I Open 80 Japanese 151 Pokemon Card Packs!

This set contains only first generation Pokemon!
How many can I remember?
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[@TheRenaissanceReborn]

"Name all your country's historical leaders" "Impossible" "Name 151 imaginary monsters by photo alone" "You got it, boss"

[@qqwui9989]

Now i want like a pokemon/baseball trading card thing but with US Presidents

[@radicaloranges]

dont forget, james cheated with the japanese here so technically he also failed that!!

[@somecallmesean_]

⁠@@qqwui9989i mean that would only be like 45 cards total

[@angolin9352]

Millard Fillmore doesn't say his name every time you look at him.

[@dr.acula124]

33 minutes of australian tech wizard opening pokémon cards make a great european lunch break

[@De19thKingJulion]

What's for lunch, for you? In somewhere in Europe?? Love from, An Australian

[@ElectroNicko_]

I'm also very interested in what you have for lunch in Europe. Love from, and American

[@ironbeagle9774]

I hope your lunch was good love from a brit

[@dr.acula124]

I had pasta and pokémon cards. Love from, an Italian

[@Fuxor7]

​@@dr.acula124 "Is pasta an instrument?"( Replace pasta with mayonnaise for SpongeBob reference)

[@Mobile_Dom]

i felt the "in my day, reverse holos meant you had fakes" right in my core

[@jimeththemelancollie351]

In your reverse holo apple core?

[@AveragePootis]

The more i watch James the more i realise that he is really just a calm wade. Thats more handy

[@AB0BA_69]

And with a cat instead of snakes, a family, and less musically inclined 😅

[@aspookyladmusic4954]

James calling pidgey spearow every time without correction has been a treat.

[@goofyahhcat4k60fps]

"Unboxing videos aren't fun at all, except this one." -Me

[@bntrs]

"We have Maxmoefoepokemon at home" I'll take it. Brother hasn't uploaded in nine months. Great video

[@DingDung420]

Still waiting on those japan vlogs

[@chadbranston9741]

He's taking over the aussie yelling a children's cardboard

[@CuteSkyler]

As long as James won't say "one two three to the front getting rid of the energy", he ain't replacing Max. Say it, James!

[@lucyakaluckstat]

He's busy drinking cold ones with his mates

[@Frank_Pods]

"Hey guys new video every 2 days"

[@hobobeard]

It’s humidity and differences in surface tension between the cardboard and foil layers that causing the bending. You could keep them in air-tight containment but honestly it’s not worth the trouble. The only people who really care are investors and speculators and honestly, fuck ‘em.

[@450AHX]

Surface tension is a property of liquids, not solids. James' guess that it's differential thermal expansion is probably closer.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

I'm Gen-X, and therefore, know absolutely nothing about Pokémon but I'll happily watch a millennial tear some packs.

[@xenotiic8356]

Uhh there is pika chu and the other ones (>900 more) you're good to go now

[@feelincrispy7053]

@@xenotiic8356wtf is this bot saying lol

[@AB0BA_69]

What are you even doing on this channel, grandpa?? 😂

[@ShockingPikachu]

​@@AB0BA_69 I mean they have NES and Atari from their childhood here

[@TrentJordan3198]

2:20 That's Ceruledge and Armarouge, they were introduced in the latest Pokémon games Scarlet and Violet.

[@thomasphillips885]

Sure, okay!

[@Goldencub-2020]

“Reverse holo Apple core, bet you can’t beat that card” James coming in with the applin and dipplin respect without realizing

[@winterwatson6437]

me, yelling the pokémon names at my phone while doing chores

[@MattiasPilhede]

I haven't bought pokémon cards since gen 1, but I bought these boosters as a spur of the moment thing and I REALLY like the art on these cards. I gave away all of my old pokémon cards at some point, and I regret that now, but this felt like a good way to get back at having a collection again, and since I bought the Japanese ones it feels like it's a bit more "fresh" and different from anything I had before.

