I, myself am still not pleased. I don't live in Japan, and hence have not purchased any of those "Official" Pokemon sleeves. (I haven't purchased any through Ebay either.)
What I HAVE purchased was around 12 packs of the Ultra-Pro Pokemon Sleeves - (I guess that these are now considered to be "unofficial.") I still have 3 or 4 unopened.
I guess I'll save them to play with at my League during game-play, (since this has not yet been banned, although, that may be the next move - ya know, you have to watch out for those sneaky league members who know how to set their decks and mark their cards - especially those under 10.)
...And, with respect to those "New-and-improved-newly-sanctioned-Pokemon-Sleeves" (that are to be released), thank you but no thank you! I'll skip them. I just purchased a generic pack of 100 black colored sleeves - (not 50) - last weekend, (for only $1.00 more than the price of the current 50-count "Unofficial Pokemon artwork sleeves). These will now be my "Official-tournament-Legal" sleeves.
- Tony