The biggest sneaker brand just admitted it made too many retros and is cutting back in 2027. Scarcity was never an accident. It was a production schedule 🥱
A bot doesn’t guarantee you cop a Pokémon TCG or ETB drop.
So what actually decides who gets one?
We mapped the full buying process, stage by stage. Most failed tasks stop at one of five points, and knowing which one is half the fix. 🧵
Target Update 🎯
Another 45k 30th Celebration ETBs are now loaded on the Target backend! Other items are low stock, but we may see additional items/stock loaded during the week. The drop is scheduled for Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, NOT TONIGHT. Drops usually go live around 12am PST / 3am EST, with some starting even an hour + later, but I'll keep an eye out to post when these go live 🔔
30th Celebration ETB
(Stock: 45k+)
https://t.co/eU0YQvzSVk
30th Celebration Mini Tin (Random)
(Stock: 9k+)
https://t.co/ndiijO0Y1k
30th Celebration Poster Collection
(Stock: Less than 1k)
https://t.co/MzOR53bhEy
First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3
(Stock: 1k+)
https://t.co/oRNGgqmI83
Ascended Heroes Tin- Mega Emboar ex
(Stock: 1k+)
https://t.co/38eezArptg
30th Celebration Links, NOT CONFIRMED, but sharing in case they do another surprise restock like before:
30th Celebration Binder Collection
https://t.co/T2AEpVTIU3
30th Celebration Sylveon Ex Box
https://t.co/zpmHliVshQ
30th Celebration Greninja Ex Box
https://t.co/lI5WPdXOhR
30th Celebration Booster Bundle
https://t.co/MecRR9m1bo
30th Celebration Knockout Collection
https://t.co/RPvlk53yd0
30th Celebration Ex Tin
https://t.co/Bo7anMmVLS
30th Celebration Tech Sticker
https://t.co/teIfv1QsTF
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The coffee shop Pokemon drop sold out the same morning. Nobody camped it because nobody wanted to be seen camping a latte. Embarrassment is the last free margin left 🥱
A 700 dollar hobby box hit 1,500 on resale in a day. Not because the cards changed. Because the raffle made 90 percent of people lose. Scarcity is a queue, not a card 🥱
Rare card resale doubles in a day and everyone calls it a market. Meme coin doubles in a day and everyone calls it a scam. Same chart, different mascot 🤡
Retro game shops price by nostalgia, not scarcity. The cartridge you loved is 80 dollars. The one nobody remembers is rarer and 12. Buy the one nobody remembers 😴
A retailer loaded 40,000 units of a limited box before the drop. If the stock count has more digits than the resale margin, it is not a flip, it is inventory 🥱
@hypelust@ANB_AIO I did and copped numerous pairs. Black and blue 13s 18🍐even tho they wasn’t that good. Thinking about hopping back on the wagon but I don’t want to pay recurring fees for updates