Pokemon Cards Coming to General Mills Cereal

[muhkurt]

Why do I have the feeling that Canada is getting screwed and not getting these haha

[melchior]

So here’s the breakdown. Every box contains one mini booster pack. Every mini booster pack contains a leaflet and 3 cards, one of which is a guaranteed Holo.
Here’s an overview on a “Family Size” Walmart cereal box, showing all 13 cards you can collect:

Here’s an overview on a regular size cereal box, showing only 12 out of the total 13 cards you can collect:

A close-up of the Holos:

And finally here’s the Walmart “Family Size”-exclusive Bulbasaur, which is a Holo reprint of its Shining Legends artwork:

[mthursty]

Seems like I’ll need to add this Pikachu and bulbasaur to my shining legends master set!

[e2d2]

@churlocker

@genosha

Just… why Cubone?! I can understand Eevee, since it’s Nintendo secondary (and yet unnecessary) Pokemon mascot, but they could’ve easily fitted all 3 Kanto starters, Pikachu and Eevee on pack. And just, why Cubone?! Did I miss something and he became the fan favourite overnight?

@e2d2 is hurt you’d even have to ask tbh

Por fin! There are other cute Pokémon in Gen 1 besides Eevee. Cubone finally gets his deserved time to shine!!

@benoit489

@genosha

Just… why Cubone?! I can understand Eevee, since it’s Nintendo secondary (and yet unnecessary) Pokemon mascot, but they could’ve easily fitted all 3 Kanto starters, Pikachu and Eevee on pack. And just, why Cubone?! Did I miss something and he became the fan favourite overnight?

Cubone has suffered greatly at the hands of its creator, just look at all the depressing artwork. Hopefully this is their first step towards making things right with our little orphan friend.

The sadder the cuter! Good point though. His cards have been either sad or stoic, but a happy Cubone loving life (I’m imagining him on the beach with his Southern Island friends) would be so different and super cute.

Edit: also, I know I’m super biased, but I really like the art style and the scene on this card. The softness of the colors and the sort of milky/watery lines and then the story being told with so few details makes it really dynamic. Maybe that’s (actually) one of the reasons they chose it!

[chopkins1994]

My local Walmart had a few boxes of trix. Should I open it? I really like the pack art!

[genosha]

I was checking eBay earlier today to see if the Bulbasaurs had surfaced yet. Holy mother of Pokemon! What’s with those prices!? $20-30 for a reprint in a cornflakes box?!

[chopkins1994]

@genosha

I was checking eBay earlier today to see if the Bulbasaurs had surfaced yet. Holy mother of Pokemon! What’s with those prices!? $20-30 for a reprint in a cornflakes box?!

Yeah I checked just now. One sold at $25 and another OBO sold. Ride the bubble! Lol I think there were about 5 boxes at Walmart, at $4 each I’ll buy them all and sell a bulbasaur if I get one for $20 and have 5 free boxes of cereal!