Despite just being announced, LEGO's new Pokemon sets are already being listed on eBay for far higher than their retail prices. LEGO is releasing three Pokemon-themed sets for purchase, including Pikachu, Eevee, and a single set containing Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise. However, there are also two sets not available for traditional purchase: the Mini Pokemon Center reward, only available for LEGO Insiders, and the LEGO Kanto Region Badge Collection is only available as a free gift with purchase when ordering one of these sets from the Pokemon Center website, the latter of which is the primary target of these eBay scalpers.
Given how popular both the LEGO and Pokemon franchises are, it's not surprising that these new sets would fall prey to scalpers. The Pokemon franchise has long been a target for scalped products, with the Pokemon TCG being the infamous example of scapling the series has seen in recent years. Now, LEGO fans hoping to get their hands on these new LEGO Pokemon sets will have to go through a similar challenge with the launch of the products just over a month away.
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