They are bootleg, not authorized which yes since they look like the authentic tcg, they are counterfeits made in china. vending machine vendors probably never knew. Cool collection nonetheless.
I don’t think anybody is disputing that they aren’t cards. You think “they look like the authentic trading cards”? Actually, they look nothing like “authentic trading cards”. I’m a little surprised you, or anybody here on e4, would think so.
These are stickers whose origins are of no significance. People used to get them out of vending machines and stick them to their school binders. I only collected them cause I collected everything lol.
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I collect them to when i find them, but I always knew they were not licensed authentic. but back in the 90s a lot of kids and parents did not know they were not legit cards. I remember somebody trying go peel them open and their batch didnt even peel or stick good (this was in 90s).
note i only saw the japanese language kind, the ones like charmander on the left and ladyba in the middle, those w english language that you have also have more obvious borders and such.