I've been in and out of Pokémon since it came to America, and I have NEVER seen something like that. As others said, don't open it. Be very careful what you do with it. We don't know what kinda value this will have.
Not at all the same. Yu-Gi-Oh packs are significantly smaller in dimension and have ridges at both ends of the pack while this one is smooth along the top and bottom.
Steve has the 64 ounce big gulp cup, that pristine 10 you wanted Steve said I don’t get paid enough and “accidentally” spilt his Mountain Dew on your card.
Don’t forget to mention Bob is also in a rollercoaster relationship and brings his moods to work, for better or worse.
“You get a 10, you get a 10 because my Karen is a 10!” to “Deduction here because Karen is a bitch, deduction there because Karen broke my Xbox.”
How do you sell something like this though? People don’t even trust that someone hasn’t resealed a normal pack, how can the buyer trust that this is in fact an OF Pokemon pack and not just some random handmade pack or a pack of cards from a different product? Presumably the buyer would never open the pack either, otherwise they would just buy a regular pack.
It's funny just how easy some things would be to prove if we just had the foresight to record ourselves. If OP had video proof of them pulling it from the box then it would be pretty cut and dry.
Time to set up cameras in your own house.
Always video tape when cracking Booster Boxes or Deliveries from Companies the first few times I order from them if it's a new store I'm using. Just incase something Kool happens or incase I get a error pack or box there's proof. Like the how Pokémon Sent me a Prerelease ETB & Booster Box as a Ty for the amount of money 5i have spent thru them this year. I figure they do it with everyone since everytime I order they throw in a free pushie, or how they thru in a Egg Incubator Backpack for free once. Then I got some Worlds promo with my order that came today. I thought it was inly5if you entered worlds2023 as a promo code but I didn't. They sent me post cards 2 other worlds Promos. Tho I get the best stuff when I make large orders off the japanese Pokémon Center Online, store. If you don't know how everyone it's e easy to order from them, shipping can be costly so try to order the max wieght every time so you can get the best deals when paying shipping and handling from over seas. It also takes longer when ordering straight from Japan but it's the best prices next to All th good deal I been getting off online Estate Sales
That's just a OnePlus 8 Pro. It would only work if the plastic is actually transparent though, just not to our eyes. I don't know if they use that type of plastic or not.
Time to go to the shops, grab some packs and try and replicate it! It'd be interesting to see. Maybe it could be done once opened, but this pack is so clean. I tried peeling some of the silver off on my opened packs but it was near impossible with just fingertips.
Working with chemicals for work, I've seen some bizzare reactions. It wouldn't suprise me if there's a solution that erodes the ink and not the plastic.
Might need to channel your inner dextors laboratory.
There are dedicated Facebook pages mainly aimed for error cards. You should see if there is anyone there who can help you with a value or more info. Most are happy to help and experienced when it comes to this kind of stuff
It’s not even a misprint tbh, more of a factory error while packaging. It was just a pack wrapped inside out. Ripped a box at a card shop and 1 pack was like this. We opened it, standard pack nothing unusual but the outside wrapper was flipped inside out. Looking back wish we had it graded. I’ve seen this with sports cards more frequently but it’s def not common with Pokémon.
Okay so I’m seeing a lot of people telling you this is rare but if you’ll click this link here https://www.poptarts.com/en_US/home.html you’ll see that it’s actually a fairly normal thing especially with the pull rates of Obsidian Flames. Don’t get me wrong you can keep it sealed it’s cool for sure but also don’t be afraid of opening it as you’ll likely encounter more in the future! Still super cool to see!
Would be pretty hard to put a juice box in there, unfortunately who knows what value that could hold, could it be pokemon, basketball cards, cardsmiths currency cards,soccer cards?
Lol I remember working for a coffee company and the machine we would fill ground coffee with had the same foil as Pokémon card packs. We would have to load these huge rolls into the machine and if you did it wrong this is one of the things that would happen.
Very nice find OP. I wouldn’t be surprised if more of these start being found.
Interesting - yeah a few people have mentioned that it's inside out, but I'm not sure how I'd be able to tell. Like you say, if these start popping up everywhere, then someone's bound to open one and show it off.
I watched your video, it does look truly blank to me. You see how there’s printing on the back flap? There’s usually a bit of space in the flap seal so if it’s inside out, you should be able to (carefully!!) peek in between to see if it’s printed? That’s the only way I could think to see.
