I think, Pokémon USA, put charizard and blastoise in the back to protect the consumer. You can't check if the card is grade quality without opening the Deck. In Japanese, you don't have to open the deck and actually switch out decks with lower quality charizards. I'm actually seeing this pretty frequently already in my area unfortunately. That's why I don't trust a single word from Japanese resellers.
@cokikillide585511 ай бұрын
I was disappointed opening this product. For something this expensive, I would of thought Pokémon would have better quality control on the cards. Sadly the card quality is poor. There is still centering, edged, and corner issues. For $400, this shouldn't be an issues. The English version not having the gold holo border was also very disappointing.
@brendamn975411 ай бұрын
Japanese is cheaper, better quality and just looks amazing! idk why they did this to us , with a price jump on top, i feel like this could also be a test for the market, to see what they can push, 400 in sports cards is honestly not that much, but each ( pokemon and sports) have there own market
@aenema13311 ай бұрын
I personally don’t care about the holo pattern and what not. It looks like it did back in the day. I’m more upset with how it was advertised as “classic” and featuring decks built around the classic Base Set starters. But this has modern cards in addition to the base set cards and frankly it just doesn’t work. Base Set Charizard is hard to enough to use competitively as it was. But with modern cards, it’s completely and utterly unusable. At least use the Evolutions variants! The card list is my biggest complaint. I wish they built decks either using purely classic cards or modern versions of classic cards. They even used the Evolutions variants of base set Mewtwo! This mix and match thing isn’t feasible. Glad I was able to find this out before wasting money on it.
@DaAlolanSnorlax11 ай бұрын
Congrats on getting to 20k soon! Been watching y’all for a minute! Well deserved and have enjoyed the videos!
@Kuribohbros11 ай бұрын
I just don't see the value here at 400. Also $400 equates to £360. But the MSRP is 400 in the UK and US. This really should have been 200 max. Also, what is with the card choices? I'd hoped all the cards would have been Neo Genesis and prior?
@camtannertv38267 ай бұрын
Box is on sale at TCG for 240USD
@dantehensley679911 ай бұрын
Whats the point of this product if you cant use the cards in tourneys? Why pay almost 400 bucks for a casual product, seems kinda redudant to me. For 400 i could build a nice holo/full art competitive deck.
@pixelatedaces79528 ай бұрын
I mean, it just makes sense to me. Imo it would be weird from a rotation standpoint, and the cards that can be used competitively already exist, like the Boss's Orders and such. You can use the basic energies in comp decks, but that 400 dollar point is for collectors to have it to leave sealed, or have it for the collection purpose. All of the cars featured from a comp standpoint are just bad, or alr exist
@marijnnoorlander461311 ай бұрын
Pretty awesome product, but really underwhelming compared to the Japanese version and too expensive for me. Thanks for showing us!! 🔥
@IneptCardCollector11 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@easymonay11 ай бұрын
I got a good deal and paid less than $360 for one. If not for that deal idk if I would have bothered getting the full product.
@masonsplanet101611 ай бұрын
Nice! Always love sitting back and watching a good old hilltop vid!
@Dhm_VR10 ай бұрын
Grinding my a*s off for straight A's so i can get this
@nguyen92511 ай бұрын
Insane how this is so much more expensive than the Japanese version and it's not better. They really should have holo'd the borders out 😢
@DAAAFARM11 ай бұрын
Interesting product! Nice to have a premium option but the cards look like celebrations... Already collected that set heavy. I'll probably pass but it was cool to see! Thanks for sharing
@hugbell10 ай бұрын
So if I'm not mistaken when I watched a video from PTCGradio's Wossy he stated that the English wouldn't have holo on the yellow boarders because the English sets didn't have holo when they were printed. It was something started when we switched to the silver boarders but at the same time there was also a lot of holo bleed in the later sets. I'm glad I found your video though, I did pick this up but I was planning on keeping the whole thing sealed so seeing where the cards are kept makes me feel better about leaving it sealed.
@referredlamp11411 ай бұрын
I just opened my box and it was good, but should not be $400. it should have been $200 or $160. Still a good box tho
@veteranredbeard62227 ай бұрын
I love the yellow non Holo borders.
@Travis_collection11 ай бұрын
nothing beat the smell of 1999 Cards.. it have a smell to it.
@TeamPokeColors9 ай бұрын
I’m taking the route of buying the singles, still cheaper than $400
@marsbase135710 ай бұрын
See if they are smart they would have done in the first box all 151. 2nd box leaf and the 3rd box team rocket. And then do 151 boxes in fire , 151 boxes in green, 151 boxes in blue so on .
@dannyzardy11 ай бұрын
I cancelled my eng pre order after watching pokerev opened it. Only ordered because i thought it will have the same border as the JP one. I was so dissapointed .
@TheSushiandme11 ай бұрын
I should of done it... but it was too late for me 😂😂
@rell66011 ай бұрын
@@TheSushiandmeShould have done what? You can get it discounted some places for $25-50 off.
@TheSushiandme11 ай бұрын
@@rell660 Noice
@tomlie620311 ай бұрын
Japanese kicks this out the club
@macsmike200011 ай бұрын
thanks for sharing, the energy and trainers can be used on tournaments??
@zachmcloud11 ай бұрын
You cant even use the trainer's and supporters that are in standard rotation?
