Most of UA-camr think collecting Pokémon cards is for the young but I am 74 years old and love collecting Pokémon cards. I was finally able to get the charizard Ultra Premium Collection box. I watch you everyday to find out what I should be buying I have learned a lot from you but just wanted to let you know age doesn’t stop you from loving Pokémon cards. I’m collecting for my great grandson hoping he will love the cards also. Thanks for all you do love watching you
This is so wholesome man. Hope you pulled everything you wanted from the Charizard Ultra Premium Box. The new scarlet and violet sets are rolling out and I hope for you to get the best pulls out of them!
I just bought one from Gamestop and one from Target! (I was originally just going to keep sealed, but then realized I really wanted to open one too!) So they are definitely printing a lot!
I was able to snag this from Pokemon Center at retail and I'm more than happy with that price. I haven't opened it yet but as far as value goes, I don't have any great Charizard cards in my collection and this gives me 3. I also LOVE the sleeves, I'm gonna have a great time opening this many packs with my family, and I'll happily use the playmat on my computer desk.
Those are beautiful promos. Happy to see you open this product. I love that Charizard Vmax so, so much. Unnecessary EU rant under. Charizard UPCs are still almost double the price on cardmarket after shipping costs right now, and local game shops are no help (close to 270EUR). It's absurd that if I could go to the states to pick up some twenty/thirty mid-range cards, I could fund like half of my trip selling them. I love to watch Jake open cards, but I also feel a deep sense of envy because I cannot afford to.
It is a nice collection piece to add to the collection. I don't think it will do good as an investment short term, this is a long term hold 5+ years. The promos will be abundent and cheap in the coming weeks.
First person I've seen finally point out the real purpose of this collection item. This will be a WANT year down road once the new pokemon set settles in.
13:27 I've opened over 750 packs of Astral Radiace and never pulled 5 straight Ponyta cards back to back to back to back to back. Like what? That's awesome to see it on camera cuz no one would have ever believed that
I order just 1 from Pokémon Center & 1 from Walmart. From one of those I got lucky to pull the Charizard Vstar rainbow 🌈. I was so exited, especially seeing others taking a L from other UA-cam experience people.
Funny story, when I got my cards, no kidding, it was in the same Slot where the Manual/Book was on TOP of the box. I was panicking for a bit because I thought someone took out the cards and repackaged the box. However since I got mine from Target I figured that might not have been possible. I agree with what you stated, they have to do a better job protecting these promos, it's the core reason why you buy a set like this in the first place.
Do you think they do that intentionally? If they make everyone of them perfect, then the value for PSA 10s goes down significantly and that hurts sales for people chasing for the perfect card to grade, etc.
@@mikekrone4582 I actually don't think it's intentional. I think what happens is they're trying to get so much product out that they don't do a good job with quality control
This box is actually one of the most overhyped and underwhelming boxes of the year. The playmat is like 25 percent smaller than standard size, the sleeves are bent and the artwork on the backs is off center, and the promos have horrible quality control issues.
Good luck to anyone trying to get these cards in a black label. The card stock that Pokemon uses for these promos essentially make it impossible to get a 10 for corner or edge subgrades.
Charizard UPCs are going to be the perfect storm. I am predicting Since most people think it will be much more of a widespread available box than celebrations was, that means people will crack this box way more often, just like you said. That will drasticly reduce the amount of boxes available in the future. Hardly nobody is cracking Celebrations UPCs but everyone wants to crack these charizard UPCs. Thats a good thing for both singles/slab collectors AND sealed box collectors. mark my words! :D great video
@@nikkicarandang7477 the more that get released, the more people will crack. It’s the nature of Pokémon. What’s your point? It’s not like I’m sitting on 10 of these I have two 😂
The Charizard vmax promo I got out of the UPC I opened was very miscut on the left and right side, so the boarder on the right is not even there. Kind of neat to have a card that so miscut/off center. Luckily the other 2 promos in the UPC looked okay
Better off just buying the promo cards at a card shop for 7-13$ is the range for the cards. My opinion because I wanted this set only for the promo cards so it’s just a money saver for the cards you actually want
How in 2022 are we still getting off centered pokemon cards?If all sheets they are printed on are the same size (which I cannot see why they wouldn't be) then surely its more difficult to cut off centre.
