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Amazon.com Goes Back to Basics with Toy Store
Amazon.com announced that it has acquired Herndon,
Virginia-based Back to Basics Toys, an online and catalog retailer of classic
toys such as log cabin building sets, rocking horses and Erector sets. More...
Yahoo Shopping Increases 400%
Yahoo had record shopping transaction volume on Nov. 26,
posting a more than 400 percent increase compared to the same day a year
earlier, the online site said on Monday. In the 10 days before Nov. 26, Yahoo!
Shopping processed more orders than it did during the entire 1998 holiday
shopping season, Yahoo said. The most commonly term searched for on Yahoo!
Shopping was Pokemon, Yahoo said. More...
Holiday Shopping Specials
Well, the busiest shopping weekend is now under way and we have
been working to bring you a wide selection of perfect gifts at GREAT
Prices! Beanies, Pokemon, Ty Trading Cards, Electronics, Amazing Ally, and
other Hot Toys are now available! Check out our Holiday Gift Stores Below!
The Christmas Shoppe -
Largest selection of online gifts! Electronics, Pokemon, Hot Toys, Beanies, and
more...
The Beanie Shoppe -
Beanies, Buddies, Attics, and other plush
The
Pokemon Shoppe - Pokemon stuff galore
Ty Card Shoppe -
Get those hard to find Ty Trading Cards!
Silver Numbered Series 3 Cards
Exclusive!
We have 558 Card Numbers Reported!!! - 1495
Digger is in Silver Numbers!
The most extensive guide available on the internet is right here!
We still need some more
card numbers, so keep sending them in!
Read this guide Before You Buy another Series 3 Silver Retired Card!
Click here for Our Updated Exclusive FREE INFO!
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the article written Exclusively for Mary Beth's Bean Bag World
Sierra's Free Trading Board Full of Deals!
Maple Buddy on Sierra's Trading Post - Hurry on Over!
Many other trade offers and Great deals!
Check out all the great deals being posted at:
Sierra's Trading
Board!
Series 4 Card Pictures and Info
Click here for more info!
Toy Story 2 Smashes Box Office Record with $81 Million Haul
Toy Story 2 has earned an estimated 80.8 Million dollars in its first
five days of release. It set a record for the Thanksgiving holiday and it was
more than enough to capture the number one spot in the Hollywood Box office.
Web Retailers Brace For Holiday Sales
'Tis the season for consumers to do their shopping online, and while
analysts said such sales could soar as high as $8 billion for the full 1999
year, the holiday season is also the moment of truth for many Web retailers who
must prove their worth. Overall, analysts expect online holiday sales to reach
anywhere between $4 billion to $6 billion this season, more than double the
amount last year, with toys and consumer electronics being the top sellers. For
the full 1999 year, broker Volpe, Brown Whelan estimates $8.5 billion in
spending, up from $3.0 billion in 1998. More...
Pokemon News Moves To Sierra's Pokemon World
The Pokemon News has moved to Sierra's Pokemon
World! To view the latest Pokemon news, go to Sierra's
Pokemon World!
500 Bean Bags to Be Given Away
Southeastern Michigan's very first Bloodmobile will have
its debut at the November 25, Detroit Lions football game. Fans entering the
east gate of the Silverdome will have an opportunity to walk through the 40-foot
self-contained unit. Visitors to the Bloodmobile will be treated to traditional
Red Cross fare -- juice and football cookies. In addition, the first 500
children under the age of twelve to walk through the Bloodmobile will receive
their very own 'Buddy Blood Drop,' a beanie pal designed by American Greeting
Card Company, exclusively for the American Red Cross.
More...
Millionaire Crashes Top 10 on Lycos
The smell of money permeated the Internet this week as
searches for ABC Television Network's hit game show "Who Wants to Be A
Millionaire?'' crashed into the No. 8 spot on Lycos Inc.'s top 50 searches for
the week of November 20. Lycos, the Web's No. 4 most popular media network
and search directory, said searches for the online version of the show increased
over last week when it debuted on the Lycos 50 at the No. 36 spot.
