Only a bit through the video but I do want to offer a slight correction; TPC isnt owned solely by Nintendo, it's a joint venture between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, inc. Not a huge deal but afaik, Nintendo mostly deals with the video game side of the franchise, so I actually don't know how concerned about this they would be compared to the hacked switches for example.
I'm a little surprised they wouldn't handle much in the board game or trading card section of their company since Nintendo began as a company that sold playing cards, checkers sets, and jacks...in the 1870s. I think they are older than the Sears Roebuck Company.
@@christhe2dprotogen511 and then Danny Gonzales would follow him as he's being locked up, saying, 'Jarvis, bro! This isn't real, bro.... Jarvis, bro, no...!'
Nah like Jarvis said, it got caught on camera. It was only a matter of time before the thief got caught from the footage, so they had to get rid of them quick.
I know it's not Pokemon related, but the story about Wizards of the Coast hiring The Pinkertons to intimidate a customer who received unreleased product by mistake is BLOWING tf up right now. Could be a fun follow-up to this video!
When I was a little kid (early 2000's) I designed my own Pokemon and drew a mockup of a card design. Also made up their abilities and everything. My parents helped me mail my idea to Nintendo because I thought they might love it and turn it into a real Pokemon. They actually sent me a letter back and in the nicest way possible basically said "we don't take ideas from outside sources you silly child". But I've always thought it was so cool they took the time to respond to me. 😂
Yeah ive never seen this many hyper rares and secret rares even if they were FAKE lmao Let alone actual fucking cards with hundreds of dollars of value for EACH CARD lmao
right,, it's actually *horrifying.* i understand nintendo wanting to preserve their intellectual property but they barely even give a shit about preserving their games. they're just evil. literally one of the worst fucking corporations in the world, right up there with disney.
Agreed. It’s gross that it gets treated as a good thing just because the soulless corporation that enacted it was Nintendo. If it was EA or Microsoft people would have IMMEDIATELY spoken up about how shitty that ruling was.
Edit: In addition to my comment below, a huge part of the humen intervention needed in these processes are because these machines are so indescribably huge that they break CONSTANTLY. Our maintenance team was bigger than any of the actual printing shifts. I worked for 5 years in IT at a printing/packaging company and I cannot properly convey the scale of the printing presses in comparison to a human being. It literally feels like you're working in one of those Imperial substations on Endor.
The fact that somebody tried to sell these cards in bulk really encapsulates the way collectible/trading card games are infested by really short-sighted grifters lol Half my yu-gi-oh group in high school would talk openly about stealing stuff from other players and even members of the friend group. It gets bad lol
I’d like to point out that this kind of theft could actually explain the rash of people “pulling” a bunch of cards from a small number of packs. To illustrate, an example. A few years ago starbursts released some “all strawberry” packs, and ever since the subreddit r/mildlyinteresting will get lots of people pretending they opened a 4-pack of starbursts and it was all pink just by coincidence. If the cards changed hands multiple times, the stuff in the picture likely is just the tip of the iceberg of the number of stolen cards. The stolen cards were probably sold and resold multiple times and broken down into smaller chunks of cards over time, leading to the cards being scattered all over the place in suspicious quantities. A smarter reseller would sell small numbers to trusted individuals on a grey market - maybe some of those people felt like bragging about their “amazing pulls”. Idk about the situation though, that’s just a line of reasoning I thought was worth bringing up. Love these Pokémon videos!
@@sideways5153 Wait the "all strawberry" packs was a thing? Bruh, a couple of Halloweens ago when we did our candy haul from the store, one of the bags was for the two piece packs of regular Starburst flavors. Naturally, in the days leading up to Halloween night, we'd sneak a few pieces of candy from the pile, and I took several of the Starburst. I was pissed when I found every single one was strawberry. I ended up taking more than I intended to thinking that it must surely be a different flavor at some point. Nope, all strawberry, lol.
I recently started working at a print shop and I am continually surprised how much that I assumed was automated is done by hand. Even for bulk mail (junk mail coming from companies), we seal the envelopes by hand with glue sticks. Many of the other steps that come after printing are also done by hand or with small scale machines that one person is operating.
