Pokémon Scalpers List LEGO Pre-Orders on eBay, With Limited Edition Set Selling for Hundreds of Dollars in Profit

Scalpers are already reselling their LEGO Pokémon acceptable pre-orders connected eBay, with galore instances of the constricted variation Kanto Region Badge Collection having been sold connected for hundreds of dollars successful profit.

As with immoderate hotly-anticipated merchandise announcement, eBay listings person present flooded the online auction site. Just 24 hours connected from yesterday's LEGO Pokémon reveal, each of the LEGO Pokémon range's artifact sets are present disposable to bargain for much wealth than they're worth.

There's nary proposition that the halfway range, which consists of 3 sets, volition merchantability out. Still, scalpers look to beryllium preying connected baseless fears that it mightiness (or whitethorn astatine slightest beryllium hard to find portion LEGO produces much stock).

That said, determination is peculiar involvement astir the Kanto Region Badge Collection set, which is simply a constricted variation escaped gift. And here, offers are already being listed for upwards of $400.

The Kanto badge collectible is lone disposable with the LEGO Pokémon range's costly $600 Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise set, and similar each LEGO Gifts with Purchase sets, apt won't beryllium made disposable separately successful ample numbers.

IGN has seen galore listings for the Kanto badge acceptable connected eBay astatine $400, oregon combined with the Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise acceptable for $1,250, treble that set's recommended retail price.

Completed eBay lists for now-sold LEGO Pokémon artifact sets. Image: IGN/eBay.

Incredibly, eBay's database of sold items shows 1 of these combined offers being snapped up contiguous for $1,100, with assorted others going for betwixt $750 to $1,000. On its own, the Kanto Region Badge acquisition has been sold for up to $245.

The LEGO Pokémon scope is led by the Pikachu and Poké Ball set, which astatine 2050 pieces volition outgo $199.99. As with the different sets successful LEGO's archetypal Pokémon wave, it is disposable to pre-order present up of its March 1 launch, with an aboriginal merchandise to VIP members connected February 27. As reported yesterday, feedback to the acceptable has been mixed, however.

Feedback connected the range's different 2 sets has been acold much positive, however, with the 587-piece Eevee acceptable ($59.99) and 6838-piece Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise ($649.99) seeing praise. Interestingly, these sets bash not incorporate immoderate Smart Play elements specified arsenic the Smart Brick, which LEGO announced past week and told IGN was "here to stay" arsenic a large portion of the company's future.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social