gaano
April 18, 2021, 4:15pm
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pichufan:
gaano:
If you like nostalgia web.archive.org/web/20071030201546/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/
This is the official website archive where it also says :
« Friday 15 June, pre-order now! Pre-order by Sunday 1 July, delivery on the day of release, Thursday 5 July!
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It would have been extremely strange if this series had been sold the year after its release when we were in full DP series and after the championships for which Japan did not want his players to be at disadvantage (took place in August 2007 in Hawaii), I was pretty sure it was Battle Road Summer 2007
Yep, 1st edition was released for Battle Road Summer 2007. It was available for pre-order 1 month before the event started and it was also available to purchase at the event. It’s unlikely that they would have printed both 1st edition and unlimited for the same event, but I think it would make sense that they did another print run for the Battle Road Spring 2008 event.
It looks like you’re right that it is only EX Power Keepers, for some reason I thought the set consisted of a mix of cards from other sets.
Despite being a new era, cards from the later EX sets were still tournament-legal. Steven’s Advice from the set featured in all 3 winning 2008 World Championship decks in August 2008 for example - which Japanese players didn’t do very well in - so there was still a need for cards from the set to be available to Japanese players long after their initial inception period.
The best I can find is the Hokkaido battle report from Spring Battle Road 2008 (web.archive.org/web/20080705160327/http://www.pokemon-card.com/event/battleroad2008/report_sp_hokkaido.html ) which states:
“There was also a sale of the “World Champions Pack” limited to the Internet and event venues.”
It then links through to the WCP campaign page you linked but updated in 2008 (web.archive.org/web/20080516051301/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/ ). This states:
“Don’t miss these cards that haven’t appeared in the “Pokemon Card Game DP” series!”; and
“* Limited sale has ended at 18:00 on May 16, 2008 (Friday).”
Unless the original 2007 campaign lasted all the way through until May 2008, I’m pretty sure that’s referring to a second distribution of these packs (which is where I believe the unlimited cards originated).
This wasn’t the page I saw, which was dedicated to the WCP packs being available at the Spring Battle Road 2008 event, but sadly after some more searching today I still can’t find that page.
^ @chrisbalestra you may find this useful?
Oh yes I read all the archives and saw this end in May 2008 indeed ! Thanks for the info. So it was only unlimited that was distributed at Spring 2008 or there was also 1st Ed ?
This is crazy I am so happy to learn more and more information about this set ! Thanks
pichufan:
gaano:
If you like nostalgia web.archive.org/web/20071030201546/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/
This is the official website archive where it also says :
« Friday 15 June, pre-order now! Pre-order by Sunday 1 July, delivery on the day of release, Thursday 5 July!
…
It would have been extremely strange if this series had been sold the year after its release when we were in full DP series and after the championships for which Japan did not want his players to be at disadvantage (took place in August 2007 in Hawaii), I was pretty sure it was Battle Road Summer 2007
Yep, 1st edition was released for Battle Road Summer 2007. It was available for pre-order 1 month before the event started and it was also available to purchase at the event. It’s unlikely that they would have printed both 1st edition and unlimited for the same event, but I think it would make sense that they did another print run for the Battle Road Spring 2008 event.
It looks like you’re right that it is only EX Power Keepers, for some reason I thought the set consisted of a mix of cards from other sets.
Despite being a new era, cards from the later EX sets were still tournament-legal. Steven’s Advice from the set featured in all 3 winning 2008 World Championship decks in August 2008 for example - which Japanese players didn’t do very well in - so there was still a need for cards from the set to be available to Japanese players long after their initial inception period.
The best I can find is the Hokkaido battle report from Spring Battle Road 2008 (web.archive.org/web/20080705160327/http://www.pokemon-card.com/event/battleroad2008/report_sp_hokkaido.html ) which states:
“There was also a sale of the “World Champions Pack” limited to the Internet and event venues.”
It then links through to the WCP campaign page you linked but updated in 2008 (web.archive.org/web/20080516051301/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/ ). This states:
“Don’t miss these cards that haven’t appeared in the “Pokemon Card Game DP” series!”; and
“* Limited sale has ended at 18:00 on May 16, 2008 (Friday).”
Unless the original 2007 campaign lasted all the way through until May 2008, I’m pretty sure that’s referring to a second distribution of these packs (which is where I believe the unlimited cards originated).
This wasn’t the page I saw, which was dedicated to the WCP packs being available at the Spring Battle Road 2008 event, but sadly after some more searching today I still can’t find that page.
^ @chrisbalestra you may find this useful?
Yep good information here. Funny thing about WCP unlimited potentially being available for purchase at 2008 Spring Battle Road was that the event was cancelled due to bomb threats. It was supposed to be a week long event held across 5 venues but 3 of the 5 venues never participated and the other two could only get through the intial 2 days of scheduling before the entire tournament was cancelled. This is a big reason why the unnumbered Spring Battle Cynthia prize card has a trophy-level scarcity/amount of cards in circulation and even cards like Bebe’s Search, which was awarded across two years Of SBR, have extremely limited print runs in circulation. In any case, I would be suprised if more than a handful of WCP packs/boxes were sold within the 2 days of 2008 SBR.
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gaano
September 22, 2021, 11:25am
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I have just found this crazy opening of a full 1st edition WCP box ! Thought it might interest some of you :
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gaano
September 23, 2021, 10:04am
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@pichufan , @chrisb I am still looking for information about the sale of WCP during Spring Battle Road 2008 and I have found this thread on a japanese website and a person on comment n°652 (Yes I read everything game14.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/tcg/1206333550/ . Another confirmation (if confirmation was still needed) that there were indeed WCP packs sold during the 2 venues that were held.
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)said that WCP packs were sold at the venue : game14.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/tcg/1206333550/. Another confirmation (if confirmation was still needed) that there were indeed WCP packs sold during the 2 venues that were held.