jmilone5826
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Has anyone ever noticed this on pokemon.com?
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/LPrk15/8exs_zpsea99f8ef.png
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/LPrk15/8exs_zpsea99f8ef.png
notice it also says 4 full art ex. I was under the impression it was only 6, Lugia, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Victini, and Cobalion.
They should not have released the other 4 EX in our set if they are not going to have full art. They could have been tin promos or something. Still a bad move by them.
Maybe they should have just held the FA Supporters to even up the FA count.
I just question what they are doing. They give us exclusive full art Zekrom and Reshiram, but not Zapdos and Moltres, they move our cards around just to make sale. We know they could have made them. I mean, we dont need another Black Kyurem and White Kyurem EX. Those 2 could have been tin promos. I'm really starting to dislike the BW series block because of all the poor choices they are making. If it were not for the full art Articuno, I would have no reason to buy this set. Make EVERYONE happy TPCi.
I agree entirely. FA's were a fantastic move by the company, a way to drive sales, both primary and secondary for rare cards that aren't the sole incarnation of these cards. It is a great marketing thing, allowing players to "upgrade" if they wish, or go for the bare bones with a deck. Why would they suddenly release a set where HALF the EXs do not have the counterpart we've all grown to know and love?
Even if they never make a Japanese equivalent:
1. The cards are 1000% easier for them to get anyway
2. They get soooo many exclusive cards, some like the "Mystery Gems" of the D/P days that really affect the competitive scene. What's wrong with just giving us exclusive art?
3. If they really wanted to avoid giving us 4 English exclusive,t hey could've just given us Tin Promo exclusive Kyurem Exs and saved the last set's FA Skyla, or pushed FA Darkrai/Giritina/Ghetsis or Juniper and just given us FA Birds.
But i don't know. I don't understand why they started breaking up obviously related Pokemon duos/trios/etc, why they give us multiple Kyurem exs and Tornadus-Exs before they give us some Pokemon's first EX incarnates, or why they've been messing with the cards they release over here so much more than usual with the BLW block. I'm hoping X and Y aren't this much of a wreck.
They would have to pay the illustrators to make new artwork, which is something that the English TCG department might not have the funds to do. They can't just come up with artwork out of no where, (unless you really wanted to see a Ken Sugimori Full Art). And I'm sure that the illustrators charge a lot more for a Full Art print than they do for a normal art card in the set, like zebstrika or Charmander.
They would have to pay the illustrators to make new artwork, which is something that the English TCG department might not have the funds to do. They can't just come up with artwork out of no where, (unless you really wanted to see a Ken Sugimori Full Art). And I'm sure that the illustrators charge a lot more for a Full Art print than they do for a normal art card in the set, like zebstrika or Charmander.
They hired someone to redo Magmortar's artwork and have given us 2 FA exclusives already. They can redistribute these exs or give us FA versions.
They hired the same illustrator to do the redraw of magmortar, which was a different situation because of how some people might have considered the original offensive. A redraw would have been cheaper than a lawsuit in this regards. Also. Concerning the 'exclusive' Reshiram-EX and Zekrom-EX full arts, they were released in Japan something like a month later. TPCi didn't have to pay 5ban Graphics to create the full arts, they just happened to release the prints that were already created for Japan earlier than Japan had originally planned to.
Make EVERYONE happy TPCi.