@XGamesFanaticX11 ай бұрын
I’m Australia we’re paying $800 for it
@MITSI19917 ай бұрын
Just got one of these myself. Been collecting since I was 7 so since the beginning. Ive got the shadowless ive got the base set.. like you name it. So this was a no brainer. But im reallllly debating on opening it.
@jordancase13314 ай бұрын
It's literally a pokemon tcg board game. I snagged one and gonna play it. Looks so much fun. And a simple way to play pokemon
@trainerli11 ай бұрын
Until SV1 english cards differed from japanese cards as they had the yellow border compared to Japan’s grey border. That’s why vs seeker/xy super rod have yellow here while SV switch has grey. Not rocket science.
@DOC_95110 ай бұрын
Many places sell it for 300-350, better than $400 at least haha
@slayerzerg11 ай бұрын
watch the jpn classic box jump to over $400 while the english one drops to jpn box price of $250.
@jons3558 ай бұрын
Don’t look now but I think it might be exactly the same
@EricM-1123 ай бұрын
This is like if Seto Kaiba played pokemon😼
@jthom16743 ай бұрын
EXACTLY THE SAME (Now repeat this 200 times and you have this video)
@luke398111 ай бұрын
I wonder if it's just like the Japanese version.
@bigdogkellz512011 ай бұрын
The things on the sides should have the cards in them
@4eyesover25 ай бұрын
My mans saying 400 dollars as many times as possible to help himself get over it lol. These are around for 200-250 now, 400 is like bend over and take it dry
@hilltoptcg7715 ай бұрын
Remember prices change over time😊
@SteveMahdits11 ай бұрын
Yellow is classic for the us
@duclengoc119910 ай бұрын
Are this real cards ?
@jonathanbiller20298 ай бұрын
400 is a joke the only cards that are good are the 3 starters and those card prices will drop so no not at all
@MoneyHoneyBunny11 ай бұрын
This is the biggest scam Pokemon has ever done lol. Like they know collectors will pay whatever t get these and save them for 50 years. But honestly, this is a huge ripoff
@Unknowngoudaberry11 ай бұрын
'Exactly the same' count 497
@marsbase135710 ай бұрын
At my local store they have 6 of them for $599.99
@jonathanbiller20298 ай бұрын
Now there 349 lol
@jordancase13314 ай бұрын
Its a pokemon board game, you dont buy it for the cards.
@marcosjuarez14903 ай бұрын
Why does it say the cards cant be used for official tournaments?
@josepaez69572 ай бұрын
Got mine for 200 on amazon
@dractneogg6 ай бұрын
Okay cool video, Showed it off pretty well, but my god how many times have you said "...exactly the same," in this video?!?! I heard if like x5 so I skipped forward 10 seconds and you immediately said it again. I muted the video for a little while just to look at the box, then unmuted and you said it again!!! I paused the video in disbelief hit play and you said it AGAIN!!! Now I find it funny, but in the moment I had to watch the entire video muted. Regardless thanks for the video 👍
@ryanclark938611 ай бұрын
Is it worth it?
@PwnagePicturesInc11 ай бұрын
If you're looking to collect it absolutely not, if you plan on selling it in the future yes.
@mitchellcrain780811 ай бұрын
Easy pass...
@mnite20017 ай бұрын
outright rip off without the blings blings...was planning to flex with the energy until i see the opening videos, bad bad product =)
@dacool81356 ай бұрын
Ppl dont like gold cards but want gold borders........
@changtcg11 ай бұрын
400 dollars and no booster packs at all. Pass
@veteranredbeard62227 ай бұрын
Say "exactly" one more time lol
@GemCollector428411 ай бұрын
Yeah I need this
@kulickla11 ай бұрын
Damn this is trash compared to the Japanese version im glad i lucked unboxing of this version
@1990chromes11 ай бұрын
How many times was “exactly the same” said?
@jdrs191010 ай бұрын
I thought exactly the same.
@adamcarson491211 ай бұрын
Exactly
@jdrs191010 ай бұрын
X1000
@snidaman94111 ай бұрын
Drinking game take a drink every tine he says Japanese
@Kookeyz11919 күн бұрын
No one cares about the comparison between Japanese and English - just give the info plz .....
@dmente1611 ай бұрын
Ten years later it will cost a lot of money, so stop crying and those who are collectors can pay for it, it is not for children
@willatwood10 ай бұрын
Nah, I cant see how this will ever reach the same value as the original cards as all the decks are the same and include a lot of the same cards and, if I'm not mistaken, they all include those original Pokémon (Charizord, Venasaur and Blastoise) most importantly, these cards are all produced after this whole Pokémon craze so they're not rare in any fashion.
@OceanicNASA8 ай бұрын
where does it say not for children? pokemon is literally a card game collected and played bet most children.
@MrToco237 ай бұрын
Literally a kids game, what a bozo.
@Shelboooooo7 ай бұрын
Because it is a fancy adult style game set of a kids game@OceanicNASA
@mathewvang143110 ай бұрын
Cool but waste of money only🤣
@1Karavopanos11 ай бұрын
Overpriced crap ...
@YuckNasty11 ай бұрын
Honestly I like the simple look y’all complain to much plus i am happy the kept the card in the middle so they didnt get all banged up