[@ChiralWolf]

Pretty spot on with the curving! Humidity differences between the factory and your location, the cardboard expands as it absorbs water in the air but the plastic foiling does so it warps them. Putting them in the binder will help but the only "proper" way to fix it is with desiccant packs to change the humidity and then double sleeving them to keep ambient humidity out

[@VCRVoyage]

James I'm sorry to say you've discovered the joys foil trading cards. Leave them outside in any sort of weather that's too hot or too cold (like Adelaide atm) and you'll end up with pringles. Some foils are better than others but Colgate foils like Pokemon tend to be pretty bad. To answer some questions EX is pronounced as the individual letters, not as a word. Eee-Ex. While some Pokemon have been re-typed in the games, mostly a bunch of normal types gaining the fairy typing tcg typing is... weird and different. The reason the poison type pokemon that are dark type in this set is likely down to the team simply believing that it suits Poison type better than the Psychic type. First Editions no longer exist. A number higher than the set number just indicates some sort of higher rarity. I don't play enough Pokemon TCG to have it memorised so I can't be more help. But basically if it has a higher set number or multiple stars it's a rarer card. That does not mean it holds more value however.

[@avtips4779]

18:13 are we gonna ignore that one being a master ball variant?

[@TheHitcher931]

Yes

[@thomasphillips885]

Master Ball PurpleShirtamon

[@ZeroCrystal]

Ol' mate James at BUTTCRACK O'CLOCK on the American West Coast? Yes, I do.

[@Mr.Rachmaninoff]

Dankpods version opens random pokemon cards from cashies James gets some fancy retro pokemon packs from Japan

[@madbiach]

The Mr Squiggle reference didn't go unnoticed - showing ya age James :P

[@Games_for_James]

Hahaha excellent!

[@bacon.cheesecake]

This was way more fun than it had any right to be

[@connorgirard583]

Seeing all those foils Pringle at the end broke my heart! You were on the right track, though, it's a moisture problem between the foil printing and the card stock. There are ways to fix it!! The best way is with moisture regulation packs for cigars, weird as hell solution, but it does work! You'll want to aim for 62% moisture level, whatever the proper term is. I'm a Magic player and while I've experienced the curling before, I've yet to try the cigar pack solution. I hope you can get them all fixed up, James!!

[@gamingforpizza5142]

You know someone is Australian when they even put sleeves upside down.

[@Games_for_James]

I like it so the opening is at the bottom of the folder sleeve, the side entry folder I’m using makes that pointless though

[@basscharenborg6441]

11 longer than the regular videos? That's new.. Cool to see you geek-out about your hobby👍

[@Perc1000]

wow maxmoefoepokemon really has put himself together

[@WeSkeem]

Purple-shirt-a-mon is my favorite Pokémon also.

[@Amar-pt2or]

i missed ya mate,thanks for uploading.

[@ongxuwei]

I usually dont like watching Pokemon card unboxing vids, but it's James. I'll give it a pass. James is cool.

[@heidisparklebottom]

This nostalgia bomb made me so happy ❤ didn't know James opening booster packs was something I needed in my life

[@tamaramacadam8650]

I have never played a single Pokémon game nor engaged in any of the expanded media, why did I watch this

[@abnorc8798]

It's all about finding the shiny things, whether you like pokemon or not.

[@bllfrg777]

Trogdor as an Aerodactyl was not expected, but very welcome.

[@LeoFlipnotes]

Yes! James channel is back! I hope you had a great trip

[@buggybug]

Love hearing the word "burninate" in the wild lmaoo

[@icychill105]

As a pokemon fan as long as i can remember this set is amazing. Sadly still havent gotten that holo charizard thats worth as much as a whole car.

[@Games_for_James]

I pulled mine from a booster back in the day! I jumped in the air and yelled.