The only reason I opened my box was to submit my cards. Boy was I surprised when I opened it. The centering was terrible! Your cards look a lot more centered than mine. I will still send them but not any time soon
Same in Switzerland. Only one store had a decent price. They started selling at 00.00 of october 28... I got to the checkout at 00.03 and it was sold out... got it from a "little" website with impressive customer care. It's still quite expensive (some websites are way higher to be true), but I will help him doing his job and growing up ^^
I dont think its the delivery driver, i think they were just poorly handled in general during the printing process. I opened 6, got awful pulls, and all promo cards are going to be 8s/9s at best. Maybe even a 7
skip to 16 minutes for the final thoughts - basically, yes, its worth collecting to keep sealed, theres 80 dollars worth of booster packs alone, then each promo card will run between 10 - 20 dollars per card, then there are still the play mat, metallic items, dice, and sleeves at $120 purchase price your getting $150 without opening anything
The promo cards won't be damaged by shipping. It happens when they slide the cards with no sleeves on top of each other then have a machine wrap the cards in the clear plastic. You can throw that box around all day and the cards aren't moving which means the cards aren't scrapping against each other to get damaged. Put the blame where it belongs.
2 of my promo cards had a nice dent in the side of it. Packs have been kind of strange, multiple hit code cards for evolving skies, but only 1 hit in reality. Upside down cards, etc. The packaging of the promos is really my biggest complaint, but would love to see someone run hit data for the packs as well.
Wife and I was able to get 2 Charizard Ultra Premium Collection. Promo cards did not have the best centering. Not sure about the corners/edges, but they definitely aren't going to get 10's if we grade it
I was going to pick this up...but it's just not worth it in the end for me, especially after seeing the quality of the promos. I'll pick up the promo I want and leave it at that.
I got mine from target, I was gonna keep it sealed but could t resist and didn’t get anything decent from any of the packs…I wished I had just kept it sealed. You win some you lose some I guess lol
120? goes normally for 190 -200 here in Norway so thought it was 170 or 180 other countries :O but I got 1 for 160 with a reserve and ship order to a random store that has it in stock that will ship to my adress. All other stores sold it 190-220. So im pleased. i buy them for my collection only. the packs hope for some goods but who know :D got me a ruby super pak since last time i talked on this channel. maybe not mint but its not beat up either. some visible age on the flaps but the content is super nice looking and rest of the box too.
Bought the last one at my local Walmart just for the promos, pulled aerodactyl v alt art out of origins! That's how I justified the purchase to my wife🤣
I ended up with a few of these (1 for Christmas present and 1 to hold onto for a rainy day... and a backup in-case I didn't get one). Now I am thinking, I should open all 3 to look for the best promo copies for grading. There are very few that I have seen that are centered and not beat to a pulp. LOL
Is my counting wrong or did you get 17 packs? (9+8) i thought there should be only 1 vivid voltage but you got 2?haha and 5 ponytas in a row wtf haha what a fun box!!
My husband's box comes in today but after reading all the comments and seeing the ponyta incident I'm nervous af. I mean he will still love the playmat and promos though at least so there's that. 🤷
Ok so here's what happened with hubby's box. The pulls were not great. No real chase cards but we got 4 Vs 2 Trainers and 1 Vmax. None were centered very well but only two Pontyas so not a complete disaster.
Hey Jake, I opened up 2 of these and I had the same quality issues with the promos. Pretty beat up and off center. Both Charizard V cards I have look like there was a printing issue. It has jagged edges on the bottom and the top left corner has noticeable edgewear on the front where black ink is missing. Definitely sucks when you are opening a $120 box.
