A variation of questions

[quuador]

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(33) More information* At the end of this post '97 Corocoro Illustration Contest Cards (Not Differentiable) is the following text

• “2020 proves to be the most eye-opening year for trophy/rare card collectors as we are seeing some cards for the first time after 20+ years. Dpt-p Cresselia/Darkrai, Girl Trainers, No Name New Back Battle Raods, 1997 Bible Pikas, and this card.”
• Can someone provide links to the threads where these were discussed

www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-auction-thread/22028/13346 (Cresselia/Darkrai and Girl No Name Battle Road Trainers)
www.elitefourum.com/t/analysis-of-the-extra-trophy-cards-that-have-surfaced-so-far/26439/1 (extra copies of Trophies that surfaces thus far)
www.elitefourum.com/t/pkonno2002-the-sales-data-for-snap-cards-trophies-archive/28304/1 (extra copies of Trophies that were put for sale by pkonno thus far)

(34) CoroCoro Pokémon Illustration Contest, late 1997 to early 1998

• In this article Link it states “…A total of four finalists had their artwork featured on cards,…”
• I only know of - Snorlax, Mr. Mime, Poliwrath …

(35) just to be sure* Only Snorlax, Mr. Mime, Poliwrath from the Quick Starter Gift Set feature the Corocoro illustration contest text next to the illustrator, right?

• Pics - ProChaos

The fourth one they’re referring to is probably the Mewtwo. Poliwrath, Snorlax, and Mr. Mime were from the contest of October to December 1997, and Mewtwo was from the contest of April to June 1998. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Illustration_contests#Pok.C3.A9mon_Card_Game_Illust_Artist_Contest

As to how to differentiate the three versions of the Poliwrath, Snorlax, and Mr. Mime, @chok recently made this excellent post: www.elitefourum.com/t/97-corocoro-illustration-contest-cards-not-differentiable/28552/1

(36) Aerodactyl (Fossil 1)* Link “The US promotional print has the Starlight Holofoil, while the European print has the Cosmos Holofoil.” beside the holofoil, is there any other difference between those prints?

Another difference is the brown of the PRERELEASE text. On the US version this is dark brown, and on the European print this is light brown:

PS: It’s called Galaxy Holofoil, not Starlight.

(37) VS-Set

• 1st Edition Timeline: Lets Iron it Out “…False 1st Edition Sets (Sets with ONLY a “1st Edition” Print): - VS …”
• If this is the case, from which set is this card

That website seem to just use stock images, because all their VS Series cards are unlimited edition (and it also mentions you can’t choose 1st/unlimited edition). There are also some sellers on Yahoo Japan who use stock images with for example the E1 or L1 sets that are unlimited edition, even though almost all cards are always 1st edition. A.f.a.i.k. the VS set doesn’t exist in unlimited edition, with the exception of the Pryce’s Lapras, which was released in unlimited edition as insert in a magazine.

There were also a bunch of VS set cards in the Tyranitar Half Deck, but those featured the TMB symbol. Some more info about those, mostly focusing on the other rarer languages instead of Japanese:
www.elitefourum.com/t/vs-english-card-list/28328/2
www.elitefourum.com/t/tmb-2000-2001-vs-sets-in-other-languages/27633/1

(38) Pics* “…In Japan, this card was released as part of a Special Edition Celebi Game Boy Advance bundle package in March 2001…”

• Does anyone have pics of this package?
• or of the Pokémon 2nd Anniversary Calendar

The information on Bulbapedia is incorrect according to @melchior , as he mentions here: www.elitefourum.com/t/game-boy-promos/26294/8

As for the 2nd Anniversary, here the sealed Birthday Pikachu:

And here an opening of it:

Japanese Pokemon Birthday Pikachu (Pokemon 2nd Anniversary)

(39) Pichu* How to tell the dif. between E1 (Pichu) and E3 Expo, May 2002 (Pichu)

• Got it…its the Deck-Number
• Possible answer

E1 refers to the Japanese Base Expansion Pack set… So the difference between that Japanese Pichu and the English E3 Expo Pichu is pretty easy to see based on the language.

But there are eight different versions of this Pichu in English:

1. English Expedition Base Set 22/165 Holofoil
2. English Expedition Base Set 22/165 Reverse Holo
3. English Expedition Base Set 58/165 non-Holo
4. English Expedition Base Set 58/165 Reverse Holo
5. English Expedition Base Set 58/165 non-Holo MATCHPRINT Test print (only two copies exist)
6. English Sample Set 083/093 non-Holo (with Japanese back) from the New York Press Conference of August 2002 (here a pic of the Pichu)
7. English E3 Expo May 2002 58/165 non-Holo (with Japanese back) (here a pic of all four cards from the pack)
8. English E3 Expo (not sure how/when they were distributed) 58/165 non-Holo (glossy front, English back, and a hole) (here a pic of all three from my personal collection)

As to how to differentiate these eight versions from one another:

• The sixth one has an unique set number 083/093 and contains the word Sample in the bottom-right
• The first and second have the set number 22/165, where one is Holofoil and the other a Reverse Holo
• All the others have the same set number 58/165. The fourth is the only Reverse Holo of those, so easy to differentiate again.
• The eight one contains a hole.
• The fifth one contains a white back and is square-cut (here the Pikachu from my collection as example)
• So all that’s left are the third and seventh ones, where one has an English back and the other a Japanese back

Hope that helps.

Greetz,
Quuador