Just give up.
Scalpers are faster than you. They can get to the Target restock long before you can. Other people have more time than you. Retailers continue to botch releases. So even if you get into an online que BestBuy’s or the Pokemon Center’s website will break or let bots clear everything out. You just cannot get product. At least not the product that everyone wants.
And you know it only gets WORSE from here. Prismatic Evolutions was the second phase in the new Pokemania with 151 being the first. 151 got everything going and Prismatic Evolutions ramped things up.
That’s not the end though. We have a Team Rockets set coming up that will blast both Prismatic Evolutions and 151 out of the water with the proverbially team rocket rocket launcher. The fervor for Journey Together, which is objectively a weak set, goes to show you just how insane things are right now.
We really are talking about another Pokemania here. Prices are skyrocketing across the board, people are getting into fights in stores, scalpers are emptying store shelves after every single restock leaving nothing behind for the average collector and kiddo.
This is unsustainable and people are leaving the hobby left and right. Just, gone, poof. That’s not good for The Pokemon Company and it makes the hobbyist community less rich.
So no product, losing collectors, and scalpers everywhere. 2025 is fun.
You just are not going to get product. So give up and get some Sword and Shield from Kroger.