JP 151 also come out near the end of the waifu bubble (Erika SAR was around $300 (usd) around release now dropped to $100-90 now). So the set definitely got the waifu hype boost to maintain the crazy prices for this long and held it as soon as people slowly shifted to Master Balls.

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

Thankfully that era was a small phase! Masterball holos were so good.

I recently got back into Pokemon content, so I was confused about news of 151 reprints. Thank you for this elaboration. Pretty clear video!

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

No problem awesome to hear you enjoyed the content!

My personal distributor told me about the price drop almost 2 weeks ago and I grabbed some myself. Now is the time to buy jp 151, prices will go right back up after the reprint.

@marioaltamirno2855

3 ай бұрын

Not really because LGS, Investors, Purchased 151 Top Dollars, over 200 dollars, so now they are stuck with a lot of inventory, and if sold now LGS, Investors will. Take a Big loss. It will take time, but not at the same level,

@allidoisspinpoi8181

2 ай бұрын

@@marioaltamirno2855 yeah, sure thing, we’ll see what happens around July-august, lmao…

I'm kind of new to TCG. Can you distinguish between the first print issue and reprint?

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

No not really. Pokémon ended 1st editions for English sets a long time ago, and they ended in 2016 for Japanese.

Cleaner english hits will be worth more as quality is generally worse,also no god packs in english very hard pull rates ,english is better to collect fact if you are looking at future value

ive just been planning on buying both 😅

Just bought a Japanese 151 for $55 shipped. So glad u waited

the Japanese version, I bought a box and 10 to 15 holo cards came with printing lines, very poor quality control.

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

That’s unfortunate. I have noticed some JPN sets reduce quality to meet demand with the new JPN interest.

I was going to try collect the japanese 151 set once the prices come down since I can't find any English stock in shops and I refuse to pay the booster bundle prices

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

Why not 151 ETB’s?

@rikkipalmer3702

3 ай бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles haven't seen them in shops near me for a while. It's also a lot of clutter lol

After the reprint prices are gonna be back at 200 days after

I regretted not investing in this set. Also the English version is difficult to invest in when your options are booster bundles, upc and ETBs. I am going to try to pick some of these up during the reprint but I want to see if I can purchase through the Pokémon center in Japan rather than go through a third party. Not sure if it’s possible though.

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

Yeah English kind of sucks in that regard. No one wants to store UPC’s in their home. They are massive!

@samersalama6275

3 ай бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles yep and they are difficult to ship. I keep looking at the Charizard UPC and I know the 151 is in a different bracket because it’s the best way to get the most packs, but it’s hard to invest when the Charizard box hasn’t moved much in 2 years.

Waiting until the dust settles.

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

Will you be picking one up in May?

@Pokemo-er1qp

3 ай бұрын

For sure! At least we will have a better idea what the real price is.

@inkedBc

3 ай бұрын

@@Pokemo-er1qphonestly think about evee heroes it was the same thing that happened and ppl sold for cheaper because of the reprint then when the reprint happened ppl bought times of it and held the market just like they did when 151 first came out . Right now you can find boxes at 135 😂 im buying right now like crazy and when the reprint comes the first week your gonna see it go back up to 175 to 200 dollars . History always repeats itself . Last time the ones that didn’t buy low on evee heroes when the reprint was announced had to pay more days after the reprint

@jason113388

3 ай бұрын

@@inkedBc I’m also buy at 135 and if it drops more I’ll just buy more

@inkedBc

3 ай бұрын

@@jason113388 facts bro

Great video! I’ve seen ripNships selling Korean 151 dirt cheap. Worth the buy?

@marioaltamirno2855

3 ай бұрын

Not really, they don't hold the same value as Japanese Cards

@jaedengilloway1515

3 ай бұрын

@@marioaltamirno2855 thanks man. I appreciate the info 🙏🏻

I’m sorry but are you not gna mention how Japanese supply of cards will far exceed the English cards in the future? IMO that naturally will make English a better investment as it is in other English counterparts to Asians of TCG

Are japanese cards thiner than the English ones?

So no english reprint? should I sell my english 151 inventory? Or hold?

@xteagg

3 ай бұрын

Burn it

It's such a good set so I got both English and Japanese just to be sure

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

Good choice!

Investing?! I’m still opening all that I get my hands on haha.

Here is the difference...it's cheaper to buy japanese singles than the english version. I couldn't get a decently priced full art Blastoise and Venusaur english version...so, I took a short cut in my 151 Master Set by getting the Japanese full art Blastoise and Venusaur (all the rest are English). Don't misconstrue my comment. It is what it is. Generally, the English 151 singles are more expensive than the Japanese cards. Nothing wrong with collecting either sets. I just originally wanted to collect my set from the same series. But the English singles are really cost prohibitive now, so I took a short cut in my 151 master set. Doing the same thing now for my latest project (collecting the 1st 45 (yeah, not 48, just 1 per character) holos (base/fossil/jungle), and I am combining english and japanese cards. I just want the art.