Elsewhere on the Lycos 50, Pokemon held firm the No. 1 spot, while searches for
Christmas slipped into No. 2, edging out searches for the popular Japanese
animated cartoon Dragonball Z, which got bumped to No. 3. You can find the
"Link" to play "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" at Sierra's
Online Games.
Bill Gates Gives $750 Million To Vacinate Children
Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates's charitable fund said on Tuesday
it would donate $750 million over five years to help vaccinate children in
developing countries against killer diseases. The donation is the largest
ever by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and will help the Global Fund for
Children's Vaccines reduce diseases like liver cancer, pneumonia and meningitis,
the fund said.
Series 4 Gold Peanut Beanie #056/100 reported by Rose!
Thanks for the scans Rose! (You can click on them to enlarge them)
This card is NOW on Ebay! Item
#204225865 Bid on this Rare card today!
Pictures of Front and Back on this card are Here!
Woman Pleads Guilty In Beanie Fraud Bust
A San Diego woman pleads guilty to taking 58-thousand dollars from two
Midwestern women and failing to deliver promised Beanie Babies. Joann Fraser
faces a prison term of up to three years and eight months in prison. Fraser, who
runs an online business, advertised the stuffed animals at a discount. Diana
Peterson of Illinois had sent her more than 21-thousand dollars for a pair of
rare Number One red Beanie Baby bears in April. And Karen Chambers of Michigan
sent more than 36-thousand dollars for the same pair and other items.
Lycos Top 50 - "Most Wanted Toys"
1)
Pokemon
7) Model Trains
2) Beanie
Babies
8) Furby
3)
Barbie
9) Hello Kitty
4) Hot
Wheels
10) Teddy Bears
5) Legos
11) Elmo
6) Teletubbies
12) Amazing Ally
Rosie O'Donnell Dumps K-Mart
Rosie O'Donnell is quitting her
role as a spokesman for Kmart because of her stand on gun-control, the New York
Daily News reported today (Friday), citing O'Donnell's publicist Lois Smith.
"Rosie intends to be proactive in her gun-control efforts," Smith told
the newspaper.
"Who
Wants to be a Millionaire"
Want to play the game online? Play Online at Sierra's Games!
Erin, Halo, Millennium Beanie Buddies
Retire!
Click Here !
Teddy Cranberry Buddie Retires
Voting Begins for Favorite
Pokemon Drawing at Drawpokemon.com
Online voting from its newly-launched Pokemon Site www.drawpokemon.com
begins today November 19, 1999.
The Grand Prize is a trip for four to Orlando, Florida and tickets to your
favorite theme park. All registered voters will be eligible for Pokemon related
prizes. More...
Earth
Bears Announce New Line
The first bear, Father Time, went on sale, online, at www.earthbears.com
Monday 10-20-99. For a limited time the Company will offer a free, one-year
membership when you purchase this unique, 8" collectible plush bear. This
first, exclusive membership bear for the year 2000, sells for $12.99. The
Company will start shipping mid November to customers and authorized dealers.
Two new bear releases for non-members will be announced January 2, 2000.
Earth bears is currently being featured at the Southern Christmas Show in
Charlotte, N.C. by The Market Place of Mint Hill.
You can visit EARTH BEARS on line at www.earthbears.com.
and visit your local collectibles shop to purchase FATHER TIME.
"Who
Wants to be a Millionaire" gets Winner!
John Carpenter, an IRS worker, won the Million $
Prize.
He used no "lifelines" well except on the last question to tell his
Dad he was about to win a million dollars.
Want to play the game online? Play Online at Sierra's Games!
Burger King Infuriates Mom over Pokemon Prices
A mother's battle over Pokemon prices has paid off. A
Burger King in Thurmont has agreed to charge $1.99 for Pokemon
cards. A mother threatened to boycott the restaurant after she said
they were charging two dollars more than the nationally advertised price. The
manager has apologized...and the woman has rescinded her threat.
Pokemon Collector Marbles to be Available
Each high quality, specially crafted marble represents one of the Pokemon
characters and children are certain to collect and trade the marbles in their
quest to accumulate each and every one. To add excitement for the marble line,
Toy Biz is also introducing a unique Special Power Marble series that is sure to
become the hottest collectible in the Pokemon Collector Marble realm.
