The Pokémon World Championships will get underway in Yokohama next month from 8th-14th August, and TPC has started to reveal some of the exclusive merch that you will be able to pick up if you are lucky enough to be in attendance.
Just today, The Pokémon Company took to Twitter to share a first look at a range of figures that will be available exclusively at the Pokémon Centre Worlds Store during the event. Featuring Pikachu, Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly, the four statues show each of the 'mon preparing a tasty snack — apart from Pikachu, he just looks happy to be there.
As specified in the above tweet, all of these figures will only be available at the World Championships so we are trying our best not to get too attached for the moment — as hard as that may be...
Fortunately, there is some good news for those who can't attend (yay!). The Pokémon Company announced at the end of last week that code for a free Gastrodon (modelled on the one used by championship winner Eduardo Cunha last year) will appear during the World Championship broadcast, which you can then redeem to add the 'mon to your team in Scarlet and Violet.
There will also be a virtual glimmering Charizard EX card up for grabs in Pokémon TCG Live, so at least we know that there are still goodies to be had by those of us who can't attend in person.
Will you be at the World Championships this year? Which figure is your favourite? Let us know in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 9
Selling these little masterpieces only during the tournament in Japan is a crime against pokenity
Guess I'll never be able to get these then. Curious though why are they only selling them there I wonder?
Why do these have to be exclusive? 😭
I've been wanting a small Sprigatito fugure to go with the Scorbunny galley figure i got from the Pokemon Center website.
@RubyCarbuncle it's a Japan thing. Exclusive merch for specific conventions and events is extremely common in Japan. As for why? I dunno, maybe collector's just eat it up and then flip them to marks who want to own one? Either way it's just the norm over there, so this is hardly news to me. We have it too, but most of the time it's limited to Comic Con (or convention specific t-shirts).
I may not be a fan of the games anymore but the creatures are still lovely, so I very much approve of these figures. Fuecoco is absolutely precious.
Most...buy...more...plastic...
It's only filling our ocean's and our bodies thanks to forever chemicals. Let us surround ourselves with as much of it as possible as well!
This generation's starters were a total home run, easily my favourites in a long time. Obviously nothing can beat Gen 1. I would love to own these, oh well we can't have it all.
@theModestMouse Classic slacktivist right here. Collectable items are the last thing you should be worried about, only the tiniest fraction of plastics that end up in landfills are of this type, because people hold onto them, they are not mean to be disposed. Plus the rarity of these particular figures means they will end up in a display somewhere, definitely not the rubbish bin.
Too bad these figures are exclusive, they all look so adorable!
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