I’m buying both

For the first time I saw 151 ETB at target and there was 4 of em. Took 2. Went back to leave a morpeko CZ box and the other 2 got picked up leaving none. Those 151 etbs are pancakes just get em. There was plenty of paradox rift and temporal forces etbs but again 151 they go fast. My son pulled a blastiose man we were happy.

Where can you buy the Japanese restock

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

What country are you in? In Australia a lot of card stores stock them.

@jrserna9129

3 ай бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles I live in US west coast

@jrserna9129

3 ай бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles us west coast

Are you related to Freezma by any chance? You look like his younger brother lol 🎉

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

👀

i would say given the volatility of the Japanese products and their reprint policies into the obvilion, I will stay with my English while investing in a bit of japanese

Hello, from South Africa! Im really enjoying the video's!

@phillips.collectibles

2 ай бұрын

You’re a legend! Awesome to have you on board.

I'm planning on buying a japanse boosterbox in may. It's at 200 euro here atm but, around 120-140euro seems more reasonable for me. Great video idea! Love it.

@Darko0699

3 ай бұрын

Nah id say 100-110

@newjones1754

3 ай бұрын

@@Darko0699 I just want one for my collecting i pay more if i have to. I have no idea what retail price will be and if there any here at all. I wasn't in the hobby when 151 dropped the first time. When i got back in the price was already to high.

@Darko0699

3 ай бұрын

@@newjones1754 its almost at 140 and no reprint yet. I think we can chill and buy very cheap soon 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽

@guwardiguwardi4372

3 ай бұрын

Wow thats still quite expensive. Here in Singapore many resellers are currently selling it at around USD140 average

@newjones1754

3 ай бұрын

@@guwardiguwardi4372 European market always has been more expensive i think. Atleast we never pay the same prices at retail like they do in the USA. Most be taxes or something.

❤ I will be picking some up. How much, I'm not sure. Part of me just wants to buy a handful, part of me wants a case. Will you be picking some up?

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

I think I’ll wait till May. Thankfully in Australia our Japanese sets are usually pretty affordable. Are there any particular favourite cards from 151 you’re on the lookout for?

@pokedawg

3 ай бұрын

@phillips.collectibles yeah man, that sounds like the safest bet. Little riskier here in the USA, these Japanese sets can sometimes run away quickly. 😄 like with Eevee Heroes, we didn't see much of a cool down with those reprints, but hey, could be different! I'd love to get thr SIR trio in English, maybe get the Giovanni as well!

Is there a Englisch reprint also?

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

No, but English is still available at retail so it wouldn’t be that big of an event. Japanese was sky high prices.

@laferrari4988

3 ай бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles so what to buy? Englisch or Japanese? Or both?

given that japanese pull rates are so much worse, i imagine this would help increase the value of japanese in the long term

@phillips.collectibles

2 ай бұрын

You may be right with this!

So bad QQ is what makes the eng 151 so valuable?

@phillips.collectibles

2 ай бұрын

In terms of PSA 10? Historically bad quality control makes PSA 10s be very high value. Like evolutions Charizard!

I still think that Japan cards are going to do better then English in the long run. Not just the 151 but also other sets. Japan is the origin of Pokemon plus like you said the quality of the cards is better. Holding both tho 😅

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

I think for 151 where they add those special flares like Masterball Reverse Holos they will. In general I’m not too sure, though they may!

Crazy to think the English set is the only set not to have a reprint!!

@phillips.collectibles

2 ай бұрын

It’s still quite easy to get though

@ROBSONCRUZO13

5 күн бұрын

true etb nearly doubling in price nuts

Are the reprints only for Japan?

@phillips.collectibles

3 ай бұрын

At this stage yes. But English is still at retail price.

@tylersmith1639

3 ай бұрын

Ah, I can’t seem to find it anywhere

comparing japanese vs english isnt even debatable! japanese is king! fact! english copies is safe?! 😂😂😂😂

@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165

24 күн бұрын

And yet English is worth more, so why are you laughing?

@THECHIMPLIFE

24 күн бұрын

@@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165 what?!! 🤣🤣 English are reprints and copy cats! They even copy the border 😂😂 English cards are China cards 🤣 unoriginal

Just purchased 6 Japanese boxes at 85 each

@phillips.collectibles

2 ай бұрын

What a buy!

algorithm

@phillips.collectibles

2 ай бұрын

That's a real one!

Japanese cards are better!