Summary
- Pokemon TCG boxes were reportedly returned to Walmart and resold, sparking concerns of tampering and potential scalping.
- The Journey Together set introduced over 180 new cards emphasizing the bond between Pokemon and trainers.
- Valuable cards like Lillie's Clefairy EX can sell for over $180 online.
A person claiming to be a Walmart employee has reported that someone returned more than 40 Pokemon Trading Card Game boxes to their store, all of which have since been resold. The Pokemon Trading Card Game boxes were from the Journey Together set and were all sealed in plastic, but there is concern from the collectible card game's community that someone may have opened, inspected, and potentially replaced the contents before resealing and returning them.
Pokemon TCG's Journey Together set was originally released in Japan on January 24 and made its English-language debut in Europe and North America on March 28. Introducing more than 180 new cards to the one-on-one tabletop card battler, this set puts a strong emphasis on the connection between Pokemon and their trainers.
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According to one person, who claims to be a Walmart employee and posts on Reddit under the username PossibilityMundane, a branch of the store recently accepted a return of more than 40 sealed boxes of the Journey Together set and resold all of them within a span of 24 hours. Accepting returns of trading cards goes against the store's policy, and the alleged employee noted that store management reminded other employees of that policy after the returns had already been accepted. While hard to confirm, this story carries a possibility of Pokemon Trading Card Game scalping, with many people responding to the original post assuming that the original purchaser had resealed the boxes with plastic after rifling through their contents in a search for high-value cards.
Potential Scalper Returns a Ton of Pokemon TCG Cards to Walmart
Journey Together cards featuring monsters from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet may not be as popular in the trading card game's community as some other recent releases, but they can still be quite valuable, with cards like Lillie's Clefairy EX selling online at an estimated value of more than $180. Other high-value cards in the set include Salamence EX, N's Zoroark EX, and Iono's Bellibolt EX, which sell for estimated values in the $80 to $110 range.
If true, this could be the second documented case of an attempted card scalping operation at a major retail store in as many weeks. Near the end of April, news surfaced of a Pokemon TCG scalper stash discovered at a Target store. In that case, unopened packs of Journey Together cards were discovered concealed in a for-sale wooden crate in the store's home goods section rather than their usual place in the store. Fortunately, the person reporting that story stated the card packs were quickly snatched up by individual fans and parents of fans of the card game rather than ending up with a scalper.
- Franchise
- Pokemon
- Original Release Date
- October 20, 1996
Pokemon TCG (Trading Card Game) is a collectible and strategy based card game based on Nintendo's Pokemon franchise. Two players face off against one another, battling one Pokemon at a time and attempting to knock them out to claim one of six prize cards. The cards have also become highly collectible with some in particular selling for thousands of dollars.
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