Sableguy Non-TCG Identifications

[sableguy]

More identifications for public reference, in case this is helpful to anyone down the line.
Feel free to send me anything for ID.

@Julius19 sent photos of the following (which are the first photos in each section):

1999 Nagatanien Nakayashi Walkie-Talkie Giveaway Campaign Raffle Sticker

1999 Nagatanien Nakayashi Walkie-Talkie Giveaway Campaign Raffle Sticker
永谷園のなかやしトランシーバープレゼントキャンペーンの応募シール

Original Product: Nagatanien Sushi Taro (4 servings)
すし太郎４人前

I referenced a similar Mew copy here:

(From ポケモン 永谷園 限定 シール ステッカー 初期 ピカチュウ トゲピー ワニノコ ミュウ 非売品(その他)｜売買されたオークション情報、yahooの商品情報をアーカイブ公開 - オークファン（aucfan.com）)

The back provides a lot of useful information.

This is a sticker that is used to participate in a raffle to win a Nakayashi Walkie-Talkie.

The deadline for the raffle is also listed on the back, which (in this Mew’s case) is November 30th, 1999. Dates in Japan are sometimes written using the Japanese era name, so it states Heisei 11 (平成１１年), which is 1999. Some of the other cards state Heisei 12 (平成１2年), but this Mew has the closest appearance to your card. You can look at the back of your card too see when the deadline for the raffle is, which will give you a better idea of when your card was produced.

It also states that this product was from a package of Sushi Taro すし太郎４人前. All of the cards above in these links list this as the originating product.

Your copy is peeled already (bottom) and says “please try again!”.

Image of Walkie-Talkie from Yahoo Auctions:

Source: 【非売品】なかよしトランシーバー　ポケモン　永谷園｜Yahoo!フリマ（旧PayPayフリマ）

2010 Top Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Nameplate Gum

2010 Top Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Nameplate Gum
2010 トップ製菓 ポケットモンスターダイヤモンド＆パール ネームプレートガム

According to this website, came with “two cards and a nameplate”.

トップ製菓 ポケットモンスターダイヤモンド＆パール ポケモンDPネームプレートガム(新発売) - アサミの日記

Pictures of the packaging:

Pictures of the contents (exact match for your set):

1998 (?) Mirinda Pokémon Food Cards

1998 (?) Mirinda Pokémon Food Cards
美年达 神奇宝贝 食品卡

(I am unsure if this promotion ever had an official Chinese title, but those search terms on Chinese search engines such as Baidu will pull up those cards, especially in image search).

Released with a Mirinda promotion in Mainland China. The characters used are in Simplified Chinese. “Mewtwo” in Taiwan would be 超夢 (as opposed to 超梦, which is what is on your card). “Pokémon” in Taiwan would be 神奇寶貝 (as opposed to 神奇宝贝, which is what is on your card). “Pokémon” in Hong Kong would use the Cantonese spelling.

Here are some pictures I grabbed off of Chinese auction sites. It includes your Mewtwo, as well as many other Generation I Pokémon:

2005 Pokémon Center Holon Tower Sticker - Mewtwo Vs. Rayquaza

2005 Pokémon Center Holon Tower Sticker - Mewtwo Vs. Rayquaza
2005 ポケモンセンター ホロンの研究塔 シール

BGS states the source as Pokémon Center - Fanatics Collect

I do not have data on distribution for this specific sticker for Holon Tower. However, in 2007, a similar sticker for the TCG set DP Shining Darkness was distributed “…at the Japanese Pokemon Centers, back in 2007, if you purchased more than 3000 yen (about $35) worth of items during a special limited time campaign.” This may be a similar case. I no longer trust this source as it misidentified the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Ramune Stickers (The Giant Pokémon non-TCG Identification Thread - #247 by sableguy) as a Pokémon Center promotion instead. My apologies.

(Quote from: Pokemon Center 2007 DP3 Shining Darkness Darkrai Mew Absol & Friends Sticker NOT SOLD IN STORES)

[bbobrob]

Thanks again for providing such a wealth of information on more non-TCG items

@joponnes Another Grimer and Muk spotted

[joponnes]

Oh damn, i’m staring this detective work in all these threads eyes wide open, definitely adding those miranda grimer and muk in my wants list too

[Julius19]

I know right? Its crazy how @sableguy is finding all of these info so fast!!! If you are interested, there’s also mirinda album stickers released in Mexico and in the Middle-East/Morocco

[joponnes]

Definitely interested in those ones too, thanks for the info about those languages/variants existing too

[sableguy]

I could not find information on these sets on the English internet. Therefore, I am documenting it here, for future reference, in the hopes that it may be useful to some of you. In particular, this information is likely relevant to Generation I species collectors.

