Not exactly … You can dump the e-Reader data by following some steps … It’s not difficult, but requires to scan the e-Card once. Once you have the raw file you don’t need to scan the e-Card anymore … You can load the file using an emulator that has support for RAW files such as mGBA for example.
HitSave has built something called “e+ Pro” which is a modified golden e-Reader that let users scan graded cards without damaging them.
To scan with the e+ pro, do they need to have been swiped once before? Are they pulling from the database?
e+ Pro is a modified e-Reader. Basically is something similar to the e-Reader, but with another shell … I’m not sure if it’s region locked (normal e-Reader is Region Locked).
Scan the physical e-Cards just like with the normal e-Reader.
I think you’re confusing with dumping the e-Reader data … Dumping is basically extracting the data (in this case, in form of RAW files). Once you have the RAW file, you don’t need to scan the e-Card physically because you have a digital copy that can be loaded in an emulator.
If you want to scan the data in a physical peripheral, you need to scan the e-Cards when required.
The modified peripheral can’t load RAW files … It scans physical e-Cards (like a normal e-Reader)
If you mean the model, I think it’s a private file and I don’t know if Hit Save is willing to share the 3D model of the e+ Pro
It sounds like the e+ pro doesn’t need an existing dataset/dump to compare to, that was my question. It scans like a normal e-reader, just modified.
It’s weird how these lost cards always appear on the market following one random sale. Like how Linkdu randomly came across the protobirds then they flooded auction houses or wagon with you pikachu. Real or fake I wouldn’t want to be first to market on these cards.
Ain’t that the same art as Erika’s Dratini from Gym?
“Sample” or “Prototype” Dragonite evolution line really does something for me. I also like this background more than the one chosen for Erika.
e+ pro is just your stock e+ with the outer case replaced with custom 3D printings so that the groove guiding the card is wide enough to fit slabs instead of just cards (and perhaps some adjusting to make sure sensors can read dot codes clearly). Once the 3D printer files are available and with some basic plastic modeling techniques others with stock e-readers should also be able to do their own replacements and turn them into e+ pros.
Should be region-locked since the internal circuit wasn’t modified.
Based on that specific photo (the one shared in this thread), I could extract the card images and make them look like card assets …
Due to the original size of the image (which was very small for what it offers), I had to use an upscaling image program called “Waifu2x” (No, is NOT AI) … Well, I’ve worked on the images and here are the results …
I won’t put Pikachu because I’ve worked on that before (You can find the image here) …
It’s the best I could do … If I have extracted the images directly, images would be extremely blurry …
If images were better quality, I wouldn’t have used “Waifu2x” … (for the Pikachu I haven’t used that program because quality image was decent).
Anyways, despite I’m not looking to buy the e-Cards, I’d be interested in working in editing better quality images …
Hope you like it!!! …
I’m in touch with the buyer of the Mercari Sample Pikachu. He was able to swipe it through an e-Reader successfully and have data appear on the game boy screen. I have seen the video and can confirm. Given the complexities of e-Reader dot code printing (you need a separate printer than the normal offset), I’m inclined to believe the card is real. Hoping to convince the buyer to officially archive the dot code for posterity with either an ultra high res scan or special hardware.
Worth noting the Pikachu seller says they have no other Sample cards or affiliation with Pokémon. I’d love for the set of 10 that just popped up on Instagram to be real, but given the seller’s involvement in fake prototype cards, it seems more likely they saw the attention and price around the Mercari Pikachu sale and decided to quickly whip up some fakes. On the other hand, it’s possible someone like Akabane had these lying around and hadn’t realized the value until now. Time will tell.
Convolutional neural networks are indeed AI
ah, didn’t know … well, thanks for the answer …
ON HAND
now I’m REALLY dying 
There’s a clefairy that’s new to me, up top Right corner as well…
Great history! Thanks for sharing, Quuador.
Asking price is 30,000,000 jpy ($210k)
Who wants to take one for the team? 
21k per card 
Living in Japan I can say that while grading is most definitely a thing here, it’s a drop in the ocean compared to the west. Raw / binder collections reign supreme here and I doubt that will change anytime soon.
For collections I agree 100% that binders are the way to go. But selling an expensive card would yield even more if authenticed first. For example, I wouldn’t touch a raw Eevee Scramble card. But graded, I would be interested