To heighten the interactivity level of the line, Toy Biz has created a special
Poke Ball Collector Marble Shooter, which provides unique ways to view and
launch the marbles. The Pokemon Collector Marble Pouches will contain 10
marbles at a suggested retail price of $7.99 while the Poke Ball Collector
Marble Shooter has a suggested retail price of $14.99 and includes eight
exclusive marbles. Toy Biz will add additional products to the Pokemon Collector
Marbles line in April 2000, when it introduces the Pokemon Collector Marble
Cases and the deluxe Poke Ball Carry Case. These items will be available at
suggested retail prices of $7.99 and $29.99, respectively. More...
Pokemon Fever Sweeps Kids into Courts
With Pokemon fever sweeping through the ranks of the nation's
middle-school set, more and more cases of Poke-mania are winding up in the
nation's police blotters and accident reports.
On Monday, an 11-year-old student at Amphitheater Middle School in Tucson,
Ariz., was arrested and charged with armed robbery after allegedly using a knife
to threaten another boy and steal numerous playing cards linked to the movie and
popular television series.
On Oct. 12 in Sarasota, Fla., an 11-year-old boy was so eager to get one of the
cards that he agreed to be scorched on the arm with a cigarette by a 33-year-old
man, who offered to give the youngster a card in return for his suffering the
burn. The man was charged with felony aggravated child abuse in the incident.
On Nov. 12 in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., two Los Angeles area boys, ages 12
and 13, were arrested after they allegedly stole dozens of cards as part of a
Pokemon theft ring. Police said the boys stole as many as 170 of the cards from
several different area elementary schools.
On Nov. 11 in Cleveland, a sixth-grader at Garrett-Morgan Middle School was hit
by a car and seriously injured when he ran into the car while playing Pokemon
with a group of other students after school. A crossing guard told reporters
that the boy had stolen a card from another student and was running away with
it. Police and school official said they could neither confirm nor deny the
statement. More..
Series 4 Gold Millennium Buddy 91/100 Reported
Beanie Fraud Bust
Barbara Arakelian and Darren Baker of Highlands, New Jersey, were
charged in the complaint with selling Beanie Babies, Furbies and other toys for
hundreds of dollars through the on-line auction service e-Bay, but not filling
the orders. Baker also took $505 from an on-line buyer for two Bruce
Springsteen concert tickets but failed to send them, the complaint alleged.
Businesses Do Most of Online Buying
For most people, e-commerce brings to mind Beanie Baby
auctions or battling bookstores. But businesses, not consumers, are doing most
of the buying and selling online. Inspired by the
success of online retail merchants, companies are dealing with one another over
the Internet, trading in everything from coal to computer components to cows.
Business deals will account for two-thirds or more of the money moving on the
Internet this year, and that amount will keep increasing, analysts say. More...
Pokemon Hotline
People who saw "Pokemon The First Movie" before Monday, Nov.
15, 1999, and did not receive a game card packet at the theater should mail
their movie-ticket stub and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the following
address:
Pokemon Trading Card Game Card Offer
c/o Technicolor
202 Rochester Ave.
Ontario, Calif. 91761
Requests must be postmarked by Dec. 14, 1999; delivery of the Trading Card Game
cards will take at least six weeks. One Trading Card Game card will be sent per
ticket stub.
People may also call an 800 number to receive this same address and set of
instructions for obtaining a game card. The number is 1-800-824-9588.
Ty Warner - The Secretive Tycoon
Warner, 55, is the Howard Hughes of the toy world; secretive, a shrewd manipulator and
peerless marketing man who, in the information age, knows the selling-power of being
elusive. In six short years he has converted an idea so simple that everyone asks
"Why didn't I think of that?" into a company with a net annual profit of $700
million (£437.5 million) and a personal fortune of $7 billion. H. Ty Warner
was the elder child of Harold Warner, a jewellery and toy salesman, and his pianist wife,
Georgia. His younger sister, Joyce, is 51. His parents went through a bitter divorce and
Harold died of a heart attack in 1983. Georgia - described as an elegant woman who still
wears long gloves like those worn by film stars of old - lives in an apartment that her
son bought her in a gated enclave two miles from his own surprisingly modest home. More....
