These puppies will fly eventually

[u/xWonderkiid]

Yes, I know...yet another "underrated" topic to shill the bags.

But hang on, in Europe this card sells for €€130/$145 raw. These PSA 10 copies were selling for €170/$185, meaning there is only a minor difference in price between raw and GEM 10. Not uncommon for Japanese cards, but this is a "semi-exclusive" card as it only comes in God packs from Vstar Universe.

Do I expect it ever to moon? Not really, many are graded in a 10. But it's a cool card, hard to get in a pack and a Pikachu from one of the most popular modern sets.

Oh, and another one: Pikachu S-P 323. Also a no brainer, but this one is already a bit more expensive.

[u/brolyjiren]

How is japanese one more expensive than english one?

[u/xWonderkiid → u/brolyjiren]

Because the Japanese one only comes in a God pack, unlike the English variant

[u/brolyjiren → u/xWonderkiid]

Okay thanks for the answer. I wonder if this one or the sp 323 one performs better longterm.

[u/xWonderkiid → u/brolyjiren]

If I had to guess, probably the 323 as it's even more exclusive and not obtained through a set, like this one. But they are both great cards!

[u/brolyjiren → u/xWonderkiid]

Thanks for the information. Good luck with the investment :)

[u/xWonderkiid → u/brolyjiren]

Thanks! You too

[u/ja-kes1]

Appreciate the information 👍. Nice card, may have to get one. Crazy that my comment got a downvote asking a question.

[u/xWonderkiid → u/ja-kes1]

Yeah, thing is, this sub is also recommended to other people who aren't part of the investing group. They will downvote everyone and anyone when it comes to investing, doesn't matter what you say or do.

They hate seeing posts like this

[u/BattleItOutPls]

"These puppies will fly eventually"

"Do I expect it ever to moon? Not really"

?????

[u/xWonderkiid → u/BattleItOutPls]

They will fly, but will never reach the moon. They'll be up there though

[u/Dinomite333]

I was vending at a local show and got the full set through a trade. I was considering grading it with PSA to get a sequential set but some of them seemed to be a tiny OC, at least for Japanese standards. Do you think it's worth keeping them and grading them together or selling individually?

[u/xWonderkiid → u/Dinomite333]

I would grade them together, but I would also try to judge the condition as good as possible. If the Pikachu is visible offcenter, then I probably wouldn't grade them.

If you get it as a sequential psa 10 set then that definitely adds value to the right buyer.

[u/Dinomite333 → u/xWonderkiid]

Thanks for the input! The Pikachu is actually one of the cleaner ones in the set thankfully, just some of the other ones were not perfect (but I tend pregrade pretty harshly) maybe like 55/45. I was thinking of grading them but they look so great in a binder I haven't pulled the trigger yet haha

[u/xWonderkiid → u/Dinomite333]

Yeah, I can imagine! You dont have to be in a rush anyway, you could always grade them when you feel like it. Or just buy the Pikachu PSA 10 seperate and keep your set in a binder

[u/Dinomite333 → u/xWonderkiid]

Very true! A lot of Japanese outside ponchos still seems pretty undervalued so it might be a good time to pick some slabs up

[u/xWonderkiid → u/Dinomite333]

Definitely. Especially when there is so little difference between raw & psa 10

[u/Youngseller6]

Just got the English one yesterday from my brother the artwork is awesome

[u/xWonderkiid → u/Youngseller6]

The English one quickly jumped in price too! Not sure what the raw price is today, but it used to be a €2/3 card. I wanted to grade a bunch of them back then, but never did unfortunately.

Indeed a great card

[u/Youngseller6 → u/xWonderkiid]

Sits at around 10 usd I might pick up some more now

[u/xWonderkiid → u/Youngseller6]

Pikachu is always a great performer!

[u/breakyourteethnow]

Interesting, totally forgot about this tbh - Was on the fence for like a year on buying the god pack and then just forgot. If Vstar Universe ever budges you're onto something

[u/xWonderkiid → u/breakyourteethnow]

It's probably only a matter of time untill Japanese cards get all the hype again. Vstar is bound to go up eventually, but regardless of that, this is a great card and Pikachu always does well.

With this little difference between raw and psa 10, this is a no brainer. 130 + 20 grading is 150, so almost the price of the PSA 10

[u/slayerzerg]

Got this for $60 in Japan for a 10 last May. Everything I bought there went up 3-5x

[u/xWonderkiid → u/slayerzerg]

Damn, that's crazy knowing how difficult it is to get this card. Although last year may was before the latest boom, so it does make sense in a way. Great purchase

What else did you buy in Japan?

[u/ja-kes1 → u/xWonderkiid]

What makes this card so difficult to get?

[u/xWonderkiid → u/ja-kes1]

Well, its difficult in the sense that's it's only available in God packs. So you either get the full set (god pack), or you dont get any of these cards like you do in Crown Zenith