Pokemon Center Tokyo Pikachu

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I seen today on Instagram a user named pokemonbaribarijapan posted a video of a Pikachu display in the Tokyo Pokemon Center.

I have seen displays like this before from the Pokemon company. There was a photo a while back of a room with a lot of the old trophies etc.

My question is, are these cards considered real? I suppose the company can print these for use as event cards so anything they print is ‘real’ or are they the actual ones printed at the time? Does the company vault these and display them around the country so it’s the same cards each time used?

I don’t suppose anyone truly knows the answers but very curious how it works.

The pessimist in me is wondering why no-one has broken in to steal the Snap Pika yet. $$





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They certainly look real. The real test would be if they have a back, if so then these would be real cards.

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From when I was there - they are either all real cards or some very very convincing fakes

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Time to plan a Pokémon heist :ninja:

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100% real but they’d lose all significance if they were taken out of the display setup, even if they are valuable cards like the SNAP Pikachu they’d just be another card.

The value would be in the whole display and it’s link to that Pokemon Centre.

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You definitely can’t take that setup out of the center. Is a small piece of a larger building really have any inherent value if it can’t be taken out of the building? Like does a single wall in a monument have value in and of itself?

So the only value they could have would be as individual cards taken from the display which for most of the cards Id agree most of its significance is lying within the display. However, I’d argue the snap pikachu would have more significance as a snap cad itself rather than a small part of some cool display at the pokemon center making it more significant and valuable out of the display imo.

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those art academys tho

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If the display is that intertwined with the building itself then I suppose the only value in the cards is just their value as if they are any other card. I would guess they are just extras that have been printed, and that I assume they keep of all cards they print.

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Thanks for sharing! I had seen vague pictures before, but never a video nor up-close. I’m still confused why they added some of the Pikachu World Collection 2000 cards (I see a German Flying and Portuguese Ivy Pikachu for example), as well as the English WB promo and Red Cheeks E3 Pikachu cards. I would have assumed they’d limit it to cards released in Japan only.

I’m glad to say I own everything in that display except for five cards. :grin: Four out of the six Japanese Art Academy Pikachu cards, and the SNAP Photo Contest card of course.

Anyway, I don’t have any doubt in my mind that all of them are real; and those SNAP and Art Academy cards are extra copies.

Greetz,
Quuador

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Why would Pokemon display fake cards? Thats like Louis Vuitton displaying fake bags of their most expensive bags.

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By “fake” he probably meant display, or not real trading card stock/reproductions. Like if Pokémon wanted to do that display on the cheap, you just print the front half of the cards on some premium poster board.

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@nospin, Yes indeed, I don’t doubt they are legit.

@thatpikachuguy, Amazing you got to see them for real!

@kingboo64, Count me in aha!

@milhouse, I kind of understand what you’re saying. However, seeing Pkono and his ‘extra’ copies, I don’t imagine people care too much if they’re not the winners cards but extra prints. If that Snap Pikachu was taken out this display and sold on Y!J for instance, I’d it would drive a hearty price tag regardless.

@krill, I see your point expanding on the above, yes certain cards in the over all display have the exception.

@chrisbalestra, I know right, on my wants list!

@quuador, My pleasure, very well spotted, yes that doesn’t make much sense. That’s amazing to hear, huge congrats to you, not more to go!

@effectspore, Sorry, I didn’t mean fake. More, extra copies as people have mentioned.

@nospin, You hit it right on, this is exactly what I meant. Thank you for clarifying.

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Pokemon has one copy of every card ever made at their HQ, i wouldn’t put it pass them to have more than 1 laying around of the most expensive cards ever made

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This is at the Skytree Pokemon Center - Right by where the Pokemon Cafe is :blush:

They are behind thick glass so there’s no way of getting them out without smashing it lol

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Wonder what it would take to acquire that much pika

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1 sledge hammer and a getaway car

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Couple of years collecting; checking eBay and similar websites at first on a daily basis and later on a weekly basis; getting into contact with people from all over the world; joining amazing communities like this to get more contacts and share and learn about new cards; etc. :blush:

(Speaking from personal experience, since I own all those Pikachu cards in the display, except for five. And I also own a similar amount of Pikachu cards in the other 13 Pokémon TCG languages, haha. :wink: In general: you need to invest a lot of time and money…)

Greetz,
Quuador

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