I moved to Japan 8 years ago and I've been in the hobby forever and buy and sell lots of stuff here in Japan bc stuff is dirt cheap here. I have been saying this would happen for a long time and I got nothing but attacked for saying that Japan prints for Japan. Other games like MTG etc print multiple languages and have stock. Japan is printing Japanese cards for Japan and the world is buying it up, so of course it has gotten to this level when they realized what was happening. I get they could just print more and my feeling on that is that they would not do it bc they would see it as, well your country gets yours just wait and why do you need both your language supply and ours / This is made for us not you and you have yours, you just want both I see it as something like this especially when you consider they would just make more money printing more with everyone buying it. So I think its more of a moral thing that its not made for you and its not yours so they don't care about more money but Thats just my opinion. I think it also causes some friction when people that are not so well versed in the hobby or just normal people want product for themselves or their kids or whatever and they can't get it and then get told its bc all the foreigners are buying it up and they get angry and complain etc and the company is just like welp we gotta stop that.
@@Mr.NiceGaius I've lived here a long time but of course I can't speak for everyone and I was just expressing what I feel could be some of the reasons for not just reprinting more. I think another reason is that it would cost more to make more and Then it leads down that moral path again of we spend more to make more and then it doesn't get in the hands of the people we make it for and those foreigners are costing us more money and problems and stress etc. who knows maybe someday they will but I feel some of these things have to do why it hasn't happened yet
Interesting take but I think thats such a backwards aim for a company. Obviously they wouldnt lose money on their product if the demand is through the roof. And the solution to print more of their product would solve there not being any cards for the japanese. I can understand that morals and other cultures of running a business is different here but it would seem that all this will do is add to the craze, it would pay off to be a little flexible. Ebay and mercari etc will still exist and be a incentive for continued flipping and scalping. It seems very backwards to not want to sell your own product what ever the citizenship of the buyer. Maybe there is a fear of cannibalizing on your own product (english cards vs japanese) but as a whole, I would argue more pokemon to more people would strengthen pokemon and the brand at all levels. @@PDGY77
I agree and I was just giving some reasons why I thought it hasn't happened and it could change I don't know. Though, Japan is not known for being flexible at all lol also for things like mercari they give you a notification and you can see it as a warning. I have been selling things for years and if someone is using buyee or another third party site to buy things from a japanese site it sends us a notification message stating that someone from outside japan is attempting to buy your item and that if you don't want to sell it to them you can cancel their purchase. So they have had that for awhile bc some people just don't want to deal with foreigners at all or sell anything to them. Then when it comes to cards etc you also have people that think the way I mentioned above and if given the chance they will not sell their cards to foreigners and help them take more of the supply out of japan. also, I get that a company should want to sell their product no matter the citizenship but its not news that lots of places in Japan don't even allow foreigners to go inside, like some restaraunts etc. which again mindblowing bc japan makes TONS of its money from tourism and shit started getting close to bankrupt during covid bc no toursits but again they don't care. If they don't want foreigners to enter / don't want to sell things to them etc they just won't. as for scalpers etc I honestly don't think they care about that bc locally it isn't really a thing. I can buy 50+ dollar cards for 30 yen all day or still find base set zards for less than 20 bucks etc. The list goes on and on how dirt cheap cards are here. to the point of where I can make a living off it. So they aren't scalping each other , They are scalping the foreigners and since the supply is going dry of course they are not going to want to let go so easily / they know foreigners will buy at a insane price etc. and they don't care of foreigners are getting scalped with the product that is getting sucked dry bc of them.
Yeah I agree, Japan hasn't willingly been ready for worldwide production, a lot of stores I visited had a 1 BOX per child policy & wouldn't sell to adults - which I think is great as kids shouldn't have to pay the inflated MSRP prices.
Its absolutely crazy now, to think back in 2015 i started collecting Japanese, not just because the quality was better, but also because it was CHEAPER than English...
I also swapped to Japanese in 2016 for this exact same reason. £28 a booster box from amiami, yes please! I would sweat over getting that 20% import fee but it was still worth it... I was ordering a case of booster boxes and ripping to delight! It was a no brainer as the cards were gorgeous and the price was fantastic. LOOK AT IT NOW!
