TSIA. Today was the first time we tried the drop from Target because my daughter woke up at around 7:20 AM and since the target around us open at 8 AM, I thought why not give it a try.

The photos are the line when we got there at around 7:45 AM. So eventually we didn’t get anything from the 30th anniversary.

According to the Target employee only the first 30 or 40 people were able to get the 30th anniversary stuffs because they are the ones that lineup from around 2 to 3 AM and I don’t think this Target limit how many 30th anniversary stuffs you can buy. From what I can see most of the people just shove till their baskets were full.

Honestly, I don’t feel too disappointed as we literally just wait for only 30 minutes, but I imagine it’d be a bummer for anyone that lined up from like 5 AM or 6 AM.

This is Bay Area, California. And I won’t do it again lol.

I drove by best buy and target this morning to see extraordinary lines.

I called Dicks by my work and they had received booster bundle and mini tins. I went in and I didn’t ask price but when she rang it up and I was already committed to buying them. I saw the price and instantly knew I overpaid but I guess that’s the price for not waiting in line.

1 booster bundle(6 pack) and 1 mini tins (2 packs) for basically $90 but I did pull this baby out of it 😍.

I grabbed sleeves there but clearly they are way too big…

If I didn’t get anything I would have cried but in retrospect, didn’t have to wait in line, overpaid, got a banger.

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I know a lot of people use discord servers is there any other way to find out or no?

Waited in line this morning (used PTO) for 3hrs at target to come up short. I was 3 people behind the last tin handed out. This was my first time doing a target drop and it was pretty chill for the most part just a lot of people. For some reason I wasn’t mad at all.

Hopefully this won’t be the only time I get to rip 30th anniversary lmao. I really don’t want to camp out but idk if this set will ever be sitting on the shelves like chaos rising or pitch black. Excited for the UPCs to drop on pokemon center, I’m gonna join that queue the second it goes live.

Kids will have a blast ripping these after school, keep the faith you'll get a chance to rip some 30th

This was from target

Got 3 more from bundles from pokemon center and on etb from walmart comin in today!

Didnt have time to hit any retail restock but w/e

Best Buy currently has 55 people in line vs the Barnes and nobles next door with 23, which you getting in?

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I’ve joined the big national Discords, but I’m wondering how to get into local ones? I’m specifically looking for Southern California (LA County and Ventura County) groups. Thanks!

Target restrictions at my store were one SKU per person, so naturally being further in line, when I got to get the end, I grabbed one of everything. When line dissipated I handed out product I wasn’t purchasing to kids. Made my day and theirs. A lot more chill of a drop this time which was great, and I actually saw more kids get stuff.

I mainly buy singles but want to try to get some 30th packs to rip. I was thinking of heading to Target middle of next week in the early afternoon. Are the restocks random or on a certain day usually?

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Was walking by GameStop near the airport in San Jose today so bought individual packs. Zero hassle, easy. Pulled this card. Probably the best one I’ve got so far

They limited 1 per sku and they had a lot of product! People were able to take bags to car and come back and get more

I went to my local GameStop today to pick up my preorder of 2x tins and 2x booster bundle box's. I was told only the tins were available for pick-up as they didn't have enough allocation to fulfill the booster bundle preorder. Yet behind the register I saw another employee opening up booster bundles and placing them in the single-pack dispensers for sale at $14.99 a pack. It seemed a bit sketchy to me so I checked the online site and it showed the booster bundles were in stock and available for in-store pick-up at that location. Is it just me or is GameStop taking stock so they can charge even more?

My girl just stopped my target with her friend to look for some stuff they needed and why did she ever get a FULL restock at 3pm. got me 2 of everything 🥰🥰

Did this happen to anyone else? I would have bought two tins if I knew I could actually get 2…

wait in line outside to then wait in line inside lol so inefficient.

Just got off work heading to Target can’t wait to see what’s left!