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| − | In a production | + | In a constant production of million cards, at some point few of them are printed with some flaws. In most cases these are just production failures, and usually do not have value at all, they are just cards whose appearance is not of the expected standard. In most cases, a defective card is just that, and has no real value, compared with a real misprint. |
Cards that were printed while the press runs out of ink ain't misprints. The press cannot be easily stopped, so it's very common to run out of ink before the inks deposits can be refilled again. While quality control usually prevents this situation, can happen with some regularity, since a press needs some time to refill properly. | Cards that were printed while the press runs out of ink ain't misprints. The press cannot be easily stopped, so it's very common to run out of ink before the inks deposits can be refilled again. While quality control usually prevents this situation, can happen with some regularity, since a press needs some time to refill properly. | ||
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A true misprint only happens when the printing plate it's messed up. In most case, the printing plate contains a mistake usually generated during the design process, before the plate itself was created. Usually the plates are supervised and discarded if necessary before the production begins. If unfortunately a mistake passes, a few cards can be printed with this error. Once the mistake it's identified, the defective plate is discarded and replaced by a new one. The control quality department immediately locates and eliminates the cards that were printed with that error before they are packed. This is what gives the misprints it's collectible value. Once the the defective plate has been destroyed, that mistake will never happen again, making the few printed cards not retired from the market valuable. | A true misprint only happens when the printing plate it's messed up. In most case, the printing plate contains a mistake usually generated during the design process, before the plate itself was created. Usually the plates are supervised and discarded if necessary before the production begins. If unfortunately a mistake passes, a few cards can be printed with this error. Once the mistake it's identified, the defective plate is discarded and replaced by a new one. The control quality department immediately locates and eliminates the cards that were printed with that error before they are packed. This is what gives the misprints it's collectible value. Once the the defective plate has been destroyed, that mistake will never happen again, making the few printed cards not retired from the market valuable. | ||
| − | Note in any case, if the printing plate is not destroyed and substituted by a new one, the error cannot be considered as a misprint, since the company took the conscious decision to continue it's production using the same plate. Misprints are supposed to happen by a combination of accidental errors before the production starts. If the production continues while the company knows about the problem and they have taken the | + | Note in any case, if the printing plate is not destroyed and substituted by a new one, the error cannot be considered as a misprint, since the company took the conscious decision to continue it's production using the same plate. Misprints are supposed to happen by a combination of accidental errors before the production starts. If the production continues while the company knows about the problem and they have taken the decision to continue, it cannot be considered as an accident or an error. |
Examples of true misprints: | Examples of true misprints: | ||
* A "[[Dark Paladin]]" from the 1st Edition release of Magicians Force which featured an alternate art intended exclusively for the Duel Masters Guide. | * A "[[Dark Paladin]]" from the 1st Edition release of Magicians Force which featured an alternate art intended exclusively for the Duel Masters Guide. | ||
* A "[[Goblin Attack Force]]" from Pharaoh's Servant's has the [[Earth]] attribute picture replaced by a [[Level Star]]. | * A "[[Goblin Attack Force]]" from Pharaoh's Servant's has the [[Earth]] attribute picture replaced by a [[Level Star]]. | ||
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* The "[[Gold Series]]" edition of "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]" had 3000 [[DEF]], where in reality it should have 3800 [[DEF]]. | * The "[[Gold Series]]" edition of "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]" had 3000 [[DEF]], where in reality it should have 3800 [[DEF]]. | ||
* The original printing of [[Nomi]] monster "[[Ocean Dragon Lord - Neo-Daedalus]]" from Fury from the Deep Structure Deck showed it as a monster that could be Normal Summoned. | * The original printing of [[Nomi]] monster "[[Ocean Dragon Lord - Neo-Daedalus]]" from Fury from the Deep Structure Deck showed it as a monster that could be Normal Summoned. | ||
