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Walmart debuted a free purchase lottery with the August 31 Prismatic Evolutions ETB drop, requiring entrants to provide payment and shipping details before winners are selected.
Walmart’s first drawing covered a $69 Prismatic Evolutions Eevee ETB on August 31; verified entrants were randomly selected, with orders placed automatically for winners.
The Aug. 31 drawing offers selected customers a $69.99 Eevee-themed Prismatic Evolutions ETB, with an option to place the order automatically.
The Aug. 31 drawing offers a chance to buy the $69.99 Eevee-themed Prismatic Evolutions ETB, with winners optionally authorizing Walmart to place the order automatically.
Walmart's Aug. 31 drawing offers a $69.99 Prismatic Evolutions ETB, with sign-ups opening at 6 p.m. PDT and selected customers charged automatically.
Amazon lists the Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box at $198.96, saving $21.03 off the $219.99 list price, with delivery available from September 2.
Amazon is selling randomly selected Prismatic Evolutions Mini Tins for $47.99, above TCGplayer’s roughly $35–$40 listings; each tin contains two booster packs, an Eevee coin and an art card.
Pokémon Center opened an Aug. 17 queue for ETB bundles from Brilliant Stars, Destined Rivals and Prismatic Evolutions, with the hottest products expected to sell out quickly.
Fans report Target removing shrink wrap from Pokémon products in stores and online, including Prismatic Evolutions ETBs, leaving sealed inventory worth less on the resale market.
Fans report Target is removing or cutting shrink wrap in stores and on online orders, including Prismatic Evolutions ETBs, to reduce products’ resale appeal; Target has not confirmed the policy.
Fans report Target is removing or cutting shrink wrap on in-store and online orders, including Prismatic Evolutions ETBs, leaving affected products worth less on the sealed resale market.
Some shoppers report Target staff removing or cutting shrink wrap, including on Prismatic Evolutions ETBs and online orders, to reduce sealed-product resale value; Target has not confirmed the policy.
Fans report Target employees removing shrink wrap from Prismatic Evolutions ETBs under an alleged corporate directive, reducing their resale value by making tampering impossible to rule out.
Target is cutting shrink wrap on in-store and online Pokémon TCG orders, including Prismatic Evolutions products; one cut reportedly damaged the collection box itself.
The 99-yuan ($15) blind boxes launch in China on August 7 with a foil card and booster pack; the rare sleepy Eevee figure has improved 1-in-80 odds.
Near Mint Slowpoke from Stellar Crown leads the July 7 ranking at $5.62 reverse holo and $4.44 normal, driven by competitive demand and unusually few marketplace listings.
Amazon UK opened invite-only access to Chaos Rising and Phantasmal Flames ETBs for £44.99 each, plus a Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle for £21.29; requests are not guaranteed.
Amazon is selling Chaos Rising ETBs for £79.99 with nine booster packs, while Prismatic Evolutions ETBs are restocked at $179—over $30 below TCGplayer pricing.
The brothers stole £62,000 in cards from Celestial Collectables and targeted other UK stores before police traced their van and recovered the stock. Keith Johnson received 29 months in prison.
Amazon lists the Chaos Rising ETB at $79.99, $39 below list and just $0.30 above its all-time low; TCGplayer listings start lower at $73.99 shipped.