Research record
BANDAI 1999 imprint. Spring 2000 Toei Anime Fair advance-ticket benefit; first distribution date remains unresolved.
THE 44TH INVENTORY ENTRY S-T1: both sides recovered
Luffy Pirates / Search for the gold! | Paired photographs from Yahoo! Flea Market z551066956 [46]
What the object establishes
The front shows S-T1 and BANDAI 1999 MADE IN JAPAN. The reverse is the sepia map design with Carddass Hyper Battle and One Piece branding. These seller photographs are reproduced together; their visible wear, angle and lighting have not been replaced with a reconstruction.
What the date evidence establishes
The distribution record identifies a Spring 2000 Toei Anime Fair advance-ticket gift. Toei’s surviving indexed event page places the cinema programme on March 4, 2000. That opening date does not establish when tickets or their bonus cards first became available. [17, 24, 49]
A late-1999 giveaway is plausible, but still unverified. Neither the imprint nor a retailer’s January 1, 1999 database value settles it. An original ticket-sales advertisement or dated handout notice is the missing evidence. S-T1 remains included in this report and excluded only from the strict 43-card confirmed-release subtotal.
Image provenance: [46]. Archive front image also appears in the cinema promotion section. No authentication or manufacture-date inference is made from seller wording alone.