It's clear that in this day and age, no brand crossover is out of bounds. This is exemplified by a new collaboration between Japanese beverage giant Suntory and Pokemon, which will see 17 different cards from the Pokemon Trading Card Game printed on cans of the company's Coffee Boss coffees.
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The collaboration has only been in the wild for about a day, and, surprising nobody, complete sets of the cans are already appearing on eBay in Japan.
The new crossover between the two brands went live in Japan on February 4. The 17 different Pokemon cards are split across six different coffee types, meaning fans will have to drink a lot of the beverage if they want to collect them all.
Retailing at around 154 Japanese Yen (~$1), the special cans can be bought individually or as part of a six-pack.
The first set of cards comes from the new Boss EX Evolutionary Light Sweet Coffee and features an Eevee, Eevee ex, and Flareon ex card, each from the recently released Terastral Festival set. The Boss Rainbow Mountain Blend coffee includes Sprigatito, Mimikyu,...
