According to Sanspo, trading card shop MINT in Osaka is predicting 1st round draft pick Shintaro Fujimami's autographed baseball card will be worth between 20,000 to 30,000 yen.  If the serial number on the card is a one or a nineteen, it could push the price up to between 50,000 to 60,000 yen.

Source: Sanspo 12/21/2012

The Baseball Magazine Sports Card Show will be taking place at Tokyo Dome City's Prism Hall.

Date/Time: April 15, between 11:00am and 4:00pm

Admission: Free

Special Guests: Katsumi Hirosawa (from 11:00am) and Koji Yamamoto (from 1:00pm)

The First Wave of Calbee 2012 Pro Yakyu Chips will hit store shelves on March 26.  To celebrate its fortieth year, the chip-maker will also be packing special Turn Back the Clock cards for current active managers, plus Shigeo Nagashima and Sadaharu Oh.  A complete list of cards (for the First Wave) can be found at the Calbee website.

Randy Bass will be appearing in an Owners League TV commercial that will be shown in the Kanto and Kansai regions, beginning on 9/10 (two spots, one 15 seconds long and the other 30 seconds long).  Bass, and 5 other foreign players that made their mark in the NPB, will be included in the 3rd set of Owners League cards, set to hit store shelves on 9/16.

Randy Bass' card: front and back

Shots from the commercial: 4Gamer.net and Oricon Style

With all that's been going on, I completely forgot to look into what was going to happen to the Calbee Pro Yakyu Chips this year.

In looking at the official Calbee site, I see the chips were delayed and will only be available in the Kansai (beginning on 4/11) and Hokkaido (4/18) regions.  As of 3/22 (when the Calbee page was lasted updated) there is no scheduled release date for the Tohoku, Kanto, and Koshietsu regions.

Managed to grab a can of Georgia Black today.  Here's what I got:

Checklist

From Other Cards

Two Cards - Front

From Other Cards

Two Cards - Back

From Other Cards

I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but if I purchase any more, I'll be sure to post them.

The Fighters announced the start of their Victory Card set (to go on sale on the 25th).

What, exactly, is the Victory Card set?

For every game the Fighters win this year, they will print up a special baseball card.  The picture side will feature one key player from the game;  the back of the card will contain a summary of the game along with the final score and any other pertinent data from that particular game.

That means there is no set number of cards and the size of the set will only be limited by the number of games the Fighters' win.

The set for the entire year will cost 7,980 yen (includes shipping, packaging, and tax).  The first 4,000 people to order the set will also get a folder for the cards.

Cards purchased by the month will cost 105 yen per card.  Shipping will cost an additional 160 yen.

Interested fans can also purchase the folder for 1,890 yen.

It should also be noted that purchases can only be made via credit card.

Beginning on 3/23, cans of Georgia Original will come with two baseball cards.  Supplies are limited and cards will only be handed out when you make you purchase at convenience store.

There are 30 60 cards in the entire set.

I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I may try purchasing a can or two to see what the cards are like.

Second Pack

From Calbee 2010

Third Pack

From Calbee 2010

I thought I'd start sharing the Calbee baseball cards I tend to collect during the course of the year.  Here's two cards from the first pack of chips I bought.

From Calbee 2010