* A "[[Amazoness Fighter]]" (Magician's Force version) 1300ATK printed on the card instead of the real 1500 | * A "[[Amazoness Fighter]]" (Magician's Force version) 1300ATK printed on the card instead of the real 1500 | ||
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* A "[[Counter Counter]]" (first edition) The card was printed with no counter trap symbol on it. | * A "[[Counter Counter]]" (first edition) The card was printed with no counter trap symbol on it. | ||
* A "[[Kynetic Soldier]]" (champion pack version) When the card was reprinted, they mistakenly changed the monster's attribute from earth to light. | * A "[[Kynetic Soldier]]" (champion pack version) When the card was reprinted, they mistakenly changed the monster's attribute from earth to light. | ||
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* An "[[Elemental Hero Wildedge]]" that listed the fusion material monsters as "[[Elemental Hero Wildheart]]" + "Elemental Hero Edgeman" instead of "[[Elemental Hero Wildheart]]" + "[[Elemental Hero Bladedge]]". "Edgeman" is the translation of Bladedge from Japanese. | * An "[[Elemental Hero Wildedge]]" that listed the fusion material monsters as "[[Elemental Hero Wildheart]]" + "Elemental Hero Edgeman" instead of "[[Elemental Hero Wildheart]]" + "[[Elemental Hero Bladedge]]". "Edgeman" is the translation of Bladedge from Japanese. | ||
| − | + | Several different printing plates are used to produce one sheet of cards. A plate set for an specific run of cards it's usually composed of four plates, one for each color, plus one or two extra plates for the special finish of some cards (gold or silver lettering, shinning cover for parallel rares, etc). Sometimes, one of the printing plates does not belongs to the same set. By mistake, one of the plates it is mounted on the press from a different sheet set. As a result, several sheets are printed with their names switched with other cards, sometimes of different rarity. These cards are considered just as partial misprints, since the plates ain't defective and there's no need to create an new one. In these cases, once the error is discovered, the correspondent plate is switched back with the incorrect one and the production continues. | |
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* A "[[Limiter Removal]]" that has the silver lettering of "[[Penguin Soldier]]". | * A "[[Limiter Removal]]" that has the silver lettering of "[[Penguin Soldier]]". | ||
* An "[[Elemental Hero Marine Neos]]" with the title name printed in Secret Rare foil. | * An "[[Elemental Hero Marine Neos]]" with the title name printed in Secret Rare foil. | ||
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* A Secret Ultra Rare version of "[[Gaia the Dragon Champion]]" in the pack of "[[Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon]]". | * A Secret Ultra Rare version of "[[Gaia the Dragon Champion]]" in the pack of "[[Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon]]". | ||
| + | * A "[[Elemental Hero Chaos Neos]]" that has the silver lettering of "[[Rainbow Dragon]]". | ||
| + | * A "[[Winged Sage Falcos]]" (from spanish language Tournament pack) The name on the card is in Portuguese, but the rest of the card is in spanish. | ||
| + | * A "[[Dragon Ice]]" that has the silver lettering of "[[Super Vehicroid - Stealth Union]]". | ||
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| + | There's a small group of cards that originally may be considered as misprints, since they contains a true error accidentally generated before the production began, but once the problem was informed, the company which produces the cards decided it was so insignificant that continued the production using the same plate. As a result, the entire run of this printings contains the same error, so does not longer counts as misprints. | ||
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| + | * The [[TLM-ENSE2]] "[[Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End]]" with "yoru" instead of "your" in its effect. | ||
| + | * "[[Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8]]" from [[Soul of the Duelist]] has 3 m's in the word "Summoned". | ||
| + | * An [[Exodia the Forbidden One]] secret version form the Beginners' Duelist Gift Pack. Has "you" instead of "your" in its Lore box. | ||
| + | * The "[[Twin-Headed Behemoth]]" in [[Structure Deck: Rise of the Dragon Lords]] English has an extra 0 in its card number ([[SDRL-EN0010]]). | ||
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| + | [[Production defects that does not counts as misprints:]] | ||
| + | Due to the nature of the printing process, the press needs to be constantly supervised and re calibrated. The printing plates are supposed to be perfectly aligned respect each other position. From time to time, due to the printing press vibrations, one of the plates loses it's proper alignment, producing card with their names, artwork or texts out of their original positions. These cards can be considered as a production failures, but not as misprints, since the printing plates ain't defective. The plates just needs to be re aligned. | ||