Usually ill write you short comment, smile or whatever, but this time, i want to share with you my filligns. This day's after 20 years of collecting I just don't care about how much some prodact cost, I just collect what l want and that's it. I'm enjoying in Pokemon and don't want to stuck my mind in al time pricinig, love your vid as always, been here long time, and will be 🙂♥️
Yeah man…it’s tough to get product from Japan. A friend went there and after 2 weeks came back with 5 packs..that’s all the Pokémon Center would allow and she felt lucky to get those few 151 packs .
At first I thought when there's a fuel shortage you wouldn't drive overseas because you can't refill until the supply is stable again. However the point you made at the end is crucial. The suppliers cannot sell overseas but it will be sold overseas regardless as it opens up the market for flippers. Nice video thank you.
Man this is insane.. modern Japanese has been a cluster fuck for a while now, this is just the cherry on the cake! Always makes my day to see an smpratte video on my feed! Hope all is well
I do like that they're not driven by profits over everything like US Pokémon Company printing everything into oblivion. However this goes a bit far lol
@@RaverIf they feel like it enables more of the intended consumers (Japanese people) to get the product, yes. They can do whatever they want. Cry about it.
I was in Japan during the launch of Pokémon 151 in June. I’ve tried to get the booster boxes or even single packs. At the Pokémon centers I was discriminated: “sorry, we don’t sell to foreigners”.. Japanese clients where able to buy these boxes in front of me. It’s the first time I experienced the lack of inventory, it’s started the year before with Pokémon Go. It’s horrible Btw: how do you got 6 boxes of Pokémon 151…? This is the problem… and you are making a video about it.. kind of funny right? 😜
It's actually seven boxes lol and I'm sure there's more where that came from. The problem is supply and demand not one single person buying product. He's absolutely correct they aren't printing these sets to demand and it's causing an incredibly large issue. If, and when Pokémon does the right thing and starts printing more everything will level out.
Japanese people put other Japanese people above foreigners. I understand it's frustrating but there's nothing wrong with it, they don't owe you anything.
Pretty sad to hear you were straight up refused because of your ethnicity. The box's state to only be sold in Japan, which you were in Japan. Instead it was just because of race. Sorry to hear bro.
The real answer is another in my humble opinion. English cards quality should match exacrly the Japanese one and sets have to be the same and be release on same day. This should be enough to make the west stop buying japanese cards
@@thsigma3514 sure but we often forget, that japanese boxes as written unfer every one and each of them are made to be sold in japan and not all over the world
@@pablosarrabbia4162 Yea, you aren't wrong, but the reality is that a lot of people outside of Japan enjoy the JP sets. Even if the quality is improved, it'd take a whole rework of the entire TPCI distribution system to make things truly the same. It just won't happen. So, since it won't happen, what could be the way to make things better?
Absolutely agreed. Like another comment said Japanese products are basically first edition and by the time we get it it's unlimited. On top of that they get more features (like god packs/master ball), have better quality and more detailed texturing! For example if 151 came out in English at the same time and was as good then this wouldn't be an issue
@thsigma3514 that attitude tpci has to not want to make changes for the better sums up the whole pokemon IP perfectly, they honestly don't care and it's all for and about the profit!
I honestly think it's the time to buy Japanese singles. If they are overprinting sealed will be worthless and with the pull rates, cards will actually become rare, but a lot of people don't see it that way, So I'm collecting as many rare japanese singles as i can for now then getting them PSA'd once I'm done collecting. They got those uh, Toploader binders that load from the side, i made a video on it too to show some people, sorry not piggy backing just trying to get my gameplan together i made that video a few days back. You the man smpratte, i saw only portions of your collection through videos and dang dude. You really made some good movies. I also like E4. Might sign up for it soon. Thanks for all the great info.
I'm sorry Pratte but I just don't agree. More supply is not the answer to their problem if they want to focus on serving their intended market. This may sound crazy, but maybe Pokemon of Japan is not primarily concerned with growth/profit/etc. Maybe they don't want to invest in larger distribution models to meet the demands of foreigners who already have their own Pokemon markets. Pokemon is printed in English, so why should they have to spend more money to provide English speakers with Japanese cards, for example? Again, maybe they don't want to take advantage of that market. Maybe they don't want people like you and me buying up the products they intend for their target market. The solution you're presenting requires them to make investments that do not necessarily align with their goal. I know it's wild to consider a corporation may be purposefully making decisions that don't maximize their profits, but here we are.
