I con’t find any source about promo russian cards. Do they exist? Do you know how many? Iirc there is a mcdonald set… thanks
There is Lada and Volga I know of.
I believe there’s 2 Russian McDonalds sets, the 2016 and 2017 one.
You can find both on ebay.
The sets XY through XY BREAKPoint have been released in Russian, as well as the McDonald’s 2016 set. During that time some blister and tin promos have been released as well (like the XY Holofoil and XY174 Pikachus for example).
Here are pictures of all 11 of the Russian Pikachus that exist from my Pikachu collection:
XY: non-Holo; Reverse Holo; Blister Holofoil:
XY Furious Fists: non-Holo; Reverse Holo
XY Roaring Skies: non-Holo; Reverse Holo; McDonald’s 2016 McDonald’s Holo
XY BREAKthrough: non-Holo; Reverse Holo
XY174 Promo:
Slightly off-topic: The rarest Russian card is the Hoopa Full Art from Ancient Origins. It was shorter printed in Russian than in English from what I’ve heard from a few Russian collectors, and also popular and playable in the TCG meta at the time in the Russian community.
Greetz,
Quuador
I’ve never seen the 2017 before, and I seriously doubt it exists. The 2017 McDonald’s set contained Sun & Moon cards, while the last Russian set printed was XY BREAKPoint.
If you have any pictures of the Russian McDonald’s 2017 set I’d love to see them, and I’d love to buy the Pikachu, but as far as I know only the McDonald’s set of 2016 exists in Russian.
Greetz,
Quuador
The sellers are probably wrong, but
2017: www.ebay.com/itm/2017-McDONALDS-Russia-POKEMON-HAPPY-MEAL-TOYS-Choose-your-NEW-SEALED/322828413630?hash=item4b2a12aabe%3Am%3AmVUZQ_9298lTzkZP5NU_D0A&var=511957774850
2016: www.ebay.com/itm/McDonalds-Happy-Meal-toy-RUSSIA-2016-Pokemon-choose-your-pokemon-NEW/282283326263?hash=item41b965bb37%3Am%3AmX7_CydgiyA06rSuNF4qFMg&var=581412783951
EDIT; As I see in the 2017 auction, in 2017 they only released toys without cards. Mystery solved.