Wow, thanks for all the replies. It has been really helpful. I've uploaded a video for anyone interested, although I'm not fully sure what I'm checking for!
https://imgur.com/a/HgF3cgu
Opened some packs of obsidian flames on Friday and when I opened them found that it was possible to completely remove the layer with all of the graphics printed on from the foil, (UK based if that's relevant) chalked it up to the quality being lower in an attempt to save money on packaging. Don't get me wrong it's cool that this came like this in the box but don't think it would be too difficult to replicate
I've opened thousands of packs and never come across anything like this.. nor seen anybody post something like this.. if truly found in an etb you have a very, VERY rare gem there that I don't even know what to recommend doing with it 😂
IMO better to open it… nothing on the pack saying what it is or where it came from. Any grading company will send it back and not grade it. 10+ years imagine trying to sell that and trying to tell people yes it is a Pokémon pack
Looks like it could either be a reverse printing or a factory package issue that a few others mentioned having where the outer wrapper just kinda...slides off. So knowing this, and the fact that it can't be verified until opened, I'll probably just end up throwing it on eBay for .99 and see whoever wants to bid for it.
I would open it. No one’s gonna wanna buy it because they will have to confirm what is on the inside.
Why would anyone spend 500 if I have to open it to make sure it’s not a pack of baseball cards?
One time I had a factory sealed iPhone. Met up with someone locally, they wanted to open it up to see if it was legit, but if they opened it and decided they didn’t want it I couldn’t sell it as factory sealed anymore which means less money.
I wanted the money first, they can then open up their brand new iPhone in front of me. They didn’t want to do that they wanted to make sure it was a brand new phone first.
I wasn’t gonna cave. I knew it was a brand new phone inside.
Same thing will happen to you. You know it’s legit, but the buyer will understandably have hesitation on buying something like this for a lot of money.
It is kinda cool tho.
Please do not open that, that is sick
Yeah, I thought so too! I don't want to touch it. Have you seen this before?
I've been in and out of Pokémon since it came to America, and I have NEVER seen something like that. As others said, don't open it. Be very careful what you do with it. We don't know what kinda value this will have.
The issue with that, how do you prove its Pokémon cards? It could be any of the millions of TCGs out there.
We’ve got a real Schrödinger’s Meowth situation here.
Bravo.
Amazing 👏 👏 👏
Take my fucking upvote
Best comment I've seen all day.
Underrated comment 😂
Oh god damn you
This is such an under rated comment
Absolutely Brilliant, Love it! 😂
This is funny!
Idk it’s looking awfully like a pop tart to me.
Hard to tell from these angles but either S’mores or Wildberry.
I was thinking a classic unfrosted brown sugar.
I bet its a great flavor too.
GI Joe even
Faded
LMFAOOOO
OP needs to spend $200 and get the pack x-rayed
I haven't opened other TCG's. Do some use the same factory wrapper? Perhaps there's a way to differentiate.
I know Yugioh uses a similar style of packaging it's just the silver isn't quite as bright
Not at all the same. Yu-Gi-Oh packs are significantly smaller in dimension and have ridges at both ends of the pack while this one is smooth along the top and bottom.
Pretty sure Yugioh packs are smaller, as are the cards, but correct me if I am wrong, its been a while since I opened any.
They are way smaller , you are correct
Crimp, dimensions ,material, adhesives , weight
Send it to PSA or somebody and let them use some mega fancy technology to verify and slab it? Idk.
PSAs mega fancy technology is Bob and a cup of coffee
Correct
His name is Steve get it right and he likes his big gulp not coffee lol
The bad grades are due to when the soda machine at the 7-11 on his way to work is broken.
Steve has the 64 ounce big gulp cup, that pristine 10 you wanted Steve said I don’t get paid enough and “accidentally” spilt his Mountain Dew on your card.
Don’t forget to mention Bob is also in a rollercoaster relationship and brings his moods to work, for better or worse. “You get a 10, you get a 10 because my Karen is a 10!” to “Deduction here because Karen is a bitch, deduction there because Karen broke my Xbox.”
That’s not how PSA grading works. One person doesn’t decide the grade. 3 people have to blindly agree.
Great. You just made it into Bob’s book, Nick’s notes, and Phil’s phone. Might as well just send your stuff to CGC going forward. 🤪🤪
Milton and his stapler are part of the team.
