From: Keith Ratliff To: Brian Brokaw Subject: Re: Nice Page and a Couple of Questions Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 6:06 PM Brian, I was hoping for more info. I'm up on the Flipz and the Pokemon League. The picture is from a card in the 'Trainer A' deck. I have the deck and, yes, Machamp is a non Holo. The deck is as follows: (2) Raticate (4) Rattata (1) Machamp (2) Machoke (4) Machop (4) Onix (4) Sandshrew (2) Super Potion (2) Switch (4) Potion (4) Defender (27) Fighting Energy I have not seen the 'Trainer B' deck. So I can't tell you the cards there. The pink and olive decks are not the Bubasaur/Squirtle decks. They were decks created to help promote Pokemon and were sold only in one department store in Japan to promote that store's selling of the products. In them contain the Lightning Pikachu, the baby pikachu, and foils of the legendary birds and foil pokeball. I wanted to know the other cards in the deck. Thanks for the help anyway, and more later. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Brokaw To: Roger K. Ratliff Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 12:22 AM Subject: Re: Nice Page and a Couple of Questions > Hi Keith. > (I'm very sorry, but don't immediately recognize your name... sheesh that was SO > long ago -- Daniel's board! It was sure fun times though!) > > 1) Ugh. I am REALLY lacking ANY info on the Flipz cards. > In fact, if you EVER put together any kind of substantial knowledge-base > for these cards, I would LOVE to post it at PoJo. I get lots of questions > and have to pretty much explain my lack of knowledge to all of them. > > 2) Pink and Olive? Are these the "intro" decks? (the cards all have > pictures of squirtle or bulbasaur on them?) or something different? > (heh, again, it sounds like I can't keep up with the Japanese card sets :-) > > 3) Your red-bordered card is from the sample decks that WOTC distributed > to some Gym Leaders to help teach the game. It should come with some > NIFTY non-holo versions of Machamp and ... hrmm... Alakazam is the > other one i think. Expect to see new decks later this year in the league > i think. I posted info about these decks (from a Gym Leader at one of the > Leagues) on the Collector's Corner page at PoJo... (Takotchi) > > Do you know of a repository for scans of Japanese cards? I'm looking for > high-quality scans of some Gym #2 cards. > > Thanks, > Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roger K. Ratliff > To: > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 9:10 PM > Subject: Nice Page and a Couple of Questions > > > Hi Brian, > I may have chatted with you a while back on D. Larson's page when it was the best thing going. You've done a fine job and have lots > of info on Pokemon Cards. I have a couple of questions...I hope you can answer or put me in the right direction. > 1. I know the Flipz cards aren't doing so well. We have a complete collection and a 40 card collection. Looking at them the other > day, I noticed that card #40 (Weedle) on one of the sets that the background was printed sideways. How rare is that? Its the only > card in both our sets with the back misprinted sideways. > 2. I've talked to several people about the JApanese Pink and Olive Pre-constructed decks (privy to only one store in Japan to > promote the game) that are getting harder and harder to find. What are the names of these decks and where can I get a list of the > cards in each deck? > 3. See the attachment. > My daughter (6) and I are lucky to have been collecting since the inception of the game. We have 2 complete 1st edition basic and a > 3rd complete minus holofoils (+800 more common and uncommon cards, all 1st), 2 complete 1st Jungle sets (+600 more common, uncommon > and rares), and 1 complete 1st Fossil, 4 common-uncommon sets (+500 common, uncommon, and rares). All of our cards are 1st ed. Let > me know if you are looking for anything, and if I don't have it, I can probably find it. > My daughter, too, is in a Pokemon league. Shewas given a Pikachu promo(not 1st) the first week, a Trainer (Plus Power) the third > week, and an Aerodactyll 1st ed. Prerelease last Saturday. The WOTC site says there is promise of a Mew card, but we haven't seen > evidence of it as yet. She also has attained her boulder badge, and is close to getting her Cascade badge. The league is good for > the younger kids that feel as though they are really accomplishing the same goals as Ash on the cartoon. > Please let me know about the Japanese decks and if you have questions about the attachment, please ask, but don't post. Thanks. > Keith > > >