Ahah thanks! Misclick no proof reading yolooo
Yeah itâs cool 
Pikachu will be the big one with a more limited quantity for sure
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You can currently pick the set of 3 up on Mercari for the equivalent of $12.80 - $4.27 per card.
I use ZenMarket as a proxy but they donât operate with mercari. What do you use?
Thanks!
I use vvjapan.com.
Itâs not automated like the other services. Click on âContactâ at the top and write to them with a link to the item you want to buy. Theyâre usually pretty quick to respond, but remember theyâre in Japan so right now theyâll probably be asleep.
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There was a sale on eBay of sealed versionsâŠwere these âcustomâ sealed or is there a release in that format?
Anyone knows? Cheers
These promos were fairly hard to obtain. 99% of the Japanese buyers would not sell to me and the pokemon centers were very strict on not selling to anyone who did not have a reservation ticket. For condition purposes, the promos are sealed like in the photo Scott posted, but are opened and stored on a small stand behind the counter. When presented to the customers, the employees handle them in not the most delicate manner and place in the typical pokemon store bag.
I talked to an employee at the pokemon center and he said they were going to run out of promos within the first dayâŠnot sure if communication was an issue, so there very well could be a set # of cards they hand out per day. Buyers were limited to 2 booster boxes and 1 set of the 3 promos per ticket. At the Tokyo Station store, they ran out of promos by about 7pm and from the looks of it, the employees did not run in the back to restock.
The Museum gift shop for the Munch exhibit is only accessible at the end of the art collection and you need to purchase the ticket to get in. Each ticket is valid for one Mimikyu per ticket. You could purchase 50 1600 yen tickets and use those to buy 50 mimikyus, but thats $20 per card. The majority of visitors did not know about the cards behind the counter as I watched people check out to try and buy their entry tickets. This was one week after the release of the card, so the Pokemon hype may have died down. I only purchased one of the keychains as it is 400 yen for a random one. I regret not trying to buy them all. Also, focused too hard on the promos I forgot about the pikachu plush 
Pikachu is only available for one or two weeks in december. Assuming the hype will build back up in addition to the extremely crowded area the museum is located and art buffs, this card will be extremely hard to obtain. I doubt the people selling quantities of 10+ will have 10 to sell. If there are any similarities to the US market, there will be some people with connections that could get a hold of a good amount. Also, I assume it is extremely rude to âscalpâ these promos and used tickets as I did and the security catch on quick.
The other unknown is print run. If there is a large # of remaining promos after each of these events, will Pokemon Centers begin to sell off the shelf or will they destroy them to avoid people asking for leftovers? XD Also, will they reprint if they run out before the event ends? (doubt it)
Excited for the Gym Leader Mona Lisa promos and the Starry Night Eeveelution promos to comeâŠ
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Are those all yours?
Couldnât get any myself. 
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I wish! A friend from Japan sent me the photo from the Pokémon center.
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Hah! I figured youâd hit the jackpot or something. 
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Managed to get a reasonably priced sealed set: paid $17.66 for it; around $8 more than what Iâve been paying for them unsealed. Almost all of them on Mercari are unsealed - is this typical of Japanese sellers?
I dont know what to do⊠Is ~10 USD for each one a good price on ebay??
There are a lot of signals that it will be hard to get them at these prices⊠But I really dont know.
Any clue?? I just want a single set 
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If you just one a single set for yourself why not pay 10$ for each, I think itâs a good price and wonât break the bank to add something you like to your collection 
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Looking for a complete set myselfâŠ
$10 isnât cheap enough?!
The cards have only been available for 24 hours. Either buy them for the already low price, or simply wait a bit if $10 is too much money for you to spend.
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Well⊠We all know in Japan the mini album plus the mimikyu was sold for like 5 USD, and the cheapest on ebay is going for 38 USD. Also, I talked to a guy on japan that says its the easiest one to obtain⊠And, there is the recent subjet of the reds pikachu⊠In the end, who do we trust? The market? the japanese âshady afâ sellers? The japanese common people? Will there be restocks?
As usual with this kind of things, its a lot like gambling.
In the end, I paid the 38 USD for the only that were cheap on ebay, because as you said, 10-12 $ seems reasonable. Thanks for the little advices folks!
What would you all say are the changes of getting 10s if importing. Are there certain things to look for in terms of seller quality? Iâve never graded before but was considering grading three sets hoping to get at least one complete set of 10s then sit on the other few.
I would be surprised if they didnât all get 10s assuming there isnât a centering issue or damage in the mail.
about 25 cards from my last submission were all ordered from sellers in japan and all of them got 10s.
Modern Japanese promos tend to grade 10 at a high rate. That said, if you only want the one PSA 10 set, the best way to get them for something like these common release ones is wait until a total idiot that thinks theyâve got the market figured out grades too many, canât afford to hold them, lists them as 99 cent auctions on ebay over and over and then buy their fourth or fifth auction.
This WILL happen with this set of promos. 100% guaranteed. And that will be your best buy at the intersection of hassle-free and low price. But it does require a little patience. If you arenât comfortable waiting 6-12 months, go for the submission route.
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Exactly like the reds pikachu. Just wait for heaps of psa 10 copies to show up on eBay because they will in no time at all
The Mimikyou might be harder to grade because it is dancing inside the bag with the binder. I have seen one sealed already dented on Yahoo.
But what Charlie said is pretty much spot on!