McDonald's 2002 Japanese Promo Sets - An Overview

McDonald’s Pokémon-e Minimum Pack M

マクドナルドオリジナル ミニマム★パック

January - February, 2002


This McDonald’s promotional set was available for a limited time in Japan only. Each Happy Meal would come with a pack containing six cards and a set of damage counters (see above). Each pack contains a holo Pokémon card with a matching holo Energy and two non-holo Pokémon with matching non-holo Energy cards. The contents of each pack are fixed such that only six possible outcomes are possible for any given pack.

Set List

# Card name Holo
001/018 Bulbasaur
002/018 Oddish
003/018 Chikorita :heavy_check_mark:
004/018 Charmander :heavy_check_mark:
005/018 Vulpix
006/018 Cyndaquil
007/018 Squirtle :heavy_check_mark:
008/018 Totodile
009/018 Marill
010/018 Pikachu :heavy_check_mark:
011/018 Chinchou
012/018 Mareep
013/018 Abra
014/018 Slowpoke :heavy_check_mark:
015/018 Natu
016/018 Sandshrew
017/018 Phanpy
018/018 Larvitar :heavy_check_mark:
Grass Energy :heavy_check_mark:
Fire Energy :heavy_check_mark:
Water Energy :heavy_check_mark:
Lightning Energy :heavy_check_mark:
Psychic Energy :heavy_check_mark:
Fighting Energy :heavy_check_mark:
(and non-holo Energy )

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Possible Pulls

Holo Non-holo Non-holo
Chikorita Pack Chikorita Abra Phanpy
Grass Fighting Psychic
Charmander Pack Charmander Oddish Mareep
Fire Grass Electric
Squirtle Pack Squirtle Vulpix Chinchou
Water Fire Electric
Pikachu Pack Pikachu Bulbasaur Sandshrew
Electric Grass Fighting
Slowpoke Pack Slowpoke Cyndaquil Marill
Psychic Fire Water
Larvitar Pack Larvitar Totodile Natu
Fighting Water Psychic

McDonald’s The Town on No Map Pack (P promo)

地図にない町

January - February, 2002

This McDonald’s promotional set features some of the first numbered Japanese promo cards. The P promotional set includes 47 cards, 021/P through 025/P are obtainable in this pack. Each Happy Meal would come with a pack containing a single card. The entire set is non-holo and features a “parallel” artwork for cards from The Town on No Map (part of Aquapolis in English) with exception to the Pikachu which has parallel art in the Base Expansion Pack (Expedition).

Set List

# Card name
021/P Pikachu
022/P Wooper
023/P Tyrogue
024/P Zapdos
025/P Umbreon

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Parallel Art


McDonald’s Wind from the Sea Pack (P promo)

海からの風

March - May, 2002

This McDonald’s promotional set also features some of the first numbered Japanese promo cards. The P promotional set includes 47 cards, 029/P through 037/P are obtainable in this pack. Each Happy Meal would come with a pack containing a single card. The entire set is non-holo and features a “parallel” artwork for cards from the regular e-Series sets.

Set List

# Card name
029/P Hoppip
030/P Growlithe
031/P Lanturn
032/P Pichu
033/P Mew
034/P Donphan
035/P Togepi
036/P Sneasel
037/P Scizor

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Parallel Art

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I now want to make a thread of “Parallel Arts List” Seems like it could make a pretty cool list to follow and put together.

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Now you are seeing the light :sunglasses:

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I know the formatting of the images is a little wonky now, I’m working on a fix for it

Fixed

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Thank you sir!