Any reason for the lack of demand in Topsun cards?

[pichufan]

@mosstastic

…if what I’m understanding is correct, they are the true “first appearance” of Pokemon cards – albeit it slightly aesthetically unpleasing.

This is a common misconception due to their copyright date of 1995. There’s a whole thread about it here: www.elitefourum.com/t/the-great-topsun-debate-looking-at-the-history-of-pokemon/30306/1. It is my belief that these were distributed between March 1997 and March 1998. The Bandai Carddass Series 1 cards were the first released non-TCG Pokémon cards in ~September 1996.