Pokemon Ball Kills Boy - $100 Million Lawsuit Filed
The family of a 7-year-old boy who choked to death on a popular "Pokemon"
ball filed a $100 million lawsuit against Hasbro Inc. and Toys R Us, alleging
the toy was unsafe and failed to contain proper warnings. The wrongful
death suit, filed in Manhattan federal court by the family of Robert Brazier,
alleged the Pokemon Power Bouncer is a dangerous size that can easily lodge in a
child's throat. More...
Kids Arrested for Stealing Pokemon Cards
Criminals rob banks because, as Willie Sutton once said, that's where the
money is. Now, authorities say, two young boys ransacked backpacks at local
elementary schools because that's where the Pokemon cards were. Two Los
Angeles-area boys, ages 12 and 13, were arrested this week after they allegedly
stole dozens of Pokemon cards from unsuspecting youngsters. More...
Pokemon Moms Buy Out Theaters
Warner Bros. spokeswoman Nancy Kirkpatrick said she knew of several
instances in which "people were going in and buying out (movie) houses for
their entire elementary school for Saturday morning. These were real moms
who had gotten together and decided to do this,'' she added. The "Pokemon"
movie craze has overwhelmed a multimillion-dollar promotional tie-in at Burger
King, leaving kids crying, parents irate and the fast-food chain rushing by
land, sea and air to meet a whopping demand for promised toys and trading cards.
At theaters, "Pokemon: The First Movie" has proved such a big hit that
distributor Warner Bros. said it was running out of the promotional trading
cards it was giving away with ticket purchases. More...
SERIES 4 Card Reported!
By Noel - Guest Reporter
Thought you would like to know that I found Series 4 cards this evening in
CT. I bought 10 packs, and I got a Silver Schweetheart buddy card, a
Silver Mooch wild card, a Silver Canyon birthday card, and a Retired Purple
Fetch Card #1184/7056! These cards are beautiful - the best so far!
The commons and the artist proofs are like Series 3, with the backgrounds,
but now there are commons such as Groovy, Slowpoke, Orange Digger and Radar!
The artist proofs also have the same background, but being that they are
Series 4 - they look extra good! I think getting 3 silvers and a retired out
of 10 packs is pretty rare! (oh, and when I got the silver schweetheart
buddy card, right behind it was a red/orange chilly beanie card - so I got 2
of them in the same pack!) 1998 Holiday Teddy common card is cut all funny on
the top.
I am going back out tomorrow on the mad search for some more boxes - as soon
as I find any more information out (like, which cards are the retireds, for
example - oh, I can tell you that Blackie is also a retired card) I will let you know.
I am assuming there are 4 colors, as I have three, and if Ty is following the
other series, there are orange, purple, silver, and gold.
Odds: 164 Total Card Set, including Common Cards "Artist Proof" (1 per
pack), Wild Cards (odds 1 in 3 packs) Birthday Cards (odds 1 in 5 packs),
Babies and Buddies (odds 1 in 12 packs) Classic Commons (odds 1 in 24 packs)
Retired Cards or Autographed Cards (odds 1 in 72 packs), Plus a Beanie Babies
Glow in the Dark Sticker Card (1 per pack) and an Official Club Mini-Magazine
(1 per pack).
So, it looks like the same odds as Series 3, with a few more in this Series.
The sticker cards are neat - very different from last series!
Special Thanks to Noel for the Report!!!
Pokemon Movie Shatters Record!
Pokemon: The First Movie grossed more than $10 million on its opening day, cashing in on
America's latest kiddie craze to post the biggest Wednesday release for an animated film,
according to box office figures issued Thursday.
With ticket sales of nearly $10.1 million, the feature film based on the wildly popular
"Pokemon" TV series imported from Japan far Shattered the previous Wednesday
opening record of $4.8 million, set by "Toy Story" the day before Thanksgiving
in 1995.
