RIP Van Gogh, he would’ve loved Pokémon

I might be about to make an embarrassing confession here, but based on the other kids with a shared interest in the Pokemon TCG when I was at school in the late '90s, I don't think I'm alone. When I first got into Pokemon cards along with what felt like everyone else about 25 years ago, I had no idea how to actually play the game. I was only interested in filling my folder with rare and shiny cards. If only something like My First Battle had been around to lend me and my friends a helping hand back then.

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Scalpers have been spotted on sites such as Ebay reselling merchandise from the Pokémon Center Van Gogh Museum collaboration which began last week.

The collaboration between Pokemon and the Van Gogh Museum has been a disaster, at least for anyone wanting to pick up some merch legitimately. The event was meant to last until January next year, but all of the merch has already sold out both online and in-person. Worse yet, scalpers are now cashing out, trying to flog their Pokemon cards and other merchandise on eBay for hundreds of dollars at a time.

If you've seen what happened when Pokemon teamed up with Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum, you don't need me to tell you about the frenzy new Pokemon merchandise is capable of whipping up. That's why every time Pokemon's squishmallows are in stock somewhere, they tend to disappear pretty quickly. If you've been on the hunt for the latest two Pokemon to be added to the squishmallow collection, and you're seeing this in time, you might be in luck.

The Pokémon Company says it is «actively working on ways» to restock its Pokémon x Van Gogh Museum collection after scalpers promptly cleaned out the limited edition items.

The Pokémon Company has apologised to fans after scalpers besieged the Van Gogh Museum earlier this week, buying up most of the Pokémon Center x Van Gogh special edition products and almost immediately selling them for heavily inflated prices on online auction sites.

The Pokémon Company has apologised after scalpers appeared to spoil a planned collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

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It never fails to amaze me when massively popular companies host events with products they know will be massively popular with their base, but then act surprised when the event is, surprise, massively popular. That mostly sums up what happened with the recent Pokemon Center x Van Gogh Museum event, resulting in an apology from the the official Pokemon Twitter.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

Pokemon has done some rather creative collaborations over the years, and their most recent involves working with the world-famous Van Gogh Museum to celebrate the museum’s 50th anniversary and help teach young people about Van Gogh and his art.