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THE PIKACHU ARCHIVE / SPECIMEN P004
Ivy Pikachu · marketing sample
- Recorded date / context
- 1996 marketing appearance · printing date unknown
- Language
- Japanese
- Card type
- Marketing sample
- Reverse image
- Variant reference
A documented physical variant with shifted artwork, exposed leaves below the foot, and the correct Kinebuchi credit. No documented public release. The advertising appearance does not establish an earliest printing or a distribution date.
History & distribution
This physical Ivy variant is associated with early marketing appearances. Shifted artwork, leaves below Pikachu’s foot, and the correct Keiji Kinebuchi credit identify the design.
An advertising appearance is not evidence of a public distribution date or a precisely established printing sequence. It remains separate from the public-release timeline.
Identification & variants
- Shifted illustration; visible leaves below the foot; correct Kinebuchi credit.
Understanding the date
1996 marketing appearance · printing date unknown
Timing unresolved. Marketing appearance; no public release documented. This entry is filed under its catalog year; its position does not establish an exact printing or public-release date.
Reverse & image provenance
Variant reference. Reverse reference for this variant or shared design. This is not asserted to be the back of the exact front specimen pictured.
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