Tiny Violins At The Ready, Pokémon Scalpers Are Upset About New Expansion's Profitability | Switch Plaza News

Tiny Violins At The Ready, Pokémon Scalpers Are Upset About New Expansion's Profitability | Switch Plaza News

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Tiny Violins At The Ready, Pokémon Scalpers Are Upset About New Expansion's Profitability

Nintendo Life · 23 September 2026

Boo hoo. The Pokémon Trading Card Game 30th Anniversary expansion launched last week on 16th September, and the release was expectedly messy. Launch day saw lengthy queues outside stores in the early hours of the morning, cancelled and delayed pre-orders, and, most infuriating of all, select individuals sitting on huge hoards of stock, preventing anyone else from getting involved. Well, get your tiny violins out and prepare to play the saddest song you can muster, because it seems that the new set isn't shaping up to be quite as profitable as the scalpers were hoping, and they're not happy abo…

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