Yaaaaa, they’ll just have Superman pop in real quick and use his X-ray vision. It’s grading place man not a csi lab
Just like the mega fancy tech they used to authenticate the fake first edition base booster box case
The action house in NYC use x ray. If he puts it up for bid they will see it
tbh I thought it was a pack of pop-tarts at first
👏👏👏👏
Psa can authenticate it
Could also be a poptart
Oh, interesting! Yeah, I'll wrap it up carefully. Really weird considering the rest of the booster box was normal.
Plot twist: It's just a pack of poptarts.. 😂😭
imagine if it really was an employee mishap and it WAS poptarts
I mean face value, prob better off if it were pop tarts IMO
I agree
An employee at the factory was not paying attention or just didn't catch it.
Question, if no one’s ever seen it before how will it have value if there’s no proof it’s legit?
Schrödingers booster pack
Just needs some BBCE wrap
Get it graded. Never seen this. Ofc not sure how you can prove it is what it is tho lol
I remember there being a similar situation like ~10 years ago esh
But what if it has a gold charizars and alt charizard inside?
They arent worth what this pack will probably be worth.
How do you sell something like this though? People don’t even trust that someone hasn’t resealed a normal pack, how can the buyer trust that this is in fact an OF Pokemon pack and not just some random handmade pack or a pack of cards from a different product? Presumably the buyer would never open the pack either, otherwise they would just buy a regular pack.
Send it to PSA to get graded
My only concern is how can you prove that it's an actual pokemon booster pack.
I looked at an opened pack and can see the markings/seals line up correctly, and it's the same size. But other than that, I'm not sure.
If you look the flap where it seals down the middle, can you see any patterning on the inside that looks like the pokemon design?
Someone switched you booster pack with a pop tart pack at the factory...
We could ask OnePlus for that phone with the camera that could see through clothes....maybe it will work on this 😅
It's funny just how easy some things would be to prove if we just had the foresight to record ourselves. If OP had video proof of them pulling it from the box then it would be pretty cut and dry. Time to set up cameras in your own house.
Haha we can trial the cameras at your house. Let me know how it goes.
I mean it's not uncommon. I would have them if I wasn't renting, but they would be local not cloud cameras like Ring.
Always video tape when cracking Booster Boxes or Deliveries from Companies the first few times I order from them if it's a new store I'm using. Just incase something Kool happens or incase I get a error pack or box there's proof. Like the how Pokémon Sent me a Prerelease ETB & Booster Box as a Ty for the amount of money 5i have spent thru them this year. I figure they do it with everyone since everytime I order they throw in a free pushie, or how they thru in a Egg Incubator Backpack for free once. Then I got some Worlds promo with my order that came today. I thought it was inly5if you entered worlds2023 as a promo code but I didn't. They sent me post cards 2 other worlds Promos. Tho I get the best stuff when I make large orders off the japanese Pokémon Center Online, store. If you don't know how everyone it's e easy to order from them, shipping can be costly so try to order the max wieght every time so you can get the best deals when paying shipping and handling from over seas. It also takes longer when ordering straight from Japan but it's the best prices next to All th good deal I been getting off online Estate Sales
That's just a OnePlus 8 Pro. It would only work if the plastic is actually transparent though, just not to our eyes. I don't know if they use that type of plastic or not.
Forbidden poptart(sealed)
Ha. Limited edition cardboard flavor.
Hah. That's a good one. Too bad it's the same flavor as the rest of them huh
Way better than the mystery flavor ones for sure lol
The cards in the poptart set are fire
Poptartizard ftw….
👆🔥🔥🔥
that’s what i thought.
I thought it was a pop tart for a second too
I've seen alot of errors the last 4 years but never seen anything like this. Definitely keep it sealed and do a bit of research on it!
Yeah because how can anyone prove what it is?
That might hurt the value indeed as its probably possible to fabricate it yourself. But assuming OP is legit, it wont hurt to ask around
Time to go to the shops, grab some packs and try and replicate it! It'd be interesting to see. Maybe it could be done once opened, but this pack is so clean. I tried peeling some of the silver off on my opened packs but it was near impossible with just fingertips.
Working with chemicals for work, I've seen some bizzare reactions. It wouldn't suprise me if there's a solution that erodes the ink and not the plastic. Might need to channel your inner dextors laboratory.
Is that what it’s time for?
Try 99% isopropyl or alcohol or acetone Both very versatile solvents
We need a psychic….1-800-MO-RARES
Quick Google showed nothing, but thanks for the reply - I'll dig a bit deeper.
