Hi all! I bet other 'gym members have kids/friends with Pokemon on their wishlist so I thought that I would share some new things that I spied at KB Toys here in Columbus, OH on Friday. The clerk told us that it just arrived on Thursday and she had already had two different sets of grandparents come in and buy over $200 each in Pokemon.
There is a variety of board-type games (at least 3) that I had never seen and they were definitely new because they have Diamond and Pearl characters. The cutest by far is a marble catching game. Think of Hungry, Hungry Hippos but instead of hippos each player controls a Pokeball that catches Pokemon marbles. The marbles look to be the ones that come with the new figures. Another game was a card (not tcg) flipping game and I don't even remember the other. To go with the marble catching game or by itself for collectors is a boxed collection of 40 of the marbles. There are also smaller packs of the marbles that contain 8 marbles. Another game was basically Memory with Pokemon characters. And another looked like another version of Yahtzee.
There were lots of other fairly new items that I have seen elsewhere but it was still good to see more of it such as the figs, puzzles, and plush.
The best stuff though was all the new candy items near the checkout (think stocking stuffers)! There are pokeballs that have a figure inside and smarties-type candy that have Pokemon stamped on them for $3. Also, there were adorable marshmallow pops of Pikachu and Piplup. And finally, I saw a package of gummy pokeballs.
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OK, I'm sure that images would be helpful to some people so I uploaded some. I am not a great photographer as you will see but the pics will give you an idea. And ignore the dates - we forgot to reset it when we changed batteries. :smile:
Pokeballs with candy and figure (the small fig came in the ball with the candy - the large fig is a current Jakks fig used for size comparison) http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2612.jpg
Marble Catch 'Em Game http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2619.jpg
Marble Collections (small pkgs have 8 marbles; large collection has 40 marbles and is a KB Toys exclusive) http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2617.jpg
Pokemon Projection Pen (My hubby found this at a game (non-video) store at the mall) http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2616.jpg
There is a variety of board-type games (at least 3) that I had never seen and they were definitely new because they have Diamond and Pearl characters. The cutest by far is a marble catching game. Think of Hungry, Hungry Hippos but instead of hippos each player controls a Pokeball that catches Pokemon marbles. The marbles look to be the ones that come with the new figures. Another game was a card (not tcg) flipping game and I don't even remember the other. To go with the marble catching game or by itself for collectors is a boxed collection of 40 of the marbles. There are also smaller packs of the marbles that contain 8 marbles. Another game was basically Memory with Pokemon characters. And another looked like another version of Yahtzee.
There were lots of other fairly new items that I have seen elsewhere but it was still good to see more of it such as the figs, puzzles, and plush.
The best stuff though was all the new candy items near the checkout (think stocking stuffers)! There are pokeballs that have a figure inside and smarties-type candy that have Pokemon stamped on them for $3. Also, there were adorable marshmallow pops of Pikachu and Piplup. And finally, I saw a package of gummy pokeballs.
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OK, I'm sure that images would be helpful to some people so I uploaded some. I am not a great photographer as you will see but the pics will give you an idea. And ignore the dates - we forgot to reset it when we changed batteries. :smile:
Pokeballs with candy and figure (the small fig came in the ball with the candy - the large fig is a current Jakks fig used for size comparison) http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2612.jpg
Marble Catch 'Em Game http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2619.jpg
Marble Collections (small pkgs have 8 marbles; large collection has 40 marbles and is a KB Toys exclusive) http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2617.jpg
Pokemon Projection Pen (My hubby found this at a game (non-video) store at the mall) http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/hduluard/100_2616.jpg
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