Pack Weights Database (post your info here)

[nostalgiaoldbird]

@zorloth

@nostalgiaoldbird

Opened a 17.44 Deoxys pack and it was light. The sacrifice we made for science, lol.

Oof, sorry to hear that . TRR and Deoxys seem to have higher weight thresholds for heavy for some reason – TRR packs at 17.6g have been light, and the Deoxys pack that I bought as light (or medium-light, can’t remember) from TCAGaming ~7 months ago was 17.4g (and it turned out to be light once it was opened).

But thank you very much for your contribution to the burgeoning scientific field of pack weighing .

Is 17.79 for TRR considered “guaranteed heavy”?

[zorloth]

@nostalgiaoldbird

@zorloth

Oof, sorry to hear that . TRR and Deoxys seem to have higher weight thresholds for heavy for some reason – TRR packs at 17.6g have been light, and the Deoxys pack that I bought as light (or medium-light, can’t remember) from TCAGaming ~7 months ago was 17.4g (and it turned out to be light once it was opened).

But thank you very much for your contribution to the burgeoning scientific field of pack weighing .

Is 17.79 for TRR considered “guaranteed heavy”?

According to the sheet, the 3 heavies ranged from 17.59 to 17.79. The heaviest weight non-holo pack (out of a sample size of 3) was 17.62. So very small sample sizes, but I’d bet on a 17.79 being heavy.

[resolve]

Can someone link the Spreadsheet with all the Data? I have A crystal Guardians sealed pack here I’m curious about that I can add to it when I open.

[primordialaa]

right now every heavy contained a holo and every light did not, is this 100% expected? I thought there would be some variance within, like I thought we’d see SOME that were HEAVY - did not end up containing a holo… but maybe it makes sense and there isnt much variability on the other weights

[crypto]

More non EX data…it was a rough night.

All short stem, all unlimited.

Jungle, 20.938g, light - non holo Vaporeon.
Fossil, 21.223g, light - non holo Muk.
Fossil, 21.154g, heavy - holo Raichu.

I’ve noticed that the packs I’ve owned, the 5 lot and now this single pack that were weighed heavy but didn’t contain a holo, they were all darker colored. Could be coincidence, but maybe whenever those print runs occurred it matches up? I found it hilarious I ended up opening another one that was in the 21.2x weight and not containing a holo.

[zorloth]

@resolve

Can someone link the Spreadsheet with all the Data? I have A crystal Guardians sealed pack here I’m curious about that I can add to it when I open.

I linked it on the first page of the thread. And when you open it, just post the weight and contents here and I or modestmudkip will add it to the sheet

[zorloth]

@primordialaa

right now every heavy contained a holo and every light did not, is this 100% expected? I thought there would be some variance within, like I thought we’d see SOME that were HEAVY - did not end up containing a holo… but maybe it makes sense and there isnt much variability on the other weights

What is this in reference to? For some sets, there is a lot of variance in heavy weights (so much so that it’s tough to accurately weigh packs from some sets unless they are directly from a box). For other sets, there’s much less variation – certain weights are basically 100% going to have a holo or 100% not going to have one. And then there are sets that seem to have print runs with pack weights that vary by as much as 1g. The ‘science’ of pack weighing is highly set-dependent, which is the motivation behind this thread and the sheet.

[zorloth]

@crypto

More non EX data…it was a rough night.

All short stem, all unlimited.

Jungle, 20.938g, light - non holo Vaporeon.
Fossil, 21.223g, light - non holo Muk.
Fossil, 21.154g, heavy - holo Raichu.

I’ve noticed that the packs I’ve owned, the 5 lot and now this single pack that were weighed heavy but didn’t contain a holo, they were all darker colored. Could be coincidence, but maybe whenever those print runs occurred it matches up? I found it hilarious I ended up opening another one that was in the 21.2x weight and not containing a holo.

