The Topps Company, Inc.
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Founded 1938
Headquarters One Whitehall Street, New York, New York
Type Private
Industry Collectibles, confectionery
Website

United States: topps.com

The Topps Company, Inc. is a company that manufactures trading cards, stickers, and other similar items. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in New York City. Although they are most well-known for manufacturing sports cards, they have made eleven Pokémon card sets based on Pokémon: nine sets of trading cards based on the Pokémon anime and two sets of cards featuring scenes from Mewtwo Strikes Back and The Power of One. Topps does not manufacture any cards for use with the official Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon Cards manufactured by Topps

Set no. Logo Name of Expansion Generation Main set cards Release year Set abb.
1.   Pokémon Trading Cards series 1 Gen. 1 90 August 1999 Series 1
2.   Pokémon the First Movie Trading Cards Gen. 1 72 November 1999 First movie
3.   Pokémon Trading Cards series 2 Gen. 1 72 1999 Series 2
A.   PROMO: Pokémon Chrome Trading Cards Series 1 Gen. 1 78 2000 Chrome 1
4.   Pokémon: the Movie 2000 Trading Cards Gen. 2 72 July 2000 2000 the movie
5.   Pokémon Trading Cards series 3 Gen. 1 72 2000 Series 3
B.   PROMO: Pokémon Chrome Trading Cards Series 2 Gen. 1 73 2000 Chrome 2
6.   Pokémon Johto Trading Cards series 1 Gen. 2 90 February 2001 Johto 1
5/6EU.   Europe version: Pokémon Johto Series 3 Gen. 2 70 2001 Johto 3
7.   Pokémon Johto League Champions Trading Cards Gen. 2 50 November 2001 League
8.   Pokémon Advanced Trading Cards Gen. 3 90 May 2003 Advanced
9.   Pokémon Advanced Challenge Trading Cards Gen. 1, 2 & 3 90 2004 Challenge

Pokémon Topps card summary

Regular Pokémon Topps card sets

Set no. Logo Regular sets Nonholo Silver Rainbow Diecut Sticker Clear Pop-up Hologram Logo color
1.   Series 1 - 1st print 90 90 90  
1.   Series 1 - 2nd print 90 90 90  
1.   Series 1 - 3rd print 90 90 90  
1.   Series 1 - 4th print 90 90 90  
2.   First movie - 1st print 72 72 72 12 18  
2.   First movie - 2nd print 72 72 72 12 18  
3.   Series 2 72 72 72 12 10 5/10
4.   2000 the movie 72 72 72 10 6
5.   Series 3 72 72 72 12 5/10 10
6.   Johto series 1 90 90 15 62 10 9
5/6EU   Johto series 3 70 70
7.   Johto League 50 50 18 37
8.   Advanced 90 90 18 10
9.   Advanced Challenge 90 90 18 10

Pokémon topps special promotional card sets

Set no. Logo Promo sets Chrome Spectra Sparkle Tekno
A.   Pokémon Topps Chrome 1 78 78 78 78
B.   Pokémon Topps Chrome 2 73 73 73 73

Other Topps products

External links



Topps Pokémon Trading Cards
Pokémon Trading Cards series 1series 2series 3Pokémon Johto Trading Cards series 1
Pokémon Johto League Champions Trading CardsPokémon Advanced Trading CardsPokémon Advanced Challenge Trading Cards
Pokémon Top 10 Collector CardsPokémon the First Movie Trading CardsPokémon the Movie 2000 Trading Cards


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