Hi all,
PSA is currently not grading 1997-1998 vs. Series Topsun cards. It is similar to the 1995 (1997) blue back and green back cards but has 2 pokemon battling each other for each card. The set has 151 non holo/ prism cards of 1st gen pokemon and I believe 30 prism cards. This is a great set but everyone seems to overlook it because there isn’t much content out there about it. Idk if bulbapedia is allowed to make content about non-tcg sets but if you guys can I would compensate to have an article or even just a set list published on bulbapedia about this set.
What are all your thoughts about the 1997 topsun vs. set?
Topsun cards are part of a much broader “gum cards” category which has had a multitude of sets released over the years by various companies. I believe the most recent gum card set was in 2019 and I’m sure there will be more.
PSA’s decision to grade some but not all types of a given card is something I’ve never really understood. PSA do seem to be moving towards the Beckett approach of grading absolutely anything which fits in one of their cases, however, so I’m sure it won’t be long before they start accepting the rest.
My favourite gum card set is the Pokémon GBA Gum Card set which Topsun produced between 2002 and 2005. I have some pictures of those here: github.com/PokeTCG/research/blob/master/GumCards_GBA.md.
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