I’m looking to start collecting Korean Diamond and Pearl cards which came out in 2010. There were ten expansions here at the time, and it seems like the easiest packs to find are those of the first one. I THINK it mirrors the Japanese DP1 and the chase cards are the Lvl X starters.
How much it would be reasonable to pay for a booster pack? They contain 5 cards and holos aren’t guaranteed.
Like you say, DP1 seems to be the most common. I bought some DP1 and DP2 recently, they were about $3 per pack. There’s an ebay seller with some blister packs 1-6 atm. I bought packs and blisters from DP1-6 a good few years ago, but rarely see the later sets now, although I don’t look too often really. Boxes appear on yahoo auctions from time to time as well, again mainly early sets.
Oh, and bare in mind when buying loose pack, they’re weighable. I opened 5 packs with a range of weights, the two lighter packs had no holo cards, and the middle/heavier pack had holo and LvX.
Thanks for the info! Yeah, this person wants $5 per pack for DP1 and DP2 so it might not be worth it. You’re right on the weighing front, although I’d be surprised if the stationery store owners were doing that. It seems to me that selling Pokemon cards to them is just an afterthought and they’re just trying to shift old stock at slightly higher prices. I found the seller you mentioned - are CP3 Pokekyun Korean packs really going for $199 atm?! Thanks again!
Hey! Do you mean the CP3 ones? They’re out of print and I haven’t seen any since I’ve been here. I’m sure there’s a few in some old stationery stock somewhere. Otherwise there’s probably a few sellers holding onto them and selling them on online forums. But I haven’t seen any just casually for sale anywhere unfortunately!
EDIT: Having said that, singles do go on sale occasionally!
Oh, I see! Well as for full binder sets there was an almost full Korean ADV set which came up for $800 yesterday and sold instantly. I haven’t seen any other full binder sets, but you do see the occasional shoe box of DP cards going on sale for around $50 with two or three Lvl X cards. However, they’re quite battered so I haven’t bothered picking them up.
When it comes to boxes and packs I’d say that they’re all pretty scarce for those sets. I picked up one CP6 booster, but haven’t seen any since. Out of ADV, DP and CP6 I’d say that DP’s 1st expansion is the most common and I’ve seen a fair few on sale.
There are a few ADV booster boxes around, and I am close to picking one up, but they are extremely battered. It’s a bit of a gamble to buy those booster boxes because other than base set, Korean booster boxes were only partly sealed with a bit of tape until the Sword/Shield sets. So, really, you’re trusting that the seller hasn’t swapped any packs around. In my experience, I’ve found the majority of Korean people I’ve bought cards off of to be very honest and righteous so I might just be overthinking it.
EDIT: I’ve just seen a photo of a Korean DP Expansion 1 set and it was shrink-wrapped, so I guess it depends on the set!