Makes sense, not giving in to the greed of the west. Which also helps the English market as there will still be demand when the sets are released in English, which is the bigger market bringing in more profits for the company in the end.
If they weren't primarily concerned with profit, then they'd nerf the pull rates. I mean, the Mimosa/Kihada/Nanjamo SRs/SARs are a 1/11 box probably pull each. There's no reason for that. Also, have you ever been to the Pokemon Center? They sell Sylveon sneakers, Snorlax pillows and other overpriced goods for hundreds of dollars and you tell me their primary concern isn't money? The profit margins on the kind of tchotchkes they sell are out of this world! Even the franchise itself is a cash grab at this point, as it should have ended 20 years ago as Takeshi Shudo advised.
100% agree. The PCI solved the demand in the West in the late 90s by releasing an English product. They upped supply by ridiculous amounts and even catered it to us. But for the entitled West that's not enough.
i mean it says it on the box itself. Sold in japan only. It has always been kinda against the rules to sell it international they just never enforced until now.
Trying to restrict the secondhand market is a weird approach to fixing the issues though. It feels like a Band-Aid fix that ultimately won't accomplish much. At the core, people want the product and there simply isn't enough of it out there. Restricting buyers doesn't magically mean that there is enough product to go around. It feels like TPC is trying to frame it as: "Non Japanese people are buying too much of our product." when in reality it's: "We have not printed enough product to meet current and future demand". It will be interesting to see if TPC can catch up with product and if these restrictions have any major impact on supply issues in Japan (I think it won't make much a dent)
They've been restricting lotteries to foreigners too, right? I keep failing the lottery when I'd get them regularly before. Not sure if it's a luck issue but the timing is suspicious
The Japanese sets literally says "FOR SALE IN JAPAN ONLY" in every boxes, the products are made by and for Japan. International version exists for that reason. I ain't even in Japan but understand how they are combating the supply issue. As usual, these westerners are very entitled to have a product not dedicated to them.
Thinking Pokemon probably became aware of what happed internationally in the States when product shortages happened in 2021 and they went "Yeah, keep that crap out of our country." Personally the only TCGs I get international cards for are Duema and Rush Duel though so I am speaking from the perspective of one who is less affected by this strange situation.
I mean, it's not an unprecedented shortage so much as unprecedented demand and unprecedented scalping. And I have no beef with them restricting international sellers who are completely taking the piss with scalping these days.
It isn't unprecedented scalping. There is literally a lottery even buying straight from Japan with a Japanese address. You aren't guaranteed a box no matter what, so yeah people are willing to pay more cause they literally can't buy it from retailers/suppliers.
@@TheFriskySquid Print runs are way bigger than they used to be. Scalpers started asking 400%+ of retail before TPC put in restrictions. It is very literally unprecedented for these rates in this time frame. And because they knew they're just free money, scalpers bought substantially more stock than they ever have before. Tell me what part of "more stock than ever and larger percentages than ever" isn't unprecedented in your uneducated and bad opinion.
I think the real issue is that we're artificially behind Japan in terms of product, there was zero GOOD reason to have Obsidian Flames before 151, not copy their better textures, and remove master ball reverse holos for example. I also think there's only so much Japan physically can print even if they wanted to ramp up production; we need US Pokemon printing to be good
Yeah I can't think they're actually trying to resolve this. They know the only solution is to print more and it's been way too long for us to just accept that "They can't". And now we get Juice Bricks inside our VSTAR Universe boxes because of this. It's sad :S
@@maverickbonato8164 you’re asking me if Japanese people are entitled to buy product made, for them, in Japan? They’re certainly more entitled to it than greedy asshole Americans. As for whether their solution is going to work, we’ll see. I hope it does.
@@BT-su1yf When did I say that? I do think Japanese people should be able to buy pokemon cards though. Can Japanese people buy all the boxes they want? Heck, can they buy 1 single box of 151 without issues? Doesn't look to me like that's the case.