2001 DaDa Bubble Gum Pokémon Cards (China)

2001 大大 泡泡糖神奇宝贝 卡

(As pointed out by Julian19, DaDa (大大) is owned by Spanish company JoyCo.)

I found and have included images of the full set from: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/24085523

I am archiving them here for documentation purposes.

Here is the back of the cards:

Additionally, here are images of the packs:

Chinese non-TCG Pokémon set.

Includes Generation I Pokémon, from 1 - 150. Unsure if Mew is part of the set.

Included two cards per pack in Top-Insight Big Bubble Gum packs.

One source (https://post.smzdm.com/p/551116/) describes four different production runs:

1. Plastic Film Card - Guangzhou Panyu - 塑膜卡（广州番禹版）
2. Plastic Film Card - Jiakou - 塑膜卡（佳口版）
3. Frosted Card - 磨砂卡
4. Mirror Card - 镜面卡

This large Pidgeot is noted from the source to be a Plastic Film Card, while the bottom right picture is noted to be a mirror card. The peeling is due to damage, and is not an intended feature of the card.

This left Psyduck is noted from the source to be a Frosted Card, while the right is a Mirror Card.

Top-Insight (群英社) is a Taiwanese media company responsible for Pokémon licensing in China and Taiwan.

Source: 群英社 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
群英社 - 神奇宝贝百科，关于宝可梦的百科全书

1998 Mirinda Pokémon Pogs (China)

1998 美年达 神奇宝贝 圆卡片*

• Translation Note: This word simply means “circle card”. I found “美年达 神奇宝贝 圆卡片” to work the best on Chinese search engines.

Here is the clearest image of the front of one that I could find:

Here is the back:

Here are pictures of others:

Copyright on the TV advertisement dates them to the year 1998:

TV advertisement source: 抓住宝可梦使劲薅？美年达神奇宝贝召集令广告 你还记得吗？

The advertisement shows that they were also licensed by Top-Insight.

They are numbered from 1 - 151, which likely indicate they cover all of the Generation I Pokémon. However, it seems that there can be differing artwork for the same Pokémon. Their numbering remains the same even across different artwork:

They were distributed in a box with the drinks:

Text states: 神奇宝贝 召集令 - Pokémon Call to Action (?)

Additionally, here is a paper advertisement for the drinks:

Source: https://www.biede.com/bie-dimension/rock-n-roll-in-chinese-comic/

Other sources: 997788 Chinese Auction Site

[Julius19]

@sableguy

Top-Insight

Hey, top-insight is actually the company responsible for licensing (in most of Asia except Japan). The actual brand for the product is 大大, owned by spanish company called JoyCo.

[sableguy]

Thank you, updated.

[sableguy]

@Julius19 sent me some photos of officially-licensed Chinese products, which I identified.

I transliterated the Chinese company 大大 to DaDa, as that is closer to what is being written than JoyCo, the owner company. This is simply to help me keep things organized.

1998 (?) DaDa Roll Pokémon Circle Card (China)

1998 (?) 大大卷神奇宝贝圆卡

All of these products seem to come from the same gum company (DaDa), from around the same era. I verified all except the “Glossy” variant to have a copyright year of 1998 through looking at the copyright year printed on the cards.
Julius19 notes that few products were produced outside of Japan in 1998, therefore, the copyright date and actual production date likely do not match. These may have been produced anywhere from 1999-2001.

They are often found listed on Chinese auction websites under 大大卷神奇宝贝圆卡 or similar.

Chinese forum posts also cite DaDa as the manufacturer, and they came in gum roll candy.

• Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/3083328236#

These are variant names that I invented, because I could not find an official source for variant names.

1998 (?) DaDa Roll Pokémon Circle Card “Sparkle”

I could not find a back picture.

1998 (?) DaDa Roll Pokémon Circle Card “Lenticular”

1998 (?) DaDa Roll Pokémon Circle Card “Glossy”

Likely also dated to 1998 as it matches the “Sparkle” variant closely, but I couldn’t find a back picture to verify.

1998 (?) DaDa Roll Pokémon Circle Card “Puffy”

Can be found listed online as 大大卷神奇宝贝立体贴凹凸卡.

1998 (?) DaDa Roll Pokémon Circle Card “Big Logo”

I could not find a back picture.

