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New Pokemon Funko Pops have been coming at us thick and fast as we turn the final corner towards the holiday season, and now there's another one to potentially add to your collection. Mewtwo has had a Funko Pop! for a while, but now a Pearlescent version of the figure is available exclusively through the Pokemon Center (for now). The Pop! looks the same as the regular Mewtwo figure but has a shimmering pearlescent finish to make it extra special.

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has said it will no longer offer the Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat promo card that ties in with its special Pokémon exhibit due to safety concerns, after scalpers and fans mobbed its gift shop and cleaned out all of its stock in a frenzied scene at the exhibition’s opening on Sept. 28.

Late last month, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam opened a special exhibit in partnership with Pokemon, celebrating its 50th anniversary—and, in a move that's a little unwise in hindsight, also offered a limited-edition Pikachu card in the style of Gogh's piece «Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat».

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has confirmed that it will not be restocking its promotional Pokémon card following «safety and security concerns» for its staff and customers.

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has stopped a Pokémon promotional card giveaway due to what it called “safety and security” concerns for visitors and staff.

The Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam said Saturday it would no longer hand out a prized Pokemon card after the giveaway sparked crushes by "scalpers" reselling it for exorbitant prices. Launched with great fanfare last month to mark the museum's 50th anniversary, the collaboration with Pokemon aimed to inspire younger visitors and included exhibitions on the artist's links with Japan.

Well, this is just Trubbish. The Van Gogh Museum, which recently held a Pokemon collab that got a bit hectic, announced it will no longer distribute its Pikachu promo card at the physical exhibit starting October 14. If you want the Pikachu in Grey Felt Hat collaboration card, you’ll have to shop online for a qualifying purchase.

What was supposed to be an adorable collaboration card for the with Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum became a chaotic frenzy for collectors and scalpers who wanted to get a copy of the special Van Gogh Pikachu card. On September 28, 2023, when The Pokémon Company debuted its collaboration collection with the museum, scalpers swarmed in to claim the cards, so they could be resold at exorbitant rates online rather than allowing true fans to be able to get access to them as intended. The Van Gogh collection merchandise was entirely sold out within the first 24 hours of the exhibit's opening, and promo cards were out of stock in minutes online.

Before you know it, we'll be celebrating Elden Ring's second anniversary, and the Game of the Year winner is as popular now as it has ever been. That's before its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has even dropped. No word yet on when that'll be here, probably not in time for the holidays, but there is a way to satisfy your Elden Ring wants and needs before then. By pre-ordering the two new action figures in the Bandai Spirits Figuarts collection.

If you missed out on the special Pikachu card inspired by the Van Gogh Museum the last time, don't worry! The Pokemon Company is giving fans another shot. This card, known as "Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat," is part of a unique collaboration between the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Pokemon world. They're showcasing a special exhibition that will run until 2024, and there's a range of cool merchandise available, including that elusive Pikachu card.

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Amazon's Big Deal Days event is upon us. Two days during which Prime subscribers are subjected to a deluge of deals on just about everything imaginable. Video games, controllers, plushes, and more. That more includes Funko Pops, and there are a lot of them available for less right now. Perhaps most notably Pokemon Pops with three of them having their prices cut to just $5.