Base set Machamp query

[roguezephyr]

I bought a base set Machamp off of eBay and I have a query about it.

When I opened it up, I noticed that the yellow border was uneven on the right hand side. I could not find any other signs of counterfeiting, but I just wanted to run it past some of the more experienced collectors here.

I have included a picture of the card in question.

Thanks in advance for your help

EDIT - As the picture doesn’t seem to have uploaded, here is a link to the photo

www.flickr.com/photos/tradingcardcollector/8252443812/

[bluey]

You’re good. It’s real. and it’s also the galaxy swirl holo Machamp.

[roguezephyr]

Hi there,

These errors are very, very common. They are definitly not fakes but rather just not ‘cut’ properly, given them the off-centre appear. These cards are printed on large sheets all next to one another and each are cut to divide them. Sometimes the alignment can be slightly off which this is the outcome. If you were to send these cards to PSA, if it is Gem My worthy, it would usually drop it to a 9 or if it is heavily off-centre it can be given a 9 (OC) to mark what’s is wrong with it. Like I say it’s very common so don’t worry too much about t, it’s just unfortunate to get them as they do slightly decrease the overall appeal of the card.

If you look on my Photobucket, I also have the Japanese Masaki cards which are slightly off-centre.

Read more: upccc.proboards.com/index.cgi#ixzz2ENW57UP0

You’re good. It’s real. and it’s also the galaxy swirl holo Machamp.

Excellent. Thanks guys. Does the galaxy swirl holo design make it a rarer card?

[roguezephyr]

@frostyfluxy

This is a quote from Bulbapedia:

Machamp Base Set (8)

“A 1st Edition version of this card was included in the 2 Player Starter Set. Another 1st Edition Base Set version of this card with a “galaxy” foil was included with the Base Set 2’s 2 Player CD-ROM Starter Set, which was only released outside of Japan. This card was reprinted in the Legendary Collection reprint set, which was also only released outside of Japan.
While an Unlimited Edition version of the Base Set print of this card was never officially released, a version of this card lacking the 1st Edition stamp was included in a demo deck given out to prototype Pokémon Leagues before the TCG officially launched in the United States.”

Despite the fact that it was released with the Base 2 starter set, is it still a Base Set card (I’m guessing so, but I just want to clarify it)

[roguezephyr]

Awesome. Thanks for clearing that up for me Frosty

[wassman]

From my understanding of how the Base Deck was originally done, there was the 1st Edition Machamp released, but it is shadow-less. Then the next printing of the deck was done as shadow-less. The card producers felt that the shadow-less cards lacked “pop” so they added the shadow so the cards had more appeal. So for every card of the base deck, there is a 1st edition, a shadow-less, and an unlimited version. NONE of the Base Deck 1st editions have a shadow. I have two of them so I know they exist. I have five 1st edition cards with shadows and they are all fakes. I have not found the unlimited version of this card yet nor have I found just a shadow-less version of the card. I believe there was a non-holo Machamp that was released in the trainer’s deck and that is very rare. And as far as I can tell, the trainer deck may have had special markings on the cards to distinguish them apart.

[blastoiserules1]

@wassman Why did you revive a thread from 3 years ago?