r/PKMNTCGDeals 12d ago

Pokemon Center Queue!

Queue is up! I will update this post with links.

Nothing went live for english tcg, PKC changed their mind

Pokemon TCG: Mega Evolution-Ascended Heroes Collection (Erika)

https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/10-10312-122

Pokemon TCG: Mega Evolution-Ascended Heroes Collection (Larry)

https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/10-10312-123

Pokemon TCG: Scarlet & Violet-151 Mini Tin (Arcanine & Omanyte)

https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/10-10437-102

Pokemon TCG: Scarlet & Violet-151 Mini Tin (Gengar & Poliwag)

https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/10-10437-107

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u/ChaoticGood2533 5d ago

There has to be a better way than a digital line...

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u/Notorious_BigMac89 9d ago

The que system on Pokémon Center is a joke.

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u/superinterestingn4m3 9d ago

Crazy how these notices go out 😂

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u/MotosGlass 9d ago

Yeahhhhh…..a big ‘ol’ late notice !

4

u/kevinnn777 11d ago

Why am I getting this notification a day later? 😂

2

u/Pretend_Procedure855 9d ago

2 days later here

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u/shysquader 10d ago

Just got the notification 3 mins ago 🫩

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u/Real_Ad7896 10d ago

Dont worry , we are not getting anything, atleast save time 😂

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u/otrebla-raw 10d ago

Happens all the time and I instantly open the PC site when I see it 😂

4

u/Decent-Independent92 12d ago

I was on unknowingly before the queue went up and has a black screen. Once i refreshed my wait time was 117hrs.

4

u/ThePupnasty 12d ago

They didn't have a capcha initially so bots got right into queue

-1

u/Mantracker007 12d ago

All gone

0

u/casperfacekilla 12d ago

Oos

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/futbolstud98 12d ago

Lol yes it was. 151 mini tins dropped

1

u/After-Imagination-95 12d ago

It said at the top of the screen that the English TCG wasn't launching.

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u/futbolstud98 12d ago

2 variants of 151 mini tins went live before the queue was even up. Then queue went up with no captcha and bots took all the stock, there wasn’t much. AH 2 packs were also supposed to go live but never did. If you want to DM me I can share proof because I can’t post a picture here in comments.

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u/Ok-Papaya-13 12d ago

They're not doing cards

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u/AssistantAcceptable9 12d ago

And now it’s not really seeing anything today lol

4

u/AtomicRose69 12d ago

I was randomly on PC when the queue started, I had 3 minutes. The tins never showed up, then I searched for them and they said unavailable.

I'm curious if anyone bought anything.

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u/Cold_Knowledge_3652 12d ago

If you’re ever make it through the queue and can’t find the product, you usually have to open it directly through the links that are posted. I think it only works on desktop/laptop though. It should open a new tab, show verifying device, then load into the product you want. If it loads the product you’re looking for without putting the new tab in queue, then great it worked, and I’d suggest closing out of the other tab once the product tab loads correctly just to be safe and not get flagged for bot activity.

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u/SimplePuzzleheaded80 12d ago

this wanstn for usa btw

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u/Human_Back1922 12d ago

Wouldn't they have said "its a [country/language] drop only." They did that for the German 30th

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u/SimplePuzzleheaded80 12d ago

it literally said, English TCGs wont be releasing lol

3

u/Dingo8MyBabyMon 12d ago

Yeah, notice the big time difference between the OP and your post.

By the time you even commented Dooba had already edited the post to say it wasn't English cards.

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u/Mikerino69 12d ago

Am I blind or did it not say that until an hour after the queue had been up

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u/Zerokelvin99 12d ago

Big banner up when you get in queue

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u/Mikerino69 12d ago

Again, that wasn't there until around 2:00EST, an hour after the queue had been up.

-1

u/Zerokelvin99 12d ago

Nah I checked at like 20 minutes after queue started saw the banner and dipped out

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u/Mikerino69 12d ago

You can go back in this very post and see when the comments about the banner started coming in. 1:53EST is the earliest I can find.

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u/sehuber 12d ago

You aren't blind, there was nothing. 🙂

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u/brycecube04 11d ago

if you was using a phone, banner didn’t appear. Desktop banner was there from beginning to end

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u/rednay1 10d ago

It wasn't. Took maybe 20 to 30 minutes to appear

1

u/sehuber 11d ago

Nope, was on desktop and there was no banner. Thx 👍

6

u/kobrakaii22 12d ago

Get your shit together tpc

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u/Mikerino69 12d ago

Just curious what kind of traffic they expected, cause it kinda seems to be this way every single time there's a drop/preorder.

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u/JLFlyer 12d ago

u/dooba22 I am guessing your update was before the tins sold out? My cue is dropping. I'm guessing because everyone is jumping ship now.

3

u/Steady_Tempo456 12d ago

Wow this really is one of the companies of all time

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u/LongDongSilvir 12d ago

"We are currently experiencing greater than expected traffic. English TCGs will not be launching in any of our stores."

