{"id":12955,"date":"2024-01-16T10:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/pokemon-pandemonium-did-the-van-gogh-museum-play-its-cards-right\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:37:41","slug":"pokemon-pandemonium-did-the-van-gogh-museum-play-its-cards-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/pokemon-pandemonium-did-the-van-gogh-museum-play-its-cards-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon pandemonium: did the Van Gogh Museum play its cards right?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A limited-edition \u2018Pikachu With Grey Felt Hat\u2019 trading card drew in a new, younger audience to the Amsterdam gallery but caused mayhem<\/p>\n

In early November, I was standing in a long line at the Van Gogh gift shop in Amsterdam waiting to purchase a Pok\u00e9mon ballpoint pen. It was one of the few remaining items left in the store \u2013 this was the second month of the establishment\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon collaboration<\/a>, but the clamour for the limited edition merchandise was ceaseless. Everything from T-shirts to notebooks to shoulder bags with an image of Pikachu on the front had been picked bare, leaving only prints and postcards behind the till. It was barely past midday but the number of people crammed into the shop meant the area was soon cordoned off with others now rejected entry until it calmed down.<\/p>\n

This had become an all too familiar sight for attendees and staff. From the very start of the collaboration, which began in September for the museum\u2019s 50th anniversary and was intended to introduce new audiences to the work of the Dutch artist, the Pok\u00e9mon merch caused mayhem as eager fans \u2013 and scalpers \u2013 clamoured for the best stuff. But the main cause was a single item: a limited edition \u201cPikachu With Grey Felt Hat\u201d trading card<\/a>. As soon as the card was made available, it sold out online, while desperate gallery visitors had to enter scrums to try and pick one up. Footage of the Pok\u00e9 riots soon hit Twitter<\/a> (now known as X), and later, eBay listings had the card on sale for up to $900. In mid-October, the card was discontinued<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nA limited-edition \u2018Pikachu With Grey Felt Hat\u2019 trading card drew in a new, younger audience to the Amsterdam gallery but caused mayhem
\nIn early November, I was standing in a long line at the Van Gogh gift shop in Amsterdam waiting to purchase a Pok\u00e9mon ballpoint pen. It was one of the few remaining items left in the store \u2013 this was the second month of the establishment\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon collaboration, but the clamour for the limited edition merchandise was ceaseless. Everything from T-shirts to notebooks to shoulder bags with an image of Pikachu on the front had been picked bare, leaving only prints and postcards behind the till. It was barely past midday but the number of people crammed into the shop meant the area was soon cordoned off with others now rejected entry until it calmed down.
\nThis had become an all too familiar sight for attendees and staff. From the very start of the collaboration, which began in September for the museum\u2019s 50th anniversary and was intended to introduce new audiences to the work of the Dutch artist, the Pok\u00e9mon merch caused mayhem as eager fans \u2013 and scalpers \u2013 clamoured for the best stuff. But the main cause was a single item: a limited edition \u201cPikachu With Grey Felt Hat\u201d trading card. As soon as the card was made available, it sold out online, while desperate gallery visitors had to enter scrums to try and pick one up. Footage of the Pok\u00e9 riots soon hit Twitter (now known as X), and later, eBay listings had the card on sale for up to $900. In mid-October, the card was discontinued. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A limited-edition \u2018Pikachu With Grey Felt Hat\u2019 trading card drew in a new, younger audience to the Amsterdam gallery but caused mayhem In early November, I was standing in a long line at the Van Gogh gift shop in Amsterdam waiting to purchase a Pok\u00e9mon ballpoint pen. It was one of the few remaining items …<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon pandemonium: did the Van Gogh Museum play its cards right?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12955"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}