pretty much the title. It feels odd. It's supposed a playset of 4th edition Lord of atlantis (White bordered) but the date in the corner says 1996.
Tried the light test and it passes great (A few more light like dots in the white border in some cases). I feel it a bit weird like if the thickness is not equal to other cards (Less thicker) but the weird thing is the date 1996. shoudln't it be 1995?
Can anyone give me an insight if what I have in hands is what it was described to me? (Also if the details provided about the thickness and light test seems ok for you).
Thank you very much!!!
Image uploaded of the front at 1200 dpi. I can add the back images tonight. Thank you very much!!!
As always, a picture/scan may help -- do you think it's possible that they are FBB cards with the borders erased? I only ask because it seems like the FBB Japanese 4th Edition was released in 1996, but the FWB Japanese Edition was released in 1995 (link). Of course, I am having trouble finding anything to corroborate that.
There was also the Introductory Two-Player Set released in Japan in 1996; however, Lord of Atlantis was not one of the cards included in the decks.
As always, a picture/scan may help -- do you think it's possible that they are FBB cards with the borders erased? I only ask because it seems like the FBB Japanese 4th Edition was released in 1996, but the FWB Japanese Edition was released in 1995 (link). Of course, I am having trouble finding anything to corroborate that.
There was also the Introductory Two-Player Set released in Japan in 1996; however, Lord of Atlantis was not one of the cards included in the decks.
This topic of 1996 (c) Japanese FWB cards have come up before though I can't find the most recent ones. One of the older topics resides at Magic Librarities. Scans of the aforementioned cards are damn impossible to find.
I'm mystified as to why anyone, from any culture, would go through the lengths of whitening FBB cards?! It's usually the other way around.
It's interesting that detailed scans of white border Japanese cards (1995 or 1996) don't exist so it's difficult to even read the years here. Just as interesting is the lack of scans from the 4th Ed. two player decks as well. I have to wonder if it's the nature of the Japanese culture to discard/recycle what isn't perceived as useful. Years ago I read a pretty good article about this when an extremely rare large Ultraman toy was found in an attic. Something like one of a handful known to exist. As the children grew up and gained other interests, these oversized toys were recycled for their raw materials. The particular Ultraman monster found wasn't a popular one so it was rare to begin with.
This could explain why an already rare product is so hard to find.
pretty much the title. It feels odd. It's supposed a playset of 4th edition Lord of atlantis (White bordered) but the date in the corner says 1996.
Tried the light test and it passes great (A few more light like dots in the white border in some cases). I feel it a bit weird like if the thickness is not equal to other cards (Less thicker) but the weird thing is the date 1996. shoudln't it be 1995?
Can anyone give me an insight if what I have in hands is what it was described to me? (Also if the details provided about the thickness and light test seems ok for you).
Thank you very much!!!
Image uploaded of the front at 1200 dpi. I can add the back images tonight. Thank you very much!!!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcf7e5jrtqua781/Scan.jpg?dl=0 (Front)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/os5whtoahgkf6i8/Scan.jpg?dl=0 (Back)
There was also the Introductory Two-Player Set released in Japan in 1996; however, Lord of Atlantis was not one of the cards included in the decks.
This topic of 1996 (c) Japanese FWB cards have come up before though I can't find the most recent ones. One of the older topics resides at Magic Librarities. Scans of the aforementioned cards are damn impossible to find.
I'm mystified as to why anyone, from any culture, would go through the lengths of whitening FBB cards?! It's usually the other way around.
It's interesting that detailed scans of white border Japanese cards (1995 or 1996) don't exist so it's difficult to even read the years here. Just as interesting is the lack of scans from the 4th Ed. two player decks as well. I have to wonder if it's the nature of the Japanese culture to discard/recycle what isn't perceived as useful. Years ago I read a pretty good article about this when an extremely rare large Ultraman toy was found in an attic. Something like one of a handful known to exist. As the children grew up and gained other interests, these oversized toys were recycled for their raw materials. The particular Ultraman monster found wasn't a popular one so it was rare to begin with.
This could explain why an already rare product is so hard to find.