I love the promos in this box i think theyre great. Good value for money with 16 packs and the 3 promos for 120$ as for the box itself i think its a little underwhelming. I think the quality of the S&S ultra premium collection was alot better. (Talking about the box itself) the plain white just doesnt do it for me 😂
Are we not going to talk about the 5 ponyta cards in one pack? 😂
Jake clearly missed that. Maybe he was looking away or did not pay attention at all 😄 What was that pack??
@13:12
Jake was in the zone with what he was talking about
I know right! I’m like surely he had to have noticed 😂
I had to reverse the video to verify when i saw that.
Most of UA-camr think collecting Pokémon cards is for the young but I am 74 years old and love collecting Pokémon cards. I was finally able to get the charizard Ultra Premium Collection box. I watch you everyday to find out what I should be buying I have learned a lot from you but just wanted to let you know age doesn’t stop you from loving Pokémon cards. I’m collecting for my great grandson hoping he will love the cards also. Thanks for all you do love watching you
This is so wholesome man. Hope you pulled everything you wanted from the Charizard Ultra Premium Box. The new scarlet and violet sets are rolling out and I hope for you to get the best pulls out of them!
Seeing those 5 ponytas in a row was so hilarious, surprised you didn't notice!
I was screaming at my phone when he didnt acknowledge it hahaha
You didn’t notice pulling 5 Ponytas in a row in the pack at 13:29 ? Lol
i thought i was tripping loool
@@chriswheeler9639 for real! I had to wind it back, to make sure I wasn’t seeing things! 🧐
Good catch.
@@J0hnnyTheKid thanks! First time I’ve seen 5 of the same card in a row before. Definitely unusual!
Craziest error pack!
I just bought one from Gamestop and one from Target! (I was originally just going to keep sealed, but then realized I really wanted to open one too!) So they are definitely printing a lot!
I was able to snag this from Pokemon Center at retail and I'm more than happy with that price. I haven't opened it yet but as far as value goes, I don't have any great Charizard cards in my collection and this gives me 3. I also LOVE the sleeves, I'm gonna have a great time opening this many packs with my family, and I'll happily use the playmat on my computer desk.
Those are beautiful promos. Happy to see you open this product. I love that Charizard Vmax so, so much.
Unnecessary EU rant under.
Charizard UPCs are still almost double the price on cardmarket after shipping costs right now, and local game shops are no help (close to 270EUR). It's absurd that if I could go to the states to pick up some twenty/thirty mid-range cards, I could fund like half of my trip selling them. I love to watch Jake open cards, but I also feel a deep sense of envy because I cannot afford to.
It is a nice collection piece to add to the collection. I don't think it will do good as an investment short term, this is a long term hold 5+ years. The promos will be abundent and cheap in the coming weeks.
And rare after people open all of em
I agree. I was able to get two of them. I think like you said this will be a long term hold for value. I don't planning on selling them for 5+ years.
First person I've seen finally point out the real purpose of this collection item. This will be a WANT year down road once the new pokemon set settles in.
Pulled a $300 alt art Charizard from one of the brilliant stars packs in this UPC
13:27 I've opened over 750 packs of Astral Radiace and never pulled 5 straight Ponyta cards back to back to back to back to back. Like what? That's awesome to see it on camera cuz no one would have ever believed that
I order just 1 from Pokémon Center & 1 from Walmart. From one of those I got lucky to pull the Charizard Vstar rainbow 🌈. I was so exited, especially seeing others taking a L from other UA-cam experience people.
Jake, are 5 ponytas guaranteed in the UPC. This is essential to whether I pick it up or not
Usually there are 6
I had to back up the video and re-watch that… that was weird lol
Did anyone notice Jake got an extra pack in there too? He had 9 packs from the middle box, and 8 from the left box.
I just seen poke rev have the same, mine only came with one VIVID voltage 😢
Funny story, when I got my cards, no kidding, it was in the same Slot where the Manual/Book was on TOP of the box. I was panicking for a bit because I thought someone took out the cards and repackaged the box. However since I got mine from Target I figured that might not have been possible.
