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1998 Pokemon Vending Series 3 Japanese Ooyama's Pikachu #025
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The 1998 Pokémon Japanese Vending Series 3 Ooyama's Pikachu #025 is graded PSA 9 Mint, with a recorded population of 1,574 examples in the PSA database. Originating from Expansion Sheet 3 of the Japanese Vending Machine release, the card is inherently condition-sensitive due to its original distribution format, which required collectors to peel cards directly off cardstock sheets, often introducing edge wear or corner touches during removal.
Illustrated by Media Factory designer Kouichi Ooyama, the card features a distinctive hand-drawn aesthetic accompanied by humorously non-standard attack descriptions and a self-caricature. Distributed exclusively via randomized Vending Machine dispensers in Japan in 1998, the card explicitly includes printed text along the bottom border noting that it is not legal for official tournament play, marking it as a unique promotional release within the early Pocket Monsters Card Game era.Show more
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