Card Errors Database (Include Images!)
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RE: Errors or Fakes? Cosmos Foil Zapdos & Moltres ex from FRLG
There is a thread for errors New Errors and Misprints Thread
There is a thread for errors New Errors and Misprints Thread
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
Jungle Pikachus with the 1st edition stamps were placed into some Jungle packs.
Red-Cheeked Pikachu was not from an "experimental" run. After the original art was done, someone noticed Pikachu's cheeks were Yellow instead of the normal Red, and changed them. However the original artist had intended for Pikachu to be doing the Thundershock attack which causes his cheeks to turn yellow.
For print runs, the only print run I can saw for definite which had both was the Shadowless print run. (Please note, both 1st edition and Shadowless cards came form the same print run). Contrary to popular belief, in these print runs, it is actually the yellow cheek version which is rarer, as all booster packs had red cheek versions, with the yellows only being found in Zap theme decks. I don't recall ever seeing an Unlimited or Base 2000 red cheek Pikachu.
Team Rockets Dark Dragonite non-holo error, can be found in both 1st edition and Unlimited.
Platinum Dialga Reverse Holo, all are errors, never corrected.
Base Set Blastoise, some were printed without the word "Stage" in "Put Blastoise onto the Stage 1 card"
Base Set Wartortle, some had a picture of Wartortle in the evolution box instead of Squirtle.
Fossil Zapdos, I believe the only corrected versions are from "Fossil 2000", a limited print of 5 cards from the Fossil set with altered copyright dates, released in a box set after the main set had been released.
Promo Legendary birds, the incorrect artists name is due to the artwork changing when the cards were translated. Toshinao Aoki is the error version, Naoyo Kimura is the corrected version. Naoyo Kimura version is rarer.
Upside Down back errors, these cards all have some copies with the backs printed upside down:
POP 5 Mew Holo (corrected is rarer)
POP 5 Pikachu Holo (error is rarer)
DP15 Shinx (unknown which is rarer)
Prerelease stamped Tropical Tidal Wave.
Some print of the 2005 Tropical Tidal Wave were stamped with Prerelease and inserted into Prerelease Bayleef packs. Only two have ever been found, one in French and one in Italian.
2009 Tropical Wind error.
20% of the English Tropical Winds were printed with the number DP25 (which was the number of the 2008 print) rather than DP48. The effected the stamped cards too, from the Staff cards all the way up to the Finalist cards.
Prerelease Raichu.
The holy grail of error cards. Stamped in error when Prerelease Clefables were being made, then kept an open secret for years before finally being revealed officially by Mike Boozer in 2006, and finally getting a public sale in 2009.
Jungle Pikachus with the 1st edition stamps were placed into some Jungle packs.
Red-Cheeked Pikachu was not from an "experimental" run. After the original art was done, someone noticed Pikachu's cheeks were Yellow instead of the normal Red, and changed them. However the original artist had intended for Pikachu to be doing the Thundershock attack which causes his cheeks to turn yellow.
For print runs, the only print run I can saw for definite which had both was the Shadowless print run. (Please note, both 1st edition and Shadowless cards came form the same print run). Contrary to popular belief, in these print runs, it is actually the yellow cheek version which is rarer, as all booster packs had red cheek versions, with the yellows only being found in Zap theme decks. I don't recall ever seeing an Unlimited or Base 2000 red cheek Pikachu.
Team Rockets Dark Dragonite non-holo error, can be found in both 1st edition and Unlimited.
Platinum Dialga Reverse Holo, all are errors, never corrected.
Base Set Blastoise, some were printed without the word "Stage" in "Put Blastoise onto the Stage 1 card"
Base Set Wartortle, some had a picture of Wartortle in the evolution box instead of Squirtle.
Fossil Zapdos, I believe the only corrected versions are from "Fossil 2000", a limited print of 5 cards from the Fossil set with altered copyright dates, released in a box set after the main set had been released.
