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After using Google, rather than YouTube search, I did find this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUnBJX7X1GY ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T11:11:08 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Six-NEW-Vintage-Japanese-Samurais-Warriors-Round-Menko-Game-Cards-Different-Size-/273776359690

this game is impossible though.............. really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsJC2ggeiM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqYkVY5xyNc ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T11:03:03 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13 Originally posted by: Tyree_Cooper

yeah i saw those square/round cards, those are really small, like pogs and small trading cards
for sure related but much smaller

seems like maybe board game related, judging by the markings at the back of the square cards, something like action cards for monopoly or game of the goose or something similar Here's another post on eBay, showing a new set that has various sized menko cards.  The jumbo one is obviously what we are seeing from the original example.

Regrading value and getting back to the original question, it looks like these don't have much value.  Japanese tend to not collect like we westerners do, so for this to have value, likely western collectors need to catch wind of these things and want them.  So far that's not happened.  So, this might be worth $5.

  ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T10:52:04 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13 for sure related but much smaller

seems like maybe board game related, judging by the markings at the back of the square cards, something like action cards for monopoly or game of the goose or something similar ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T10:49:55 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13
let's see if someone else knows...

btw the japanese character on that anime card is "fox" ( 狐 )... ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T10:47:31 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menko

Looks like the game might be rather old, and likely has variations.  There are some old menko cards, and it also sounds like the game is semi-similar to POGs but played a little differently since these cards are so thin... well, I've found something else to collect.  Crap.

EDIT

Here's a good example on eBay within our wheelhouse.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Japan-Super-Mario-Brothers-Menko-Cards-Nintendo-Anime-Manga-Lot-of-10/273835117063?hash=item3fc1d84a07:g:eRgAAOSwXfVa4aNG ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T10:43:41 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13
Certainly someone around here knows what these were. The trading card and and other symbols makes it feel like it had a purpose or, maybe, it was simply a piece of swag packed in with other purchases. You know how some paper cups also have a card stamped on the bottom? Maybe it's something like that, and these things were tossed in something akin to a cereal box, or are/were handed out to kids at restaurants as dinner matts. I have no clue, but now I really want to know. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T10:09:57 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13 can't find any ebay sale though!
if they are for arcade use, it doesn't explain why there are lots of anime related cards of the exact same type, with phone number too. i think they were something else

mabe they were sold in packs and you got random/different cards inside, i really don't know... google doesn't find me any info




alos, there's a hand sign (sometimes a winning sign, sometimes an open palm), a character and a card always printed on the artwork. how mysterious, why does it all have to be so hermetic lol ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=188971 2019-10-12T09:44:56 -05.00 Tyree_Cooper 13
These discs embody the look of Mario I want to collect for hanging in my game room, however, I was a little off put but the fact that they were circular and, to be honest, I couldn't figure out what I'd do with them.

Regardless, I love these. IIRC, they are often listed for $10 and I think I saw a complete set for maybe $45-50. Also, the sets that are are more common, were in English but were not from America. Regardless, they seemed common from where they originated. I really think they are cool, but I have no clue what I'd do with one or a set.

Regarding what they were, maybe Arcades in Japan had traditional, circular shaped frames, or something, that were used to advertise the games in an arcade. I don't know, but if this form was commonly used, I assume it had to be fore something like this. Maybe this was the early Japanese version of a Vidpro card. ]]>