Pokemon Center Oishii Mizu Merchandise Released In Japan

The Pokemon Center in Japan just released some new merchandise. This campaign is called “Oishii Mizu” which translates into “Delicious Water” in English.

There are many new items with a Water Type Pokemon theme. Several Pokemon characters are featured in this campaign including Popplio, Luvdisc, Piplup, Marill, Froakie, Mudkip, Totodile, Oshawott, Squirtle and Psyduck.

This is the 3rd collaboration campaign between the Pokemon Center and famous Japanese designer F*Kaori. The previous two campaigns were called “Saiko soda” and “Mix Au Lait” and featured other Pokemon characters in a similar stlye.

This time the merchandise includes plush mascots, cups, iPhone cases, bottle holder, towels, keychians, pass case, coin case, stickers, file folder, orange jam tarts in collector tin, gashapon vending machine figures and more.

These products are quite limited, but you can buy them on Pokevault while supplies lasts.

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Pokemon Episode summary : Pokemon Scent-Sation

By TokoyamiTheDark

Ash, Misty and Brock finally arrives at Celadon City, for Ash’s fourth badge, the Rainbow badge. Then they enter a perfume shop, where Brock and Misty both tries different perfumes. Ash counters that what they are doing is a complete waste of time and money, which shocks the kimono girls in the shop. Then, the shop’s owner, a Geisha girl with make-up, kicks Ash out of the shop for what he said about the perfume. Misty and Brock follows him, as Ash decides to go to the Gym to get his fourth Badge, the Rainbow badge. As he enters the Gym, he is stamped with a big, red ‘X’ stamp by mad girls who witnessed what happened at the perfume shop, for as the perfume is made in the Gym itself! Usually, only girls may enter, but on some conditions, boys can also enter. Brock and Misty are welcomed inside the Gym. Meanwhile, Team Rocket decides to enter the Gym to steal all of the perfume, but gets kicked out of the gym at the next moment. Ash, peeking at he gym’s windows, sees the Gym Leader, but is astonished as he recognizes her : she’s the Geisha girl that owns the perfume shop! Sitting with a Gloom telling stories to people including Brock and Misty, Ash then crosses paths with Team Rocket, who gets an excellent idea to help Ash sneaking into the Gym ; disguising him as a girl! As for Jessie and James, they disguise themselves as typical adults and put their plans on work ; they will pretend to be the parents of Ash (nicknamed Ashley) wanting her to be registered in the Gym. So, they enter the Gym, and everything is OK. Misty, Brock, and Pikachu still recognizes Ash despite his disguise, and looks in a funny way at him.In front of Erika, Ash reveals his disguise and asks her for a Pokemon Battle. She gladly accepts, and, as a Grass-type Gym Leader, she mainly uses Pokemon like Tangela, Weepinbell and, of course, her Gloom. With Erika being distracted by the match, Team Rocket manages to find all of the perfumes stored in a safe. However, perfumes are very sensitive to combustibles, and the whole gym soon gets blazed in an intense fire! Team Rocket has fled with the ‘secret’ perfume, while Brock’s and Misty’s Pokemon tries to extinguish the fire. Erika suddenly remembers that she forgot her Gloom inside the Gym! Ash runs inside, as hasty as always, and, after a while, finds Gloom. However, it releases an horrid stench, and, after many attempts at grabbing it, Gloom let itself being grabbed by Ash, who exit the Gym safe and sound ; Ash came out only with a few burn scars. As for Gloom, it is doing very well, and has no major wounds caused by the fire. To commemorate the courage of Ash for saving Gloom’s life , Erika gives him the Rainbow Badge, but then, Ash suddenly remembers Team Rocket’s plans to steal all the perfume. Erika tells him to not worry, as what they stole was not the perfume at all, but the extremely stinky nectar of Gloom, the main ingredient for perfumes. OOPS! Erika had the perfume with her since all of this, and the scene the skips to Team Rocket, thinking they stole the real deal. But as they open the bottle, an intense stench comes out, enough harsh to make Team Rocket cry. That was Gloom’s honey and not perfume at all. Looks like Team Rocket’s blasting off again…while purely stinking!

 

Detective Pikachu Movie Merchandise Released In Japan

The Pokemon Centers in Japan released a bunch of Detective Pikachu movie goods to correspond to the worldwide release of the Detective Pikachu movie.

There are all kinds of movie themed goods including 3 sizes of Detective Pikachu plushies (Lifesize, medium and mascot), Ludicolo plushie, Psyduck  plushie, iPhone covers, pin badges, keychains, coffee mug, stickers, mens underwear, towels, socks and more….

Some of the items sold out the first day at some of the Pokemon Centers, but you can still get most of the items on Pokevault while supplies lasts.

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Pokemon Center Everyone Wobbuffet Campaign

The Pokemon Centers is Japan have a new campaign going on. Its called “Everyone Wobbuffet”. Wobbuffet, Eevee, Pikachu, Combee, Audino and Ditto are featured in a variety of Wobbuffet themed goods.

There are plush toys, plush mascots, socks, keychains, iPhone cases, mug, candy tins, pin badges, stickers, notebook, post it notes, file folder, tote bag, drawstring bag, towels and more. You can still get them on Pokevault while supplies lasts.

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Pokemon Center Pikachu Night Parade Figures Released In Japan

The Pokemon Centers in Japan released the 3rd series of Pikachu limited edition figures today. This time the series is called “Pikachu Night Parade“.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Pokemon Center Pikachu figures, they are small figures that are only sold at the Pokemon Centers in Japan. Each box comes with one random figure. There are 10 different figures in the series.

Let me introduce all 10 figures in the series…..

