RE: Neo Redux: New blanks, new dawn. UPDATE: I STILL REALLY love you, DNA! (2/14/12)
I love the Legendary Pokemon Cards! They look great!
It seems like I once stumbled upon an article (it might've been a Japanese blog) that said/shown that the Legendary Cards actually had been printed (Japanese only), but were not circulated. It had pictures of them in a glass case or something. Dunno if it was legit, though. I know Upperdeck was really bad to do it with Yu-Gi-Oh! cards before they lost their rights (The Seal of Orichalcos, The Winged Dragon of Ra w/ hieratic text). I know if I created an official card game, I would definately create secret uncirculated cards to keep for myself. XD
I do know, however, that the illustrations used on the Legendary Pokemon Cards were used on Japanese-exclusive reprints of the Fossil-set Legendary Birds, which were made into phone cards.