Added; thanks! And yikes, 21.2g with no holo is rough. Interestingly, from the data we have so far, every single Fossil pack in the 20.81g to 21.19g has had a holo so far. But 4 packs weighing 21.2g or more had no holos. Doesn’t mean much yet because we have a sample size of only ~50 packs, but it would be interesting if that trend continued.

[shadowless]

Here a few gym heroes weights:

Long stem (unlimited):
21.4: light
20.96: heavy
20.91: light
21.34: light

For the long stems specifically I´m not sure if it even makes sense to weigh them unless you get them straight from a case, I noticed varying lengths of stems, likely where the difference in weight comes from.

1st ed:

20.76: light
20.81-94: heavy

opened this box myself, all heavies were in this range. There is much heavier print runs though

[modestmudkip]

@shadowless

Here a few gym heroes weights:

Long stem (unlimited):
21.4: light
20.96: heavy
20.91: light
21.34: light

For the long stems specifically I´m not sure if it even makes sense to weigh them unless you get them straight from a case, I noticed varying lengths of stems, likely where the difference in weight comes from.

1st ed:

20.76: light
20.81-94: heavy

opened this box myself, all heavies were in this range. There is much heavier print runs though

yeah we haven’t really been considering long packs yet. Just trying to get a solid baseline for most sets. I can say though that this data has helped me immensely when it comes to selling and buying and opening ex packs. Ill add the box 1st ed gym heros data now

[crypto]

@zorloth

@crypto

More non EX data…it was a rough night.

All short stem, all unlimited.

Jungle, 20.938g, light - non holo Vaporeon.
Fossil, 21.223g, light - non holo Muk.
Fossil, 21.154g, heavy - holo Raichu.

I’ve noticed that the packs I’ve owned, the 5 lot and now this single pack that were weighed heavy but didn’t contain a holo, they were all darker colored. Could be coincidence, but maybe whenever those print runs occurred it matches up? I found it hilarious I ended up opening another one that was in the 21.2x weight and not containing a holo.

Added; thanks! And yikes, 21.2g with no holo is rough. Interestingly, from the data we have so far, every single Fossil pack in the 20.81g to 21.19g has had a holo so far. But 4 packs weighing 21.2g or more had no holos. Doesn’t mean much yet because we have a sample size of only ~50 packs, but it would be interesting if that trend continued.

I’m all 4 of those too! Not good luck haha. Hopefully others don’t run into that, as it should be heavy!

[emma]

@primordialaa

right now every heavy contained a holo and every light did not, is this 100% expected? I thought there would be some variance within, like I thought we’d see SOME that were HEAVY - did not end up containing a holo… but maybe it makes sense and there isnt much variability on the other weights

I might eat crow on this, but this is likely due to the small sample sizes right now

[burritos760]

Hi guys, don’t know if you guys are tracking ling crimp wotc packs but I opened a long base set booster pack weighing 21.47 and I pulled a holo from it.

[badedyr]

Skyridge pack at 17.70grams

Contained a Flareon holo

[dareisay]

Opening results from Aquapolis artset from clear wrap booster box:

Arcanine pack 17.67g - no holo
Entei pack 17.82g - Blissey holo
Scizor pack 17.82g - Scizor holo
Tyranitar pack 17.87g - Crystal Lugia holo

[octopusintelligencer]

@dareisay

Opening results from Aquapolis artset from clear wrap booster box:

Arcanine pack 17.67g - no holo
Entei pack 17.82g - Blissey holo
Scizor pack 17.82g - Scizor holo
Tyranitar pack 17.87g - Crystal Lugia holo

Congrats on Crystal Lugia!

[dareisay]

Thanks! It graded a 10 too! aha

[tuftse]

Hi OP, can I have access to the spreadsheet pretty please?

TR 1st ed 21.09 - pulled a Dark Hypno holo.

Not enough info on base packs here and I have 6 coming in the mail

[dareisay]

@tuftse, I think that the link to the spread sheet is in the comments on the first page of the thread?

[tuftse]

@dareisay

@tuftse, I think that the link to the spread sheet is in the comments on the first page of the thread?

Ahh, I had a quick scroll and missed it. Cheers!