So, I came across some images of cards from the e-era that possibly weren’t ever released? I personally don’t recognize the Pikachu, Pichu, Psyduck, Caterpie, Clefairy etc… There’s also a wall that includes these cards with many of the Pokémon VS cards. Does anyone know more about these?
They all appear to say sample in the corner. These also seem too early for the unreleased Wailmer promo, but I also don’t really know anything about that one either to say anything for sure.
This is a great find! I have never seen them before but they seem identical to the English sample set. Maybe these are the Japanese sample/test cards they used to show off the e-reader technology.
I have them uploaded on bulbapedia. I hope to work out something there about these cards. Anyway, This page has them. You should hopefully be able to see them there.
Those cards have a hole on the top right corner so one can waer it like a necklace… so those aren’t normal trading cards… probably they were just made for the staff to wear during the event…
It looks to me like the chains are just to keep them on a display, rather than to make them wearable. That’s fairly common for store or convention displays, at least for video games. Which would make sense that these follow suit.
The english sample cards had identical holes as these. They were worn by the staff during the presentation. They are probably normal cards with holes punched through them just like the english copies.
Well, now that we know what they are, what should we do with this information? They appear to have been used at the same sort of event that the english ones were used for.
Something that I find a bit cool is that these cards aren’t actually reprints of cards releasing at the time. They all look to be new. Well…not “new” per say, but different.
Wow this brought back memories. If I’m not mistaken one of the old Beckett issues had pictures of these cards. Wish I had my copies with me so I could look back.
Sorry to necropost, but we’ve gotten some new members with lots of knowledge, so I was hoping someone could add to this thread (yes, I’m referring to japanime and garyis2000 )
Why Nintendo, why. If they would have produced more cards like the sample sets in terms of artwork I would have definately been all about that post 2002 collecting life. I mean look at that Wartortle: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wartortle_(Sample_Set) …they are not as polished as the final versions of those sets we got and that’s why I like them…plus they kept the neo elements.
Anyway, thanks for the update! Oh and if anyone comes across that Wartortle I would literally give up an arm…possibly a leg.
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