Guide to Early Pokemon TCG History - 1995 Test Card Versions

[Bingbong]

The mark I was referencing is in the OP for the 291 marked packs. Could be a light trick but seems unlikely.

[rtas]

Ahh, I see. That looks like the light bouncing off the pack wrapper! The sliver does not extend into and over the wing.

[Bingbong]

I’m going to take your “blind like zubat” opinion as gospel! Thank you mate! I’m just always in fear of buying fakes over here. Really appreciate you taking the time to respond

[jeverstones]

Real bats actually have good eyesight. However, Zubats have no eyes. So the saying “blind and a bat” is only true if it’s about a Zubat. You win.

[mthursty]

I don’t know if this has been clarified already but is there actually a discernable difference between a Version 1 box and a Version 2 Box? it is not clear which box in the below picture is which in this comparison. And I can not directly see a difference in text.

@shizzlemetimbers

Starter Deck Ver. 1
Postcode: 104-01
Rulebook: Ver. 1 or 2
Contents: no rarity
Status: Unconfirmed

Starter Deck Ver. 1 will contain no rarity cards, however this variation of decks has been opened before and rarity cards have been pulled. Here is a comparison between a Ver. 1 104-01 deck and a Ver. 2 104-01 deck. Ver. 1 decks have slight text differences at the back, have the opening seal also at the back of the deck rather than the side. Here is a video of no rarity cards being pulled from Ver. 1 decks

Does anyone have better images, perhaps of the rosetta of the letters?

Edit: I realize the link for a comparison between the Version 1 and Version 2 actually has a good breakdown with images although the text differences are still not very noticeable.