Why you forget to say « FOR SALE IN JAPAN ONLY » as it is written on ALL Japanese Pokemon Cards products? This is simply why Pokemon Japan is doing to make people in Japan able to buy the products printed for them, products that are not available on shelves because you guys buy them from sources that are buying them illegaly. You actually have all those products in English. So what Pokemon Japan is doing is a normal thing. Not everything on earth is made for American
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Japanese is the new "1st edition" english is the new unlimited.
I moved to Japan 8 years ago and I've been in the hobby forever and buy and sell lots of stuff here in Japan bc stuff is dirt cheap here. I have been saying this would happen for a long time and I got nothing but attacked for saying that Japan prints for Japan. Other games like MTG etc print multiple languages and have stock. Japan is printing Japanese cards for Japan and the world is buying it up, so of course it has gotten to this level when they realized what was happening.
I get they could just print more and my feeling on that is that they would not do it bc they would see it as, well your country gets yours just wait and why do you need both your language supply and ours / This is made for us not you and you have yours, you just want both
I see it as something like this especially when you consider they would just make more money printing more with everyone buying it. So I think its more of a moral thing that its not made for you and its not yours so they don't care about more money but Thats just my opinion.
I think it also causes some friction when people that are not so well versed in the hobby or just normal people want product for themselves or their kids or whatever and they can't get it and then get told its bc all the foreigners are buying it up and they get angry and complain etc and the company is just like welp we gotta stop that.
This is really interesting insight into their culture and thought process. Thank you for sharing it!
@@Mr.NiceGaius I've lived here a long time but of course I can't speak for everyone and I was just expressing what I feel could be some of the reasons for not just reprinting more.
I think another reason is that it would cost more to make more and Then it leads down that moral path again of we spend more to make more and then it doesn't get in the hands of the people we make it for and those foreigners are costing us more money and problems and stress etc.
who knows maybe someday they will but I feel some of these things have to do why it hasn't happened yet
Interesting take but I think thats such a backwards aim for a company. Obviously they wouldnt lose money on their product if the demand is through the roof. And the solution to print more of their product would solve there not being any cards for the japanese. I can understand that morals and other cultures of running a business is different here but it would seem that all this will do is add to the craze, it would pay off to be a little flexible. Ebay and mercari etc will still exist and be a incentive for continued flipping and scalping. It seems very backwards to not want to sell your own product what ever the citizenship of the buyer. Maybe there is a fear of cannibalizing on your own product (english cards vs japanese) but as a whole, I would argue more pokemon to more people would strengthen pokemon and the brand at all levels. @@PDGY77
I agree and I was just giving some reasons why I thought it hasn't happened and it could change I don't know. Though, Japan is not known for being flexible at all lol
also for things like mercari they give you a notification and you can see it as a warning. I have been selling things for years and if someone is using buyee or another third party site to buy things from a japanese site it sends us a notification message stating that someone from outside japan is attempting to buy your item and that if you don't want to sell it to them you can cancel their purchase.
So they have had that for awhile bc some people just don't want to deal with foreigners at all or sell anything to them. Then when it comes to cards etc you also have people that think the way I mentioned above and if given the chance they will not sell their cards to foreigners and help them take more of the supply out of japan.
also, I get that a company should want to sell their product no matter the citizenship but its not news that lots of places in Japan don't even allow foreigners to go inside, like some restaraunts etc. which again mindblowing bc japan makes TONS of its money from tourism and shit started getting close to bankrupt during covid bc no toursits but again they don't care. If they don't want foreigners to enter / don't want to sell things to them etc they just won't.
as for scalpers etc I honestly don't think they care about that bc locally it isn't really a thing. I can buy 50+ dollar cards for 30 yen all day or still find base set zards for less than 20 bucks etc. The list goes on and on how dirt cheap cards are here. to the point of where I can make a living off it.
So they aren't scalping each other , They are scalping the foreigners and since the supply is going dry of course they are not going to want to let go so easily / they know foreigners will buy at a insane price etc. and they don't care of foreigners are getting scalped with the product that is getting sucked dry bc of them.
