Determine if Japanese Wigglytuff Pokeball Cosmos Holo is common

[ShockRockStar]

I have a Japanese Jungle Wigglytuff holo (#040) that appears to have a distinct Poke Ball shape in the holofoil pattern. I've compared it to several examples online, and most seem to show the standard cosmos/star pattern.

Is this a known holofoil sheet variation, a common feature of Japanese Jungle holos that I just never noticed before, or something less common?

I've attached close up photos of the holo pattern showing the Poke Ball shape.

[thebetafish]

I believe these were test prints for the Cosmos Holo pattern.

Found another post here that is pretty detailed. More than I could be at least!

Jungle Japanese-Style Cosmos Holo Test Prints

I’ve been working with CGC and keeping these secret for a bit. These are cosmos foil Jungle Vaporeons and Kangaskhan from the PCD sheet. The sheet contains 110 cards, only a handful of these exist as far as I’ve found. I found them at a local shop, I had to have them. I spoke wtih CGC and got with a friend of mine who used to work at WOTC to see if we could dig up any information. Nobody has seen these before (as far as we know) and neither has Rusty which tells me how rare they are. They have …

[ShockRockStar]

thanks for the information. Mine isn’t a test print like those. It’s not square cut with sharp edges. This Wigglytuff has interesting patterns though.

[Dyl]

@thebetafish

I believe these were test prints for the Cosmos Holo pattern.

This is a normal Japanese copy, not an English test print.

@ShockRockStar

Is this a known holofoil sheet variation, a common feature of Japanese Jungle holos that I just never noticed before, or something less common?

A split orb representing a Pokeball occurs when a print line crosses through one of the large orbs in the holofoil pattern. That general split-orb pattern is very common. Yours is a little unique because it includes a small disruption in the bottom half of the orb’s holofoil pattern, as if from a printer hickey, obstruction, or slight error in the holofoil material.

It is not purposeful nor common which might make it desirable to collectors who are interested in unique printing/factory errors, but I wouldn’t go thinking that it’s worth a fortune because of it.

Thanks for sharing. Hope this helps!

[ShockRockStar]

Thank you for the thorough analysis, much appreciated.

[sean]

This may be off topic but my wife and I collect Jigglypuff and all evolutions! I have no idea about value but if you’re interested in potentially selling we could try to work something out!

[jaws]

At one point there was a member who brought up a potential test print holo pattern with the “globes” or “orbs” depicting Pokeballs such as this, but it was a repeating pattern. This is really cool though, I’m wondering if it’s more of an uncommon mark in the foil rather than a test print. I’d love to have an example like it though!