1998 (?) DaDa Bubble Gum Tattoo Stickers (China)

1998 大大泡泡糖 纹身贴

Tattoo stickers distributed within DaDa Bubble Gum rolls. The tattoos themselves can be dated to 1998, through the copyright year. However, see above note about copyright years.

Front of tattoo sticker:

Back of tattoo sticker:

Also held in a collection booklet, which is where your book image was from.

Front cover:

Back cover:

Inside first pages:

Inside pages (same until inside last page):

Inside last page:

Source - person flipping through book:【大大泡泡糖】0.25元一枚的神奇宝贝纹身贴/水贴纸（又叫宠物小精灵）_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

Image of most of the tattoo designs:

Julius19 notes that JoyCo released similar tattoo stickers in Europe, under the brands Dunkin Bubblegum and Boomer Bubblegum.

Source - person who pasted most of the tattoos into a regular notebook: 【图片】儿时的大大泡泡糖神奇宝贝贴纸【卡友天空吧】_百度贴吧

Other sources: 大大泡泡糖 神奇宝贝纹身贴

1998 (?) Nissin Pokémon (China)

Nissin did a distribution of Pokémon products within China. This website states that they were part of distributions with its noodles. This includes the Food Card, Magnet, and Circle Card below.

• Source: 日清 - 神奇宝贝百科，关于宝可梦的百科全书

These products can also be dated by the copyright year on them (1998). However, see above note on copyright year.

1998 (?) Nissin Pokémon Food Card

日清神奇宝贝食品卡

1998 (?) Nissin Pokémon Circle Card

日清神奇宝贝圆卡

1998 (?) Nissin Pokémon Fridge Magnets

(Julius16 didn’t send me this one, but I identified it anyway on the path to identify the others).

日清神奇宝贝冰箱贴

2003 Nissin Noodles Pokémon Stickers (China)

(Julius16 didn’t send me this one, but I identified it anyway on the path to identify the others.)

日清点心面神奇宝贝贴纸

Nissin did a separate distribution with its Snack Noodle (点心面) product in 2003.

Packaging picture:

2001 Cheetos Pokémon (China)

Julius19 notes that these are the Chinese version of other releases of PepsiCo Tazos from the same era, in other countries.

2001 Cheetos Pokémon Flash Evolution Card

2001 奇多 神奇宝贝 闪变进化 卡

Distributed in 2001 with Cheetos packages.

• Source: https://www.zhihu.com/question/52926330

Package image:

• Source: 奇多 - 神奇宝贝百科，关于宝可梦的百科全书

I identified these specifically as Flash Evolution, as a collection binder and these cards gives them this name:

(I could not find a better image of the setlist in the back.)

Source - video of someone flipping through a collection book: 奇多神奇宝贝闪变卡暨一次被坑经历——闲鱼防坑防骗指南_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

Other sources: 【图】奇多食品卡 神奇宝贝 闪变进化卡收服行动【圆形帯册直径4厘米 详见如图,拍品信息,网上拍卖,拍卖图片,拍卖网,拍卖网站 https://post.smzdm.com/p/az593p4r/

Julius19 also notes that there are two variants of these cards depending on their backs and language: one in Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), and one in Simplified Chinese (Mainland China).

[To research - discrepancy in Pokémon logo color across different sets? Pointed out by Julius19.].

2001 Cheetos Pokémon Evolution Battle Card

2001 奇多神奇宝贝进化比斗卡

Easier to find using “Cheetos Pokemon Square Card” (奇多神奇宝贝方卡).

Distributed in 2001 with Cheetos packages, assuming the above source applies to this set as well.

Package image:

Collection Binder image:

Source: 奇多 - 神奇宝贝百科，关于宝可梦的百科全书

[joponnes]

Oh damn, that’s a big bunch of slime items to add in my wants list!

[orannge]

I am so thankfull for all this information, even though it is really much to process. I am sure you provided a lasting resource for collectors. Please keep adding to this fantastic thread.

Is there a middleman service like buyee for buying in China?

Would love to find some of the items.

[sableguy]

Unfortunately, I do not know of one. Your best bet is to find someone who is currently in China as a middleman to buy these products, as many of these auction websites cannot even be accessed outside of China without Chinese social media accounts (WeChat, QQ).
Even if you were to make an account, it would likely require a Chinese credit card and address to purchase an item.

I found many images and auctions on 7788 (巧购网). I wish you good luck in your hunting.

[rainbow]

Well done. It is always nice to see more discussions surrounding non-tcg info. We love to see it.