1999 Pokémon Pikachu Red Cheeks Jungle 60/64 ✨ Beckett 7 ✨ #60 RARE! 💎 not psa

Description: POKEMON JUNGLE SET PIKACHU CARD 60/64 RED CHEEKS!! 🤩 Red Cheeks Pikachu 🤩 1999 Jungle Set 💥 🌟CORNERS🌟SURFACE🌟CENTER 🌟ARE🌟SHARP🌟 ⚡Free Shipping USPS, with Tracking + Insurance ⚡ What you see is what you get! Photos are of the actual graded card that you will receive. Please send a message with any questions. Buy with confidence. We are an established business that's new to eBay. The Origins: How Pikachu's Cheeks Changed ColorThe original red cheek edition is much harder to find, accounting for only 20% of the base set print run. But how did we end up with two distinct versions of Pikachu‘s cheeks, and why does it impact their value so significantly? Let‘s dive deeper into the intricacies of rare Pikachu cards. Pikachu‘s original Japanese base set card depicted the beloved mascot with red cheeks, matching its in-game sprite‘s vibrant crimson shade. However, when Wizards of the Coast licensed and translated the card game for international audiences in 1999, they made an intriguing creative decision. Seeking to better align with Pikachu‘s anime design, the American publishers recolored its cheeks to the iconic yellow we know today. They even updated the card‘s flavor text, changing "electric shock" to "thundershock" – Pikachu‘s signature attack in the show. This change only occurred during the initial 1999 US print run. Later unlimited base sets reverted to the original red cheek artwork. But that first yellow cheek edition, combined with earlier Japanese and European prints, means red cheeks account for just one-fifth of the base set‘s Pikachu cards.

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