Pokemon’s Night Out Concert Merch Was, Unsurprisingly, Scalped

People Are, Unsurprisingly, Flipping Pokemon’s Night Concert Out Merch Published Oct 26, 2026, 5:37 AM EDT Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Global Head of Gaming, and he's also been seen on the BBC. He was promoted to the Senior Reporter position in 2025 following a series of high-quality reports and exclusives for TheGamer. Since 2020, Sam has written over 3,000 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the stories of how indie games came to be, and spoken to players about what really makes them tick. He’s also interviewed some of the world’s biggest musical artists to find out how the medium has inspired their work, and TV and Film actors about their roles in video game adaptations. He even hosted a PAX panel in 2021 and made a documentary in 2024 surrounding the creation of a Disney game. Alongside this, Sam focuses on breaking news. He got the scoop on Perfect Dark’s cancellation, provided context on some AI drama, and revealed that Lady Dimitrescu’s actress would love to step back into the character’s giant shoes. These articles have been picked up by the biggest gaming sites, including IGN, GameSpot, and PC Gamer. He also loves to dive into the numbers behind the games. Sam’s journey in games journalism has taken him all over the world. He’s covered Gamescom in Germany, Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, each on three occasions. He’s been learning Japanese since 2024 with the intention of identifying and translating Japanese-language news and bringing it to English-language audiences first, something he’s done countless times. Sam’s first review was 2020’s Battletoads reboot, and he’s since reviewed games in The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon franchises. Sign in to your TheGamer account Not a day goes by without Pokemon getting scalped. The Pokemon Trading Card Game is in turmoil, with regular fans finding it nigh-on impossible to purchase cards. Instead, they're being scooped up by bots and scalpers, who are reselling them on the secondary market for obscene amounts of cash. It's not just trading cards, either; over the last few months, Pokemon Lego and Pokemon Pop-Tarts have sold on eBay for far more than RRP. That trend looked set to continue when The Pokemon Company announced merchandise for its special two-night concert, Pokemon Night Out, earlier this month. The first of those shows took place this weekend, and as you might have guessed, the limited-edition merchandise has found its way straight onto eBay. Pokemon Night Out's Exclusive Merchandise Has Already Found Its Way Onto eBay The Pokemon Company Pokemon Night Out is a pair of concerts celebrating Pokemon's 30th anniversary. One in Los Angeles, the other in London, the shows pair EDM DJs Marshmallow and Alison Wonderland with flashy Pokemon-themed visuals. As with most concerts, the events sold exclusive merchandise, and as with most Pokemon items, people are reselling them. While some of the Night Out event's merch is available on The Pokemon Center website, other stuff was limited to the venue. This included a Bucket Hat, Tote Bag, some T-shirts, and a range of pins featuring Umbreon, Gengar, Mewtwo, and Pikachu. There are sales for both the T-shirt and the Tote Bag on eBay, but the pins seem to be the highest priority for buyers right now. The Gengar pin alone has sold for $75, and a set of all five available in Los Angeles sold for $125. The cheapest currently available listing is a Pikachu pin at $45, and a Mewtwo pin at $50. In collaboration with the Los Angeles concert, Pokemon Go also hosted its own event. The event let attendees catch Toxtricity, Pikachu, and more set against a Los Angeles-themed background. These are also being sold on eBay. Shiny Toxtricity with the LA backdrop has been selling for as much as $100, while Pikachu and Gengar are hovering around the $10 mark. There truly is nothing that these people won't capitalize on when it comes to Pokemon. Release Date 1997 - 2023-00-00 Network TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVh, TVQ, TSC Directors Shigeru Omachi, Koji Ogawa, Fumihiro Ueno, Hideki Hiroshima, Maki Kodaira, Makoto Ooga, Ayumi Moriyama, Keitaro Motonaga, Shigeru Ueda, Fumihiro Yoshimura, Minoru Ohara, Yoshitaka Makino, Kiyoshi Egami, Makoto Sokuza, Bjarne Heuser, Naoki Murata, Kenichi Nishida, Tomoe Makino, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Takagi, Tazumi Mukaiyama, Ryohei Horiuchi, Yoshihiro Oda, Hiromichi Matano Cast Rica Matsumoto Satoshi (voice) Ikue Otani Pikachu (voice) Writers Junki Takegami, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hideki Sonoda, Yukiyoshi Ôhashi, Yuka Miyata, Takeshi Shudo, Shouji Yonemura, Shinzo Fujita, Michihiro Tsuchiya, Deko Akao, Reiko Yoshida, Aya Matsui, Junichi Fujisaku Franchise(s) Pokemon Creator(s) Naoko Takeuchi