Pokémon Trading Card Game players have been having a tough time tracking down the latest cards over recent months, with scalpers and internet personalities choosing to buy stock in bulk to make quick – and sometimes crazy – profits by selling on rare cards. Thankfully, The Pokémon Company appears to be on the case, promising to print more cards to combat shortages.
Only citing "very high demand and global shipping constraints," the company says that it knows fans are "experiencing difficulties" purchasing certain TCG products. In a statement shared to its official website, The Pokémon Company says "We understand this inconvenience can be disappointing for fans, and we are working to address it where it is within our control."
To do this, Pokémon says it is "actively working to print more of the impacted Pokémon TCG products as quickly as possible and at maximum capacity," with reprints expected to be with retailers as soon as possible.
This news will also benefit future Pokémon expansions. For future sets, The Pokémon Company says it is "maximizing production to increase product availability upon release, and we will continue to reprint the products to replenish stock at retailers as soon as possible."
We've seen an increase in concern among Pokémon TCG players over the past few weeks, with many missing out on new sets as they release. Even free cards given out at McDonald's aren't safe from the hands of scalpers, with some choosing to buy kids' Happy Meals in bulk to hunt down any rare finds.
[source support.pokemon.com]
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More stock for my online shop! "Scalping Card Games 'r' Us"
now that they are going to be overproduced the scalpers will stop buying to an extent, the regulars will get some, and the value of all cards go down!
Increasing production to increase scalpers income
At least they're trying to combat scalpers
Meanwhile, in the amiibo market...
@Xaessya That's not how it works. As supply catches up to meet demand (which is what should happen if they're going to be maximizing production), demand drops, and the value of the cards will plummet. This will cause scalpers to have an abundance of stock that they can't sell at a profit, which they don't want. If anything, I imagine the current resell prices are going to go down pretty quickly. Scalpers will likely try to liquidate their stock before new stock arrives, and a lower price does just that.
@rushiosan
Yes, meanwhile...you have all the cheaters buying the cheaper knockoffs. It's like paying for DLC at a discount, but physically.
Good, I've managed to find only a few packs in a different part of my target thats further away from the card games that also had pokemon cards because most people don't know about that place
Man, Pokemon cards have really blown up lately, what's with that?
Does anyone remember that Sopranos episode when Big P tells Christopher they stole a truck full of Pokemon Cards?
@duffmmann right?! Holy cow! 1990’s called and wants their Pokémon cards back.
One thing that would help is if they scaled back their artificial rarity. When most viable decks require between 10 and 20 cards of the highest rarity level, cards you might pull one in ten packs, it drives people to need to mass buy packs just to hope to build a competitive deck. People used to just buy singles instead, but even at 8-12 dollars a card it was disgusting, with decks occasionally costing 120+ dollars. And a lot of those cards end up a lot more than 12 dollars.
I really enjoy the Pokemon TCG, and other TCGs like Magic The Gathering and Hearthstone. But it's just too expensive to play them.
Buy a booster box and you'll get pretty much ever common and uncommon in the set, and maybe 4 out of 12 of the higher rarity cards. And forget full arts or special prints - but at least those are optional flare, not needed to play.
Pokémon TCG lost it's way when they gave Charizard 400HP and attacks that do 500 damage.
...Meh. The same was said about Champion’s Path stock issues back in October and the only thing that was brought back was the ETB, everything else was a one-and-done product.
The only “saving” grace Shining Fates has is that it’ll probably follow the same style as Hidden Fates, that means more tins and 1-2 extra runs of the ETB.
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