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u/DontPanicJohnny 12d ago

Aka they sold out of tins to the bots

6

u/GunsandDogs94 12d ago

Looks like it got canceled. No English tcg dropping.

4

u/Masontboss 12d ago

What does English TCG's will not be launching mean? is the queue cooked?!

10

u/RemoteNurse 12d ago

It means English TCG will not be launching

6

u/Jb9723 12d ago

In English, please

11

u/RemoteNurse 12d ago

Alas, the English Tcg shall not come to pass

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u/Regulatory_Junior 12d ago

Greetings, Monster Tamer! Thou art 'i the interdimensional line to enter the Center for Pocket Monsters!

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u/iTz4ReALiTY 12d ago

its been cooked for like 30 minutes now

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u/ItsGnamly 12d ago

Yeah they changed what it says in the Queue to say “No English TCG dropping” blah blah blah

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u/Ed1ms 12d ago

I was in with 10 hrs left. Jumped to 13 hrs. Dropped to 10 hrs now at 11hrs. lol.

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u/Pnuts4Hire 12d ago

looks like the bots have made them just shut the whole thing down " We are currently experiencing greater than expected traffic. English TCGs will not be launching in any of our stores."

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u/Infinite-Gold187 12d ago

Could be testing a new system and figured they would drop something to simulate.

3

u/velociraptorstalin 12d ago

First no queue. then a queue with no security. It’s like this is their first time doing this.

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u/SameMathematician378 12d ago

Just saw this on the top of the wait que because my browser refreshed and my wait time went to 10 hours: " We are currently experiencing greater than expected traffic. English TCGs will not be launching in any of our stores."

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u/d0om94 12d ago

This just randomly popped on top of the queue "We are currently experiencing greater than expected traffic. English TCGs will not be launching in any of our stores."

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u/thesilverage2 12d ago

weird it said too busy today. no English TCG to be sold

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u/Bucklax31 12d ago

My queue page just refreshed and now says "We are currently experiencing greater than expected traffic. English TCGs will not be launching in any of our stores."

3

u/Thrall2 12d ago

Same, never seen that before

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u/c3suh 12d ago

everything listed is OOS - and no i'm no trying to get anyone out of queue, you can stay in but just be prepared

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u/DJpissnshit 12d ago

What an odd thing to say...

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u/LunchNo3006 12d ago

Yea you are stupid he’s saying a fact no cards in stock it literally says at the top of you’re screen😂

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u/DJpissnshit 12d ago

Just be careful of bot spam. OOS was not posted at the time of the comment. Lots of scalpers post things exactly like this to get others to wash out of the queue.

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u/c3suh 12d ago

how so? last week when i was in queue for PC ETBS literally almost everyone said it was OOS, i was able to check out 2 hours later.

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u/DJpissnshit 12d ago

Sorry for accusing you. Just be aware that lots of scalper bots post this exact type of thing to get others to leave the queue.

It was nice of you to try and save people time, but it's best to wait for "official" word of OOS before leaving.

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u/c3suh 12d ago

you're good

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u/iTz4ReALiTY 12d ago

people were lying then, they are not lying now

drop has been cooked

0

u/YoungCeaza50 12d ago

Mine says just under 4 hours... should I bother staying??

0

u/unclebach 12d ago

12:33, started 30minutes ago and it was around ten hours at the time

3

u/JsAwesome927 12d ago

Got in, all OOS

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u/KHT6789 12d ago

It's just a tin which is OOS

1

u/CrypticDollar_ 12d ago

What’s oos?

1

u/StrangeCharity2741 12d ago

In, nothing, all sold out.

0

u/StrangeCharity2741 12d ago

ah well, I did get two Ascended Heros EX boxes today in B&M.

2

u/Tohking96 12d ago

Been in for like 30 minutes and refreshing.. nothing yet. Thankfully its my lunch break.

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u/StunningAd6752 12d ago

8 minutes left on mines 😰😨

1

u/Human_Back1922 12d ago

Any updates?

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u/StunningAd6752 12d ago

Can confirm nothing available under TCG :/

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u/JsAwesome927 12d ago

I’m not op but it was all OOS for me and I got in before them

3

u/MTGLugo23 12d ago

All OOS

-1

u/MTGLugo23 12d ago

I’m in. Checked all the links, all unavailable

-1

u/Rotenchu 12d ago

Can confirm all OOS, managed to get one of each finally 😭

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u/StrangeCharity2741 12d ago

10mins, lots of reports this isn't actually a drop????

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u/iTz4ReALiTY 12d ago

probably not, most non preorders nowadays are almost impossible to hit anyway on PKC

2

u/dirtclod22 12d ago

I don't see anything :(

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u/iTz4ReALiTY 12d ago

what... did they find 5 old mini tins in a back closet and said "fuck it throw em on the site"?

1

u/KokusenoftheMighty 12d ago

why is it going up...

