'Kanto Power Mini Tins' Product Images!

ShaQuL

@KabutoKingTCG
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I wish these came with better boosters. I wanted to get the previous ones, but I saw the XY packs and noped. Wonder if these will come with Evolutions or perhaps Steam Siege. Or maybe Sun & Moon since that will be out of rotation by then.
 

Scoop

Literally a sheep
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Cute art.

In before the usual gEnWuNnErS complaining.
"ALL GeN OnE pOkEmOn ShOuLdN't Be PrInTeD, OnLy ObScuRe PoKeMoN, BecAuSe FaNs Of GEn 1 PoPUlAr PokEmON DoN'T DesERve AnythING!!!11!!"

Honestly, as much as I like when obscure Pokemon get printed more, I still think that there has to be a balance of popular Pokemon too. They have fans too, but sometimes I feel like the people who dislike the Pokemon who are popular for that sole reason don't like to consider them. It kinda bothers me, especially with a lot of the good ultra rare representation this era has made. I like to root for both sides, I mean, if there's a cool card of someone obscure that hasn't been printed in years? I'll celebrate, it's always nice seeing someone come back. But if they do a good looking card of a popular pokemon, like Dragonite-GX? If it's a nice looking card then it's a nice looking card-And I'm sure a dragonite fan out there is incredibly happy.
 

paulyd84

cooltrainerpaul
Member
Cute art.

In before the usual gEnWuNnErS complaining.
This gEnWuNnEr approves - not as nice as the previous tins but still nice! Would have prefered them to go Jhoto with 2nd run tbf and take it up a region from there each time!

Will be a s*it mix of boosters thou swear if i open one and find another XY series pack gonna blow my mind...
 

Number51x

Blasting off at the speed of light!
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Eh, they're just sort of out there against a non-descript background just posing. The first one felt much more organic.
 

crystal_pidgeot

Bird Trainer *Vaporeon on PokeGym*
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All this complaining about gen one and I don't see it. Where are my mountains of Pidgey product? I guess I'm not the only one tired of seeing Butterfree everywhere but I do wish they stop printing all the Rhydon cards. Dodrio got a card for the last six sets and got another tin. How about we get a card for Pikachu and Charizard!
 

Scoop

Literally a sheep
Member
I kind of tolerated the gen 1 theme for a while because Jolteon and Zappos are amazing, but this is getting outrageous. The entire C block this year might be only gen 1. It was fine during the ORAS era because of the sets having themes. Want to know something I’m curious about? How even though the sets are getting close to 300 cards, they haven’t moved on from the same set of 153 (Meltan and Melmetal) Pokémon!!! (Sry I just completely raged)

1: Let's Go is out, what do you expect until Sword and Shield??

2: I'd like to point out that the majority of Sky Legends and GG End aren't gen 1 Pokemon, and in fact mostly gen 4 and 5 Pokemon. I counted, 22 from gen 4, and 22 as well from gen 5, while only 18 individual Gen 1 cards, if we include Alolan Forms. You're completely exaggerating that we're "only gen 1" right now. While there's a lot of Kanto focus lately, the last few sets, and a LOT of what we've seen of Miracle Twins has been not gen 1. If you take a look at the lists for Team Up and Unbroken Bonds, they have the majority of gen 1 Pokemon in it. Team Up has a majority, and Unbroken Bonds has a majority, albeit smaller. Looking at what we've seen of GG End and Sky Legend, and the last few reveals of Miracle Twins, we're going to have an even smaller majority of gen 1, if that.

You're implying here that all they've been doing is the original 151, plus Meltan/Melmetal.

This couldn't be farther from the truth.

Some Pokemon are getting their first cards in YEARS. Terrakion and Leavanny come off the top of my head. While a lot of Tag Teams do use Gen 1 Pokemon, they also pair them with Pokemon from other generations-effectively striking a balance of old and new. And if you, again, look at the most recent japanese sets, they're also striking a pretty good balance lately. And I'll always bring this up, but look at a lot of the more obscure Pokemon they're making into Ultra Rares for the past year and a half. Stuff like Venomoth or Shuckle or Magcargo getting Ultras was something that was incredibly unlikely in XY/Early sun and moon.

I'm not going to say Pokemon is without flaw lately, though. I think they've been thematically muddled, especially as of late, and your point on the sets not having much of a theme lately does stand. But I still stand by what I mean in that, since, say, Lost Thunder and Celestial Storm, they've been taking a lot of steps in the right direction. Issues will always be present, like set bloating, but there's a lot they've been doing right in terms of what Pokemon gets to be in what.

As I've said, Let's Go is out. They're trying to cover all of the Kanto ground, which is totally understandable if you think about it-they want to sell products. They're a company, we can't forget this. They're promoting their game with the TCG, and they're promoting the TCG because of their game. Of course they would advertise products like these Kanto tins that have people going like "Oh hey, I played that game, I know who those Pokemon are! I'll buy this!" instead of something like a, say, "Ultimate Stunfisk Power Collection" (which I really want now that I think of it). They're both covering that ground, and yet, also putting in a lot of things that you wouldn't expect in a Let's Go block. Such as an influx of these gen 4 or 5 Pokemon who haven't gotten cards in a long time.

I guess my concluding statement here is that I feel like Pokemon is starting to (keyword STARTING) head into a direction that pleases both sides of the fanbase. As I've said, there's a LOT of flaws with gen 7's TCG. The hyper rares and gold items especially, they're the worst ultra rares ever made. But, you have to acknowledge that Pokemon is a company trying to sell products to the most people, so they have to do a bit of service for the popular Pokemon they know are going to sell.
 

Winkachu

Aspiring Trainer
Member
Problem is that card isn't standard size and basically can't sleeve it in KMC perfect fit. The only reason I didn't buy previous tins mainly because of that issue.
 

The Last Shaymin

Floof
Member
frick im late

i mean i understand printing gen 1, but every time they print a pikachu card, that is a slot that is wasted for an underrepresented pokemon, like sunkern or sunflora.

although i do like the psyduck its pretty cute
 

Frost

Ice/Fairy Stan Account
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Okay but the vast majority of Pikachu cards are wacky promo cards that will never leave Japan anyway. Kind of hard to make cards of Sunkern wearing Uniqlo fashions or ponchos of other Pokemon's skins when Sunkern doesn't even have any limbs!
 

RealArity

Cold Weather-seeker
Member
I ain't gonna lie, I really think that TPCi as a whole (not just the TCG) has been milking Kanto way too much, even accounting for LGPE. That said, I love the tin art, and if not for the concept of having the Pokémon just being embossed on the tin top, I'd consider it worth buying just for the art alone. Naoki's art is great as always!
 
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