Promo Legendary birds, the incorrect artists name is due to the artwork changing when the cards were translated. Toshinao Aoki is the error version, Naoyo Kimura is the corrected version. Naoyo Kimura version is rarer.
Upside Down back errors, these cards all have some copies with the backs printed upside down:
POP 5 Mew Holo (corrected is rarer)
POP 5 Pikachu Holo (error is rarer)
DP15 Shinx (unknown which is rarer)
Prerelease stamped Tropical Tidal Wave.
Some print of the 2005 Tropical Tidal Wave were stamped with Prerelease and inserted into Prerelease Bayleef packs. Only two have ever been found, one in French and one in Italian.
2009 Tropical Wind error.
20% of the English Tropical Winds were printed with the number DP25 (which was the number of the 2008 print) rather than DP48. The effected the stamped cards too, from the Staff cards all the way up to the Finalist cards.
Prerelease Raichu.
The holy grail of error cards. Stamped in error when Prerelease Clefables were being made, then kept an open secret for years before finally being revealed officially by Mike Boozer in 2006, and finally getting a public sale in 2009.
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
I have a RH Magnemite from EX Dragon with a hole in the holographic-ness where a resistance would be. I know that several other people have found similar holes on these Magnemites, have any such holes been found on other cards?
I have a RH Magnemite from EX Dragon with a hole in the holographic-ness where a resistance would be. I know that several other people have found similar holes on these Magnemites, have any such holes been found on other cards?
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
Production:
Base Set 2/110 Blastoise A few copies of this card were printed without the word "Stage" over the card it evolves from Limited Error
^ Should be 2/102
Base Set 6/102 Gyarados A few copies of this card had the collection number too far to the left Limited Error
^ All Unlimited Base Gyarados are like this. I don't think there is a corrected version.
Base Set 17/102 Ninetails A few copies of this card did not have the damage for the attack Fire Blast printed next to the attack Limited Error
^ Only available in Shadowless and (possibly?) 1st edition print runs.
Jungle First Edition 2/64 Electrode A number of cards from the First Edition printing of Jungle had the Base Set Electrode artwork instead of the Jungle artwork Limited Error
^ This only happened with the regular rare 1st edition Electrodes, not the holos. (18/64)
Production:
Base Set 2/110 Blastoise A few copies of this card were printed without the word "Stage" over the card it evolves from Limited Error
^ Should be 2/102
Base Set 6/102 Gyarados A few copies of this card had the collection number too far to the left Limited Error
^ All Unlimited Base Gyarados are like this. I don't think there is a corrected version.
Base Set 17/102 Ninetails A few copies of this card did not have the damage for the attack Fire Blast printed next to the attack Limited Error
^ Only available in Shadowless and (possibly?) 1st edition print runs.
Jungle First Edition 2/64 Electrode A number of cards from the First Edition printing of Jungle had the Base Set Electrode artwork instead of the Jungle artwork Limited Error
^ This only happened with the regular rare 1st edition Electrodes, not the holos. (18/64)
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
That's rare because TV Reporters were never printed as reverses in the US, only in Europe.
That's rare because TV Reporters were never printed as reverses in the US, only in Europe.
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
Pop Series 5 Mew Delta Species (the fire one). I have one where the back is upside down.
Pop Series 5 Mew Delta Species (the fire one). I have one where the back is upside down.
Misprint Articuno
All the Articuno that were pulled at our prereleases had the holofoil effect missing on the bottom 1/4th of the image. At this point the background image is also mismatched as the stars on either side are cut in half and mismatched.
Anyone else seen this?
All the Articuno that were pulled at our prereleases had the holofoil effect missing on the bottom 1/4th of the image. At this point the background image is also mismatched as the stars on either side are cut in half and mismatched.
Anyone else seen this?
RE: Misprint Articuno
All the Zapdos at my PR we too.
This can be discussed in the Errors and Misprints thread
Locked.
All the Zapdos at my PR we too.
This can be discussed in the Errors and Misprints thread
Locked.