I agree with what you stated, they have to do a better job protecting these promos, it's the core reason why you buy a set like this in the first place.
Do you think they do that intentionally? If they make everyone of them perfect, then the value for PSA 10s goes down significantly and that hurts sales for people chasing for the perfect card to grade, etc.
@@mikekrone4582 I actually don't think it's intentional. I think what happens is they're trying to get so much product out that they don't do a good job with quality control
This box is actually one of the most overhyped and underwhelming boxes of the year.
The playmat is like 25 percent smaller than standard size, the sleeves are bent and the artwork on the backs is off center, and the promos have horrible quality control issues.
Good luck to anyone trying to get these cards in a black label. The card stock that Pokemon uses for these promos essentially make it impossible to get a 10 for corner or edge subgrades.
Charizard UPCs are going to be the perfect storm. I am predicting
Since most people think it will be much more of a widespread available box than celebrations was, that means people will crack this box way more often, just like you said. That will drasticly reduce the amount of boxes available in the future. Hardly nobody is cracking Celebrations UPCs but everyone wants to crack these charizard UPCs. Thats a good thing for both singles/slab collectors AND sealed box collectors. mark my words! :D great video
Still think that?
@@icefishing804 i commented this 3 weeks ago dummy lol. yes i still think this.
@@brosettastone7520 good i got 4 of them lol
They just released more 😂
@@nikkicarandang7477 the more that get released, the more people will crack. It’s the nature of Pokémon. What’s your point? It’s not like I’m sitting on 10 of these I have two 😂
Centering was rough on mine, also the top card had a ding with whitening and had a sloppy cut on the top edges
The Charizard vmax promo I got out of the UPC I opened was very miscut on the left and right side, so the boarder on the right is not even there. Kind of neat to have a card that so miscut/off center. Luckily the other 2 promos in the UPC looked okay
If it’s that off center you might have a centering dot on the heavy side. If it has the centering dot it’s actually worth more 🤷🏻♂️
Better off just buying the promo cards at a card shop for 7-13$ is the range for the cards. My opinion because I wanted this set only for the promo cards so it’s just a money saver for the cards you actually want
Pokemon needs to get it together. The quality control on the latest sets (especially Pokemon Go) have been terrible.
How in 2022 are we still getting off centered pokemon cards?If all sheets they are printed on are the same size (which I cannot see why they wouldn't be) then surely its more difficult to cut off centre.
“Dice” is correct if referring to more that one. “Die” is for a singular unit
Came here to say this
Opened 3 UPCs, and all 9 promos were dinged on the corners.
13:25 WTF?! Ponyta error pack?! Lmao!🤣
Also I'm so jealous that he pulled that Sylveon VMax rainbow rare! 😩
I only received one of the UPC's and I still can't decide whether I want to open it or keep it sealed...
bro what was that? ponyta glitch mode lol. quality control seems on point..
I got hosed in mine, no darkness ablaze pack. I got an extra fusion force instead.
They all come like that they weren’t cut right. I’m waiting on the 2nd reprint to see if the cards come better
My promo was not great. Probably grading a 9 or 8 as well!!
The only reason I opened my box was to submit my cards. Boy was I surprised when I opened it. The centering was terrible! Your cards look a lot more centered than mine. I will still send them but not any time soon
The charizard UPC is almost impossible to get in the Uk stores only having 1 or 2 in stock and theyre getting sold out instantly
Same in Switzerland. Only one store had a decent price. They started selling at 00.00 of october 28... I got to the checkout at 00.03 and it was sold out... got it from a "little" website with impressive customer care. It's still quite expensive (some websites are way higher to be true), but I will help him doing his job and growing up ^^
I won 3 of these on whatnot plus a paradigm trigger, BS etb, VMAX Climax booster box and a bunch of single cards. Twas a crazy weekend.
