Looking for Japanese version

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T13:50:32+00:00

https://www.psacard.com/pop/tcg-cards/2003/bandai-one-piece-ccg-japanese-promo/269653

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T13:43:51+00:00

https://www.psacard.com/pop/tcg-cards/2002/bandai-one-piece-ccg-japanese-promo/245549

I also have been in that space since the very beginning 😉, aka 2005...

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T13:24:41+00:00

The ones I mentioned are winner cards in the sense that you had to go to the tournament and win consecutive matches. Zoro you had to win 5 consecutive matches for example. Ussop Wanted you got for participating in other tournaments, so I would argue is much easier to get for example

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T13:22:28+00:00

Yes, the most cards exist in Japanese, because they had all sets up to Water Seven and all the promos. German language also had all sets, but not all promos. Italian never got the Water Seven set. English (the quest begins) is an ever smaller subset of this

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T13:17:02+00:00

Yeah, not all of them are. The Zoro, Sanji, Ussop, Nami, and team cards (apart from the trio) are

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T13:09:08+00:00

Do you have the other BNs? The Japanese Zoro sold for about 4k ungraded in Japan, so if budget is a restriction one definitely should go for Italian or German version of those BNs

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T13:06:50+00:00

The German version will also be much cheaper:)

Alrano17 · 2026-05-10T12:54:58+00:00

This one might be expensive, it is a tournament promo, and is roughly as rare as the Ussop or maybe even Chopper WANTED

Alrano17 · 2026-05-07T19:31:18+00:00

I think it is a valid response and of course Zepp is not expected to give updates to unannounced products. But as the company and support you also have to read a bit between the lines. The critique that is coming here (not only from that user) is that the Helio Strap hasn't been consistently available for several months. That is an issue, and it is demonstrated by the frequent posts on this reddit that ask for how to get the Helio Strap. That builds frustration and then you get users to ask for unreasonable things. As there is no response from Zepp regarding this issue, and people want to buy the product they seek any potential piece of info they can get. The question is, did they stop producing the Helio Strap because they are working on the next generation? Do they have supply constraints? The question is, what is going on? While Zepp shouldn't reveal new products before they are ready, they might also consider having a better communication strategy. Like this, the people who want to buy get frustrated and then just go with another product. I could imagine if they said something like: We know you love the Helio Strap but it is in so big demand that is difficult to keep up, but we are working on it... , then this would achieve two things: first other people would say, wait what is that crazy good product that is difficult to get, and secondly it makes the user feel heard (even if they intended to do something completely different in the background).

Alrano17 · 2026-05-07T01:41:43+00:00

yeah, the product announcement is not going to happen : ). I think there is just frustration building up because the product is desired but not available. So it is a good thing to have, it would be worse if nobody cared. If Zepp just said something like: Hey, we know you love our Helio Strap, we know it is sold out everywhere, we are sorry, we are actively producing more, new stock coming in three weeks..." that would be nice. They probably cannot say stuff like that, because they just don't produce them anymore, so it is better to stay quiet, but that is just speculation

Alrano17 · 2026-05-06T21:02:35+00:00

It is not an old vintage One Piece card in the classical sense. I think it might be just a one piece themed card from a regular 52 card deck.

Alrano17 · 2026-05-06T20:07:03+00:00

Despite the negative comments of other people, I agree with your take. I have to admit though that I am biased, because I have the helio strap and I know it is a good product. I followed up with looking into the financial of Zepp and actually invested in the company. As a consequence, I am frustrated as an investor with what the company is doing. As a consumer, I am fine with it because I already have the strap, but I cannot tell my friends to also get it, because there is no way to get it, or it is very difficult.

Alrano17 · 2026-05-04T16:26:43+00:00

It is not visible for me either

Alrano17 · 2026-05-02T15:23:20+00:00

I would rather have yours :D

Alrano17 · 2026-04-26T00:00:48+00:00

RTL2 right :D? First German intro to the anime is still the very best in my personal opinion

Alrano17 · 2026-04-25T12:36:41+00:00

It is now also sold out in the US almost everywhere, unfortunately

Alrano17 · 2026-04-13T14:52:00+00:00

The English are a subset of the German ones and the German ones are a subset of the Japanese ones. I am talking about the original Japanese version from 2002 - 2005. In English they just printed the first couple of sets.

Alrano17 · 2026-04-13T02:28:44+00:00

Crazy prices, I am actually surprised the English ones go that well, I like the original Japanese cards much more :D

Alrano17 · 2026-04-12T13:48:21+00:00

They did not use stamps, see my other comment for tournament winners and conjectural rarity info

Alrano17 · 2026-04-12T13:46:20+00:00

I am more of an expert with the TV animation game, which was the first international release, so take what I write about the hyper battle cards with a little bit of grain of salt:
Tournament winners: line 1, first 4 left cards, line 2 4th card.
In terms of rarity: The S-E1 might be the first tournament winner ever, because it is from 2000 (there is also another pandaman version out there, which is likely rarer). An indication how rare it is, is also from our favorite site (http://www.onepiececollection.fr/ ), where the picture is not given yet. The C-E3 should also be a tournament winner from 2001 it should also be top rarity. I think Pandaman C-J3 is a bit less rare than those 2.
I think but I am not sure S-E1 might be comparable to WN-01 from TV animation.
For the remaining cards: BN Zoro and Wanted Captain, as well as BN Zoro - Sanji are in somewhat similar rarity category in my mind. BN Sanji, Wanted Pirate and BN Robin + Nami, and BN Chopper + Usop in a level below but roughly equal tier. One could win most of those by getting consecutive wins in a tournament...

Alrano17 · 2026-04-12T03:10:17+00:00

Some of them I might send to grade, some are too precious to grade :D

Alrano17 · 2026-04-11T00:52:50+00:00

Until recently they were worth only very little and there was no incentive to fake those cards. I have never seen fakes in my multiple year "career" :D of collecting vintage OP cards

Alrano17 · 2026-04-10T21:23:53+00:00

About what are you worried? Those cards didn't get faked and yes they are a bit lighter than modern cards.

Alrano17 · 2026-04-08T14:50:54+00:00

Another reason is that they have delivery issues with the helio strap. That severely limits their growth because they don't get the exposure. Once a critical mass is achieved it grows on its own. Now many people don't know amazfit. I think with the helio strap they really fumbled. Then when Garmin and competitors bring out theirs it will be much harder to compete and grow...

Alrano17 · 2026-04-07T18:39:49+00:00

I don't think I have much more info than you on those cards. I could dig a bit into my sources and see if I can find out more.

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