Many ‘Ultra Prism’ Prereleases Cancelled in Europe Due to Theft By: Water Pokémon Master Posted 3 years ago to TCG 35 comments Where’s Detective Pikachu when you need him?! Several Ultra Prism prereleases that were to take place in the United Kingdom this weekend have been cancelled after someone stole the entire shipment of Ultra Prism product while it was in transit to the distributor, which sends out the product to stores. Unfortunately, a request to send additional stock to the U.K. cannot be fulfilled in time because of the current weather delays in the U.S. According to witnesses, three suspicious figures were seen near the delivery truck before it was robbed — one was described as a brash young woman with red hair, the other an effeminate male, and the third a talking cat. Here’s the official story from the UK’s distributor, Asmodee, which leaves out some of the aforementioned details. Ultra Prism Pre-Release Stock Theft and Pre-Release Cancellation We have been made aware this morning that the Pokémon Ultra Prism pre-release stock has been stolen in transit to Asmodee UK. We are working on sourcing additional product to allow stores to run events next weekend, however it will not be possible for the below listed stores to run pre-release events for the Pokémon Ultra Prism set this weekend. Please expect an update later this week as to the situation of the Ultra Prism pre-release. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. The effected stores are as follows:- 8Bit Planet A Fistful of Dice Acme Games Angry Cherry Antics Hobby Store Athena Games Bag of holding BattleQuest Games Bazbo Comics Truro Beanie Games Bus Stop Toy Shop Calamity Comics Cataclysm Games Chaos Cards Tabletop Gaming Centre Chase Games Chimera Leisure Ltd Comicrazy Comics, Games & Coffee Common Ground Games Critical Hit Games Cafe Dark Matter Cafe Daydream Nation Den 11 eclectic games Excelsior games Famous Collectibles Fan Boy Three Firestorm Games Cardiff Firestorm Games Newport Galleon Games Game HQ ltd Gamers World Games hub Geek Retreat Geeks Headquarters Golden Sun TCG GTG Games Harlequins Blackpool Heroes (formerly Cheap Thrills) Highlander Games` Ibuywargames Ltd IQ Games Centre Just Games Kabooom Entertainment GmbH KD Games Kids Stuff Toys Mad for Miniatures Magic Madhouse EXP Mana Gaming ManaFlux Gaming Marquee Models Nerd World Netherworld Netherworld Chester Patriot Games Patriot Games: Leeds Portal Games & Entertainment Premier Express, 2 Coles Lane Proud Lion Questing Knight Games Rewind Collectables Robins Hobby Cafe Shadow Games Ltd Shogun Games/GamesLoft Skyward Fire Games Sneak Attack Games Soda Stans games The Gamers’ Emporium The Games Pit The Games Shop The Grove, Goodies, and Geekery The Hobbit Hole Toys & Games of Worcester Travelling Man (Leeds) Vault 14 Warboar Games Wargames Workshop MK Waterstones, University of Hull Weekend Warlords
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You've got to be kidding me. Absolutely gutting, I was so so looking forward to this. Are there any UK pre-releases not affected by this?
Nice joke about Team Rocket, WPM. Seriously though, who does this? You can't just go to the prereleases or wait for a few weeks? It's not like the prerelease promos are going to be that expensive anyways...oh wait it comes with packs too. Not nice :L
This annoys me. I booked this weekend off of work so I could visit all 4, not enough time to ask for the weekend off. Now Igotta pray that I'm not working so I can still go
Our store is on that list and it's very sad. I love judging pre releases and this is gonna hurt the amount of people coming and makes it so we have to have ours at an awkward time. :'(
Anyway the US can send some product there? America is about spreading the love too. We don't always drop bombs.
I know what it said. Not all of America is being ravaged. I for one would love to have some of this weather.
This is what i was thinking. I just imagine a small group of criminals trying to score something relevant like electronics. They crack open the boxes and BAM. A whole lot of cardboard cards meant for children. lol. On another note, RIP UK fans. I shall think of you this weekend during the Pre Release. (States here)
