what's up all you sexy geeks and awkward
nerds hope you're having an awesome day
I know I am let's talk about balls
pokeballs these these kind of balls
right here ooh close one Bandai has
actually came out with some pretty
realistic pokeballs I mean it's almost a
legit real thing and it's kind of a
big deal because we have never gotten
realistic pokeballs ever in the 20 years
of post montt has been out I mean we've
gotten pokeballs that look like this
I mean not the best but these folky
balls are crazy and st. and blow all the
rest out of the water
so we're going to take a look at all the
prototype pictures we're going to talk
about all the information that we have
about it these are only pre-order items
right now they're not actually out and
then we'll take a little bit of a
history trip at some old pokeball toys
dating all the way back to the 90s it's
going to be pretty fun so pull out your
balls your bookie balls and let's have
some fun together let's dive right into
it you know it's hard to believe that
within pokemons 20 years of existence
that we really haven't gotten a decent
pokeball toy or replica you would think
at least by year 10 we would have had
one but somehow this item this item that
is such a cornerstone in the Pokemon
franchise has really ceased to exist in
both the United States and Japan now
that doesn't mean we haven't had
pokeball merchandise available to us
many big-name toy companies and non toy
companies have had their attempt at one
let's take a quick look here some past
attempts here in my home country the
United States Hasbro the world's third
largest toy company lucky enough to be
the first to hold a Pokemon toy license
in all honesty not a bad attempt for the
franchise's first toy line especially in
the 90s you can see that this was pretty
much all there was to the toy line
besides other random items such as
keychains and little beanbag plushies
you got a figure of a character from the
anime ash misty Brock Jesse James a
Pokemon and there it is our first
pokeball now you can see the red part is
clear and the sizing did seem a bit off
I mean it did come with a figure after
all I can clearly remember walking into
the store as a kid and thinking ma'am
this right here will make me a legit
Pokemon master it doesn't get much
better than this little did I know it
wasn't going to get much better than
this and my impressions we're going to
get
anybody either now we can't talk about
pokeball toys and not bring up probably
the most famous pokeball toy of them all
that's right
Burger King yes even Burger King had
their attempt in 1999 with the promotion
to go along with the release of Pokemon
the first movie 59 toys and all and each
coming with their own pokeball and if
that wasn't enough with a little
pleading to your parents you could buy
one of six 24 karat gold pokemon cards
stored in a display pokeball little did
we know years later these would flood
flea markets and online auction sites
the value if it's in top-notch condition
with the box about $10 but at the time
the pokeball displays were the best yet
and to think it came from Burger King of
all places
once afro lost his license it was time
for toy company Jack specific to step in
now Jack's really did improve on the toy
license with its figures and playability
but in the pokeball category we really
just saw minor improvements the red part
was now a solid color like it should
have been but now the bottom of the
pokeball was flat but much to Jack
specifics credit the pokeball is now
served an even greater playability
purpose Pokemon figures can now pop out
of pokeballs recreating the start to a
battle oh you were waiting for the rest
yeah just the start of the battle sorry
you're a kid use your imagination for
the rest but seriously we do have to
give Jack's credit though they really
took the Pokemon toy license to the next
level introducing so many more elements
to the toys than just looks
adios nice knowing you Jax we appreciate
all you did but we'll take it from here
enter Japanese toy company Tommy to me
Oh Tommy
now even though Tommy is primarily a
Japanese space toy company they do also
serve as the United States current
Pokemon toy company Tomy does a
phenomenal job with the Pokemon toys and
their other licenses they're really
great at releasing a wide variety of
different toys but the pokeballs are
almost identical to Jax sizing color and
that silly flat bottom all remains now
one thing tell me does hold above the
rest of the variety of pokeballs
from a regular basic pokeball all the
way to a dust ball you can pretty much
find any type of pokeball you're looking
for I'm pretty confident when I
this i think tell me we'll probably have
the license for a long time and i
personally don't have a problem with
that bro toy companies the fast food
restaurants and heck even a quick Etsy
search pops up some unique homemade
pokeballs assures us that there is no
shortage of pokeball toys but now we
just might have pokeballs to rule over
all of their pokéballs something that
would even make cosplayers drool from
their mouths welcome to the neighborhood
bandai this year to coincide with the
release of the upcoming Pokemon 20 movie
I choose you we have the most beautiful
pokeballs today and the pokeballs we
deserved years ago releasing into waves
later this year they are made of plastic
with an amazing shine finish to them not
only is the detail on point but the size
of the pokey balls are in scale Bandai
has even cluded a waist accessory to
hold your pokeballs just like a real
Pokemon master now the odd thing about
this seems to be that they are marketing
it towards businessmen and business
women okay so maybe they're marketing
images aren't the best so there's got to
be a downside somewhere here's the bad
news these will only be available in
Japan now you could still get your hands
on them through secondary market sites
or maybe you know someone in Japan they
could pick some up for you either way
you got a pay-to-play
wave one consisting of the basic
pokeball drape ball ultra ball master
ball premier ball and the coolest of
them Pikachu's wall complete with that
cute little lightning bolt will set you
back about 5400 yen roughly $49 will
have a release date of August 2017 wave
2 consisting of the twig ball dusk ball
timer ball heel ball die ball and luxury
ball cost seven thousand and twenty yen
or roughly sixty four dollars is set to
be released in September 2017 now really
the only improvements that we could see
is metal instead of plastic some lights
and then some sound to go with it but I
truly feel these are top-notch and will
satisfy the itch of a pokeball toy to
play with or a cosplay kudos to you
Bandai for filling in that void in the
marketplace I'll leave a link in the
comments below and you can check the
site out for yourself just a heads up it
is all in Japanese though wait a minute
wait a minute wait a minute there's mint
candies inside the pokeball
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