{"id":53629,"date":"2025-11-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53629"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:21:54","slug":"re-shrink-wrapped-pokemon-tcg-boxes-are-now-a-thing-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/re-shrink-wrapped-pokemon-tcg-boxes-are-now-a-thing-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-shrink-wrapped Pok\u00e9mon TCG boxes are now a thing in Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game<\/strong> scammers have hit a new all-time low, as Japanese card game reseller Runto reports it received re-sealed boxes of card packs. One hundred supposedly brand-new Pok\u00e9mon Center Fukuoka Special Boxes were shipped to the reseller, but they had all been opened and then rewrapped, with their exclusive Pikachu promo cards missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f\u3010\u6ce8\u610f\u559a\u8d77\u3011\u26a0\ufe0f<br>\u672c\u65e5\u3001\u518d\u30b7\u30e5\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\u54c1\u306eBOX \u304c\u5c4a\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br><br>\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30d5\u30af\u30aa\u30ab\u304c100\u30dc\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u3067<br>\u4e2d\u8eab\u306f\u5168\u3066\u30d7\u30ed\u30e2\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u304c\u629c\u304b\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u72b6\u614b\u3067\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u5de7\u5999\u306a\u6280\u8853\u3067\u5224\u65ad\u3059\u308b\u306e\u304c\u96e3\u3057\u3044\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u307e\u3067<br>\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u7686\u69d8\u3082\u518d\u30b7\u30e5\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\u54c1\u306b\u306f\u304a\u6c17\u3092\u3064\u3051\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ShLKPhXAQe\">pic.twitter.com\/ShLKPhXAQe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Runto(\u30e9\u30f3\u30c8\u30a5)\u8cb7\u53d6 (@Runto666) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Runto666\/status\/1985259598148940221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Today, we received 100 boxes of re-shrink-wrapped products, all of which had their promotional cards removed. The technique used is so sophisticated that it is difficult to detect. Please be cautious with re-shrink-wrapped products.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While these boxes look pristine at first glance, careful inspection reveals that the shrink wrap used for repackaging is stiffer than the stock wrap used by official manufacturers. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pokepokeka_cas\/status\/1985605447597076784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trading card collector<\/a>, this commercially available shrink wrap makes a crisp sound when crumpled, making it one of the few ways to distinguish if a box has been tampered with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon TCG fans are understandably upset by this news, which has inevitably <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sentodesu\/status\/1985607768502648943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increased skepticism surrounding card resellers<\/a>. Many are calling for The Pok\u00e9mon Company to take action. One popular solution presented is to produce official shrink wrap marked with an official logo \u2013 a method that Konami employs for its Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards. While this does not eliminate the issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-city-accused-of-plagiarizing-pokemon-trading-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plagiarism<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-card-shop-robbed-of-valuable-cards-by-other-pokemon-card-shop-a-few-blocks-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">theft<\/a>, it does make it harder for scammers and thieves to take advantage of the situation surrounding these valuable cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related article:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/pokemon-cards-are-so-valuable-that-criminals-are-using-them-to-launder-dirty-money-japanese-media-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon cards are so valuable criminals are using them to launder dirty money, Japanese media reports\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Japanese Pokemon TCG reseller came across 100 special boxes that had been opened and resealed, with their exclusive promo cards missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":53632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-53629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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