Friday, January 13, 2017

2017 BBM Japanese Shining Venus Female Athlete Cards

Later this month, BBM is releasing a Shining Venus set (similar to Real Venus sets I believe) staring Japanese female athletes from a multitude of sports.  On thing I find interesting is the vast array of sports represented here: sport climbing, unicycling (yes, I said unicycling), BMX, weightlifting, swimming, table tennis, skateboarding, keirin (competitive short-track bicycle racing), basketball, karate, and so on.  Wow, talk about some niche sports here. Retail on these is 1 pack with 5 cards for ￥300 or a box with 20 packs for ￥6000.  You can preorder them on Rakuten for ￥5400 right now.





Some of the athletes are putting in signed Valentine cards with messages....just in time for the romantic holiday in February as well as some Happy New Year cards!!





Anyone thinking about ordering any of these?
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  1. Tony BurbsJanuary 13, 2017 at 6:20 AM

    The Valentines cards are an interesting concept. Personally, I'm surprised v-day cards and trading cards aren't blended together more often.

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    1. SumoMenkoManJanuary 14, 2017 at 7:22 AM

      It definitely is interesting. And the fact that they planned and got signatures well ahead of Valentines Day so this set is released before Valentine's Day is a testament to the quality of the product in my opinion

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  2. RAZJanuary 13, 2017 at 12:37 PM

    These are pretty cool. That unicyclist really went all out on her Valentine's Day greeting. I wonder how many autographs you get in a box? The BBM True Heart wrestling boxes usually have 5-6 autographs in them, but cost about 30% more per box.

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    1. SumoMenkoManJanuary 14, 2017 at 7:26 AM

      I love the on-card inscriptions in this set. Not sure how many autos are in a box. Curious to see if they hold their value at all.

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