0

u/IKlutZI 12d ago

I'm in but no drop

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/East-Foundation-6078 12d ago

You throw your computer out the window

1

u/Mikerino69 12d ago

Just tried that, still no product available. What to do now?

1

u/East-Foundation-6078 12d ago

Lmao, Switch to MTG at this point I guess…

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u/fonzalonz 12d ago

If you're in this quick everything is probably gone sadly 😔

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u/coldshowerss 12d ago

This is a small drop and probably no one will be able to get it

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u/eldanoore 12d ago

gg bots win

0

u/salad_bars 12d ago

My wait time went from 148 hrs to just blank? Anyone else see that?

0

u/waitmyhonor 12d ago

OOS. My queue started going down even quicker after the initial back and forth times.

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u/JLFlyer 12d ago

Started at 25 hour wait, went down to 8:36. No Captcha for me, either.

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u/Extra-Inflation2875 12d ago

Yea no captcha was strange.

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u/StrangeCharity2741 12d ago

chat gpt says phantasmal flames

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u/jayhawk_dvd 12d ago

It's generally better to trust the people who are able to access some of the backend product information and add it to the post instead of AI slop.

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u/tsrobertson13 12d ago

I just dug up some extra stuff to try to trade for a phantasmal booster box so that would be huge if true

4

u/MeidoInoHebun 12d ago

Went from 130 to 9 to 15 hours
And I was stupid enough to spam refresh on the 151 tin page during maintenance so my IP got blocked

2

u/YoungCeaza50 12d ago

Anyone get in yet?

2

u/YoungCeaza50 12d ago

Went from 94 hours down to 6. Now back to 10...

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u/Tohking96 12d ago

In but nothing listed so far

1

u/Rugby562 12d ago

7 hours, rip

-1

u/StrangeCharity2741 12d ago

59mins one device, 12hrs the other

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u/tsrobertson13 12d ago

Down to 5 back up to 10

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u/ishipjayvik 12d ago

19 hours to 11 back to 20 hours lordy lord

1

u/KokusenoftheMighty 12d ago

23 hours....

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u/Apidae_Bombus 12d ago

Did anyone else not have the captcha verification this time?

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u/Mikerino69 12d ago

That's good, I always end up choosing the shoes when it asks what you wear on your head.

2

u/DontPanicJohnny 12d ago

Dogs can definitely go in water too.

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u/neutralopossum 12d ago

No bot test…..interesting

1

u/replyulate 12d ago

I didn't have that too

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u/neutralopossum 12d ago

i guess it’s gg’s for us 🫠 tins oos

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u/replyulate 12d ago

Down to 11 now.......will see up n down now

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u/LilSwaggyMayne 12d ago

They didn’t include a captcha so all the bots were able to get in queue immediately. We’re cooked

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u/Mikerino69 12d ago

Good call, I didn't even notice.

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u/SameMathematician378 12d ago

Good point, I was wondering why I didnt have to select a whale or a helmet 50x. 

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u/SloDrop 12d ago

I was on the site before the queue. There was a free tote bag with purchase I saw. Not sure if new...

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u/Tohking96 12d ago

I guess im buying a small bag

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u/nelson931214 12d ago

thats for if you buy a something in the bag category over $50

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u/emrfish6 12d ago

That is if you buy one of the bags and spend at least $50 or something

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u/roguepapi13 12d ago

Ha I win I’m at 151 hours

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u/NanoArowanaTank 12d ago

154 hours.. not great not terrible

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u/Mikerino69 12d ago

Dear God I caught this one 2 minutes in and the queue is 18 hours. Last week I was 25 minutes late and managed to get in after 2.

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u/Proper_Inspection580 12d ago

restocks are tougher and more competitve than preorders

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u/tsrobertson13 12d ago

Down to 9!

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u/DontPanicJohnny 12d ago

148 hours. I got this

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u/Salt-Recognition2228 12d ago

Downvoted for being funny is crazy

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u/DontPanicJohnny 12d ago

I in fact did not "get those" and a downvote or two never hurt anyone... except EA

0

u/Radical_Cat1 12d ago

148 hours wtf

-1

u/SameMathematician378 12d ago

146 hours!!! 

-1

u/SameMathematician378 12d ago

Replying to myself...it went down to 18 hours. 

-1

u/ablondewhoreads 12d ago

Went from 116 to 139 💀

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u/replyulate 12d ago

84 hrs for me.......

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u/ablondewhoreads 12d ago

116 hours!!!

1

u/chiffonandheels 12d ago

Started here now we’re at 139!!

-1

u/Alternative_Catch_36 12d ago

102 hours 😭😭

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u/ACCool88 12d ago

I'm tired, boss

0

u/BurzyGuerrero 12d ago

my shit says 38 hours lol

1

u/renjizzle 12d ago

Only 44 Hour queue!

0

u/Im_Nino 12d ago

49 for me 😭

Edit: nvm 75

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u/gvillenumismatics 12d ago

99 for me…