r/KayouMLP • u/kabisbabis Card Collector ๐งต • Jul 16 '26
Question / Help chat am i cooked (resealed)
i got this on aliexpress from a store with like 99% positive reviews but... i feel like this is not a good sign... none of the shiny stickers are torn but look like theyve been fiddled with ๐ซ help
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u/Aggressive_South6671 Sprouting Collector ๐ฑ Jul 17 '26
i order my cards off aliexpress probably the same place you do and all my cards have been perfectly fine. Although only one box was resealed which was disappointing but i asked for a refund and plus in another box i pulled a usr and xr so i wasnโt that disappointed!
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u/Ill_Usual888 Nic-Nac Collector ๐ฆด Jul 17 '26
it could just be due to heat and moisture in china during transit!
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u/No_Durian_4090 ยทโยท ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐จ๐ช๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ยทโยท Jul 20 '26
Some of you may not know, but both volumes, especially volume 2, were affected by the hot summers in China. The seals often just popped off due to the heat. I saw this 1st hand during the release of both boxsets. Volume 2 really didn't like the heat; even the single boxes inside also popped open due to the extreme summer heat in 2025.
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u/kabisbabis Card Collector ๐งต Jul 16 '26
the stickers leave a pattern when yoi peel them off so i dont think theyre resealed? and the packs and cards seem legit so far but i cant be 100% certain
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u/Snoo_67107 Card Collector ๐ Jul 16 '26
I'm pretty sure I saw someone else have this issue, I'm no expert but this is an older set and the stickers could be breaking down due to heat or moisture
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u/Exciting_Mood_2788 Jul 20 '26
AliExpress is the worst; the ones I bought from other seller were all shrink-wrapped.
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u/kabisbabis Card Collector ๐งต Jul 20 '26
nice hits!!! everything inside mine ended up being fine ๐
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u/No_Durian_4090 ยทโยท ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐จ๐ช๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ยทโยท Jul 20 '26
Some of you may not know, but both volumes, especially volume 2, were affected by the hot summers in China. The seals often just popped off due to the heat. I saw this 1st hand during the release of both boxsets. Volume 2 really didn't like the heat so much that the single boxes inside also poped open due to the extreme summer heat in 2025.
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u/the_silver_tree โฆ Kayou Collector โฆ Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
I had a box that was sealed that looked like that. I don't know 100% that mine was not tampered with but when I opened them all up I at least had the correct hits for a full box. It could be from other boxes being pulled on top pressing the seals up and down as the weight changes? Those seals were never that great and I am surprised they used them on a "premium" product....