More...
Pokemon Games are Hot Sellers
Through the first ten months of 1999, Nintendo's Pokemon franchise, comprised of Pokemon
Pinball, Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Yellow and the original Blue and Red versions of Pokemon,
has accounted for 10.5 percent of all console video game software units sold and 8.9
percent of revenue in the U.S., according to market researcher PC Data.
In the rapidly expanding Game Boy market, Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Red, Pokemon Yellow and
Pokemon Pinball are the four top-selling titles of the year respectively. Together, these
titles account for 46.9 percent of all Game Boy software units sold and 48.3 percent of
all dollar sales. In October, their share was greater, combining for 75.3 percent of all
Game Boy units sold and 75.1 percent of the revenue. More...
Ebay's Meg Whitman Honored
GLAMOUR magazine names Meg Whitman among its 1999 Women of the Year in the December issue,
crediting the 43-year-old eBay CEO with transforming the online auction website from a
revolutionary idea into an astounding $18 billion business. "In 1999, all of America
caught eBay fever," says GLAMOUR. "eBay's brilliant concept - buyers and sellers
can deal directly - changed the way we think about shopping. But a great idea can run on
buzz for just so long. Enter Meg Whitman.'' Back in 1997, when eBay founder Pierre Omidyar
approached then Hasbro executive Whitman, she had no technical expertise, and online
properties were risky ventures. "But this mother of two young boys realized her
blue-chip marketing skills could take the company to a level beyond anyone's
dreams..." More...
Pokemon Movie A Hit - Almost out of Cards
Buoyed by the riotous enthusiasm among its young fans and warm reception among critics,
Kids' WB! Presents ``Pokemon The First Movie'' is attracting such strong numbers on
opening day that theaters are fast running out of the special-edition trading cards being
given away with each ticket sold. "We believed our generous supply of many
millions of cards would last at least the first week, but the fact that we now find
ourselves nearly tapped out after only one day just reinforces our belief
in the tremendous appeal of both our movie and the entire Pokemon phenomenon.'' In a
further attempt to keep up with demand, Warner Bros. is also providing theaters which have
run out of cards with stand-alone coupons that can be mailed in along with a ``Pokemon The
First Movie'' ticket stub to receive a free card also on a while-supplies-last basis.
More...
Cyrk, Inc. Announces results for Third Quarter
For the third quarter, the Company reported net sales of $258.8 million compared with
$163.7 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 1998. Net income for the quarter
totaled $7.8 million or $0.48 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $245,000 or a
loss of $0.02 per diluted share reported for the same period a year ago.
"In 1999, the Company's seasonal pattern of sales and earnings, including a loss in
the first quarter and significant revenues and profitability in the second half of the
year, was primarily attributed to the sale of Ty Beanie Babies® product. Much has been
written about the mystery surrounding Ty's plans for its Beanie Babies® brand for the
year 2000. This situation has introduced an unusually high degree of uncertainty which
will impact the operating loss we expect in the first quarter of next year. However, we
remain bullish about our relationship with Ty Inc. We are actively engaged at Ty and are
prepared to service Ty under a variety of volume scenarios in 2000.'' More...
Auction Rover Searches Most Auction Sites!
AuctionRover.com searches more than 30 online auction sites, from well-publicized sites
such as eBay, Yahoo!, MSN,and Amazon.com, and other general auction sites, specialty
auction sites and collectors' sites. AuctionRover.com now brings close to 4 million items
to bidders' desktops.
Using RocketRover - an advanced, proprietary cross-auction search engine -
AuctionRover.com provides a comprehensive, categorized and searchable index of these 30
plus auction sites. So, if bidders are looking for a Furby Baby or Beanie Baby, Pokemon
trading cards or Ken Griffey Jr. rookie cards, the "Blair Witch Project" DVD or
the television set to watch it on, they don't have to individually search dozens of
different auction sites - AuctionRover.com fetches the results for them. Additionally,
bidders can be notified about new items, monitor items of interest, and participate on
several different auction sites simultaneously.
More...