[@radicaloranges]

to explain the dark types: in tcg there are 10 types; colorless (normal, flying), fire, grass (grass, bug), water (water, ice), electric, fighting (fighting, rock, ground), dark (dark, poison), metal (steel), psychic (psychic, ghost, fairy), and dragon. they did experiment with adding fairy type to tcg separately in x and y, but ultimately it proved cheaper/easier/better in some way to combine it with psychic. in previous generations up to (i think) sword and shield, poison was represented by the psychic type, which is why it seemed odd so many previously tcg psychic type pokemon had swapped to tcg dark type

[@sammyers7558]

Tangela does evolve; its evolution is called Tangrowth, but it wasn't introduced until Gen IV (not counting the unused prevo and evo for Tangela in the Gold/Silver beta that got leaked a few years ago).

[@EarthlyTurtwig]

James completely missing that the reverse holo Bill was the master ball is killing me lmao

[@Valhalla05]

"I played Pokemon Shield as well I-it's-jeaaa-itwas-itwaslalright" Honestly as an avid Shield defender I'm glad you gave it a chance. I thought was pretty fun honestly

[@Games_for_James]

I need to revisit gen 1 and 2 to see if they’re as much better as I think they are lol

[@Kintah]

​@@Games_for_Jamesthey are

[@CorvusCorviday]

@@Games_for_Jamesyou don’t even need to go that far back. Black & White 1&2 were the last good games for the older audience. X&Y weren’t bad, mainly cause the story was fantastic. Everything after Sun is too dumbed down for the older audience.

[@ToastyMozart]

​@@CorvusCorvidayScarlet and Violet are good pokemon games too, they just run really poorly.

[@CorvusCorviday]

@@ToastyMozart I genuinely did try Scarlet, but it feels like, to me, after Sun&Moon came out (and i played both versions of Sun) every game after is way too handholdy.

[@BellSH]

27:03 'The Big Three' is also used in Competative RBY to describe Tauros, Snorlax and Chansey, the three normal types who are pretty much required in the most popular played tier, OU

[@flormbis]

Hope you do more of these, this was a great first opening and we need someone to pick up the openings where Max left off, helps that you're Aussie too lol

[@TheZero1er]

Impressive collection of Ancient Mews from the first Pokemon Movie. I remember frantically trying to get my Dad to take me, my brother, along with my cousin to watch the movie just to get that card when I was a kid.

[@Games_for_James]

Pretty sure the card was the main reason I wanted to go too lol

[@Alex-hz5vi]

You’re energy just makes me so happy lol

[@elvanbee]

Can't believe I watched an entire video of you opening Pokemon cards JUST for the cat at the end.

[@Speeskees]

He missed the Master Ball Purple Shirt-e-mon card

[@PixelReaper]

The Gengar in this set is so cool, man. The crayon colouring is sick

[@Xan1011]

James and Dank share a lot of the same mannerisms. That Zapdos ex was such a good pull!

[@luheartswarm4573]

been out of the loop from the pokemon tcg for years, and recent pokemon games but this is just nostalgic love the first generations

[@xcaiusto]

That was a nice nostalgic video.

[@averagephlogfan6475]

I get the insomniac American bonus of watching a James video when it comes out

[@Finnbar]

close enough, welcome back maxmoefoepokemon

[@richwater296]

Yay you're back!

[@clementpruvost8670]

So we finally know why you didn't upload for so long. You lucky one.

[@timelapsemoose7733]

I just got into pokemon cards. Got a few boosters. And heres James doing an opening...

[@GeeFunk84]

Trading cards are the OG microtransactions.

[@bens1343]

it's gacha or gambling, but for kids!

[@Absorr]

Stop making me want to get into collecting Pokemon cards 😭you're making the temptation too great to handle

[@richissac8916]

cheered me up after a rough day to see you finally post!

[@Mackarony5]

Cool video, man!

[@bottomgear4055]

The goat has returned

[@Frank_Pods]

This is more Pokemon content than the entirety on MaxMoePokemon's channel this year combined

[@bobbobkinz9958]

im not interested in any of this, but james is james so im watching.

