Amateur Collector here and yes you've read that title right; I have found some Pokémon TCG booster packs to open in China, and they're not fakes!!
These booster packs were found in Hong Kong in a small shop inside the In's Point shopping centre in Yau Ma Tei (which as a side note, is a great shopping area for collectables!) At first I thought they were perhaps fakes so I only bought one booster pack to see what they were like. Lo and behold, not only are they legit, but I get myself an awesome full art Articuno-EX!! Sooooooo naturally the next day I go back and buy myself a fist full of booster packs. They were very cheap in fact, only 25HKD (that's about £1.90 in GBP and $3.20 USD) and there was a nice diversity of boosters from different series (no Dark Explorers sadly!).
I ended up buying 4 Emerging Powers, 4 Plasma Storm, 3 Plasma Blast and a Plasma Freeze booster pack.
If you want the suspense of opening up these booster packs not knowing what comes out as I open them, then avoid scrolling down and just click here to watch my Pokémon TCG Booster Pack Opening video.
Before I reveal the cards I got in those twelve booster packs, here's the Articuno-EX I got from that one previous pack:
The card is slightly damaged on the bottom right hand corner, the booster pack it was inside must have been moved around quite a bit. But still a very handsome card.
Here are the booster packs!
The first lot of boosters I opened were from Emerging Powers. This is a set I have rarely opened, so I was eager to rip them open. Sadly I only got non-holo rares, most of which I already own. From left to right: Gigalith, Gothitelle, Mandibuzz and Beartic.
Things get better with the next few boosters however!
Some of the rares: a Team Plasma's Garbodor from Plasma Storm, and a Reuniclus and Carracosta from Plasma Blast.
Two rare reverse-holos! A Magnezone and a Team Plasma's Watchog. That Magnezone looks particularly cool.
Four wonderful holographics. The artwork on them is great and dynamic, but I must admit I find the "Tinsel Holofoil" a little bland, it just doesn't go with them so well. But I'm super glad to have gotten these none the less, especially that Lucario I didn't even know existed. The Lucario, Gallade and Togekiss are from Plasma Storm and the Haxorus is from Plasma Blast.
And Now for the cherry on the cake:
A Team Plasma's Tornadus-EX (Therian Form). Not my favourite of the Exs, but a card I'm overjoyed to have gotten anyways.
So out of 12 packs I got 4 holos, an ultra rare and 7 'normal' rares. That is about an average pull ratio for rare cards, and I mean that as a good thing. These booster packs were really worth their money. Next time I'm in Hong Kong I'll definitely stop by that store and purchase more.
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