{"id":687997,"date":"2026-01-11T02:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687997\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T02:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:19:12","slug":"hundreds-at-southampton-costco-for-pokemon-card-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687997\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds at Southampton Costco for Pok\u00e9mon card drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  It was reported by Pok\u00e9mon Deals UK that Costco stores, including Southampton, would be restocking its Prismatic Combo Bundle on January 10.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A video posted to TikTok showed queues snaking around the Costco car park, with an estimated 400 people waiting in line for the rare cards.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n    I\u2019m at Costco and it\u2019s already wild \ud83d\ude05\u2070400+ people queueing for the Prismatic Evolutions bundle<br \/>\ud83c\udfa5 Check the video<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2U2q6gImKj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/2U2q6gImKj<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Pokemon tcg news &amp; stock UK (@pokemondealsuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokemondealsuk\/status\/2009919457611891059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 10, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  Pokedealsuk posted at 9.10am saying: \u201cSouthampton Costco is already insane. 400+ people (are) queuing for the Prismatic Evolutions drop.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The queues were driven by demand for the Prismatic Evolutions Combo Bundle, part of the Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game\u2019s Scarlet &amp; Violet Prismatic Evolutions expansion.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The bundle is a special retail package typically sold through warehouse stores, such as Costco and combines several products, including an Elite Trainer Box and additional booster packs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The set features a large number of collectable cards, including rare Pok\u00e9mon ex and special artwork variants, making it popular with both players and collectors.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was reported by Pok\u00e9mon Deals UK that Costco stores, including Southampton, would be restocking its Prismatic Combo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-687997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115874074751576134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}