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| Ultimate Exhibit Over 1 Billion Commemoration cards |
In October of 1994 Bandai celebrated Dragon Ball Carddass with an epic exhibit called the Ultimate Exhibit (究極博 in Japanese). At this event which was carried in 5 towns across Japan for 5 days, one
would find full sets of Carddass parts for sale, rewards to be won by earning participation coins, as well as a chance to earn the new special versions of the newly released novel part 20 reversible prisms!
For additional information on the exhibit please first read the introduction to the Ultimate Exhibit Invitation ticket card here.
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| The summarized depiction of the Ultimate Exhibit 1994 (scan from Adali.fr) |
One of my favorite articles on the Exhibit is the one by Bob on a French website called Adali.fr. I highly recommend reading the article (machine translation in English here). The story of the young attendee called Shinji is described in the greatest detail! Any Dragon Ball fan would be moved by his adventure at the exhibit that day.
The spread above shows the hours of opening, the rewards to be found, explanations on events, and a visual representation of what would be found at the exhibit.
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| Picture found online of the tickets that came from participating |
There were participation tickets given out which had the following instructions. "Please carry this ticket with you today without fail. At the reception desk you can exchange this for participation coin(s) and bingo card(s) that you can enjoy at the Carddass Battle Corner.".
The main source of earning coins was by playing the card game with staffers. The prizes coins could be used on included a Limited Jumbo card, a limited prism binder, and arguably the best prize: this set of 5 Limited 6000 cards. This was offered to celebrate having made over 1 billion Carddass cards (what an achievement!).
I've been informed by fellow collector Barry Ho that these cards were also available as a prize at an Ultimate Exhibit event carried out in Hong Kong. I don't know how many were printed there but I assume a small quantity. How cool that the Ultimate Exhibit was present in Hong Kong as well!
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| Card number 1: Gathering! The Super Saiyajin Warriors |
Card number 1 features a group illustration of all 5 Saiyajin characters, and an ominous Babidi in the background. The edge reads "Let's pulverize Babidi's ambitions!". Notice the card edges of this series continues the tradition of using light purple toned right edges from the Mechanko Project and the Invitation Card.
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| Card number 2: Son Gohan |
Card number 2 is one of my favorites of the series. SS2 Son Gohan doing a Kamehameha right at the viewer. What great colors and another gorgeous illustration! All 5 illustrations featured on these cards were colored by Toriyama sensei himself by the way.
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| Cards number 3 and 4: Son Gokuu & Son Gohan, Trunks & Son Goten |
Although they don’t function as a pair, cards number 3 and 4 follow a pattern and they look very nice together. Really love the colors used on number 3. Card number 3's edge reads "Earth's strongest warriors will be decided by us!" Card number 4's edge reads "We will master the ultimate technique of fusion!!"
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| Card number 5: Gotenks |
Card number 5 features Gotenks in the center and Buu in various poses around him. One of the highlights of this wonderful set, and one of my favorite limited cards! The edge reads : "Fusion accomplished!!"
The entirety of this set is absolutely extraordinary. Arguably one of the nicest sets of all the limited cards in my opinion!
Although they were limited to 6000 copies it's quite likely most attendees of the event were able to acquire a set, which must have been a magical moment. They are quite rare and expensive now a days, but for fans of Carddass, these are trophy cards that if possible should be in every collection!
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| Ultimate Exhibit Over 1 Billion Commemoration cards back |
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