There was no Pokken Tournament poster for us.
So is there supposed to be another one of these a couple months or so down the line?
Well the reason why was because of our local Nintendo rep being there. I have no idea how these reps come about. He was just handing out random posters that he had an excess of.
Someone had asked that and she had told all of us that it was this website that she heard about these promos from. I actually heard about it through a "mom's" website. Freebie mailer that tells about all free giveaways and coupons. lol
Canada seems to have it best. They get a new promo card every month. From the Nintendo rep, he just said "They did not tell us anything so I would just look out for it."
We have it better than Brazil. They have to actually buy stuff to get the Pikachu card.
I was able to pick up a few pairs of the promos, so that was pretty cool.
However, it was disappointing to me that the date and promos for the next giveaway were not announced on the back of the activity booklet like last time.
Oh well. Can't wait for the information to be revealed!
I do not want to get your hopes down; however, I think the reason why is because this was the last one. Why would they advertise in Canada that they get a promo card every month; however, for the U.S., they just give us two dates? I mean maybe there may be more; however, I highly doubt it. They would have just given us what they gave to Canada.
how is magikarp playable??
There is one youtuber by the name of GiritinaTCG, who uploaded a video of what he received from the promos thus far and he mentions that magikarp is still playable if you are trying to evolve it in battle. It is actually better than Pikachu and Clefairy as you would need to get 2 energies before either of them could use a damaging attack. Of course for Magikarp, he only has 30 hp. You would have to hope that Pikachu does not get that heads to deal another 10 damage on top of the 20 for his second move. For Meowth and Magikarp, they just need an energy and a heads.
If we were just fighting with these cards alone, in terms of ranking, it would go Pikachu (because of the paralysis) with Nuzzle and it's 20-30 hp attack, then Clefairy (because it can heal and do up to 20 damage a turn), Magikarp (it would take Pikachu two turns to kill the Magikarp, if the player never got heads on the first attack) and Meowth because it can dish out 30 attack, but it also hurts itself, if tails.
Toys R Us employee here.
Literally not a single person will care if you're a kid or not. Just go and ask, tell 'em you're a collector or something. If someone gives you a hard time, ask for a manager. Managers will bend over backwards to make customers happy, it's ridiculous (granted in this case it's not a big deal whatsoever).
For those of you going, this will be happening in one of two locations:
- Right at the entrance, can't miss it. For events like this there's usually a table set up right at the front door.
- In the back area where the video games are. Same deal, look for a table.
Just be aware, they're typically pretty strict when it comes to limits on how much a single customer can take. Don't get mad, there's gotta be enough for everyone.
For the promo today, the table was in Babies R Us because the Toys R Us is connected to one. I would not have known it was Pokemon related if the line did not grow and yes, it is basically like meal time. Everyone goes through once and if you are still waiting, which I was because they also had a drawing for Jirachi, I just asked for another set. They had two boxes, half filled, with meowth and clefairy cards! I just had to be the ungreedy one and only take seconds. :'( The Nintendo rep said the rest would be destroyed.
Luckily I live in Canada so I won't have to deal with worrying about the limitations. I just hope we get the 151 Poster too...
If it makes you feel any better, I had no idea they were having a promotion for Pokemon until today. I missed out on the 151 poster and the backside where they had every Pokemon game ever played, except for Moon and Sun.
A lot of the kids will probably be disappointed the poster only features the original 151 Pokémon as well.
That was what I was thinking. When I was a kid, I had one of those posters from universal studios that had all 150! Then again, the Pokemon after the 2nd generation became lamer, I thought.
Nope. Usually they should just give it once to each person that asks for it. Other than that - there should be no reason for someone to demand more than 2 at most. I mean I'd go with friends just to ask them to pick some extra up for me for a playset but other than that.... I'm just happy with the one that I got.
If you wait and then ask, they may. I was able to get two sets of Meowth and Clefairy. Two half filled boxes of those cards are going to get destroyed because I did not want to be too greedy over wanting more.
What kind of holo pattern do these promos have?
Oh dear, looks like I'm going to have to spend more gas money on common cards. No matter, I usually pick up a bunch of packs when I'm there anyway, should be fun for a Saturday
Odd thing I encountered when I was picking up my Magikarp promo: The holo pattern for the three I picked out were unique. Generally they resemble bubbles but they didn't seem to be exactly alike. I scanned the rest on the table and from what I could see, it was like that for all of them?
Curious.
Straight holo on the Meowth and same with the Clefairy, with the stars around Clefairy sparkling yellow.
That would be a good sale, if they actually had the Jirachi figure and plush for sale....
They had a drawing for that today
