I’m in the process of completing the gen 2 set, it’s been much harder to complete than the gen 1. All Pokemon from 152-251 are in the set plus these five bonus cards…not sure if there are any other bonus cards so if anyone knows please let me know.
Also, I know there was a binder specific to Gen 1, but was there one specific to Gen 2?
Oh man I started collecting these and noticed my dupes had different backs and then it hit me they have different years on them. Then I found this thread and there’s 5 different years with the same front but different back??? Might start with one of each Pokemon first…Does anyone have a full collection of all the years? haha
and is there any place for more information and better pictures? Im especially interested in the Mewtwo one as a Mewtwo collector. Were there secret rares in Gen 1 cards?
Anyone knows about these versions, looks like they had lottery instructions on the back for the Card binder. Anyone knows the release year or set these specific cards came in?
I have both sets in storage atm or else I would send you all the pics you want. As far as I know, Gen 1 didn’t have any secret rares, but they did have the different print runs. First print are the ones that have the year 1995 on the front, a few more between 1997 - 1998, and there was a reprint in 2018 I believe. Gen 2 was released in 2000.
If you’re able to find a copy of this book I would recommend it. It has everything you would need to know about the Bandai Kids cards from Gen 1 to Gen 4
And there’s a listing up right now for both Gen 1 and Gen 2 complete.
Ok don´t worry about the pics. I´ve been investigating throughly and its actually crazy how there are so many variations and so little information about this cards, when in fact there is a chance the 1st part of these series were released even before media factory base set (TCG) making them the second ever cards after bandai carddass. I focused on Mewtwo and have concluded that counting the 2018 version, there are 16 different versions of the Series 1 Mewtwo card, which is pretty crazy.