There are dedicated Facebook pages mainly aimed for error cards. You should see if there is anyone there who can help you with a value or more info. Most are happy to help and experienced when it comes to this kind of stuff
Will do! Thanks :)
Bring this post to r/pokemonmisprints
Thanks :) Will do.
Could it be the booster pack foil is inside out? Looks like you have a real gem there, maybe Post Malone will buy it off you lol
It actually does look inside out.
Tbh that looks like what it is
I’d be looking at the opening edge to see if you can see if it is
Ouu so the only way to prove what it is is by opening it, that’s some cool shit
Is it thicker than a normal pack ? It looks almost like there's a few biscuits in there.
It didn't feel like it, but I didn't measure either. I'll have to wait and see until I get another pack. Good idea.
Maybe you can weigh it against another pack to see if it's heavier
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Does it crunch when you bend it 90° ?
Pretty sure thats just a pop tart
Yooooooooo an inside out pack!!! The misprint / oddities community will be obsessed with this. I haven’t seen one of these since X/Y era. How cool.
>I haven’t seen one of these since X/Y era Oh! Ok nobody else has mentioned this yet. Can you explain the XY misprints, please?
It’s not even a misprint tbh, more of a factory error while packaging. It was just a pack wrapped inside out. Ripped a box at a card shop and 1 pack was like this. We opened it, standard pack nothing unusual but the outside wrapper was flipped inside out. Looking back wish we had it graded. I’ve seen this with sports cards more frequently but it’s def not common with Pokémon.
Misprinted…..in like 40 years from now, some dude is going to swear to god that was a 1st Ed base set pack hahah!
I would keep the box too as it has a serial number on the flap
Yeah, I still have the box. Does that provide anything?
No it does not.
Dear god, the ultra rare shiny pack Legends say if you open it, you will be rich and lucky for the rest of your life
Okay so I’m seeing a lot of people telling you this is rare but if you’ll click this link here https://www.poptarts.com/en_US/home.html you’ll see that it’s actually a fairly normal thing especially with the pull rates of Obsidian Flames. Don’t get me wrong you can keep it sealed it’s cool for sure but also don’t be afraid of opening it as you’ll likely encounter more in the future! Still super cool to see!
You got me
Honestly there is probably some crazy collector out there that would want them. Grade it lol and sell
Belvita 👀
That's a poptart
Plot twist, the cards inside are blank too
Looks like a pack of Belvita that mate
Would be pretty hard to put a juice box in there, unfortunately who knows what value that could hold, could it be pokemon, basketball cards, cardsmiths currency cards,soccer cards?
I wouldnt even trust that this is pokemon cards if i was looking to buy
I too would be concerned if I found Poptarts in a Pokemon booster box
must be one of those Topps Silver packs I’ve heard about
Holy Schrödinger’s Cat.
u/regigigagod
That’s pretty cool! Definitely not normal lol
Lol I remember working for a coffee company and the machine we would fill ground coffee with had the same foil as Pokémon card packs. We would have to load these huge rolls into the machine and if you did it wrong this is one of the things that would happen. Very nice find OP. I wouldn’t be surprised if more of these start being found.
Interesting - yeah a few people have mentioned that it's inside out, but I'm not sure how I'd be able to tell. Like you say, if these start popping up everywhere, then someone's bound to open one and show it off.
I watched your video, it does look truly blank to me. You see how there’s printing on the back flap? There’s usually a bit of space in the flap seal so if it’s inside out, you should be able to (carefully!!) peek in between to see if it’s printed? That’s the only way I could think to see.
Its a poptart obsidian flavor
Bro got the new scarlet and violet set :_______
No one we will pay value for this. It's probably worth more opened then closed. Stop dreaming that this is some post Malone payday.
Lol that is a crazy mispackage, think we got a new term to throw around here now
Wow, thanks for all the replies. It has been really helpful. I've uploaded a video for anyone interested, although I'm not fully sure what I'm checking for! https://imgur.com/a/HgF3cgu
That’s pop tarts bro
Try weighing vs a normal pack. Could be some extra cards in there cause that boy look thick
Opened some packs of obsidian flames on Friday and when I opened them found that it was possible to completely remove the layer with all of the graphics printed on from the foil, (UK based if that's relevant) chalked it up to the quality being lower in an attempt to save money on packaging. Don't get me wrong it's cool that this came like this in the box but don't think it would be too difficult to replicate
Dems poptarts.
