Yeah, it’s getting ridiculous. Is that particular starter deck even going to be in high demand?
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This helpful? First 3 minutes are showing off a sealed box.
Awesome set btw.
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Thanks for that video. I recently picked up a box and the top wrap has seen better days. Most of the wrap has seen better days. Looked like it was used as a football and then the top scraped on a lot to the point of most of the top seal missing. At least the bottom is fine, and the the cardboard wont open up without the rest of the seal off. Seller had 6000 feedback too so i can be pretty confident i wasnt played
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It actually looks pretty cool for an introduction to the TCG as the decks are randomised to an extent and there might even be some hope for secret cards like the recent Gengar, so they might be anticipating demand for that if that is indeed the case. But otherwise it doesn’t seem worth it to get locked into their mandatory payment and shipping fees if you win.
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The prices on the eeveelutions lottery are expected but still shocking to me. They are consistently selling for $3-5k on YHJ. They are insanely optimized and I personally highly doubt they change in value much over the next 3 to 5 years.
angrily buys older lottery promos for 1/6th the price
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Seems like this seller is using photos from old listing for their Japanese booster boxes. Most likely a scammer.
page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w1016809755
Original source of photos:
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Hi guys. I still haven’t taken the plunge on the Stamp Promo pikachu and cramorant as I was expecting ting price to fall and stabilize as was supposed to be 80,000 printed.
Do we know if that is still the case?
$125 for the pair seems a lot of this is the case.
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www.pokebeach.com/2021/11/charizard-vstar-from-star-birth-revealed
Charizard VSTAR, Moltres, and More from ‘Star Birth’ Revealed.
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80,000, 100,000. Everyone is talking about how many that were printed, but it doesn’t really matter when so many people want the box. I’ve bought a few already and if the prices fall, then I’ll just buy more.
To answer your question though, I’ve heard at least 80,000 and up to 100,000 were printed. Who knows? Maybe Pokemon will print another 100,000.
If you want it, but think it’s too expensive you should wait a few months for prices to stabilize to see where they fall. That doesn’t mean the price will be lower though. It will just be more established.
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Good call, I saw those last night and thought they were suspicious. Their Jungle box listing is also using an old listing’s photos.
Original
Suspicious
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Good god man. Go through some of those Yahoo tabs and close them.
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1.2 million yen for a Jungle booster box?!
I was selling them two years ago for 80,000 yen each.
Time for me to go into the garage and break open another case of 'em. 
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Close your YJ action tabs ?? How could you when they have so much value !! (And in truth the sold listing feature is terrible on YJ)
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I was going to wait for lower price before purchasing the stamp box. But you just made me FOMO and paid for two boxes 
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That’s nothing, my laptop barely overheats with that many.
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M1 MacBook? Fantastic laptops. They’re literally *cold* to the touch even when running multiple applications.
As for the case of Jungle, well, they’re not actually in a sealed carton (sadly). I foolishly recycled the original cardboard cartons a few years ago. (I kick myself about that now, especially as a collector whose main interest is ephemera.)
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This probably won’t interest many, but Shiny Star V had a small reprint in Korea yesterday!
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So, only 3,000 of these sets were printed right? That feels like a really shallow pool for what this product is. Eeveelution? Tick. Full art? Tick. Amazing artwork? Tick. Low supply? Tick.
I’m looking at these prices and am really tempted to buy. I could see the price climbing steadily over time. But I don’t want to spend $4k right now. Ahhhhhhhhhh.
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Lottery promos historically have not done as well compared to trophies with similar distribution such as Zekrom GX, Mewtwo GX, Charizard V/Max. I think it hurts that the winners have less sentimental attachment. Also important to remember how many will be kept gem mint compared to HGSS & BW lotteries since they have known value on Day 1.
The Kanto & Johto e-starters are still <$5k for a trio twenty years after 5,000 were distributed. I love the lottery Rayquaza and Giratina EX but if you look at PSA price database Ray is one of very few cards that sold for over $1k in 2017 and is “only” a little over twice that today. Buying nearly any vintage card in 2017 would’ve yielded a better return.
The demand is obviously high so maybe these will buck the trend, and I have seen some lottery cards have an uptick recently, but we have had very popular Pokémon on lottery cards before so there is somewhat of a precedent.
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