Fossil was the last expansion to utilize a certain holo pattern referred to as the ‘Galaxy Star Holofoil’. This holo pattern was also used for Base set and Jungle. Release dates

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 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. The legendary bird [cards] are always pretty prominent no matter what set they're in," noted Pratte. "The 'legendary' term was reserved for the rarest Pokémon and typically the most powerful. In the game, you would encounter Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos in these caves and you had one opportunity to catch them. They were very difficult to catch. They're legendary in the game; they're very powerful and they're difficult to collect, so people have a higher appreciation for them." 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."So there is a variation of almost around 0.9g between the heaviest and the lightest pacl from the same case. 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. As stated in the paragraph above, Fossil used the Star Galaxy holo pattern for its 15 holofoil cards. This is the same holo pattern used in Base set and Jungle. However, over the years, few copies of all 15 holofoil cards from Fossil have been discovered to have the Cosmos holo pattern. 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 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. Fossil is the third expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), and featured 48 cards in the Japanese set with 62 in the North American set. In the North American expansion, the 15 holofoil cards were also printed as non-holofoils. According to some old WotC chat logs, this was done in response to players who complained about subjecting their holo cards to TCG play, when they’d rather keep them in mint condition.

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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. 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." 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. 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.