also one thing i noticed is your weighting on a soft surface, always do it on a hard surface as you can make the scales uneven which can give you varied results.
Thank you for taking your time and money to impart this knowledge to the community. As a novice collector it was extremely helpful. Also props to you for doing your best to help people avoid being scammed.
I love this channel. Thanks for all the great info Rusty. To all viewers if your looking for an honest straight forward seller Rusty @TCA Gaming is your guy. Keep up the great videos.
wish no one weighed up their packs. gotta just buy the sealed boxes or fatpacks. but i weighed the packs from our fatpack, it was 3:1 but we ended up getting 2 full arts and 2 holos
Opened a Pokerev gold pack to find a blastoise base set pack. It weighs 20.84g ... which was accompanied by an eye roll haha. I'm so torn whether to open or keep.
I’ve got 3 sealed 1999 base set packs that all weighed around 20.6-20.9.. since I got them as loose packs I have no idea if they’re heavy or light. I assume they’re light.. but I’ve been debating opening them for a while. Thanks for sharing Rusty!
That's great information. I saw a pack on ebay that was 21.1g but the reseller mentioned in the description he would considered it light (because he compared it to much heavier packs). So, it's really up to the reseller's honesty. I'm wondering if some of these heavy light packs could end up in blisters too? Then they would be no way to know,
Hi I recently bought a 4th print booster pack weighing 21.35 grams but it has a sticker from hasbro Poland on the back. How much does the sticker weigh and is it still considered a heavy pack?
I have 21.2 and 2 21.3 packs form the same sealed booster box and then a 21.6 pack from the same… I opened one of the 21.3 packs… it was light. Which means I have 3 light packs and 1 heavy. It has to do with what the original weigh was. Which means 21.4+ This means that 20.4-5 is guaranteed light and 21.4+ is guaranteed heavy. Holo cards weigh .4-.5 more. So this means 20.8-20.9+ could be potential holos… it’s a risk
Dude you made a great point! Would never have known and just went off the weight the person claimed heavy just from what the scale said and it actually weighing against all packs in box….Excellent video, thank you!
Love the Alakazam .. it was the first holo I ever pulled back in the day. I hated it. But now it's one of my favorite cards because it brings back all the feels from the 90s
I appreciate and admire your integrity Rusty! I always make sure I buy from you on Troll and Toad whenever possible. (You helped me complete my unlimited base set collection) Keep up the good work!
Very informative. Unfortunately I don't think that anybody who bought a sealed Base Set Booster Box and compared the pack weights will be selling the heavy packs online... That would be plain stupid. Did you find a Charizard though in your remaining boosters? If so, did you find the pack weight with the Charizard to be higher then the rest of the heavy packs? Would love to know if there is still a difference in weight between a Charizard and other holos.
I opened a base set box a few months ago and all the packs were over 21gs. The packs were darker colored, think it was just a later print run or something. But the packs were noticeably a darker blue than my other unlimited boosters
Totally agree, when I opened a base recently the heavies were 21.4 was heavy. My house is rather dry so after a few weeks they went down to 20.8 lol so word to the wise if you weigh a box sort them right away and dont mix them up lol
*Any reason why you don't weigh every card in the set and figure out how much each card weighs? I'm sure most cards weigh the same, the biggest differences are in the holographic ones. Then we could find a mean weight of 10 non-holo cards, the wrapper weight and finally understand if it's a heavy pack or not. Maybe even figure out which holo will be there. If I had enough cards I'd gladly do that.*
I know there are different kind of heavy packs from different booster boxes but has there ever been a heavy pack that has reached 23g? Like is there a limit to ensure after a certain weight, it is in fact always heavy? Ive opened packs taht weigh 20.45 that have had heavies in it but every base set pack I have opened above 21.35g has always had a holo in it regardless of not knowing what the rest of the packs in the same booster box have weighed. So I understand lower weighed packs possibly being a new range for heavy (like you showed above) but I have never seen a 21.35 come up with no holos in base set ever. So would that be a safe number? Has anyone else never gotten a holo out of a pack that has weighed over 21.35 grams?
