Ninetales base set holofoil error

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Wotc holo pattern variations on same card

So I just learned recently that the Italian versions of black star promo birthday Pikachu 24 and Pichu 35 use the galaxy foil pattern instead of the cosmos foil pattern like their English counterparts. (Some other non English languages use the galaxy pattern on the Pichu 35 as well. Not sure about the Birthday Pikachu 24). [Galaxy Pichu] [Cosmos Pichu] [Galaxy Pikachu] [Cosmos Pikachu] Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knows of any other cards that have a galaxy pattern version and co…

Good post from @c0ll3ct0r below:

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Galaxy foil was used on 1999-2000 Base and French, Spanish and German Base. 1999-2000 was printed in several countries including the UK, and these foreign versions were mostly printed by Cartamundi in Belgium. 3rd printed Fossil with Galaxy foil was printed in Australia.

It’s a bit of cluster, because portuguese Base (1st ed and unlimited) had Galaxy but they were, as far as I’m aware, mostly produced in the US, and unlimited Italian base (cosmos foil) apparently also had a US run despite how the 1st ed run was produced in Belgium (also cosmos foil) alongside the other foreign versions that came out with galaxy foil around the same time. Safe to assume the foils were intertwined in terms of chronology, a lot of cosmos going on at the same time with other sets as well.

The time-window for all of this is pretty short though, so my immediate assumption would be that the use of it on this promo in 2001 is simply a matter of using avaliable/leftover stock.

Base set 2, first set (outside Fossil) to feature the cosmos holo was released February 24, 2000. The Galaxy Pichu card in the referenced thread was released (in English at least) July 8, 2000 during the 3rd movie release. The copyright date on the Italian cards is 1999-2000 so it was most likely printed during 2000s (cosmos holo would suggest that too). This must have all happened around the Galaxy → Cosmos transition.

This could be a case of just WOTC using whatever they had, just like them making the triangle packs to put unlimited cards in 1st ed packs. Perhaps the last of the Galaxy supply was used to print Italian cards, from the Pikachu/Pichu black star promos and some leftovers used in Italian base. The fact that they are both theme deck holos does suggest that possibly some number of theme deck sheets were printed in galaxy holo.