Figure #1 (Star)

Figure #2 (Pajamas)

Figure #3 (The First Star)

Figure#4 (HotMilk)

Figure #5 (Mareep)

Figure#6 (Lights)

Figure#7 (Goodnight Eevee)

Figure#8 (Goodnight Pikachu)

Figure#9 (Candle)

Figure#10 (Jirachi)

Each figure stands about 1.5″ (4cm) tall and comes on a base. You can line up the figures in a row by lining up the bases.

This is the 3rd series. the first series was called “Pikachu Parade” and the 2nd series was called “Pikachu Seaside”. The previous 2 series are out of production, but you can still find them in limited quantity on Pokevault.

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Mewtwo & Mew Campaign Merchandise Released in Japan

The Mewtwo & Mew campaign was officially released today in Japan. This is our first look at some of the new merchandise from the new movie “Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution” that will be hitting the movie theaters in Japan, in mid July, 2019.

There is lots of cool new merchandise featuring Mewtwo and Mew. There is a lifesize Mew plush toy, large Mewtwo poseable plush toy,  iPhone covers (3 types), cup, stickers, drawstring bag, file folders (2 types),  towels, bags, tshirt and more……

these items are very limited and will be long sold out before the Pokemon movie hits the theaters, but you can still get them on Pokevault while supplies lasts.

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Flying With Latias & Latios Campaign Goods

The Flying With Latias & Latios Campaign goods were officially released today at the Pokemon Centers in Japan. The campaign features mostly Latias, Latios & Pikachu in a variety of merchandise.

Here is a list of all the merchandise released:

Latias Plush Toy
Latios Plush Toy
Latias Plush Mascot
Latios Plush Mascot
Latias Hand Towel
Latios Hand Towel
Latias & Latios Mini Bath Towel
Latias & Latios File Folder (2 Versions)
Latias & Latios Mirror
Latias & Latios 3D Stickers
Latias & Latios iPhone 6/6s/7/8 Cover
Latias & Latios Spiral Notebook
Latias Cup
Latios Cup
and MORE…..

These items were very popular in Japan. They were released on the last weekend of Japanese Spring Break, so they are sure to sell out soon. You can of course buy them on Pokevault while supplies lasts.




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Pokemon Cable Bites Vol. 3 & 4 Released In Japan

Pokemon “Sleeping on the Cable” cable bites Vol. 3 & 4 were released simultaneously today in Japan. There are 5 new characters in each set.

For those of you who do not know what a cable bite is, a cable bite is a plastic figure that attaches to your iphone cable. The figures come blind packaged, so you had to open them up to see which figure was inside.

Vol. 3 features Eevee, Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon & Sylveon.

Vol. 4 features Eevee, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon & Glaceon.

This is the 3rd and 4th series of sleeping cable bites. The first series featured Umbreon, Eevee, Espeon, Alolan Vulpix, Vulpix & Pikachu. The second series featured Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pichu, Mew & Sylveon.

Cable bites are extremely popular and sell out really fast, but you can still get them while supplies lasts on Pokevault. There are also several other types of cable bites available with many more of your favorite Pokemon characters,  so there is something for everyone.

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Japanese Gashapon Nuku Nuku Time Pokemon Figures

There is a new series of Pokemon figures that was just released in Japan called “Nuku Nuku Time” gashapon figures. For those of you not familiar with gashapon figures, they are only sold in vending machines in Japan. They are also called “gatcha gatcha” figures. Each figure comes in a random plastic capsule with a paper insert.

They are absolutely adorable. Each figure is playing with a ball of yarn. There was 5 figures in the set: Pikachu, Litten, Mimikyu, Nagisa (Lana’s Eevee) & Alolan Vulpix.

Pikachu

Litten

Mimikyu

Nagisa (Lana’s Eevee)

Alolan Vulpix

This is our 2nd official look at Lana’s Eevee “Nagisa”. The first glimpse of Nagias was released in the Takara Tomy Chupa figure series that were sold in the Pokemon Center and a handful of stores throughout Japan.

These figures were only sold in Japan and tend to sell out in the machines very quickly, but you can still get them on Pokevault while supplies lasts.

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Thunderbolt Project Black Pikachu Large Plushies REAL VS. FAKE!

The Thunderbolt Project Black Pikachu was a collaboration between FRGMT and Pokemon. It featured Pokemon designs by  Hiroshi Fujiwara.  The event was held on October 20, 2018, in Tokyo. At the event there was tshirts, sweatshirts, bags, and more for sale. The Black Pikachu plushies were used for displays, but were never put up for sale. When the event was over, they were given to some staff and other people with ties to the event. There were 2 versions:

STANDING VERSION

SITTING VERSION

The plushies are a jet black color and are quite large. Each plushie comes with a Thunderbolt Project drawstring bag

The tush tag has a red and black Thunderbolt Project logo on the front.

And the Thunderbolt Project logo on the back.

Some of you might have seen these on Ebay or Amazon for very cheap. UNFORTUNATELY those are fakes/bootlegs.

The authentic Black Pikachu is much larger than the fake one and the color should be jet black. The fake Pikachu is gray. In addition to the fake Pikachu having an oddly oval shaped head, you will also notice that the tush tag is different.

And this is where it just gets downright embarrassing for the makers of this fake.

They put a Pokemon Center tag on it. It was NEVER for sale at the Pokemon Center. And the tag says 2016!!!! The event wasnt even until 2018.
I made a video showing the difference between the authentic Pikachu and the fake Pikachu.


There was VERY few authentic Black Pikachus made, so they wont be around for long. You can find them on Pokevault while supplies lasts.

 

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