This Haunter was accidentally printed with a ‘stain’ in the lower right corner of the illustration box. 15/62 Zapdos Evolution Box Error Fossil is the name given to the third main expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it was released as Mystery of the Fossils, the third expansion in the Pokémon Card Game. It is based on Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green, featuring Generation I Pokémon and Fossil Pokémon. The English expansion was released on October 10, 1999, while the Japanese expansion was released on June 21, 1997. Subsequently all other language releases for Fossil were April of 2000.

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. If you try to do it at a local comic book or gaming store then you may be asked to stop. Worse, is another Pokemon player may well give you an earful. When a Pokémon has a pre-evolution, there is an evolution box in the top left. The evolution box cuts into the illustration box, and if the card is a holofoil, the corner of the holofoil is covered up.Similar to the Aerodactyl 1/62 that is included in the Fossil set, a first edition prerelease copy was given out as a Pokémon League promotional card in July 1999, before the actual set was released. In the US, this promo had the ‘Galaxy Star’ holo pattern while the European copy had the ‘Cosmos’ holo pattern. Fossil is the third expansion to the TCG and was released in 1999. Cards from 1999 are in high demand since it was the first year for Pokémon cards in North America. 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.

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. It is unknown where these 15 cards came from (Except for the Cosmos Zapdos from the Thunderstorm Gift Box). 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." Following in the footsteps of the 1999 Pokémon Jungle series, Fossil offers rare holographic cards (#1 to #15), as well as a second subseries featuring the same Pokémon in non-holographic form (#16 to #30). Some Krabby cards from the unlimited print run were printed with an incomplete Fossil set symbol. It looks as if there was an obstruction in the printing process, and some of the symbol is missing. How to tell if a card is from the Fossil set

Full Price Guide for Booster Box [1st Edition] (Pokemon Fossil)

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. For more information on the 1999 Pokémon Fossil 1st Edition gaming card set, please visit https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/non-sports-cards/1999-nintendo-pokemon-fossil/32552. So there is a variation of almost around 0.9g between the heaviest and the lightest pacl from the same case. 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.

Knowing that the 33.9 is a ‘middle weight’ and curved makes me think there is Holo there haha… But it’s too much risk, ill likely leave it sealed as it’s mint. 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) 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. Even though Zapdos is a basic Pokémon, the holographic Zapdos card has a space for the evolution box punched out of the holographic foil," explained Abraham. "This misprint can be found on all of the 1st Edition Zapdos [cards], while only some of the unlimited Zapdos have this misprint." 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.

Prices for unopened 1999 Pokémon Fossil 1st Edition booster boxes have risen in recent years, as have the prices for key, high-grade singles. The PRERELEASE stamp on the card that can be found in the lower right of the illustration box, can be either brown or gold. Cosmos holo Zapdos A Cosmos holofoil Zapdsos 15/62 from the Thunderstorm Gift Box 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.