my raichu MT (english) is regular holo. But, it has a hint of holo all over the card like the japanese reprints (charmander, charizard), but not as much. Is this normal or do I have myself an extremely rare card?
Is this possible???
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RE: Is this possible?
where the little dots of the foil seem visible throughout the whole card? its kind of common, most of my dp holos and lv.x's have that effect except for two of them .
where the little dots of the foil seem visible throughout the whole card? its kind of common, most of my dp holos and lv.x's have that effect except for two of them .
it's hardly visible, it's just the little sparkles, I've never seen a card like that.
RE: Is this possible?
Its pretty common actually. About 5% of the foils have it, I recon.
Its pretty common actually. About 5% of the foils have it, I recon.
RE: Is this possible?
5% isn't considered common ... 80% of my holos have that effect, and with some of them its really obvious. its so obvious that sometimes some of my cards look closer to a reverse holo.
5% isn't considered common ... 80% of my holos have that effect, and with some of them its really obvious. its so obvious that sometimes some of my cards look closer to a reverse holo.
RE: Is this possible?
Well, its pretty common in the fact that it isn't a one-in-every-fifty-boxes kind of thing. You see it around, not everyone has them but they're there.
Well, its pretty common in the fact that it isn't a one-in-every-fifty-boxes kind of thing. You see it around, not everyone has them but they're there.
RE: Is this possible?
well i guess i just got lucky then, i have like 20+ dp series holos but only like five don't have that all over holo effect. i actually thought that they had done that effect on purpose to change things a little from the previous series.
well i guess i just got lucky then, i have like 20+ dp series holos but only like five don't have that all over holo effect. i actually thought that they had done that effect on purpose to change things a little from the previous series.
The best I could figure it:
Pokemon USA probably has two separate printing facilities that print cards. One printer has the capability to print the holo "dot" things on only the Pokemon's square, while the other's equipment only has the option to print over the whole thing. This leads to the "dots" that would normally be printed only on the holographic portion being printed across the whole card.
I don't think it's much of a problem, or even a sought after variant. Don't expect the value of such a card to go up, as it's technically an error.
Pokemon USA probably has two separate printing facilities that print cards. One printer has the capability to print the holo "dot" things on only the Pokemon's square, while the other's equipment only has the option to print over the whole thing. This leads to the "dots" that would normally be printed only on the holographic portion being printed across the whole card.
I don't think it's much of a problem, or even a sought after variant. Don't expect the value of such a card to go up, as it's technically an error.
ApachePrime said:
huh?... the dots being printed ? regular cards are made of a thick paper/ carboard type of material in which the images are printed over. holos, unlike non holos, have a thin foil affixed to them before the image is printed on them . the dots/ holograms are actually supposed to be recorded trough lasers onto epecial film (probably another layer over the foil), and cannot be added with ink or put over it. most likely the foil is bought with the dots already on it and from a seperate manufacturer .... its more likely that the effect is caused due to the printers running low on ink and as a result puts a thinner coat of ink than usual. the thinnier ink allows the foil beneath it to show trough and you get that "all over shiny" as a result.
RE: Is this possible?
I think it is where the ink is not printing on the card very well so the ink is thinner, so you can see more of the holo effect.
I think it is where the ink is not printing on the card very well so the ink is thinner, so you can see more of the holo effect.
RE: Is this possible?
this theory would relate to the " printers low on ink theory" very closely. when new sets are about to be released they probably boost up production in order to provide enough of there product to pre releases and stores . the higher the demand , the more they make. the more the make , the highter the chances of error to occur.... if you look closely at some (not all) of these type of holos in brightly lit rooms or in direct sunlight, you could clearly see horizontal lines similar to the effect you get when your printer is running out of ink.
muddy68 said:
this theory would relate to the " printers low on ink theory" very closely. when new sets are about to be released they probably boost up production in order to provide enough of there product to pre releases and stores . the higher the demand , the more they make. the more the make , the highter the chances of error to occur.... if you look closely at some (not all) of these type of holos in brightly lit rooms or in direct sunlight, you could clearly see horizontal lines similar to the effect you get when your printer is running out of ink.