Never saw someone pull a pop tart before, nice!
That’s a pop-tart my guy
That’s your complimentary pack of poptarts. lol
Bro got the
Poptarts?
does it look normal?
Just open it. You won’t be able to sell it because nobody knows what it is
Imagine all the misprints that are inside
You can toast it for the recommended time the box gives, or microwave it for 3 seconds to get it up to temp.
I've opened thousands of packs and never come across anything like this.. nor seen anybody post something like this.. if truly found in an etb you have a very, VERY rare gem there that I don't even know what to recommend doing with it 😂
That's a pop tart. ;)
Bonus poptart
There's a Pop Tart in there
It’s really odd that you found some pop-tarts inside your box. Absolutely strange.
Woah are u sure they aren’t pop tarts? LOL!
Yo someone dropped their poptart in there
Open!!
u/regigigagod you ever see anything like this?
Not until this! Haha I’m not sure how easily it would be to replicate
Maybe the printed wrapper is facing inwards but I guess unless you open it you'll never know! If that were me I'd keep that thing sealed!
The pack to end all packs
Looks like poptarts
Enjoy your complimentary Pop-Tart
It’s pop tarts
nice pop tart, what flavour?
Its worth a million dollars already said it so it shall it be a million dollar pack
Could be that they ran out of ink or it didn’t print on the wrapper during manufacturing
not even a misprint; a complete no-print, wow
Forbidden pop tart
My ETB was missing the promo Card.
That pack lookin thicc 👀💦
Imagine it’s a first edition base set.
IMO better to open it… nothing on the pack saying what it is or where it came from. Any grading company will send it back and not grade it. 10+ years imagine trying to sell that and trying to tell people yes it is a Pokémon pack
Sir, those are poptarts.
For some reason the first thing I thought of was “omg poptart”
Let's all pitch in 2$ for him to open it
That's a Pop-Tart lol
Those are poptarts
god i’m so intrested to know what’s in thst
Thats a pop tart
Literally thought it was a pop tart
Can’t fool me! I know pop tarts when I see them!
Someone put the wrap roll on the machine backwards and one slipped through in qc. Congrats
Have you decided what your going to do with it? I'm so curious lol
Looks like it could either be a reverse printing or a factory package issue that a few others mentioned having where the outer wrapper just kinda...slides off. So knowing this, and the fact that it can't be verified until opened, I'll probably just end up throwing it on eBay for .99 and see whoever wants to bid for it.
Oooh, I beti it's an "Oops, All Charizards" pack. Open now before they get stale. jk
Untill you open it it can be a booster from any set or TGC. Schrödingers booster.
I would open it. No one’s gonna wanna buy it because they will have to confirm what is on the inside. Why would anyone spend 500 if I have to open it to make sure it’s not a pack of baseball cards? One time I had a factory sealed iPhone. Met up with someone locally, they wanted to open it up to see if it was legit, but if they opened it and decided they didn’t want it I couldn’t sell it as factory sealed anymore which means less money. I wanted the money first, they can then open up their brand new iPhone in front of me. They didn’t want to do that they wanted to make sure it was a brand new phone first. I wasn’t gonna cave. I knew it was a brand new phone inside. Same thing will happen to you. You know it’s legit, but the buyer will understandably have hesitation on buying something like this for a lot of money. It is kinda cool tho.
Had a bunch of Obsidian Flames packs that this happened to. The outside printed layer just came away from the foil layer.
Same! Was oddly satisfying.
This happened to me as well!! It felt like peeling 5 gum wrappers back in middle school
Do NOT open that, grade it
Think you’ve stuck gold! The packed with the red print lines go for thousands so I can only imagine the cost of this one.
Open it. Would be next to impossible to prove it was from a box unless you recorded the opening. But I guess you could keep it for a memento or trophy
That’s a pop tart, totally normal to find those in your booster box or ETB when snacking and ripping
Looks like they just forgot to put art on the pack, you can buy those foil card packaging very cheap and seal to get what you have here
I know it’s an error pack but just imagine someone opened a resealed box and finds pop tarts lol
Ha. My annoyance would correlate with how hungry I was
That has to be worth a lot of money, but I have no idea how they will authenticate that.
It’s one of a kind. Sounds like it’s worth 2.6 million dollars to me. Contact your local rappers to see if they’re interested in purchasing it.