Unreleased figures or fakes

[masterryanx]

Originally Posted by yoyofsho16

No, Groundbreakers was the second set that was never released.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain that some of Groundbreakers slipped out in stores. It was never officially released, but some figures still went to retail.

[waynegg]

Originally Posted by yoyofsho16

No, Groundbreakers was the second set that was never released.

We had them, at least the starter packs, in the stores here. Groundbreakers was officially released, just with a limited distribution.

[yoyofsho16]

Oh, didn't know that. My bad.

[Jran Sakarra]

Originally Posted by waynegg

We had them, at least the starter packs, in the stores here. Groundbreakers was officially released, just with a limited distribution.

Just the starter sets right?
If not then I have some hunting to do.

[DJGigabyte]

I've uploaded a new picture to the gallery of another lot someone on the comm found which has some other new figures in it, including three more of the ones from Pops picture of the Set 3 preview. Gyarados, Seviper and Tyranitar.

http://pokegym.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=49669

Theres the image. Apparently they are for sale of ebay somewhere but I can't find the auction.

[EeveeLover]

Pretty nice looking figures.

[bullados]

I'd buy those just for the figures, forget the game! Those are some FREAKING SWEET models! Now if only PBR looked like that...

[PokePop]

From informed opinions, these figures appear to be made from legitimate parts.
One may notice that one of the stickers is rotated off of the way it should have been applied, but other than that, an educated opinion would be that these are from a test or sample run.

[meganium45]

Or someone grabbed the discarded pieces, put them together, and made some cool figures.

Bayleef, oh, so close to a good Pokemon.

Vince

[ApachePrime]

I gotta throw this out there, the figures from the TFG were Gashapon in Japan. The spinning bases are new, but the figures glued on top of them were molded for a gashapon game in Japan. I have a Bulbasaur, but saw a half dozen or so others that were released as TFGs. I doubt these are fakes, but it's possible they are prototypes with those alredy produced figs glued onto test bases.

[PokePop]

The figures are not randomly put onto bases with random attack stickers.
The right figures are with the right stickers and on the bottom of the base, the set and promo info is all correct.
This is the right stuff, not pieces slopped together randomly from parts scavenged.

[Pokemon Trainer Mikko]

Originally Posted by ApachePrime

I gotta throw this out there, the figures from the TFG were Gashapon in Japan. The spinning bases are new, but the figures glued on top of them were molded for a gashapon game in Japan. I have a Bulbasaur, but saw a half dozen or so others that were released as TFGs. I doubt these are fakes, but it's possible they are prototypes with those alredy produced figs glued onto test bases.

You're half right. The company producing the TFG molds was Kaiyodo, who are known for doing high quality Pokemon PVCs. The most common way in Japan to acquire one of these PVCs is from a bottletop. because in Japan they actually reward customers for buying things like soft drinks. They don't re-use molds actually, while they have some figures that were repeats for them. If they had done a Pokemon before, they'll sometimes to do something similiar but different. On a random note, does anyone know if the game ever launched in Japan? Because honestly, I could see THAT being the real death of the Trading Figure Game.

[SD PokéMom]

i bought one of the sets of 12 figures; i'll be uploading pictures to the gallery.

they all look great, except the golbat looks like one of the wings was pushed backwards before the glue dried :( oh well...

'mom

[SD PokéMom]

Originally Posted by PokePop

Here's a picture on the go-Pokemon site from the GAMA show:

http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/common/img.../big/gama1.jpg

It shows one of these figures among the "upcoming set 3" figures, the Snorlax.

The article is no longer accessible, but the picture is.

with the site update, that link no longer works :(

'mom

[SD PokéMom]

images are uploaded to the 'gym gallery: http://pokegym.net/gallery/browseima...c=145&userid=7

there are several views of each of the 12 figures, plus a shot of the base info and a group shot.

'mom

[DJGigabyte]

Thanks for the pics mom!

