As far as value and collectibility I have no idea what people think of them. I just thought it’d be nice to have the set and the artwork is really neat. In the description of a few sellers it talks about import fees and talking to customs office… excuse my naivety but what all do I need to know/expect to get these awesome cards from Japan to little ol Idaho? I’m trying to decide if this is a bigger bite than I can chew or something that is no sweat. As always, any information is greatly appreciated!
I thought I posted a reply, but I pretty much said there are two variations that I know of, one with blue packaging and colored background on the japanese pikachu, and a set where the packaging is green and the background of japanese pikachu is green, which I believe came from 7-11. Not sure if either is rarer/more valuable, but you might as well buy the color you like better
English Blue: Contains English backs on the cards, and has the Blue Japanese Pikachu.
Japanese Green: Contains (new) Japanese backs on the cards, and has the Green Japanese Pikachu.
Japanese Blue: Same as the previous, but has the Blue Japanese Pikachu (with new Japanese back) instead. The other eight are the exact same cards as the Japanese Green set.
I wasn’t sure about the English variant, but where/when was it available? some guy on ebay has it with the world champion deck of 2010 in some special packaging, I feel like I’ve seen it before, but it must be incredibly rare to find like that anymore