宝可梦中心以史上最差的30周年TCG掉落戏弄粉丝
Pokémon Center Trolls Fans With Worst 30th Anniversary TCG Drop Yet
宝可梦中心10月15日的30周年TCG掉落堪称史上最差，实际仅上架迷你罐而非粉丝期待的超高级收藏盒。迷你罐建议零售价9.99美元，含2包卡牌，共8种可选，最多得16包，但需排队数小时且结账易出错。反机器人机制可能误封用户，作者批评此次购物体感糟糕。
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Published Oct 15, 2026, 1:42 PM EDT
Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku, where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she served as the Culture Editor at Polygon, and as a reporter at The Verge. Hernandez specializes in Pokémon TCG, Nintendo, and offbeat internet culture stories.
Pokémon fans were hoping for the Ultra Premium Collection from the 30th Anniversary TCG set
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On Thursday, Pokémon restock Discord servers were buzzing with rumors that The Pokémon Center might drop its hyped 30th Anniversary Ultra Premium Collection. The whispers were real, but what TPC actually dropped was not what anyone was expecting.
If you're willing to sit in a queue for many hours, you, too, could have the privilege of purchasing one (1) 30th Anniversary mini tin. The tins are cute, and they come with some nice artwork and stickers. The tins contain only two packs.
This TPC drop is marked at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $9.99, which is a steal compared to the tags at major retailers like Target or local card shops. But is staring at Psyduck for eight hours just to get two packs worth it?
The good news is that users can purchase multiple types of tins. There are eight possible tins, which could potentially mean an upper limit of 16 packs. Yet even in that scenario, this drop remains awful. First off, why is TPC selling tins randomly, which are already out in the wild, and not doing pre-orders for the UPC, which is out in a couple of weeks?
More critically, every individual listing represents another set of clicks that could flag the user and get them banned from the website. TPC's anti-bot features are aggressive, but they are not always successful at capturing the intended reseller targets. Multiple listings for what are essentially the same product also increases how much time a user has to spend before checking out the cart. As veterans know, successfully adding a single item to a TPC cart is notoriously difficult during an active drop. Users who try and get everything are more likely to encounter errors or, worse, watch those items sell out.
What is the Pokémon Center dropping on Oct. 15?
Anyway, if you're still determined to cop 30th Anniversary at reasonable prices, these are the available tins:
- Greninja
- Night Pikachu
- Mewtwo
- Umbreon
- Zapdos
- Moltres
- Mew
- Lapras
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