{"product_id":"pokemon-alakazam-prism-bandai-carddass-vending-1996-psa-10","title":"Pokémon Alakazam Prism — Bandai Carddass Vending 1996, PSA 10","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the Trading Card Game existed, Pokémon was already being collected on card. The \u003cstrong\u003eBandai Carddass\u003c\/strong\u003e series of 1996 predates the official TCG and was distributed through Japanese vending machines, sold as collectibles tied to the first Red and Green video games. \u003cem\u003eAlakazam\u003c\/em\u003e — Foodin in Japanese — appears here in the \u003cstrong\u003ePrism\u003c\/strong\u003e variant, the holographic finish that is the most sought after of the line and the most fragile in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card’s construction tells its own story. The front sets the illustration against a prismatic field that lets the English Pokédex text show through, with the line “Monsters Collection — Exchanged from Green Version” at the foot. The reverse carries the full data sheet: Psychic type, height, weight, moves, and the encounter data for the Green and Red versions, with the 1995 Nintendo \/ Creatures Inc. \/ GAME FREAK copyright and the Bandai 1996 mark. It is a document of the franchise at the moment it became a collecting phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurvival is the scarce part. Vending distribution meant the cards were dispensed and handled without protection, on card stock that does not tolerate it, with a foil surface that marks at the slightest contact. This example is graded \u003cstrong\u003ePSA 10 GEM MINT\u003c\/strong\u003e — the maximum — and the PSA population for the grade stands at 77 examples. For collectors of pre-TCG Japanese material, of first-generation Pokémon, or of the Carddass Prism run specifically, a top-grade Alakazam sits among the most prestigious pieces the category produces, and the population figure makes the scarcity concrete rather than rhetorical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collecto Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58064083878228,"sku":"4597","price":22440.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/9083\/7588\/files\/4597_1.jpg?v=1793448406","url":"https:\/\/collectoarchive.com\/products\/pokemon-alakazam-prism-bandai-carddass-vending-1996-psa-10","provider":"Collecto Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}