I dont think its the delivery driver, i think they were just poorly handled in general during the printing process. I opened 6, got awful pulls, and all promo cards are going to be 8s/9s at best. Maybe even a 7
My promos had not the best alignment, but no whitening on the corners.
How are these PSA 9??
I got one as well, and yeah the promo cards had some iffy centering and a little chipped. Pretty much the same condition yours were in.
You got 17 packs!
I ordered one from Target, they sent me 2 in error!
skip to 16 minutes for the final thoughts - basically, yes, its worth collecting to keep sealed, theres 80 dollars worth of booster packs alone, then each promo card will run between 10 - 20 dollars per card, then there are still the play mat, metallic items, dice, and sleeves
at $120 purchase price your getting $150 without opening anything
Are the eevee promo boxes better than this?! 18 packs, 9 promos?
The promo cards won't be damaged by shipping. It happens when they slide the cards with no sleeves on top of each other then have a machine wrap the cards in the clear plastic. You can throw that box around all day and the cards aren't moving which means the cards aren't scrapping against each other to get damaged. Put the blame where it belongs.
I pulled an Aerodactyl V Alt art in this UPC
2 of my promo cards had a nice dent in the side of it. Packs have been kind of strange, multiple hit code cards for evolving skies, but only 1 hit in reality. Upside down cards, etc. The packaging of the promos is really my biggest complaint, but would love to see someone run hit data for the packs as well.
Your luck was great ! All of those packs and I only ended up with a full art Marines Pride 😤
Can you do a video on how to use buyee? Trying to buy the Pokémon scarlet for the cards and art book that come with it.
Wife and I was able to get 2 Charizard Ultra Premium Collection. Promo cards did not have the best centering. Not sure about the corners/edges, but they definitely aren't going to get 10's if we grade it
I opened mine up, pull rates were really bad. One V, two Vmax.
One of the corners on all of my charizards were dinged up. I don't even think it will get a psa8 :( I'm so 😭
This upc is a banger for sure.
JUST LOVE YOUR CONTENT MAN, REAL HONEST AND INFORMATIVE, THANK SO MUCH!
Lol. Those ponyta thought 😄 🤣
Just like mine you got 17 packs in your Upc, one extra Vivid pack 😀
My promote's center are way way off, almost like a miss print there....
Hey what kind of sleeve you use ?😅
Die = Singular (One die)
Dice = Plural (Two or more dice)
Promo cards are sick but it costs like 300 dollars where I live which is way too expensive
I was going to pick this up...but it's just not worth it in the end for me, especially after seeing the quality of the promos. I'll pick up the promo I want and leave it at that.
I got mine from target, I was gonna keep it sealed but could t resist and didn’t get anything decent from any of the packs…I wished I had just kept it sealed. You win some you lose some I guess lol
I opened three of the UPC's and only one of the promo cards was a possible 10. Most are off center or have whitening on the a corner or two
I got screwed with the promos mine came with 2 vmax and no vstar 😭
Booster packs in my upc were a bust, but cool promos, love the v star charizard
So…. Is it worth it and what pricing is reasonable?
he's so pissed due to the zard promos, he didnt noticed the ponytas lol
Actually, I had been icky to get the tg charizard, the vmax umbreon but except that not a single tg for that. I guess we cannot not have everything
the one card that has become a challenge for me is the espeon alt art from fusion strike. I guess ill keep trying lol.
All 3 of my promos came Crimped. Guess I have unique cards then 🤷🏻♂️
Anyone else not a big fan of the bold red border on the card sleeves? I reckon it just ruins the great artwork in the middle!
120? goes normally for 190 -200 here in Norway so thought it was 170 or 180 other countries :O but I got 1 for 160 with a reserve and ship order to a random store that has it in stock that will ship to my adress. All other stores sold it 190-220. So im pleased.
i buy them for my collection only. the packs hope for some goods but who know :D got me a ruby super pak since last time i talked on this channel. maybe not mint but its not beat up either. some visible age on the flaps but the content is super nice looking and rest of the box too.
