i don't want to pull a pc that i bought. After i have my albums i look for the pc's that i want

mluvstg

this is what i do

maymiiimiii

albums because my focus is cds!

hyunjinspopcorn

I collect albums but not that much and I don't collect PCs rly at all

yeniberry

i focus on buying albums first, and then when i'm close to finishing that i move onto the pcs (since i collect album cards mostly ~ currently collecting ot8 skz album cards😭)

matilda_rbOP

Ive done that so many times recently lol I bought loads of photocards a few monthsa ago and now im buying more albums and i have loads I have needed to trade out 🤣

zonhowapple

I always try to stay safe rather than sorry🥲 if I collect all the versions of an album and still want pcs, then I trade/buy them!