Topps

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 and two sets of cards featuring scenes from the s 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 	
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==
* Pokémon Chipz
* Pokémon Top 10 Collector Cards (never produced, just marketing idea)
* Pokémon Merlin cards (subsidiary of Topps since 1995)
* Pokémon Candy Container
* Pokémon candy
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==visual summary==
A visual summary of the different pokemon topps sets.
Set no.	Logo	Regular sets 	Nonholo	Silver	Rainbow	Diecut	Sticker	Clear	Pop-up	Hologram
1. 	 	Series 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2. 	 	First movie 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3. 	 	Series 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4. 	 	2000 the movie 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5. 	 	Series 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6. 	 	Johto series 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7. 	 	Johto League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8. 	 	Advanced 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9. 	 	Advanced Challenge	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Set no.	Logo	Promo sets 	Chrome	Spectra	Sparkle	Tekno
A. 	 	Pokémon Topps Chrome 1	 	 	 	
B. 	 	Pokémon Topps Chrome 2	 	 	 	
==External links==
* Official website
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