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Loretta's Pokemon Toy Blog
I have a
small bit of news, as the new TCG expansion is
poised to make its debut, Wal-mart finished
resetting their shelves and lo, the larger
Supercenters allocated a space for new Jakks
Pokemon toys! I visited one larger Supercenter
to grocery shop the weekend of the 11th. I found
they had received the large Pokemon plush with
sound, only Piplup and Turtwig on the shelf (at
2 stores). They also had a space for the mini
plush, which surprised me as they did not stock
it at any of the stores in my area when Jakks
released the last few waves. I inquired about
the mini plush and the clerk indicated she had
not seen them. While all this was going on, some
lady was loading up her cart with box after box
of Wal-mart exclusive G I Joe anniversary repro.
dolls. I about died! :O She merrily chatted on
her cellphone about reselling them, setting off
a Poke-panic in my brain about the mini plush.
Had I missed my chance? After stowing groceries
safely in my fridge, I went on a mega-shopping
excursion. Over the course of the weekend, I
visited 6 different Wal-marts (several repeat
visits-!), 3 of which were larger Supercenters,
1 a smaller Supercenter and the other 2 just
regular Wal-marts. ONLY the larger Supercenters
had shelf space allocated to Pokemon. The store
I had visited Saturday mysteriously had a picked
through box of the plush Sunday morning. I had a
really hard time getting the characters I
wanted--and I can't afford to buy 'em all! ;)
The hardest to find mini was Pachirisu--I bought
the only one I saw on those wild trips! Next
hardest to find were Buneary, Starly, Aipom and
Croagunk, in about that order. Easiest of the
bunch were Bonsly and Sudowoodo; I passed on
those as the somewhat 2-D green "rocks" kind of
fell flat on me, as I have a Japanese Banpresto
Bonsly with nicely stuffed "rocks." ;) They were
still pretty cute, tho', $5.99 ea. On my
trans-urban voyage, I stopped by a TRU on the
way home. TRU had gotten in the new wave of
throw action Poke balls, Starly, Buneary,
Croagunk, $9.99 ea. Target has yet to put out
the new plush as of the 16th. TRU had the Battle
Dome and Wal-Mart had a shelf space for it.
Wal-Mart and Target did not have the Diamond &
Pearl figures out as of the weekend of the 11th;
however, TRU has had those since early July. One
Target I visited had the new Poke balls, though;
only Starly remained, whereas TRU had stocked
the balls well. I think the hot items are the
mini plush and the single D&P figures as those
seem to be the hardest to find in most cases.
I can't help ending this with a personal comment, despite the "wasted" gas driving around, I still managed to make out better than if I had gone online to a price gouger. AND the Buneary was sooo worth it! It's ADORABLE! Ditto the Poke ball mini Buneary. It's so small but so well executed, the fabric is super soft. Having had real rabbits for the past 15 years or so, I really like how the face is designed with the charming little downturned mouth, just like a real bunny! :D Bun Bun Buneary! ;D Loretta
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