What happened to Indian Pokemon cards? | KrystalKollectz

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In 2003 an Indian based toy company named Funskool would release their own version of Pokemon merchandise with very limited licensing from Hasbro USA. For those unfamiliar with the company Funskool, they hold a strong reputation in India for offering a wide selection of Hasbro & Takara Tomy products. Funskool is known for selling Beyblade, GI Joe, 

Funskool India Beyblade Ad - 2018

Merchandise

Funskool Pokemon Figures share the same packaging as the American Hasbro releases. The one way to tell the two figures apart is by looking at the top left corner for the FunSkool logo and Pokémon logo. The Funskool version also features the Pokémon logo in red whereas the Hasbro version is yellow. 

Australian Pokémon content creator UnlistedLeaf can be seen opening up some booster packs on TikTok & Youtube. 

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