Opened my very first Base set booster pack yesterday coming in at a weight of 20.97 grams thinking it was a heavy one. Decided to open it (before watching this video lol) and ofcourse with only garbage cards inside of it haha. Oh well, still a great experience opening a booster pack that's almost 25 years old, I could just smell the age on the cards inside!
Will I get heavily dinged if I send out a great holo like a Charizard with no damage except for the holo curve? Honestly its the only thing that is holding me back from getting it graded with PSA
Quick question to Rusty (or to anyone really), if you were to weigh the packs that are out nowadays for example, what would you consider heavy & light? I only ask this because a lot of the packs now have some kind of reverse holo, so would the reverse add into that weight just like a holo would? Or would you know if it was heavy if it just had a reverse, or a reverse & a holo? (Sorry if the wording is confusing, I really don't know how to put it)
Have you ever weighed long packs, if so what have been the range? I have 2 long packs, one weighs @ 20.8 grams and another @21.03 grams. With the long stem its hard to tell if the 21+ gram is a heavy pack.
I tried weighing sun&moon and sword&shield packs. I had 10 packs weighing 20.02gr up to 22.50gr. 2 of the 22.50 were a v and a vmax card. 1 was a regular rare. The difference was the code card. A heavy pack with a green code card gives 💩 but if It's a white code card you'll likely get a holo or better. Idk if this is really accurate because you're not suppose to be able to weigh them but if the code card (wich were 0.2gr in difference) is the only thing messing with the weight you still be 50% able to tell wich packs are good🤷🏻♂️it all depends on the code card in my opinion. Have you tried it with the newer sets?
Yo I bought a unweighed pack from my local card shop (1st edition jungle) and it weighs 20.85.. but it has the curvature of a holo.. likely it has a holo? Also got a 1st edition fossil pack weighing at 20.95g
I've seen you open a fair few base boxes on here.. is this the heaviest you ever seen them ? And I just think its impossible that all 17 of those packs have holos in them . I've seen boxes have 11 and very rare 13 holos but 17 man that would be crazy , I'm pretty confident not all of them will contain holos
I'll tell you now that you cant follow this rule on hidden fates. Just out of curiosity (forced by kids) we weighed some when we started looking for the shiny charzard. The second lightest pack we opened had the shiny charzard in it. So we found the charzard in the second pack we opened and it was one of the lightest packs. We were doing our own experiment on the weight of packs and found out weight doesn't matter.
The modren sets can't be weighed. The cards that have the code on them are printed on random weight card stock to stop them from being weighed to find holos.
If I had the free cash I'd buy up your "light" packs so you wouldn't have to go through the trouble of grading them. It's just a waste of time and money and I'd just want them just to have them. I miss having base set packs. I remember opening up Team rocket, fossil and jungle jpn back in 97-98. But i don't remember opening Base set. But I clearly did from looking at my cards.
FINALLY!!! i've been telling people this for some time, i actually opened 12 rocket packs to get an exact weight with "my scales" to figure out the lowest weight that contained a holo, people don't understand also that different scales can be tarred differently only slightly, people laughed when i told them, unless you physically open packs and figure out the weight on your own scales, you cannot guarantee a heavy pack, the packs i sold as heavy all got holos, if you change to a different pair of scales, you must do this process all over again.
this is why i always try buy unweighed can never trust people these days :) thanks for the science lession rusty another great video like always mate keep em coming!
Why'd you unsubscribe?? He's just showing you what a lot of shady ppl do and nowadays you have to weigh the packs cause everyone else does. If not your putting yourself at a big disadvantage and more than likely gonna get burnt
I love your integrity man. A true example of and for the community!