Yeah I agree, Japan hasn't willingly been ready for worldwide production, a lot of stores I visited had a 1 BOX per child policy & wouldn't sell to adults - which I think is great as kids shouldn't have to pay the inflated MSRP prices.
Just found your videos, what a great mix of information, knowledge and passion. Many greetings from Germany.
That’s a lot of boxes in the back 👀
Its absolutely crazy now, to think back in 2015 i started collecting Japanese, not just because the quality was better, but also because it was CHEAPER than English...
Same. I switched in 2019 with Miracle Twin. Such a fun set to open and only 60-70ish bucks shipped.
@@H8B7L Nice! I opened a few aswell, love that set! I was buying DP and platinum era boxes sealed for $100 in 2016-2017 now they are like 5k!
I also swapped to Japanese in 2016 for this exact same reason. £28 a booster box from amiami, yes please! I would sweat over getting that 20% import fee but it was still worth it... I was ordering a case of booster boxes and ripping to delight! It was a no brainer as the cards were gorgeous and the price was fantastic. LOOK AT IT NOW!
Usually ill write you short comment, smile or whatever, but this time, i want to share with you my filligns. This day's after 20 years of collecting I just don't care about how much some prodact cost, I just collect what l want and that's it. I'm enjoying in Pokemon and don't want to stuck my mind in al time pricinig, love your vid as always, been here long time, and will be 🙂♥️
Yeah man…it’s tough to get product from Japan. A friend went there and after 2 weeks came back with 5 packs..that’s all the Pokémon Center would allow and she felt lucky to get those few 151 packs .
“Put it up there next to your Spice Girls poster”
HOW DID HE KNOW
Damn, Scott snuck in a Backstreet Boys reference at 0:35 😅
Too much supply can kill a collectible though "cough, cough" (beanie babies and funko pop currently)
At first I thought when there's a fuel shortage you wouldn't drive overseas because you can't refill until the supply is stable again. However the point you made at the end is crucial. The suppliers cannot sell overseas but it will be sold overseas regardless as it opens up the market for flippers. Nice video thank you.
The channel needs to be renamed "So True", I always agree, that's suspicious 🤨
This is my favorite Scott mood
Man this is insane.. modern Japanese has been a cluster fuck for a while now, this is just the cherry on the cake!
Always makes my day to see an smpratte video on my feed! Hope all is well
I do like that they're not driven by profits over everything like US Pokémon Company printing everything into oblivion. However this goes a bit far lol
monke
It doesn’t go too far. It’s exactly what they should have done.
@@BT-su1yf ??? you think they should BAN oversee sellers lol tf
@@kalunka988 nothing weird about it
@@RaverIf they feel like it enables more of the intended consumers (Japanese people) to get the product, yes. They can do whatever they want. Cry about it.
I was in Japan during the launch of Pokémon 151 in June. I’ve tried to get the booster boxes or even single packs. At the Pokémon centers I was discriminated: “sorry, we don’t sell to foreigners”.. Japanese clients where able to buy these boxes in front of me. It’s the first time I experienced the lack of inventory, it’s started the year before with Pokémon Go. It’s horrible
Btw: how do you got 6 boxes of Pokémon 151…? This is the problem… and you are making a video about it.. kind of funny right? 😜
It's actually seven boxes lol and I'm sure there's more where that came from. The problem is supply and demand not one single person buying product. He's absolutely correct they aren't printing these sets to demand and it's causing an incredibly large issue. If, and when Pokémon does the right thing and starts printing more everything will level out.
@@alexhalsell1991has Money printing in the US done any one any good? 😅
@@alexhalsell1991 If you print more it's worth nothing...
Japanese people put other Japanese people above foreigners. I understand it's frustrating but there's nothing wrong with it, they don't owe you anything.
Pretty sad to hear you were straight up refused because of your ethnicity. The box's state to only be sold in Japan, which you were in Japan. Instead it was just because of race. Sorry to hear bro.
The real answer is another in my humble opinion.