[@davidl9230]

11:55 "Meowth... that's right" hehe

[@bens1343]

I wondered why energy is pronounced that way in Japanese too. Apparently it's a loanword of the German word "Energie", not English "energy", and it's pronounced with a hard G.

[@Markleford]

"Mew is Mew." Deep, man. Who knew James was a philosopher, too?

[@jaspertheredfoxOWO]

James is adorable when he gets exited:3

[@Aldo.flores]

0:09 what? It’s that a mini Wade besides the mini James? I’m wonder if at that age was a walkaman modder too

[@zacholiver9212]

Nothing beats him referring to Pidgey as Spearow every time

[@AdamYoutube2098]

Hey i found your channel from dankpods. Your alot like him and i love it

[@ThatRedHusky]

James would be the type of person to sleeve a card from the top.

[@andrewbanks1175]

You know… I kinda missed James during the 5 months he was gone. But now that I have a 33 minute video of him rambling and getting most of the Pokémon names wrong, I feel like all is right with the world

[@alextoolstudio]

The collector is back!

[@AdamIsUrqed]

He reminds me of me with MtG in '93-'94. The excitement opening shit up is real.

[@chrisdavidmoran]

A James channel/ dankpods booster box opening crossover needs to happen!

[@BubbleWrapPerson]

I need that sleeping Bulbasaur.

[@ladybeavanerdventures]

OMG YES nice on the Zapdos pull also jelly for your koffing reverse got to pick one of those up at some point also nice Bill Trainer

[@colourman2126]

Jame is the kind of guy to say "Yea" When meeting mewtwo

[@andrewstaples9947]

Man I wish I could have those bulbsaur line full art. My favorite of the starters

[@cttdrn]

The Maxmoefoe we didn't know we needed

[@TheStupid1]

Yay he's back

[@kacperjestfajny]

We need part 2, another 80 packs opening.

[@janzibansi9218]

Not what i expected, but... James Channel!

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

Gotta catch 'em all!

[@Bulbmin64]

that happens to the cards when they get heat, folders or something super tight (like a binder) can help (cards bending, just had to clarify)

[@thomasphillips885]

Not heat, humidity

[@Bulbmin64]

@@thomasphillips885 fair yeah mb

[@Dolly-vz7rh]

Yayyy he's back

[@apocalypsecod]

I was so worried we weren't gonna see my boy Charizard.

[@2xpon]

man goaded set, such nioce art and some really fun playable cards too. love ya sonny

[@sk1pper722]

I thought max uploaded again when I saw this

[@hyenalingo]

full art cards are beautiful

[@dh-cs]

idea: Supercut of all plastic sleevings

[@sentimentalexis]

im having so much fun with this video. id love a little more stuff like this on occasion if youre up to it!! love seeing your reaction to the rares.

[@malcontender6319]

I guess that Gen 1 pokemon go set brought in enough money for nintendo to warrant a dedicated release.

[@AwesomizedArmadillo]

Was that a little Wade cameo with the drumming over the time lapse?

[@MrREDSTAR20]

Im addicted to watching people opening Pokemon cards lmao! are you going to ever upload videos on floatplane bro?

[@deluxemandave789]

Id love to see this video edited into the pokèrap

[@wolfemilk]

ninetales is my favorite, if i had that shiny card as a child i would have lost my mind

[@jewelsvevo8153]

Maxmoefoe Pokemon is gonna have some competition

[@purpleomlet]

This really scratched the itch I have always had for opening pokemon cards.

[@user-zv6cx2px1n]

29:40 As someone who caught the last Master Ball card, I'm sorry for not telling you James.

[@susctopus]

I missed watching pokemon card opening videos 😭😭

[@legomeaker101potato]

I would recommend playing gen 3 (gba) I am also a fan of gens 1 and 2 but I also really like gen 3 (I personally hate sword and shield so... take that as you will)

[@mullet_muffins]

Man, Purpleshirtamon was always my favorite

[@josefernando624]

Long time no see James.🙂👋