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| + | Also note a massive press cannot be easily stopped. Once starts to run, moves as fasts as a train. Stopping a press in the middle of production it's an unlikely situation. If the press runs out if ink, the production it's not stopped. Usually, the press continues it's work while being refilled. For this reason, several sheets can be partially printed with parts of their artwork or texts missing. These sheets are usually located and separated from the rest before being cut and packed, but from time to time few of these cards may reach the streets. Refilling the press can cause the exact opposite situation, cards printed with excess of ink. Both of this situations can be considered as bad quality printings, but not misprints. | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
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| + | * The [[IOC-SE1]] "[[Gemini Elf]]" has the name not in the normal spot, instead it is where the stars are. | ||
| + | Cards with no text ain't misprints. | ||
* A "[[The End of Anubis]]" without title ink in it's name. | * A "[[The End of Anubis]]" without title ink in it's name. | ||
* A "[[Dark Magician Girl]]" without title ink in it's name. | * A "[[Dark Magician Girl]]" without title ink in it's name. | ||
| − | + | * A "[[Raigeki]]" from Legend of Blue eyes printed black instead of white. | |
| + | * A "[[Jinzo]]" from Pharaoh's Servant with no ink in it's head. | ||
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Revision as of 22:45, 22 December 2008
In a constant production of million cards, at some point few of them are printed with some flaws. In most cases these are just production failures, and usually do not have value at all, they are just cards whose appearance is not of the expected standard. In most cases, a defective card is just that, and has no real value, compared with a real misprint.
Cards that were printed while the press runs out of ink ain't misprints. The press cannot be easily stopped, so it's very common to run out of ink before the inks deposits can be refilled again. While quality control usually prevents this situation, can happen with some regularity, since a press needs some time to refill properly.
Cards that have chopped edges or non exact cuts ain't misprints. The cutting process it's not even related with the printing process. Happens after the printing has finished. Same as with the low ink issues, at some point the blades used to cut the cards can lose their edge or their precise positioning, resulting in badly cut cards, irregular edges or cards that were cut out of the center. These card are just defective.
A true misprint only happens when the printing plate it's messed up. In most case, the printing plate contains a mistake usually generated during the design process, before the plate itself was created. Usually the plates are supervised and discarded if necessary before the production begins. If unfortunately a mistake passes, a few cards can be printed with this error. Once the mistake it's identified, the defective plate is discarded and replaced by a new one. The control quality department immediately locates and eliminates the cards that were printed with that error before they are packed. This is what gives the misprints it's collectible value. Once the the defective plate has been destroyed, that mistake will never happen again, making the few printed cards not retired from the market valuable.
Note in any case, if the printing plate is not destroyed and substituted by a new one, the error cannot be considered as a misprint, since the company took the conscious decision to continue it's production using the same plate. Misprints are supposed to happen by a combination of accidental errors before the production starts. If the production continues while the company knows about the problem and they have taken the decision to continue, it cannot be considered as an accident or an error.
Examples of true misprints:
- A "Dark Paladin" from the 1st Edition release of Magicians Force which featured an alternate art intended exclusively for the Duel Masters Guide.
- A "Goblin Attack Force" from Pharaoh's Servant's has the Earth attribute picture replaced by a Level Star.
- The "Gold Series" edition of "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" had 3000 DEF, where in reality it should have 3800 DEF.
- The original printing of Nomi monster "Ocean Dragon Lord - Neo-Daedalus" from Fury from the Deep Structure Deck showed it as a monster that could be Normal Summoned.
- A "Amazoness Fighter" (Magician's Force version) 1300ATK printed on the card instead of the real 1500
- A "Counter Counter" (first edition) The card was printed with no counter trap symbol on it.
- A "Kynetic Soldier" (champion pack version) When the card was reprinted, they mistakenly changed the monster's attribute from earth to light.
- An "Elemental Hero Wildedge" that listed the fusion material monsters as "Elemental Hero Wildheart" + "Elemental Hero Edgeman" instead of "Elemental Hero Wildheart" + "Elemental Hero Bladedge". "Edgeman" is the translation of Bladedge from Japanese.
