Just thought the distribution was very interesting and makes these very hard to come by
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For whatever reason secret wonders doesn’t have panini on the pack but im pretty sure it is still by panini
Very cool.
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Welcome to e4, Nikkie!
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Panini was the distributor of Pokémon TCG in Spain during Gen IV. That was after Devir stopped distributing TCG.
Some points to highlight:
- Most Spanish expansions from this era lacked Reverse Holo variants
Pokémon from Platinum era received a Cosmos Holofoil effect (exclusively for Spanish variants)- Boosters still contain 5 cards (same situation as EX era Spanish expansions: Ruby & Sapphire & Unseen Forces)
It seems that during this era there’re no Spanish “Theme Decks” that are totally different from English, unlike EX era with Libro Ilustrados.
I’m not sure if Panini distributed HGSS Base Set expansion … Spanish started being a “frequent language” since BW era. Before it appeared once in a blue moon …
Btw, I remember that once I found a Panini Pokémon link in Wayback Machine … However, at the moment I’m writing this, Wayback Machine is down for unknown reasons (I hope it returns to normality soon)
If I manage to find when Wayback Machine returns, I’ll share it here … 
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Sounds great. i forgot to mention that on the wiki page for stormfront and platinum. It states that the 2 sets lacked reverses i was unsure about other sets. do you have any examples besides the 3 stromfront secret rare shinies, and the platinum shinies? Also that would be intersting to see hopefully the wayback machine returns to normal
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Heres is the full sub set between Stormfront (Frente tormentoso) and Plantinum (Platino)
Ill take pics later of cards that arent signed, im at work and have yet to do so since aqcuiring
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The sets that lacked RH variants in Spanish/Portuguese are:
- DP Base Set
- Mysterious Tresaures
- Secret Wonders
- Great Encounters (Unreleased in Portuguese)
- Legends Awakened (Unreleased in Portuguese)
- Stormfront (Unreleased in Portuguese)
- Platinum Base Set (Unreleased in Portuguese)
I mention Portuguese as well because during EX era and DP-Plat era, they always treated them as their own group.
The Shinies are Cosmos Holofoil in Spanish. They can spawn from boosters.
Eskizo has a video where he pulled one from a booster.
The other cards don’t have Reverse Holo effect (or Cosmos Holo effect)
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You gotta get that Fukada signed/sketched brother. Let me know when the signing opportunity is so I can tag along!
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I really do lol i wish i was into signings back then and i didnt have the card anyway took me 2 years to find
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@Rockets_rares Wayback Machine returned and I searched Panini site.
By 2009, they had a category for Trading Cards
The oldest record from Panini website related to Pokémon TCG is dated 2009
By Feb. 2009, they had released 4 expansions:
- DP Base Set
- Mysterious Tresaures
- Secret Wonders
- Great Encounters
DP Base Set
Mysterious Tresaures
Secret Wonders
Great Encounters
Between Feb. 2009 and May. 2009, they released a 5th Expansion
Legends Awakened
Between Oct. 2009 and Dec. 2009, Panini released 2 new expansions
Stormfront
Platinum Base Set
The last expansion they’ve released seems to be Platinum Base Set.
It seems they had Adobe Flash applications inside … I’ll try to search the way to extract those applications
Btw, this is a very interesting topic … I’ll note it in my “list of things to write about”
Update: HGSS was distributed in Spanish by TPCi. Last expansion distributed by Panini was Platinum Base Set
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Thank you for looking further into this very interesting to see what you write up
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