Stolen Pokemon Target Store Displays Are Selling For Ridiculous Prices

Displays from Target featuring the new Pokémon collection are showing up for sale online at extremely inflated prices. Since these displays aren’t meant to be sold, it’s likely most of the Pokémon standees were stolen from Target stores.

Okay, so those Pokemon collabs with Target were insane. Seriously, people were lining up before the store even opened! But honestly, it’s been kinda frustrating as a collector. A lot of people are just buying everything up to resell it online for way more money, making it super hard to actually find the stuff in stores. It’s called scalping, and it’s not just the plushies or figures – even the cardboard standees are getting flipped for profit. It’s a bummer!

Pokemon Target Store Displays Are Selling Online

The recent Pokémon collaboration with Target has been incredibly popular, and it’s not just the products themselves that are flying off the shelves. Even the in-store display stands are being resold online, with prices reaching hundreds of dollars depending on the featured Pokémon and the size of the display. For instance, a Charizard and Gengar standee was listed for $495, and a smaller Eevee standee for $160. Surprisingly, people are actually paying these high prices – many of these displays have already been sold for their listed amounts.

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Store standees like these are usually discarded when a store no longer needs them, and often end up in the trash. Sometimes fans will try to buy them cheaply or even rescue them from the garbage. Recently, someone posted a video online showing a standee still in a store, but now with a theft-prevention tag attached – the same kind Target uses on valuable items. This suggests that a number of these standees have been stolen, and Target is now trying to protect its displays by tagging them to trigger an alarm if someone tries to steal one.

While replacing these standees probably doesn’t cost Target much, it’s frustrating for them when it happens in stores nationwide. This is just one instance of how the huge popularity of Pokémon leads to problems with scalpers and thieves whenever new products come out. Over the years, there have been many reports of customers rushing stores, stores closing for safety reasons, and even bold robberies targeting valuable Pokémon trading cards from stores and warehouses.

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Unfortunately, as long as people love Pokémon and are willing to pay high prices for limited-edition items, this practice will probably keep happening. With many buyers spending hundreds of dollars on Pokémon cardboard displays, it doesn’t look like things will improve soon.

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2026-05-30 12:04