Several different printing plates are used to produce one sheet of cards. A plate set for an specific run of cards it's usually composed of four plates, one for each color, plus one or two extra plates for the special finish of some cards (gold or silver lettering, shinning cover for parallel rares, etc). Sometimes, one of the printing plates does not belongs to the same set. By mistake, one of the plates it is mounted on the press from a different sheet set. As a result, several sheets are printed with their names switched with other cards, sometimes of different rarity. These cards are considered just as partial misprints, since the plates ain't defective and there's no need to create an new one. In these cases, once the error is discovered, the correspondent plate is switched back with the incorrect one and the production continues.
Examples:
- A "Mad Sword Beast" that has the silver lettering of "Blast with Chain"
- A "The Legendary Fisherman" that has the silver lettering of "Reinforcement of the Army"
- A "Snake Rain" with the title name printed in Secret Rare foil.
- A "Flame Swordsman" that has the silver lettering of "Cyber-Stein".
- A "Giant Trunade", that has the silver lettering of "Fiend Skull Dragon".
- A "Gaia the Fierce Knight", that has the silver lettering of "Last Turn".
- A "Gearfried the Iron Knight", that has the silver lettering of "Kuriboh".
- A "Wall of Illusion" that has "creature" instead of "monster" in its effect.
- A "Trap Hole", that has the silver lettering of "Fusion Gate".
- A "The Forceful Sentry", that has the silver lettering of "Ryu Senshi".
- A "Contract with the Abyss" spelled incorrectly as "Contract with the Aybss.
- A "Limiter Removal" that has the silver lettering of "Penguin Soldier".
- An "Elemental Hero Marine Neos" with the title name printed in Secret Rare foil.
- A Secret Ultra Rare version of "Gaia the Dragon Champion" in the pack of "Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon".
- A "Elemental Hero Chaos Neos" that has the silver lettering of "Rainbow Dragon".
- A "Winged Sage Falcos" (from spanish language Tournament pack) The name on the card is in Portuguese, but the rest of the card is in spanish.
- A "Dragon Ice" that has the silver lettering of "Super Vehicroid - Stealth Union".
There's a small group of cards that originally may be considered as misprints, since they contains a true error accidentally generated before the production began, but once the problem was informed, the company which produces the cards decided it was so insignificant that continued the production using the same plate. As a result, the entire run of this printings contains the same error, so does not longer counts as misprints.
Examples:
- The TLM-ENSE2 "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" with "yoru" instead of "your" in its effect.
- "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8" from Soul of the Duelist has 3 m's in the word "Summoned".
- An Exodia the Forbidden One secret version form the Beginners' Duelist Gift Pack. Has "you" instead of "your" in its Lore box.
- The "Twin-Headed Behemoth" in Structure Deck: Rise of the Dragon Lords English has an extra 0 in its card number (SDRL-EN0010).
Production defects that does not counts as misprints: Due to the nature of the printing process, the press needs to be constantly supervised and re calibrated. The printing plates are supposed to be perfectly aligned respect each other position. From time to time, due to the printing press vibrations, one of the plates loses it's proper alignment, producing card with their names, artwork or texts out of their original positions. These cards can be considered as a production failures, but not as misprints, since the printing plates ain't defective. The plates just needs to be re aligned.
Also note a massive press cannot be easily stopped. Once starts to run, moves as fasts as a train. Stopping a press in the middle of production it's an unlikely situation. If the press runs out if ink, the production it's not stopped. Usually, the press continues it's work while being refilled. For this reason, several sheets can be partially printed with parts of their artwork or texts missing. These sheets are usually located and separated from the rest before being cut and packed, but from time to time few of these cards may reach the streets. Refilling the press can cause the exact opposite situation, cards printed with excess of ink. Both of this situations can be considered as bad quality printings, but not misprints.
Examples:
- The IOC-SE1 "Gemini Elf" has the name not in the normal spot, instead it is where the stars are.
Cards with no text ain't misprints.
- A "The End of Anubis" without title ink in it's name.
- A "Dark Magician Girl" without title ink in it's name.
- A "Raigeki" from Legend of Blue eyes printed black instead of white.
- A "Jinzo" from Pharaoh's Servant with no ink in it's head.