English cards quality should match exacrly the Japanese one and sets have to be the same and be release on same day. This should be enough to make the west stop buying japanese cards
Easier said than done
@@thsigma3514 sure but we often forget, that japanese boxes as written unfer every one and each of them are made to be sold in japan and not all over the world
@@pablosarrabbia4162 Yea, you aren't wrong, but the reality is that a lot of people outside of Japan enjoy the JP sets. Even if the quality is improved, it'd take a whole rework of the entire TPCI distribution system to make things truly the same. It just won't happen. So, since it won't happen, what could be the way to make things better?
Absolutely agreed. Like another comment said Japanese products are basically first edition and by the time we get it it's unlimited. On top of that they get more features (like god packs/master ball), have better quality and more detailed texturing! For example if 151 came out in English at the same time and was as good then this wouldn't be an issue
@thsigma3514 that attitude tpci has to not want to make changes for the better sums up the whole pokemon IP perfectly, they honestly don't care and it's all for and about the profit!
I honestly think it's the time to buy Japanese singles. If they are overprinting sealed will be worthless and with the pull rates, cards will actually become rare, but a lot of people don't see it that way, So I'm collecting as many rare japanese singles as i can for now then getting them PSA'd once I'm done collecting. They got those uh, Toploader binders that load from the side, i made a video on it too to show some people, sorry not piggy backing just trying to get my gameplan together i made that video a few days back. You the man smpratte, i saw only portions of your collection through videos and dang dude. You really made some good movies. I also like E4. Might sign up for it soon. Thanks for all the great info.
I'm sorry Pratte but I just don't agree. More supply is not the answer to their problem if they want to focus on serving their intended market. This may sound crazy, but maybe Pokemon of Japan is not primarily concerned with growth/profit/etc. Maybe they don't want to invest in larger distribution models to meet the demands of foreigners who already have their own Pokemon markets. Pokemon is printed in English, so why should they have to spend more money to provide English speakers with Japanese cards, for example? Again, maybe they don't want to take advantage of that market. Maybe they don't want people like you and me buying up the products they intend for their target market. The solution you're presenting requires them to make investments that do not necessarily align with their goal.
I know it's wild to consider a corporation may be purposefully making decisions that don't maximize their profits, but here we are.
Makes sense, not giving in to the greed of the west. Which also helps the English market as there will still be demand when the sets are released in English, which is the bigger market bringing in more profits for the company in the end.
If they weren't primarily concerned with profit, then they'd nerf the pull rates.
I mean, the Mimosa/Kihada/Nanjamo SRs/SARs are a 1/11 box probably pull each. There's no reason for that.
Also, have you ever been to the Pokemon Center? They sell Sylveon sneakers, Snorlax pillows and other overpriced goods for hundreds of dollars and you tell me their primary concern isn't money? The profit margins on the kind of tchotchkes they sell are out of this world!
Even the franchise itself is a cash grab at this point, as it should have ended 20 years ago as Takeshi Shudo advised.
100% agree. The PCI solved the demand in the West in the late 90s by releasing an English product. They upped supply by ridiculous amounts and even catered it to us. But for the entitled West that's not enough.
Their move here just further reinforces that japanese cards are the new 1st edition.
Beautiful decorations
i mean it says it on the box itself. Sold in japan only. It has always been kinda against the rules to sell it international they just never enforced until now.
Trying to restrict the secondhand market is a weird approach to fixing the issues though. It feels like a Band-Aid fix that ultimately won't accomplish much. At the core, people want the product and there simply isn't enough of it out there. Restricting buyers doesn't magically mean that there is enough product to go around. It feels like TPC is trying to frame it as: "Non Japanese people are buying too much of our product." when in reality it's: "We have not printed enough product to meet current and future demand". It will be interesting to see if TPC can catch up with product and if these restrictions have any major impact on supply issues in Japan (I think it won't make much a dent)
Man.. and I was just thinking about picking up another few boxes of Japanese 151. Can't imagine what's about to happen to the prices online.
So sad. I almost exclusively buy sealed Japanese.
Lol, and now you can’t. Too bad haha. Japan is for the Japanese.
Pokemon Company: Ban legit JPN businesses that sell over seas.
Japanese scalpers: Thank you, PC!
The only difference between the first and the second is that PC can have control over the first.