Dude - this is pokemon card science - thank you for having specimens to test with
4:18 good! People would definitely resell as heavy ...
also one thing i noticed is your weighting on a soft surface, always do it on a hard surface as you can make the scales uneven which can give you varied results.
The people that dislike this video are probably selling lights as heavies.
Thank you for taking your time and money to impart this knowledge to the community. As a novice collector it was extremely helpful.
Also props to you for doing your best to help people avoid being scammed.
17 heavy packs wow
I love this channel. Thanks for all the great info Rusty. To all viewers if your looking for an honest straight forward seller Rusty @TCA Gaming is your guy. Keep up the great videos.
Love the rhyming title. Lol
wish no one weighed up their packs. gotta just buy the sealed boxes or fatpacks. but i weighed the packs from our fatpack, it was 3:1 but we ended up getting 2 full arts and 2 holos
Thanks for always being so honest! Also that Alakazam looks clean! Hope you can find a Charizard in those packs.
Opened a Pokerev gold pack to find a blastoise base set pack. It weighs 20.84g ... which was accompanied by an eye roll haha. I'm so torn whether to open or keep.
I’ve got 3 sealed 1999 base set packs that all weighed around 20.6-20.9.. since I got them as loose packs I have no idea if they’re heavy or light. I assume they’re light.. but I’ve been debating opening them for a while. Thanks for sharing Rusty!
Did you ever open them?
So now I gotta spend 10k on a box to not get ripped off
That's great information. I saw a pack on ebay that was 21.1g but the reseller mentioned in the description he would considered it light (because he compared it to much heavier packs). So, it's really up to the reseller's honesty. I'm wondering if some of these heavy light packs could end up in blisters too? Then they would be no way to know,
Hi I recently bought a 4th print booster pack weighing 21.35 grams but it has a sticker from hasbro Poland on the back. How much does the sticker weigh and is it still considered a heavy pack?
I have 21.2 and 2 21.3 packs form the same sealed booster box and then a 21.6 pack from the same… I opened one of the 21.3 packs… it was light. Which means I have 3 light packs and 1 heavy.
It has to do with what the original weigh was. Which means 21.4+
This means that 20.4-5 is guaranteed light and 21.4+ is guaranteed heavy.
Holo cards weigh .4-.5 more.
So this means 20.8-20.9+ could be potential holos… it’s a risk
Incredibly interesting and informative. Thanks!
well made video with great information.
also... the showmanship... keeping that foil with its back turned was kinda legendary haha
Dude you made a great point! Would never have known and just went off the weight the person claimed heavy just from what the scale said and it actually weighing against all packs in box….Excellent video, thank you!
I just opened a potential shadowless blister and it was 20.9 and pulled a raichu so I believe you. Weight don’t matter much
Love the Alakazam .. it was the first holo I ever pulled back in the day. I hated it. But now it's one of my favorite cards because it brings back all the feels from the 90s
"Pretty quick"
I appreciate and admire your integrity Rusty! I always make sure I buy from you on Troll and Toad whenever possible. (You helped me complete my unlimited base set collection) Keep up the good work!
Very informative. Unfortunately I don't think that anybody who bought a sealed Base Set Booster Box and compared the pack weights will be selling the heavy packs online... That would be plain stupid. Did you find a Charizard though in your remaining boosters? If so, did you find the pack weight with the Charizard to be higher then the rest of the heavy packs? Would love to know if there is still a difference in weight between a Charizard and other holos.
I opened a base set box a few months ago and all the packs were over 21gs. The packs were darker colored, think it was just a later print run or something. But the packs were noticeably a darker blue than my other unlimited boosters
Totally agree, when I opened a base recently the heavies were 21.4 was heavy. My house is rather dry so after a few weeks they went down to 20.8 lol so word to the wise if you weigh a box sort them right away and dont mix them up lol
MET7Games that’s crazy haha
Do all the holo packs actually have a curve ?
