Base Set Pikachu Variants

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I was checking the Pop report for Base Set Pikachus :blush: and wasn’t sure what card was being represented by each description.

www.psacard.com/pop/tcg-cards/1999/pokemon-game/57801

Here are the cards that I am familiar with
+1st edition Yellow Cheeks
+1st edition Red Cheeks
+Shadowless Yellow Cheeks
+Shadowless Red Cheeks
+E3 Yellow Cheeks
+E3 Red Cheeks

The cards that seem ambiguous in the pop report are:
58 - Pikachu - 24 Total
58 - Pikachu - Red Cheeks - 20 Total
58 - Pikachu - Yellow Cheeks - 596 Total (Would I be right to assume that this card is just the unlimited version?)

So my questions are: What are the two Pikachus with the 24 and 20 pop report? Is the Pikachu with the 595 pop report just the unlimited version? Did the unlimited base Pikachu have a very scarcely printed red cheek variant? Lastly, Is one of the unknown Pikachu cards from the 1999 Australian PokeTour? Or is that found somewhere else in the pop report?

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PSA sometimes changes a label or adds new variants over time.
Pikachu - Yellow Cheeks is indeed the unlimited version. There is no red cheeks unlimited version. The Pikachu - Red Cheeks with pop 20 is almost certainly the shadowless red cheek variant before they recognized shadowless cards (there are a lot of shadowless cards that were graded as unlimited before PSA recognized the variant).
The pop 24 Pikachu is probably before they recognized the red/yellow cheek variant OR was just the “regular” yellow cheek (unlimited) version in contrast to the red cheek version.
Basically, all three are the unlimited/shadowless versions before they added the more appropriate variants

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Don’t forget:

Low Fat
No Fat
Full Cream
High Calcium
High Protein
Light
Soy
Skim
Omega 3
High Calcium with Fol-ate
Extra Dollop

And the Australian Poketour is under 1999 promos.

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When I read the title I already had my Pikachu Base Set Variations article ready to link, but then I saw it’s about PSA labels instead. :wink:

Greetz,
Quuador