The wildest thing about this to me is the fact that a human probably had to steal these cards for a long time. They spent so much time and effort stealing these cards to just go to a game store and try to sell them all at once to get instantly busted. It's like they didn't think about how they were going to get rid of them, only how to get them.
there is only one way this could happen and thats from a manager or someone with the same powers or greater within the company. the cards arent really handled by humans during the manufacturing and packing process
As someone who has worked in the print industry, this is impressive even to me. I know how newspapers and magazines get printed and distributed but I never really thought about all the extra components of printing trading cards along with the temptation of added value from rarity. 🤯
as someone who is studying to get a degree in graphic design, i appreciate you covering the process of printing and designing the cards. i also really appreciate you stressing just *how much work* goes into the design and printing process, ESPECIALLY for such a gigantic, internationally-known company. fun fact for anyone who's curious: there are most likely a ton of printing shops that are currently working on printing (not designing- PRINTING) and quality checking stuff for the winter holiday season. EDIT: for context, i made this comment in may.
Dude that picture of all the cards stacked together that were stolen is insane to me. As a collector for over 10 years it’s such a weird thing to see lol
like how did this thought not cross their mind??? my local game store wouldn't be able to buy all the product at once, it's just doesn't make sense and sends off red flags
Is anyone else going to mention how jarvis used to dress pretty casually, but now all of his clothes look genuinely very nice and business casual? My man has great style 👍
Also, the hat is definitely not "business casual". In fact, I don't know if there's any hat that's "business casual" - some will be too casual and some will be much to formal. Not sure there's a such thing as a business hat, at least these days. Looks good though, to be clear. Really suits Jarvis. Just ain't a suit.
i love this video honestly. it was kind of an unexpected upload from u but it was soo interesting and the way u tell stories makes me want to listen to every single word and give u my entire attention. very interesting story tbh
this isn’t a weird video for your channel, in fact I’d say it’s right up your alley. These passion project videos you make are fantastic, and I’m not a super huge Pokémon fan, but if there’s any Pokémon drama you’d be the first person I’d look to to break it down. Awesome video Jarvis!
I actually just looked into some of the print stuff recently because I work in the print industry and am up for a job that is dedicated to color management. There's a certification you can get just for learning the proper way to match colors and it's called G7, it's $2600 and I believe it's made by the same people that made pantone. Shit's wild and I might end up having to learn about just color matching
I'm really sad that the worker was caught. the factory workers probably aren't paid nearly enough and i was just like "good for them" the whole video til we got up to the part where they were caught :(
You don't know that. Not to mention, they took product and therefore altered what is was people were buying. What about all those people that would have got rares in their packs, but those rares were taken?
The biggest pokemon theft in history, but not the worst. In 4th grade a kid I didnt know asked to see my cards. We were in front of the school (at the end of the day by the busses), and when i was showing him he signaled to his friend who came up behind me and hit them out of my hand into the air. Then like 20 other kids swarmed in and picked them all up and ran away. I had managed to pick up like two. I was left standing there holding the two cards left of my deck and crying and everyone and all my cards had disappeared within about 10 seconds. That was the worst pokemon card theft in history. Im in my 30s now and im still upset about it.
Oh they destroyed the cards? That is the least fun thing you could have done! I'd have boosted their rarity by stumping them with a special mark, maybe the Team Rocket logo and giving them away at events and to the people that reported them.
on the topic of those boxes with a ton of rare cards in them, flesh and blood had a similar thing happen recently. people were opening boxes with a legendary card in almost every pack (they are typically 1 in 80 packs for this set). turns out that there was a collation error where rainbow foil legendary cards were placed in the rainbow foil common feeder (every pack has a rainbow foil btw) for like 10-15 minutes. legend story studios (creators of flesh and blood) came out and explained this, which was very cool to see a little peak behind the scenes like that.
