What you see here are untouched WOTC card bricks filled with several thousand Pokemon promo cards, which were distributed to CCG shops all around the world. They include Arcanines, Eevees, Mews (WP9), Computer Errors, and more. To my surprise, there are also many Dark Arboks and Dark Weezings in GERMAN language with cosmos foil, even though they were distributed to a non-German-speaking country in the EU.
On the bricks, you can still see the original WOTC labels with original signatures from the people who prepared them. They were packed and prepared for shipment on November 21, 2000, after 24 promo cards had already been introduced.
The method of marking and counting also depends on the person who packed them. Some cards are separated by slips for easier counting (50-100 pieces), while others are packed and wrapped in foil. One of the packages even has a remnant of white duct tape with the WOTC logo and writing in several languages.
The most interesting fact is that the cards have survived in the same packaging and, of course, they are still perfectly preserved since they have obviously not been manipulated.
Thank you!! I have bought off a local (already shut) EU CCG shop stock from 1999/2000. They were Pokemon distributors in these years and also organized tournaments. There are much more cards, but shown are only the ones in the WOTC bricks under you can find for instance the remnants of the WOTC tape
I also first didn’t believe the seller after I’ve first bought like several hundreds cards off of him.
In the end he had thousands. Bought everything thankfully off.
Will probably never ever come up on such a collection… Here in the EU I mean
I feel like there’s probably a good amount of stuff from late 1999/2000 still out there somewhere still compared to later 2000s when the “Pokemania” started to cool off. I’d say though it’s possible that most of the “gold mines” have been found at this point. Every once in a while though something pops up. 2020 definitely would have accelerated this whole process though I think, since so many more people got back into the hobby due the massive popularity/influencer influx that happened.
Before that, it’s hard to say how much stuff would have stayed tucked away in peoples closets or other storage areas for years to come.
I would do it too, if I had the funds. Know one guy here in Europe, he did it with the prerelease Aero’s Fossil (I got a bigger amount of them too) but there were mainly 8’s although, as said; untouched cards. But the carton touching cardboard and slightly moves or 1x per year touching them, does something to them in the long term obviously
There still are hidden treasures out there, but definitely not as much as pre 2018/2019.
Maybe show it to them, they will maybe know a Robin A(?), Becky H., Mary (?) Killian/Hillman(??)… hard to read 