Hey all,
During my time in Tokyo, I managed to find a baseball card shop. Trying to look for some authentic Japanese trading cards. There are some cool sets they sell here, but I noticed the cards are incredibly expensive here.
For example a card of Murton (Matt Murton from the Cubs) sells for 8900Y, that is roughly 130 dollars. While Bruce Chen sells for 5400Y (roughly 80 dollars). Cheapest one I could find was 640Y, about 9 bucks.
Don't get me started on Ichiro or even Darvish.
Anyways, I was wondering if anyone has collected Japanese baseball cards (Pacific league specifically) and what their take is on it. I know it isn't due to the dollar being on the decline -- because the low Yen is 100Y = 1 dollar, which still makes Murton an 89 dollar card and Chen a 54 dollar card.
I'm going to go to a Seibu Lions game tomorrow and see if I can do any better for cost.
Thoughts?
During my time in Tokyo, I managed to find a baseball card shop. Trying to look for some authentic Japanese trading cards. There are some cool sets they sell here, but I noticed the cards are incredibly expensive here.
For example a card of Murton (Matt Murton from the Cubs) sells for 8900Y, that is roughly 130 dollars. While Bruce Chen sells for 5400Y (roughly 80 dollars). Cheapest one I could find was 640Y, about 9 bucks.
Don't get me started on Ichiro or even Darvish.
Anyways, I was wondering if anyone has collected Japanese baseball cards (Pacific league specifically) and what their take is on it. I know it isn't due to the dollar being on the decline -- because the low Yen is 100Y = 1 dollar, which still makes Murton an 89 dollar card and Chen a 54 dollar card.
I'm going to go to a Seibu Lions game tomorrow and see if I can do any better for cost.
Thoughts?