Nice to see that these remain consistant with the XX/42 numbering system that the others had.
Gives them more chance of being real than if they didn't.

[EeveeLover]

I would just love to find the Flareon Figure.

[heerosferret]

just clarifying the PKMNcollector's position on bootlegs! the sellers who have these sets are from hong kong, which while every HK seller doesn't produce fake merch only, a large majority pump out very awful bootleg figures ( http://community.livejournal.com/hells_pokemart/ ). it's just best to be wary buying from china, sadly :( but sometimes it turns out great, like...

with these figures! so far our community's bought a few of every set, and whereas HK sellers are famous for sending you something completely different from the photo, these have apparently been great. on top of that, the attacks/etc on the bases are legitimate.

so are they bootlegs, or stock that began getting produced before receiving the axe? honestly we don't know. for now we're calling them "unofficial" just since they never got an official release. some members think they are bootlegs and others think they are 100% the real deal. but some definitely ARE a bit off... paintjobs aren't AS nice... while others look 100% legit. so who can be sure? unless a POP official told us.

anyway, here's some pics from the set i have coming in soon...
http://sunyshore.com/scrap/unreleasedtfg2.jpg
http://sunyshore.com/scrap/unreleasedtfg3.jpg
http://sunyshore.com/scrap/unreleasedtfg4.jpg
http://sunyshore.com/scrap/unreleasedtfg5.jpg

hope that helps!

[PokePop]

Nice!
You'll never get a TPCi employee to make any kind of comment on these on the record, though.
They just couldn't.

[yoyofsho16]

Danggg that Raikou looks INTENSE.

[philipliva]

Hi everyone! I am new here :) I have bought a set of those, and I have to say that they are stunning :)
One thing I noticed is that they are exact copies of the original.
1)They have the correct numerical order, that they would have if the set ever got released.
2)The Manaphy Darkrai and new Pikachu figure also has the correct black star promo number( 06, 07, 08) With 04 Being Dialga and 05 Palkia, the two promo of Groundbreakers.
3)They introduce two new special condition just like in every set, though I am not certain which two. ( the first set had Paralyzed and Poisoned, Second set had Asleep and either Burned, Confused or Frozen, and the remaining two are new to this third "unofficial" set.
4)The sculptors written on the bottom sticker of the figure are the ones that made the first set(though they could have just copied the info) but the figures really look like their style.
5)All the figures shown in the promo picture of set 3

I liked this game a lot, especially since Nintendo took the TCG away from Wizard all these years back. I cannot afford the rotation of the game, and really like participating in tournaments... and I really like pokemon, so I got fond of this game really quick, and I have done some digging about it as you can see

I can take high res photos of the figures I have if you want me too :)

[Pokemon Trainer Mikko]

Please do, i'd like to see high quality photos!

[philipliva]

http://img682.imageshack.us/i/20100204009.jpg/ <-Gyarados
http://img191.imageshack.us/i/20100204008.jpg/ <- Golbat
http://img688.imageshack.us/i/20100204007.jpg/ <- Mawile
http://img215.imageshack.us/i/20100204006.jpg/ <- Darkrai
http://img42.imageshack.us/i/20100204005.jpg/ <- Raikou
http://img691.imageshack.us/i/20100204004.jpg/ <- Suicune
http://img22.imageshack.us/i/20100204003.jpg/ <- Flareon
http://img189.imageshack.us/i/20100204002.jpg/ <- Haunter


If anyone need more tell me, I have 26(different) of these figs

[tee_bird]

Those figures are absolutely gorgeous. I've been contemplating buying a set once I get money for the Lt. Surge TFG. Hopefully they're still being made by the time that happens.

[PokePop]

Originally Posted by tee_bird

Those figures are absolutely gorgeous. I've been contemplating buying a set once I get money for the Lt. Surge TFG. Hopefully they're still being made by the time that happens.

They're not "still being made".
They're selling off a stash of a pre-production run, it appears.
Once they run out, that's it.