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
I keep forgeting to post here! -.-
I have a Ferroseed ND that has a weird blotch behind the set logo, it's almost like they printed two set logos on it by mistake, and one didn't make it all the way.
I keep forgeting to post here! -.-
I have a Ferroseed ND that has a weird blotch behind the set logo, it's almost like they printed two set logos on it by mistake, and one didn't make it all the way.
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
I know it looks like the holo isn't completely on Moltres, but I think that's the point. A lot of the newer cards only have holo in the far background. In the Zapdos and Articuno cards, they're in a thunderstorm and in a sky with an aurora, respectively. Now, most of ND is based off of images from Castelia City in Black/White. Isn't it possible that the non-existent chunk of holo is just the sea that they're flying over? For example, look at Zapdos:
Yeah, it looks like the bottom third has no holo. But at the very bottom, it looks like waves in the sea. I think the bottom third isn't supposed to have holo, but just water that the birds are flying over.
I know it looks like the holo isn't completely on Moltres, but I think that's the point. A lot of the newer cards only have holo in the far background. In the Zapdos and Articuno cards, they're in a thunderstorm and in a sky with an aurora, respectively. Now, most of ND is based off of images from Castelia City in Black/White. Isn't it possible that the non-existent chunk of holo is just the sea that they're flying over? For example, look at Zapdos:
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
I'm pretty sure these missing patches of holo isn't intended and I think I know how this happen. Take a look at the first 5 holos in this set: Moltres, Chandelure, Articuno, Vanilluxe, and Zapdos. All five of those cards are missing holo at the bottom of them, but the only one I think that was intended not to have holo at the bottom is Vanilluxe. The next 5 holos: Luxray, Gardevoir, Lucario, Scrafty, and Cinccino seem to be missing holo in random places, except for one card, Scrafty. Now to get to my point, it seems that the first 5 holos went through the same machine using the holo pattern for Vanilluxe while the last 5 went through the same machine using the holo pattern for Scrafty. This makes sense because Scrafty and Vanilluxe are the only two holos that seem to not to be missing any holo.
Of course this is just a theory, but I think at least those 8 holos are errors.
I'm pretty sure these missing patches of holo isn't intended and I think I know how this happen. Take a look at the first 5 holos in this set: Moltres, Chandelure, Articuno, Vanilluxe, and Zapdos. All five of those cards are missing holo at the bottom of them, but the only one I think that was intended not to have holo at the bottom is Vanilluxe. The next 5 holos: Luxray, Gardevoir, Lucario, Scrafty, and Cinccino seem to be missing holo in random places, except for one card, Scrafty. Now to get to my point, it seems that the first 5 holos went through the same machine using the holo pattern for Vanilluxe while the last 5 went through the same machine using the holo pattern for Scrafty. This makes sense because Scrafty and Vanilluxe are the only two holos that seem to not to be missing any holo.
Of course this is just a theory, but I think at least those 8 holos are errors.
RE: New Errors and Misprints Thread
Did you read the past few posts? The cards aren't errors; they were they printed was TPCi's intention.
The holo printing for BW cards is supposed to cover the background, but not the focal points in the background. For example, look at Cinccino. The clothes sign and the railing are not holo, but the buildings and the sky behind it are holo. This is because the clothes sign and the railings, along with Cinccino, are the main focal points. The same goes to Lucario, as it and the buildings are not holo, and in Scrafty's card, it and the buildings are not holo as well. If you look closely, the same goes for every other card in this set.
scuba steveE said:
Did you read the past few posts? The cards aren't errors; they were they printed was TPCi's intention.
The holo printing for BW cards is supposed to cover the background, but not the focal points in the background. For example, look at Cinccino. The clothes sign and the railing are not holo, but the buildings and the sky behind it are holo. This is because the clothes sign and the railings, along with Cinccino, are the main focal points. The same goes to Lucario, as it and the buildings are not holo, and in Scrafty's card, it and the buildings are not holo as well. If you look closely, the same goes for every other card in this set.