Mayhem Breaks Out At Costco Pokémon TCG Restock
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- A large crowd of 30 to 40 people descended into chaos at a Costco parking lot while trying to buy restocked Prismatic Evolution Pokémon cards, resulting in drinks thrown, cards ruined, and a car driving into a shopping cart.
- The Prismatic Evolution set is highly sought after and rare, with scalpers often buying up new stock before regular customers, leading to intense competition whenever new shipments arrive.
- The incident escalated when a man attempted to fill a shopping cart with boxes of cards, prompting others to throw coffee over the cart, followed by a car driving into it and spilling the boxes.
- Police, already present at the scene, pursued and apprehended the driver who caused the disturbance.
- Costcos across North America have received large shipments of Prismatic Evolution cards, frustrating independent card stores that have supported The Pokémon Company for decades but now struggle to obtain stock amid the current scalping bubble.
