Kanto Mini Tins Series 2

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I went to Walmart last night and picked up these beautiful tins! I didn’t even know they existed until I saw them and my mind exploded from the artwork. From checking out Youtube I saw that they contain Ancient Origins and Crimson Invasion packs, so I’m most likely never going to open them. I hope Pokemon keeps doing this in the future!

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Oh, I like how the swirling line continues across all five tins! That’s pretty awesome. Love the colors as well.

The continuing pattern kinda reminds me of the Arceus AR secret rares:

Greetz,
Quuador

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They had some at Worlds too with the original starters on them and a few other pokes…

Anyone buy them and have pictures?

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www.pokebeach.com/2019/01/real-photos-of-kanto-friends-mini-tins

Never buy these tins for anything other than the tin art. They are literally packed with garbage. Like XY packs and BW coins

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I remember back in the day buying those tins with the plusle/minun on it and the rayquaza… They had a unique holofoil treecko, torchic or mudkip in them… but that was a long time ago ;__;

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I do think that it’s silly that the second set has boosters older than the first set. I remember when the first set came out, it instantly sold out within a day on Pokemoncenter and they quickly disappeared from every store until the recent restock a few weeks ago. I think Pokemon saw this reaction and decided as long as they provide a pretty facade, the inside doesn’t matter so much. There might be a bad life lesson in there somewhere…

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I bought this tin set and the other set simply because the artwork on the tins is so nice. The packs inside are awful so I’ll keep them sealed

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Both series are great display pieces for sure. I’m curious what Pokémon are going to grace the series 3 tins, because I’m pretty sure they’re going to keep on making these.

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The art is nice. The packs inside are worthless. I refuse to buy them. I buy a lot of different products and tins and they usually throw a crap pack in there and I live with it. But you get two packs and both are crap, not supporting that.
But hey that’s just me. If anything may go on eBay and just buy the tins I’m sure someone’s selling them.

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calling my boy steam siege garbage, how dare you.

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Yeah, I don’t like people calling sets garbage. I called skyridge garbage 15 years ago lol

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Amen.

Every set has something going for it. Though obviously some more than others.

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skyridge is garbage, most overrated wotc set by a longshot.
the artwork isnt even that good.
ez.

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Don’t they have some old XY booster in it? Like Breakpoint and some non-standard play SM booster?

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Ancient Origins and Crimson Invasion is what I got out of them.

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It’s literally excess supply that has been out of rotation for years and they can’t sell on it’s own. It’s garbage. I used to work at a meat counter and we would take the meat that has gone brown from oxidation - the stuff no one would buy - and marinate & sell it. This is the exact same thing. You are buying a product they literally cannot sell.

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Yeah, but those are two different things:

  • For the Pokémon company it’s a two birds, one stone situation; Those tins are a good-looking product that sells itself, regardless of the packs in it ánd they get to clean up on sets that they have still laying around. They would be crazy to put in desirable, current packs, right? So to the Pokémon company, those boosters are garbage, agreed.

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  • For collectors, there’s no such thing as a garbage set. Sure, there are some sets with more flair, chase cards, a better theme, etc. But I can’t think of a set from which I don’t want to collect a single card. Every set ever has had at least one card which I liked for its art, its story or whatever. Surely there’s a card in every set for you too, right?

Any set with dozens of artists drawing so many Pokémon couldn’t possibly be garbage to everybody, right? Some collectors collect for a certain Pokémon that’s in it, others want a binder from a specific artist that illustrated some of the cards in the set. I truly think that every set has something going for it. Granted, for some it’s not a whole lot.

And thanks for making me hungry with your meat story. :wink:

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I guess you are talking past each other regarding taking the sets release into context; if Steam Siege was really scarce through a different release, you probably wouldn’t include the artwork in the same sentence as “garbage”. :slightly_smiling_face:

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PFM isn’t saying its “garbage” sentimentally for a collector. Ironically pfm is about as pure as it gets for a collector. Either way he is referring to how pokemon printed those sets into the ground. More specifically at Regionals, vendors were trying to dump Crimson Invasion Booster boxes for $50-. Sub $50 for an entire booster box. That is a $30 loss from distributor level pricing, the absolutely lowest cost.

Good news for people who want to complete the set, the artwork is nice and prices will be inexpensive for years!

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Can you show me where I said Steam Siege artwork is garbage? Or where I even mentioned Steam Siege specifically?