They've been restricting lotteries to foreigners too, right? I keep failing the lottery when I'd get them regularly before. Not sure if it's a luck issue but the timing is suspicious
Not that I don’t believe Daddy Pratte, but does anybody have the source on this information? Would like to read myself.
The Japanese sets literally says "FOR SALE IN JAPAN ONLY" in every boxes, the products are made by and for Japan.
International version exists for that reason.
I ain't even in Japan but understand how they are combating the supply issue.
As usual, these westerners are very entitled to have a product not dedicated to them.
100% on the mark.
How does he know about my Spice girl poster?
I dont think printing more is a good solution for pokemon lol
I can still get vivid voltage from pokemon center , they WAY overprinted imo
Keeping their print runs lower makes it seem more desirable imo. In the US we pretty much know SV is just rotting on the shelves.
>a company that doesn't just look at numbers? They must be crazy!
lol
But when there's a fuel shortage you wouldn't drive overseas because you can't refill until the supply is stable again...
I think it’s okay to boost production on ultra modern. It’s obviously needed.
Thinking Pokemon probably became aware of what happed internationally in the States when product shortages happened in 2021 and they went "Yeah, keep that crap out of our country."
Personally the only TCGs I get international cards for are Duema and Rush Duel though so I am speaking from the perspective of one who is less affected by this strange situation.
I mean, it's not an unprecedented shortage so much as unprecedented demand and unprecedented scalping. And I have no beef with them restricting international sellers who are completely taking the piss with scalping these days.
It isn't unprecedented scalping. There is literally a lottery even buying straight from Japan with a Japanese address. You aren't guaranteed a box no matter what, so yeah people are willing to pay more cause they literally can't buy it from retailers/suppliers.
@@TheFriskySquid Print runs are way bigger than they used to be. Scalpers started asking 400%+ of retail before TPC put in restrictions. It is very literally unprecedented for these rates in this time frame. And because they knew they're just free money, scalpers bought substantially more stock than they ever have before. Tell me what part of "more stock than ever and larger percentages than ever" isn't unprecedented in your uneducated and bad opinion.
Not really scalping when msrp for japan is $40 and it is 4x that price in US. If everybody in US wants it, it will be US price.@@ryven86
I think the real issue is that we're artificially behind Japan in terms of product, there was zero GOOD reason to have Obsidian Flames before 151, not copy their better textures, and remove master ball reverse holos for example. I also think there's only so much Japan physically can print even if they wanted to ramp up production; we need US Pokemon printing to be good
Japanese needs rise price a bit to fund more printers lol
Its good for me, who prefers english and english vintage lol
Yeah I can't think they're actually trying to resolve this. They know the only solution is to print more and it's been way too long for us to just accept that "They can't".
And now we get Juice Bricks inside our VSTAR Universe boxes because of this. It's sad :S
Boohoo lol. You’re not entitled to Japanese product.
@@maverickbonato8164 you’re asking me if Japanese people are entitled to buy product made, for them, in Japan? They’re certainly more entitled to it than greedy asshole Americans. As for whether their solution is going to work, we’ll see. I hope it does.
@@BT-su1yf When did I say that?
I do think Japanese people should be able to buy pokemon cards though. Can Japanese people buy all the boxes they want? Heck, can they buy 1 single box of 151 without issues? Doesn't look to me like that's the case.
Why you forget to say « FOR SALE IN JAPAN ONLY » as it is written on ALL Japanese Pokemon Cards products? This is simply why Pokemon Japan is doing to make people in Japan able to buy the products printed for them, products that are not available on shelves because you guys buy them from sources that are buying them illegaly. You actually have all those products in English. So what Pokemon Japan is doing is a normal thing. Not everything on earth is made for American
Japan not liking foreigners is nothing new 😂
Westerners (Foreigners) being over entitled isn't anything new.
@@PottsV1 over entitled?
I simply pointed out that Japan as a nation doesn’t really like foreigners, don’t know why you got so emotional.
Actually the answer is less demand. Pokemon just needs to print another Crimson Invasion and we're golden.
Hey it’s a new Essss Emmmm Praaaaaatttttt
I dont think printing more is a good solution for pokemon lol
I can still get vivid voltage from pokemon center , they WAY overprinted imo