Pokemon Fossil Booster Pack

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While the Pokémon card market is volatile sometimes, vintage cards have always slowly increased in value. Some have exploded in value but most slowly rise up over time.

The set and cards in it are based on the Gameboy games, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Green. A Magneton holofoil (left) and Magneton non-holofoil (right)For the Fossil expansion, the set symbol is a Pokémon claw. A Fossil card will always have the claw symbol, unlike the Jungle expansion which had an error on some cards where the set symbol was missing. So, as you can see, a lot is going to depend on your talent for weighing the cards and this does take practice. Edition” cards are specially marked with the “Edition 1” stamp to signify their limited print run status. These cards were only available in retail outlets for a short time and their prices reflect their relative scarcity. Whether or not this is true, of course, we can’t say as everyone has their own personal opinions on this issue, with many players not caring either way. We are NOT selling cards. These are compiled for clarification of relative values and what you might expect to pay online or at a game store for these cards.

The release of the Fossil Set also completed the release of the first 150 Pokémon into trading card format, in Japan of course they got Mew, so for them it was the first 151. The first three sets totalled 158 actual Pokémon cards (Base Set, Jungle and Fossil) this covered all 150 Pokemon as mentioned, and of course means a couple were replicated, these were; Gastly, Haunter, Magmar, Magneton, Raichu and Zapdos who were all in both the Base Set and Fossil and of course Pikachu and Electrode who appear in both the Base and Jungle sets.

If you’re buying them to add to your collection as your ‘grail’ piece or buying them as an investment please ensure you do so safely to avoid being scammed out of your hard earned cash. I’d recommend you to use an intermediary to complete the transaction. I think one of the factors [driving this set's popularity] is that guys like me, who have grown up collecting these cards, have become self-dependent [over the last two decades]. They have jobs now and some extra [spending] money, so I believe they probably just started buying cards for fun and then they realized that these cards are hard to find, so that's when it became a hobby for them," said Blaney. "It seems like a lot more people have entered the hobby and it's made the prices go up because these [1999 Fossil 1st Edition] cards are getting more and more scarce." The Jungle series, released a few months before Fossil, is comprised of 64 cards. The most common explanation for the Fossil series having two less singles is that Mew, who was featured on a holographic card in the Japanese Fossil series, was not included in the English offering. Most of us can only hope of owning any one of these booster boxes. To be honest, some, if not all should belong in museums! Nonetheless, these are some of the rarest and most valuable booster boxes that Pokémon TCG ever released. More Pokemon Content The cover Pokémon for the English release boosters for the Fossil set feature Lapras, Zapdos and Aerodactyl respectively, with the latter also being the sole Pokémon to appear on the booster box. Meanwhile in Japan their booster features a multitude of Pokemon including Kabutops, Zapdos and Golbat, and their booster box features the Legendary Birds Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres.

Pratte says that in his experience, the Fossil cards have been more difficult to uncover in flawless form than the Jungle cards. Much like Jungle did before it, Fossil also introduced for the first time the final-evolved forms of basic Pokémon that had been released in previous sets for example Dragonite, Gengar, Hypno and Sandslash. They weigh about 1.98 grams. Finally, the Holofoil cards weigh close to the same around as the Ultrarare cards, weighing in at 1.93 grams. The extra décor on these cards makes a difference and the proof is in the weights. It is unknown where these 15 cards came from (Except for the Cosmos Zapdos from the Thunderstorm Gift Box). In the United States Fossil had originally been planned for release in January, 2000 but due to the original schedules for Jungle being pushed forward Wizards also chose to push forward the release of Fossil, releasing around 3 months earlier than originally planned on October 10th, 1999.However, value largely depends on a few factors such as card condition, whether they are first edition, whether they are graded or raw, and the holofoil pattern as discussed earlier. The regular holofoil Zapdos from Fossil has the Galaxy Star holo pattern but there are some Zapdos cards out there with the Cosmos holo pattern instead.

I would say that the 1st Edition Fossil cards were much more accessible than Base [cards] and probably [were distributed in quantities] on par with Jungle," said Pratte. This Zapdos error has a cut-out in the holofoil as if there were an evolution box in the upper left. However, there is not. This error is present on both first edition and unlimited prints. 51/62 Krabby

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This Haunter was accidentally printed with a ‘stain’ in the lower right corner of the illustration box. 15/62 Zapdos Evolution Box Error But, before you start any type of weighing, you will need to make sure you are properly equipped with a scale that is able to give you the most accurate weight numbers in grams. Fossil was first released in Japan under the original name Mystery of the Fossils . Not surprisingly it was a huge hit. Two years later it hit the North American market under the name Fossil, where it was an even bigger hit. Fossil has a first edition print run, followed by an ‘unlimited’ run. The Fossil expansion was published and distributed by Media Factory in Japan and Wizards of the Coast in North America. The Zapdos single is also highly sought after. If you look closely at the 1st Edition version of this card, you'll notice an error.