Hey there everyone! I had a question regarding “the first Pokemon collectibles”
So, the term “rookie” typically refers to a rookie card. Which would be the Bandai carddass. However, my question stems from the club stickers (or any sticker before the carddass really). I’ve heard they are the “true rookies” but how? The Pokemon green/red games came out before them, and they have Pokemon inside the booklet, inside the box. Take bulbasaur for an example, there’s a gentleman that says the club sticker is the first bulbasaur, but how? On the back of the pokemon green booklet, there’s a bulbasaur. The booklet is a collectible, so how is that not the first collectible? Or even the Coro Coro magazine? Can you say the stickers are the first rookies when there’s officially released collectibles prior to them?