Following up on my earlier post, below are some comparisons using images taken by the same scanner. No editing.
In person the really vivid ones jump out. I ordered them as follows: yellow border, orange border, high saturation.
Differences in stamps, errors and so on are cool but eye appeal is a huge factor in other markets and I’m glad there’s such variance with the Shadowless/1st Edition set in particular. As I said before, it adds to the chase. I’ve noticed variation in other sets too but they usually aren’t as extreme and my theory is they got it all dialed in with later sets.
Here’s a mash up of three yellows, three oranges, and three high saturation Charizards for further illustration.