*Any reason why you don't weigh every card in the set and figure out how much each card weighs? I'm sure most cards weigh the same, the biggest differences are in the holographic ones. Then we could find a mean weight of 10 non-holo cards, the wrapper weight and finally understand if it's a heavy pack or not. Maybe even figure out which holo will be there. If I had enough cards I'd gladly do that.*
@coldsore thank God I was asking Rusty, not you rofl
It will still vary and even moisture content in air can change that.
@@TCA_Gaming damn, that's cool to know.
Amazing evidence rusty thank you
Glad your a good guy .. thinking about people re selling as heavy is a solid thing to do. Keep being one of the real ones.
I know there are different kind of heavy packs from different booster boxes but has there ever been a heavy pack that has reached 23g? Like is there a limit to ensure after a certain weight, it is in fact always heavy? Ive opened packs taht weigh 20.45 that have had heavies in it but every base set pack I have opened above 21.35g has always had a holo in it regardless of not knowing what the rest of the packs in the same booster box have weighed. So I understand lower weighed packs possibly being a new range for heavy (like you showed above) but I have never seen a 21.35 come up with no holos in base set ever. So would that be a safe number? Has anyone else never gotten a holo out of a pack that has weighed over 21.35 grams?
I would grade the packs through psa as well! Well the light packs lol
“I hope it’s something really nice in the front” 🤣
I ha ve a 20.8. Would that be from a box with those kinda weights or is that a weight in all boxes
Definitely should open all of those for yourself in videos!
so do all holos have that curve?
Olders ones have a higher chance of
Opened my very first Base set booster pack yesterday coming in at a weight of 20.97 grams thinking it was a heavy one. Decided to open it (before watching this video lol) and ofcourse with only garbage cards inside of it haha. Oh well, still a great experience opening a booster pack that's almost 25 years old, I could just smell the age on the cards inside!
You're awseome for sharing this
Very informative video! I have a question, I’ve been looking at a 99 base set long crimp, 21.2g. What’s your opinion on that?
Will I get heavily dinged if I send out a great holo like a Charizard with no damage except for the holo curve? Honestly its the only thing that is holding me back from getting it graded with PSA
Wow this is pretty crazy. Very informative video thanks Rusty!
Quick question to Rusty (or to anyone really), if you were to weigh the packs that are out nowadays for example, what would you consider heavy & light? I only ask this because a lot of the packs now have some kind of reverse holo, so would the reverse add into that weight just like a holo would? Or would you know if it was heavy if it just had a reverse, or a reverse & a holo? (Sorry if the wording is confusing, I really don't know how to put it)
Fair play from you sir...too many fraudsters on Ebay and co.
Great video man. This will help a lot of collectors!
So can you still get a holo if the pack is under 21 grams?
Does someone know whats the range on heavy & light to Ex series packs? Like crystal guardians
Have you ever weighed long packs, if so what have been the range? I have 2 long packs, one weighs @ 20.8 grams and another @21.03 grams. With the long stem its hard to tell if the 21+ gram is a heavy pack.
I would assume it doesn't.. you gotta factor in 0.3 grams just for the extra material on the long crimp booster packs
Interesting stuff Rusty!! 🤔
Any chance you sell the booster packages?
Well with this logic lots of people are probally selling Heavy packs that are not heavy
Great stuff, thank you
Is this only with base set?
I tried weighing sun&moon and sword&shield packs. I had 10 packs weighing 20.02gr up to 22.50gr. 2 of the 22.50 were a v and a vmax card. 1 was a regular rare. The difference was the code card. A heavy pack with a green code card gives 💩 but if It's a white code card you'll likely get a holo or better. Idk if this is really accurate because you're not suppose to be able to weigh them but if the code card (wich were 0.2gr in difference) is the only thing messing with the weight you still be 50% able to tell wich packs are good🤷🏻♂️it all depends on the code card in my opinion. Have you tried it with the newer sets?
How much does the empty pack weigh?
Hey tca. How is a 20.8g? Would that have some kind of holo in it or is it too light?