Bought the last one at my local Walmart just for the promos, pulled aerodactyl v alt art out of origins! That's how I justified the purchase to my wife🤣
Packs did not get me that many hits but I got two sets of Charizard alt arts
Brilliant Star BB for $120. Where? I want to know right now
I bought this product but got two vmax zards instead of the vstar
I ended up with a few of these (1 for Christmas present and 1 to hold onto for a rainy day... and a backup in-case I didn't get one). Now I am thinking, I should open all 3 to look for the best promo copies for grading. There are very few that I have seen that are centered and not beat to a pulp. LOL
What makes you think your boxes are the exception?
@@Villyum everyone I know pulled almost perfect cards. Mine are easily 9s. I dont think It will be as hard as they are making It sound.
@@Villyum I didn’t say they would be different… but was thinking I had a better shot with 3 chances.
@@mrnst7 good to know… the GameStop order’s plastic wrap is all messed up. Hopefully that one has the good copy. With any luck I’ll be one and done.
And also brilliant stars Booster box goes for more then $120
I got two of these at msrp. The celebrations upc felt more premium than this upc. But at least the promos are nice.
Yall remember the comments people saying they preordered this for $200? 😂
i opend 6 no psa 10s even from a sealed case
Is my counting wrong or did you get 17 packs? (9+8) i thought there should be only 1 vivid voltage but you got 2?haha and 5 ponytas in a row wtf haha what a fun box!!
I counted 17 too.
My husband's box comes in today but after reading all the comments and seeing the ponyta incident I'm nervous af. I mean he will still love the playmat and promos though at least so there's that. 🤷
ponyta incedent 😂
Ok so here's what happened with hubby's box. The pulls were not great. No real chase cards but we got 4 Vs 2 Trainers and 1 Vmax. None were centered very well but only two Pontyas so not a complete disaster.
I have seen many psa 10s with a tiny bit of white like you're showing
I went to target and saw a Charizard upc box but it was 120
JAKE the FIVE ponytas without a word 😂😂💀
My boy Jake on autopilot pulling 5 ponyta in a row and didn’t even notice 🤣🤣🤣
5 Ponyta’s and didn’t even flinch 😂
Will it show up in-store at Target ?
Is it just me or did you open 18 packs? Got that extra vivid !
Jake did you not notice the pack with all ponytas? 😂😂
Check video at 13:30
Hey Jake, I opened up 2 of these and I had the same quality issues with the promos. Pretty beat up and off center. Both Charizard V cards I have look like there was a printing issue. It has jagged edges on the bottom and the top left corner has noticeable edgewear on the front where black ink is missing. Definitely sucks when you are opening a $120 box.
On the plus side, I pulled a Lumineon V alt art and a Sylveon V alt art out of 1 of the boxes.
@@King-Giygaz that's nuts, at least the singles are like $20 but still sucks
I had to go back and make sure I wasn’t having a mental breakdown after seeing a thousand ponyta cards in a row
I remember the bolt! That's been my chase ever since I saw you pull it. 🤣
Where is this bolt video..?
Nah I wanna know how you got a notification from Walmart they were in store 👀👀👀
😳why the hell was there 5 ponyta cards in the Astral Radiance pack ???????????????????????????????? time 13:07
its by far the most fun product to open. I will collect the box to open them lol
They are super fun
Promos were terribly centered I think I chose the wrong box to crack out of the 2 🥺
Crazy, got 5 ponyta's in one pack and recieved an extra pack on VV
Mine was trash no hit s 13 packs no evolving skies also missed a dice
I love the promos in this box i think theyre great. Good value for money with 16 packs and the 3 promos for 120$ as for the box itself i think its a little underwhelming. I think the quality of the S&S ultra premium collection was alot better. (Talking about the box itself) the plain white just doesnt do it for me 😂
got mine at GameStop for msrp glad I waited and didn't payed 249.99 keep mine sealed .
A lot of people did not pick up from gamestop.