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In the early days of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, when the cards were gaining popularity in Western countries, counterfeit Pokémon cards frequently appeared in hopes of fooling unsuspecting buyers unfamiliar with the Pokémon franchise, as well as buyers who were unconcerned with the legitimacy of the cards, as Pokémon merchandise was in high demand and stores would often be out-of-stock. Early counterfeit cards, made by companies such as Q-boy, were printed on cheaper card stock and usually missing copyright information. Due to the cheap reproduction technologies used, counterfeit cards usually have lower-quality artwork, with print colors varying from the originals. | In the early days of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, when the cards were gaining popularity in Western countries, counterfeit Pokémon cards frequently appeared in hopes of fooling unsuspecting buyers unfamiliar with the Pokémon franchise, as well as buyers who were unconcerned with the legitimacy of the cards, as Pokémon merchandise was in high demand and stores would often be out-of-stock. Early counterfeit cards, made by companies such as Q-boy, were printed on cheaper card stock and usually missing copyright information. Due to the cheap reproduction technologies used, counterfeit cards usually have lower-quality artwork, with print colors varying from the originals. | ||
In the late 1990s, police forces seized thousands of fake Pokémon cards, including over 500,000 from a warehouse in Hackensack, New Jersey.<ref>Hintze, Hal. "Fake 'n' Bake." [[PoJo's Unofficial Pokémon News & Price Guide Monthly]] Dec. 1999: 120-21.</ref> Recent counterfeits are often more sophisticated, however,they still have many flaws. Modern counterfeits often contain critical spelling, grammatical, visual or factual errors. Common errors include the absence of the accented "é", wrong or mis-sized energy symbols, misnamed Pokémon (such as "Farren" for {{p|Flareon}} or "Lation" for {{p|Latios}}), or the illustrator's name will be misspelled (e.g. Mitsuhiro Arita's spelled "Mistuhiro Arita"). Often, counterfeit cards will be misprinted, making them a humorous farce of the original; like a {{type|Psychic}} {{p|Rattata}} card with an attack that does 1000 damage, or a {{p|Magneton}} with 800 HP. | In the late 1990s, police forces seized thousands of fake Pokémon cards, including over 500,000 from a warehouse in Hackensack, New Jersey.<ref>Hintze, Hal. "Fake 'n' Bake." [[PoJo's Unofficial Pokémon News & Price Guide Monthly]] Dec. 1999: 120-21.</ref> | ||
Recent counterfeits are often more sophisticated, however, they still have many flaws. Modern counterfeits often contain critical spelling, grammatical, visual or factual errors. Common errors include the absence of the accented "é", wrong or mis-sized energy symbols, misnamed Pokémon (such as "Farren" for {{p|Flareon}} or "Lation" for {{p|Latios}}), or the illustrator's name will be misspelled (e.g. Mitsuhiro Arita's spelled "Mistuhiro Arita"). Often, counterfeit cards will be misprinted, making them a humorous farce of the original; like a {{type|Psychic}} {{p|Rattata}} card with an attack that does 1000 damage, or a {{p|Magneton}} with 800 HP. | |||
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