Hey, everyone! Sorting some of my Topps collection (definitely not my most knowledgeable area), and came across a couple of pink logo cards. Looking for some clarification.
My understanding is:
1st print is blue
2nd print is black
Is pink a third print, or some other variation like European/South American?
Thanks!
Never seen/heard of pink logos. Red maybe?
From my understanding:
1st Print: Blue Logo
2nd Print: Black Logo
3rd Print: Green Logo
4th Print: Red Logo
Each printing also has a different type of foil variation; smooth - rays/starbursts - flames - Pokeballs
Here you have some pictures
You have 2 types of Nintendo Stamps
The American one, (oval)
Or the European one (round)
But here you have a list with different Nintendo stamps, Foil patterns and Languages
This is from my Caterpie Collection
**** Pokemon topps ****
Us blue topps normal
Us blue topps silver foil
Us blue topps rainbow foil
Us black topps normal
Us black topps silver foil
Us black topps silver rays foil
Us black topps rainbow rays foil
Us green topps normal
Us black topps silver flames foil
Us black topps rainbow flames foil (missing)
Us red topps normal
Us black topps silver balls foil
Us black topps rainbow balls foil
Us normal chrome
Us spectral chrome
Us sparkle chrome
Us tekno chrome (missing)
Eu blue topps english normal
Eu blue topps english silver foil
Eu blue topps german normal
Eu blue topps german silver foil
Eu blue topps french normal
Eu blue topps french silver foil
Eu blue topps italian normal
Eu blue topps italian silver foil
Eu blue topps spanish normal
Eu blue topps spanish silver foil
Eu blue topps portugese normal
Eu blue topps portugese silver foil
Us blue topps ep 3 normal
Us blue topps ep 3 silver foil
Us blue topps ep 3 rainbow foil
Us blue topps sticker
Us black topps sticker
Us white topps ev1 of 12 stage 1
That Caterpie collection looks insane!
I will post some pictures in the near future, my Tcg is 99% compleet, need only 1 korean base set unlimited, and have alot more to show, like tazos coins stamps stickers and fun cards of caterpie
Thanks for the compliment, i am very proud of it 
Looking forward to this one, the topps part looks phenomenal already!
You know, it’s strange because the blue logos have a copyright date of 2000, but the red logos (they’re absolutely pink, but I’ll follow the common terminology) are dated 1999.
That seems like they would precede the blue logos, unless they just put copyright dates on their stuff all willy-nilly. Lol.
Starmie is in Series 3. As far as i know there are not multiple printing variations for series 2 and 3 so they may only have the blue logos
I can confirm, series 2 and 3 only have oval nintendo logo and blue topps logo, series 1 ends in #76 Golem
They have the 4 Chrome variations but yea regular is only blue topps oval nintendo so the Us stamp
Thanks for the input!
So I have a question, I have a holographic Blastoise with the flame or raindrop texture and on the back the topps logo is in black. I was under the impression that due to that its a 2nd print card. But im seeing info from other articles saying itd a 3rd print card. Im also seeing people with the dame carding selling it as a 3rd print. So i giess im asking if its 1st or 3rd print?
Hi, and welcome!
It’s generally accepted that this is 3rd print.
Thx for the welcoming and respoding! Im new to card collecting. I usually collect comic books so Im trying to learn about this hobby now. Ah ok. Just for learning purposes what makes it a third print since the topps logo is black? Are the flame bossing what makes it a thrid print?