I love hearing someone talk about things they live. My coworker walked in on me watching this on my break and was like “I didn’t know you were into pokemon” and I said “I didn’t either until now “
this was one of your best videos by far. not only are you a great teacher, but you kept a great balance between teaching, humor, and drama. LOVE to be a premium viewer on a day like today
Collectable card games are the real world version of loot boxes in video games, but seem to be regulated differently since they don't have to disclose the odds of getting the best cards. That said, I'm assuming the rarity of the cards is controlled by how many are produced. That raises the question: Did this theft basically make the odds of the people actually paying for the packs getting these cards massively lower? If so, doesn't that mean the people who were robbed were everyone who bought packs from this set?
Having previously worked in a small-scale printing press. I know firsthand that there is SO much done manually. The main difference between smaller and bigger shops is mainly the quantity of equipment to be manually operated and the size of material the machines can process. It's such a fascinating process and it's very monotonous, but I honestly love it.
Adding to this to the recent situation with WoTC senfing the literal pinkertons to get back unreleased cards that someone obtained and revealed by accident, the trading card world seems intense
This is wild AF I used to work in corrugated printing/packaging and I never thought I'd see you talking about my old job 😭 I did pre-press at a very small company. I can tell you first hand how many mistakes happen in the industry as a whole.
I always loved checking which artists designed my favorite cards as a kid (love the Keiji Kinebuchi and Yuka Morii artwork), but I hadn't really considered all the work that goes into the production of the cards between initial design and final packaging -- it's cool to see some of that process!
I’m someone who buys & sells trading cards at my local card shops and the difference between MTG and Pokémon in terms of expensive/rare card pull rates is INSANE. I always assumed Pokémon co was just stingy with their rates in comparison but after seeing the post I was dumbfounded. Ever since a few months ago I’ve dropped Pokémon almost entirely and have moved onto Magic and I’m glad I did so lol
I literally have brought so many pokemon packs that have been missing hits in them all. So much that I stopped buying them cause it was annoying me.. so this is all adding up now!!
I find it fascinating how the level of severity of the theft changes based on market prices for the cards themselves and the profit level for the company based on their pack distribution
as someone who is not invested in pokémon at all, this was a very interesting watch! i loved hearing you talk about the “drama” (read: crime) and the process of creating the cards. also you are the first person, besides my mom, who i’ve heard use the word “redonkulous” in like 10 years lol
Thanks for checking the sources and actually mentioning how this affected Fusion Strike in particular. A lot of those covering this have been presenting this as an ongoing issue that's gone unaddressed, even though these images were part of a 2021/2022 investigation. Also, going into the manufacturing process was a great inclusion. Well researched and well presented, sir!
Yooo this story was so interesting and my inner 12 year old is so happy you got to show and explain the process of how the cards are made like that. Solid solid video sir
I was one of the few guys that broke this story, incredibly crazy situation. The store the thief tried to sell them to is not of my LGS, and my friends the one that leaked the photo on FB. Crazy stuff!
I mean if they stole that many cards, the hits were artificially inflated in rarity, that, 1/1000 could've been much better odds, who knows how much better, but it's crazy
It's so crazy to me. Like yeah steal from big company you work for but Why would you be so stupid in unloading it? Spread it out to different places at different times in way smaller numbers.
So if the chance of getting one of these rare cards is 1 in 1000 at most, and all of these rare cards were stolen, then how were those odds affected? Were the estimated odds calculated before or after this incident because if so, then the results might be scewed.
Generally retention samples are held in a locked cage and cataloged. That way if there is an issue with the batch, you can pull your retention and see the issue. I work in quality for a vitamin company. We keep our retentions for 2 years past the expiration date. I have no idea what the time line is like for goods that dont expire.
this was so crazy!!! They stole so many cards!! But also the seller... why did we take all of the rare cards to a single store?? That seller must have known they were stolen, wanted to get caught and not wanted anything to do with the theft in general. 🤣🤣
he mentioned in the video that something similar happened years ago and how he would talk about it later but he didn't, now I'm so curious to know it 😭😭
Working in manufacturing here 👋🏼 Most of the time on an automation machine that runs 24/7 for QC checks you take a ‘shot’ (sample) every couple hours or so and then when you’re done with it you bag and label and file that sample in a special area.