Post by Cinnamon on Sept 7, 2020 12:48:35 GMT
Okay, so while browsing around on Wizards old sites through WayBack Machine I found out about two old bootleg/proxy version. Those being the Q-Boy cards and the 28-count card packs. This version of the Wizards of the Coast website dates back to March 02th, 2000. So I thought it was pretty cool.
Source: web.archive.org/web/20000302143144/http://www.wizards.com/pokemon/counterfeit.asp
I didn't think much of the 28-count card packs, since they're sold in clear zip-lock-style bags, thinner stocks, different print, etc. To me this feels like basic proxy. But the Q-Boy cards, stuck with me. Like why is this specifically names. So I went on to Google and found some cool things.
Short summary I found some images, this Reddit post shows some of the cards, they look like English Shadowless Non-1st edition proxies. But the box is where it gets cool. The box says it has 11 cards, it has the design of the back of a Pokémon card, but instead of saying Pokémon, it says Q-BOY.
There is not a lot more to says, with exception that I found another image. This one is from an old eBay listing. The text is barley readable, but it has three lines of text, while the one from the reddit post has two. I assume the bottom two are the some, but I cannot say for sure. The extra line says BCD. I don't have a clue what it means.
So I went over to WorthPoint and found this old eBay listing. It shows three boxes: two ALPHA boxes (with the Japanese Jungle and Rocket theme on the front) and one Q-BOY. Once again the image quality is bad but the top link on the Q-Boy says EFG this time.
Another thing to mention is that the title says 31pc and there are only 10 cards shown, all of them Japanese. My theory is that these are Japanese proxies from the ALPHA boxes, while the Q-BOY Boxes should have the English ones, but no way to be sure.
More info and images are welcome! Like always
Source: web.archive.org/web/20000302143144/http://www.wizards.com/pokemon/counterfeit.asp
I didn't think much of the 28-count card packs, since they're sold in clear zip-lock-style bags, thinner stocks, different print, etc. To me this feels like basic proxy. But the Q-Boy cards, stuck with me. Like why is this specifically names. So I went on to Google and found some cool things.
Short summary I found some images, this Reddit post shows some of the cards, they look like English Shadowless Non-1st edition proxies. But the box is where it gets cool. The box says it has 11 cards, it has the design of the back of a Pokémon card, but instead of saying Pokémon, it says Q-BOY.
There is not a lot more to says, with exception that I found another image. This one is from an old eBay listing. The text is barley readable, but it has three lines of text, while the one from the reddit post has two. I assume the bottom two are the some, but I cannot say for sure. The extra line says BCD. I don't have a clue what it means.
So I went over to WorthPoint and found this old eBay listing. It shows three boxes: two ALPHA boxes (with the Japanese Jungle and Rocket theme on the front) and one Q-BOY. Once again the image quality is bad but the top link on the Q-Boy says EFG this time.
Another thing to mention is that the title says 31pc and there are only 10 cards shown, all of them Japanese. My theory is that these are Japanese proxies from the ALPHA boxes, while the Q-BOY Boxes should have the English ones, but no way to be sure.
More info and images are welcome! Like always
