Japanese unlimited HeartGold, and RH vs non-holo?

Hi all, I’ve been doing some research on my Japanese master set Slowpoke line spreadsheet, and I want to make sure I’m including all variants.

I’m only seeing 1st ed versions online for the Slowpoke and Slowbro here, does anyone know if these particular cards were released in unlimited as well?





If so, were the RH variants also released in unlimited?

I see from this thread that this may be quite a hunt. I’m wondering if I’ll have to hunt for the RH versions as well, and whether we know for sure that both slowpoke and slowbro cards would have been printed in unlimited.

Thanks!

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1st and unlimited for both non holo and mirror reverse holo. It’s quite the hunt for unlimited mirror. Best of luck

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Oh no. This is what I was afraid of :rofl: thank you!

Saved ebay searches for Slowpoke L1, Slowpoke Legend, Slowpoke 017/070 and checking Mercari every day is your best bet.

It might take days or even years before finding these. But they will pop up if you are looking daily. The good news is there are only a couple people I know who are master set collecting the legend series, and the rest of your competition will be Slowpoke line species collectors.

Have a price in mind that you are willing to pay if you see one pop up for sale, because it might not last long.

— Just a few tips from someone who took a few years to finish off the Eeveelutions in unlimited mirror —

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Thank you very much for the advice. I’m certainly planning to check back on Mercari and eBay every day – already doing so for a couple of other items, so it won’t hurt to add these to my list. The years-long quest is what makes it exciting!

L1 set cards should only be 1st edition. To my understanding only LEGEND and non-holo starters were released in unlimited for L1.

Old thread

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Yeah +1 that to my knowledge, other than a few specific cards, L1 was only released in first edition.

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Hmm, interesting! Do you know where I could find more info on which specific cards were released in unlimited? @eeveeteam do you know if eevee would have been one of those specific cards that were released in unlimited?

I could be wrong, I am thinking L2 and L3. Whoops!

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This is fantastic news :rofl: thank you for the info, just read through the thread and seems like I may be safe here. @eeveeteam very interesting to hear about your experience with finding the unlimited mirror foil, sounds like it was quite a hunt.

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Pain, suffering, questioning your sanity looking for the lack of tiny 1st edition symbols on low quality pictures that often have glares exactly where the 1st edition symbol (or lack of) would be, etc. :rofl:

But to confirm what the others have already said: L1 was only printed in 1st edition, except for the Ho-Oh and Lugia LEGEND cards and non-holo Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile. L2 and L3, including their decks, were printed in both 1st and unlimited edition.

Greetz,
Quuador

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