“Shimmering Skyline” Ultra PRO Products Announced

[Water Pokémon Master]

Ultra PRO will be releasing a new line of TCG accessories called “Shimmering Skyline” featuring the Pikachu clones, including Pachirisu, Emolga, Morpeko, and Pawmot.
These will release in the fourth quarter this year. Ultra PRO products never have a specific release date.
As usual, the products feature stock Ken Sugimori artwork.

Card Sleeves

Deck Box

Alcove Click Deck Box

Rubber Playmat

4-Pocket...

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[Yaginku]

This is definitely one of the Ultra Pro products.

 

[Polaris]

Very inspired.

 

[Shinryu]

Looks awkward as heck. I like the skyline background, but plastering it with stock Pokémon images in the foreground just looks weird.

 

[Rex15]

More stock art slapped on a background, LFG!!!

 

[koala cub]

"graphic design is my passion"

 

[ShinyJordeon]

Always the same pokemon.png images. Ugly and uninspired easy money making merch.

 

[Hukutus]

I guess Ultra Pro only has permission to use the stock images in their product lines.

 

[ApricornNut]

Would it KEEL them to get Naoki Saito (or ANYONE on the art team) on the horn to make an actual piece of night skyline artwork?

Or Hitoshi Ariga, since they did that fabulous art for All-Night Party back in the day?

 

[Lacrima]

I HATE seeing stock images clustered onto products.Like come on,give us European folks who don't have a Pokemon center a nice option for once

 

[AvieMoon]

STOCK IMAGE! STOCK IMAGE! STOCK IMAGE PARRRRTTTYYYYYY!

Man I LOVE stock images

 

[Stunky]

Could they atleast bother to put some kind of filter on the art…

 

[Victorsaurus]

Will definitely buy one item just because it has my favorite Pokemon "Pachirisu".
Now which one is less disappointing.

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[Chicken008]

This lazy design is on official products? LOL

 

[Hongo]

That Pikachu stock art turns 20 next year.

Yeeeeeah.

 

[Wolfgirl90]

I have always hated these products. It's always stock photos on bland backgrounds. The worst thing about this is that there is actually good official artwork out there that TPCi just refuses to use.

 

[axelfure]

Wow. UP doesn't even try anymore do they. I saw Mahone's tweet of a mat with the same quality and didn't get the joke at the time. UP is the joke. Pokemon should really partner with Dragon Shield. Imagine the ETB sleeves...

 

[Kurigaru]

Can they stop resorting to slapping stock images on lazy basic backgrounds and calling it a day, like are they even trying to sell these?

Even to younger fans this looks uninspiring and throwaway.
A placeholder image, if you will.