Well-known game cards with collectible value, such as "Pokémon Cards" or "Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards," often release rarer cards to enhance their collectible value. These rare cards not only feature unique character designs and abilities but also incorporate special printing techniques to increase their sense of value and rarity.
TCG Holographic Cards
TCG Holographic cards feature striking light and shadow effects, making them much easier to identify compared to standard color printing.
Digital Foil Stamping
Digital foil stamping adds printing on top of the foil, resulting in more varied color effects beyond just gold. It allows for the printing of special metallic colors (such as rose gold, metallic blue, or metallic pink) and even gradient metallic colors, which are effects that traditional foil stamping cannot achieve.
Special Ink Printing
When people hear "special ink," they often think of "anti-counterfeiting," but that's not always the case! For instance, photochromic ink and thermochromic ink not only make cards interactive and more appealing for collectors but also add to the cards' rarity and value due to the unique printing techniques involved.
Photochromic ink requires exposure to sunlight to reveal vibrant colors or hidden patterns.
Holographic Surprise Stickers | Bikkuriman (ビックリマン)
Bikkuriman (ビックリマン) is a chocolate candy produced by Lotte in Japan, famous for the "surprise stickers" that come with it. The product uses both common and rare stickers to attract consumers. Common versions are usually simple color prints, while the rare ones are most often holographic stickers!
Holographic stickers are characterized by the flickering light and shadow or a 3D effect, while color printing can further enhance the vibrancy of the colors.
Character information can be printed on the back of the stickers.
Refractive Foil Embossing
Surprise Stickers | Bikkuriman (ビックリマン)
Holo Solution developed surprise stickers using "Refractive Foil Embossing" technology. The texture is different from that of holographic stickers and is tactile, giving surprise stickers a wider range of expressions.
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