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THE RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Built for
a closer look.

Long-term projects with room for more evidence, better images, and new chapters. Each archive has its own story.

THE DOCUMENTED FINDS

A record worth keeping.

Original 1998 KFC Pikachu mini-card scan

Pokémon / Collection study

Seven little cards: the 1998 KFC Pokémon promotion

The complete mini-card set, its shared reverse, and the promotional objects that tell the rest of the story.

7 documented objects · Pokémon / KFC / Promotional objects / Trading cardsOpen the project ↗
No Rarity Pikachu
001 / AN EXPANDING CATALOG

The Pikachu archive

Japanese and English releases, distribution history, marketing specimens, and documented print differences.

Current coverage: 1996–2000 · 159 pictured entriesExplore the archive
Before the Booster book cover
002 / CARDDASS & THE BOOK

Before the Booster

An illustrated reference to 1996 Pocket Monsters Carddass Parts 1 and 2. Identify a card, read its reverse, and explore the collection.

Bandai · Japan · 1996 · Written by satoshiOpen the project

THE NEXT CHAPTER IS OPEN

Curiosity doesn’t
stay in one category.

Cards, games, toys, promotional objects, and unfamiliar corners of collecting all belong here. Every documented find can have its own story.

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