I think you already have your answer that November is the updated label for glossy. As far as some not looking glossy to you, PSA does make mistakes. Another example is I have a PSA 6 regular mew promo #8 that is incorrectly labeled as the glossy GOTTA Mew. I unfortunately didn’t examine the card closely after I purchased it, but luckily it didn’t cost much at the time.
I have been in touch with PSA about the this glossy Jiggly specifically. Seeing non glossy but November labeled prices at above or slightly below (these are informed card owners imo taking advantage). PSA said they will look into it. I have given examples and at least 1 has been removed from ebay but not the pop report :(. Ignoring it does a few things, pop report is too high, valuations wrong and buyers getting ripped off (the uniformed ones). Lets see what they say, my hope isn’t a simple will be caught in ebay auth. guarantee, not sure that is working if the same people slabbing them auth them after.
How many of these are out there. Looks like eBay and auction sites are flooded with PSA 1-4 copies. All brand new certs.
Mike
Hard to say exactly but by my eye and assuming not getting tricked by lighting on ebay listings, looks like several, hard to say. The one I mentioned to PSA which was being sold via their vault at last comp for the grade or “cheaper” than all the rest were and imo light colored. Wouldn’t ya know it, sold full ask next day. So either everyone is innocent or the seller knew he had a non glossy mis labeled and priced to move fast. A few assumptions here so trying to be open to being wrong but even other members see what I am talking about. I even pointed out to PSA the card will likely go fast since a “deal”. My gut tells me they will do nothing about it, what it means though is if you have a glossy jiggly the pop report is lower than it states, how much so anyone’s guess.
Roughly 1.8 million copies of the October 15th, 1996 CoroCoro magazine volume were distributed, so there should also be roughly 1.8 million copies of the Pikachu and Jigglypuff (the Jigglypuff even has 2k more copies, since the 1998 CoroCoro lottery reprint is for the Jigglypuff indistinguishable a.f.a.i.k., unlike the Pikachu with corrected illustrator - not that 2k makes a huge difference on the 1.8M..
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Quuador
I didn’t realize that many were printed. I have a feeling the market is going to be flooded with copies as anyone who has them will now send to grading. Should still be a couple hundred thousand copies sitting around. I imagine most are lost destroyed.
but this does explain the flood of the low grade cards. These were not worth grading before. Now they are.
I have to apologize , I thought you were asking how many possibly mislabeled, since that was the topic. I do agree though likely more will be graded now. 1.8 M , 30 years ago, how many discarded, how many in storage, how many high graded left unpeleed? Is it even worth it to open the book and rip them out and peal for grading vs staying intact. I believe value is higher if left in the book. What we are seeing graded now may just be the ones already laying around loose and the pop may not climb as much now. Time will tell ![]()
Raw PSA 1-4 condition copies are infinitely available, I don’t understand how those graded prices are holding at where they are. Really I think PSA 7 and up are the only grades that when they retrace, won’t get absolutely massacred.
These played condition cards were 10$ cards 1 year ago.
Recently, there were people buying every copy available late last year and early this year. Likely people who knew about these two recent documentary like videos on old corocoros.
Those same people probably waited till their psa returns came back before posting the videos lol
PSA 7s are now roughly $20k+ (96 Glossy Pika)… What it appears is the general rule of thumb of get an 8 or higher seems to be more like get a 5 or higher on these glossy. Just my observation, hype or not if pops remain relatively low from PSA 5-9 which is currently 650ish I think these prices are the norm if the interest remains after the saga is concluded. If solely 7-9 that is only 200+ cards, the new demand far exceeds that it seems. Again time will tell but if these cards in those grades cannot see XXXX-XXXXX+. I find it hard to justify just about anything else at that same level. Again this is just my thinking out loud. Sometimes things are not appreciated or should I say appreciate until they are known by the masses.
If the Cardbound shill-umentary, and Logan’s video weren’t enough to increase exposure and maximize the price of CoroCoro cards as they stand today, then I don’t know what else will. There are a number of people holding decent positions of PSA 7 and 8 Coro Pikas and Jigglys that are just slowly trickling supply in an attempt to hold and maintain the current price points.
Only 180+/- Pika 7s and 8s and 95ish Jiggly glossy including mislabeled so who is ever hoarding a stock pile has a lot of control. Alternatively in other sectors I have seen someone think they have taken advantage of a similar situation, trickle, bank laugh and actually make the market even stronger. They are taking options off the market driving prices higher. Like I said, will have to wait and see how it pans out after the saga which is far from over it seems. After that if a generally low pop first pokemon TCG card isnt worth something decent now that the masses know, I’d be surprised.
I looked a bit into this. Asobikata (遊びかた) is just Japanese for how to play, so there’s no disagreement really. It was released on Nov 30 1996, as stated in the back of the book. It was a media factory publication. It’s referred to as a book (本), not a magazine (雑誌). “Booklet” seems appropriate.
The back cover is funny. Here’s a photo ![]()
Greetz,
Quuador
That’s the one, the “how to play Pokémon” booklet, with the matte versions of Pika & Jiggly
That cover art is very cool.
This is a running gag from a fan submission to corocoro magazine. Chansey’s name in Japanese is ‘Lucky’. A fan submitted fan art of an ‘Unlucky’ which was an illustration of evil chansey. Seems like someone really liked the unlucky gag.



