Who is ready for a bunch of adults to generate the entire Pokemon community at another world-renowned museum? Not me! Although he sounded like a Ben Stiller sequel that no one asked for, the Pokemon run up at the Van Gogh Museum was one of the most shameful things I have seen in the history of eye-catching collection, and I've been to San Diego Comic-Con ten times. This week, Pokemon announced another museum partner, this time with the London Natural History Museum. Starting in January, the museum's gift shop is transformed into a pop-up Pokemon store filled with clothing, stationery and an exclusive plush.
I hope that the Pokemon company is taking better precautions this time, because I do not expect collectors to be better erected. Just the mention of an exclusive museum sends shivers down the spine, and I am sincerely shocked that another museum is willing to open its doors for such a rabid fanbase according to what happened in Amsterdam. For anyone who plans to visit the London Museum during the campaign, do I beg you, can you just be normal about this?
Pokemon-Pop-up store at the London History Museum scares me
The coming museum's collaboration was announced earlier this week at the Pokemon website. From January 26 to March 22 next year, the gift shop at the London Museum of Natural History will cease to be, and instead, a poke-theme store filled with sweet, sweet, exclusive merch.
Last time Pokemon collaborated with a museum did not go so well. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, Amsterdam's van Gogh museum collaborated with Pokemon to sell playmats, tire boxes and other Pokemon -Merch inspired by van Gogh's most famous works. The campaign included a free campaign card, Pikachu with Gray Felt Hat, for participants who completed a hunting activity in the museum. I am sure that everyone involved in this had the best intentions, but poor planning and an obvious total lack of awareness of how corrupt Pokemon fans (and retailers) are can lead to a dangerous chaotic event.
On the first day of the campaign, this easier event was designed to inspire the children to care about art art immediately for a Black Friday mob. The crusher of people who tried to enter the gift shop and secure cards was so without control that the museum immediately pulled the campaign cards out of the store and forced Pokemon to find other ways to distribute them. As we later found out, several employees even got fired for misunderstanding during the event, with at least one person who was closed for embezzlement promo cards. It was not good for anyone, and now, two years later, another museum opens its doors for potential Poke-Mayhem.
Pokemon seems to have learned from Van Gogh -Debakel
There are some differences between the Van Gogh campaign and this one that gives me hope that things can be better this time. First and foremost, it does not look like there are any free campaign cards to take hold. This should help reduce the chaos a lot, but not completely. There will still be Scalpers in place in shirts and water bottles to sell, but at least we do not have to worry about any embezzlement cards or otherwise acquire them in disgusting ways. Still, if you have tried to buy Pokemon cards in a department store at any time in the last, oh I do not know, four years, you know that Pokemon fans are not always on their best behavior in these situations.
There is an exclusive plush, but it doesn't seem like any people will fight each other. It is a Pikachu that clings to the side of the museum, who thinks of the best scene from Tom Hanks' Big, when he asks Toy Company CEO, “What is fun with a building?”
To gain access to the gift shop, you must get a free entrance ticket online in advance. Hopefully, this means that the museum will be able to control the crowds and make sure that Museumgoer's days are not destroyed by the people who are just there for Merchen – something that was an important issue at the Van Gogh Museum.
I don't think there is anything in itself wrong with these collaborations; In fact, I think it is fantastic that Pokemon helps market museums. But Pokemon's Ravenous Fandom is a double-edged sword, and I hate to see places like the Van Gogh Museum become a damaged that passion. Hopefully all learned some lessons from that event, and next year's pop-up in London may be a better example
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Satoshi Tajiri
- First movie
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Pokemon: The first movie
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Pokémon The Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
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April 1, 1997
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