You should check out my video :)
where do you buy a pack these days
Yo I bought a unweighed pack from my local card shop (1st edition jungle) and it weighs 20.85.. but it has the curvature of a holo.. likely it has a holo? Also got a 1st edition fossil pack weighing at 20.95g
I've seen you open a fair few base boxes on here.. is this the heaviest you ever seen them ? And I just think its impossible that all 17 of those packs have holos in them . I've seen boxes have 11 and very rare 13 holos but 17 man that would be crazy , I'm pretty confident not all of them will contain holos
So far all of them have and Ive had 15 holo boxes before. Plus you can see the warp in the pack as well.
Maybe weighing isn't black and white, but is it X and Y?
I’m still going to watch it yeeeeet
Is this only for the base set or for every set?
Cops- what are you doing with a scale? Are you using it to weigh drugs?
TCA- using it to weigh pokemon packs so I know what is heavy or light
Great video! Informative.
Extremely informative man I appreciate it. I just bought a pack though that weighs 21.13 I really hope it has a holo
Did it have a holo?
Great info ty Sensei
Man opening 2 base set pack just to inform the public. You get my sub
How much for a heavy?
Thanks
Can I buy a heavy one!?
This video needs more views! Thanks for shining some light on potential scams
could I buy 1 please!!
Great video for information mate, keep it up!
I'll tell you now that you cant follow this rule on hidden fates. Just out of curiosity (forced by kids) we weighed some when we started looking for the shiny charzard. The second lightest pack we opened had the shiny charzard in it. So we found the charzard in the second pack we opened and it was one of the lightest packs. We were doing our own experiment on the weight of packs and found out weight doesn't matter.
The modren sets can't be weighed. The cards that have the code on them are printed on random weight card stock to stop them from being weighed to find holos.
Dude 17 heavy packs!!!
mach275 thats what im saying, really good chance of pulling lots of good stuff
Great video rusty always get alot of Intel from your videos👍👍👍
curved pack = guarantee holo ???
If I had the free cash I'd buy up your "light" packs so you wouldn't have to go through the trouble of grading them. It's just a waste of time and money and I'd just want them just to have them. I miss having base set packs.
I remember opening up Team rocket, fossil and jungle jpn back in 97-98. But i don't remember opening Base set. But I clearly did from looking at my cards.
if you're on eBay thanks for the packs 😂😂
solid upload
I only buy PSA packs I just don't trust anyone on eBay
You seem legit though
Pokémon the legend
This was an very important video. Thank you and keep up the good work. =)
this blows my mind. so a heavy can be under 21??
wait did you really just say 17 holo packs....how does that make sense my god!
FINALLY!!! i've been telling people this for some time, i actually opened 12 rocket packs to get an exact weight with "my scales" to figure out the lowest weight that contained a holo, people don't understand also that different scales can be tarred differently only slightly, people laughed when i told them, unless you physically open packs and figure out the weight on your own scales, you cannot guarantee a heavy pack, the packs i sold as heavy all got holos, if you change to a different pair of scales, you must do this process all over again.
Noooooooo a weighing video....
this is why i always try buy unweighed can never trust people these days :) thanks for the science lession rusty another great video like always mate keep em coming!
This video came 3 hours too late for me just opend too boosters weighing at 21.08/21.07g and neither of them had a holo :(
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You should try the Japanese packs as one booster contains 5 cards
Thats crazy
Best channel ever
Can you send me something incredible. Lover your channel anyways
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Scammers
Those light heavy ones are fake aren’t they? The packs look different and the G has the line not straight.
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Please sell packs
STOP opening vintage packs. Save these for later generations
Unsubscribing 👋🖕
Jeffree Lux oh no... hurt feelings on the internet
Why is that?
Why'd you unsubscribe?? He's just showing you what a lot of shady ppl do and nowadays you have to weigh the packs cause everyone else does. If not your putting yourself at a big disadvantage and more than likely gonna get burnt