Pokemon Fakes
As the holiday buying season approaches, Nintendo is hoping to get the word out on
Pokemon fakes. Nintendo told the Wall Street Journal it has already seized eight-thousand
counterfeit Pokemon items, just from New York retailers. Tips on how NOT to get ripped
off: hold the "Charmander" and "Pikachu" cards up to the light. If you
can see through them, they're fakes.
Get the "Exclusive" Scoop on the "Silver Numbered Cards"!
We have 486 Card Numbers Reported!!! - 10 More Added
Today!
The most extensive guide available on the internet is right here!
Updated Daily!
The Most important under-reported Subject on the Series 3 cards! This Knowledge is
Vital as many readers point out!
Thanks to all of those who have sent in Card Numbers! We still need some more
card numbers, so keep sending them in!
Read this guide Before You Buy another Series 3 Silver Retired Card! We
share just the facts, no fiction!
This extensive Guide is brought to you by Sierra's
Collectibles and The Sylvan Lane Shoppe!
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Winner in BMW auction on Ebay
BMW of North America, Inc., and eBay Inc., the world's leading person-to-person
online trading community, today announced that Brad and Dawn Fire placed the highest bid
in the 10-day charity auction on ebay.com for the first
customer-delivered BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle. One hundred percent of the Fire's bid
-- $159,100 -- will benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, credited as the
nation's leading catalyst in the fight against breast cancer.
Couple Told to Split Beanies
A divorced couple couldn't agree on how to split their Beanie Baby collection, so a judge
ordered them on Friday to divide up the babies one by one in a courtroom. "It's
ridiculous and embarrassing," said Frances Mountain, moments before squatting on the
courtroom floor alongside her ex-husband to choose first from a pile of dozens of stuffed
toys. Maple the Bear was the first to go, as a few people in the gallery snickered.
Frances and Harold Mountain divorced four months ago and, according to the divorce
decree, were supposed to split their Beanie Baby collection, estimated to be worth between
$2,500 and $5,000. But they failed to do so, and after Mountain filed a motion
to get his share of the litter, the judge said he had had enough. "Because you
folks can't solve it, it takes the services of a ... judge, a bailiff and a court
reporter," Family Court Judge Gerald Hardcastle told the ex-couple.
Teen Arrested in Pokemon Mugging
Police are charging a 13-year-old boy with strong-arm robbery for allegedly mugging a
ten-year-old schoolmate for his Pokemon card collection. Brandon Demonbreun says the older
boy shoved him, grabbed his cards and took off. The collection was valued at 500-dollars.
The attacker is accused of selling Brandon's cards to friends. More...
Pokemon the First Movie - Billboard is now on eBay
The billboard, which is made of flexible nylon, will go to the highest bidder after
five days of active bidding, beginning Friday, Nov. 5 and ending Tuesday, Nov. 9.
The opening bid is $100, with no reserve posted. The ultimate Pokemon collector's item --
the 25 x 40 foot billboard for Kids WB! Presents "Pokemon The First Movie" that
advertises the film at Times Square in New York City -- will be auctioned off on the
auction site eBay. Currently $1,175 Click Here For
The Auction!
Special Pokemon "Movie" Cards Arrive
All Nippon Airways' 747 jumbo jet aircraft, which is 232 feet in length and painted with
Pokemon characters carried the first shipment of special limited edition Pokemon cards for
the North American release of Kids WB! Presents "Pokemon The First Movie." The
jet was greeted by well-known Pokemon character Pikachu. Its special cargo will be carried
by an armored truck and escorted into Manhattan by a pair of Pikachu VW Beetles.
The limited edition Pokemon trading cards, created expressly for the movie, are only
available by purchasing a ticket to the movie or by making a purchase of $10 or more at
the Warner Bros. Studio Stores, while supplies last. The new Pokemon cards feature
Dragonite, a flying Pokemon messenger; Electabuzz, a wild Pokemon with a short temper;
Mewtwo, a violent, genetically engineered creation; and Pikachu, the most charming and
beloved Pokemon. More...
Ebay Blocks AuctionWatch
eBay requested the IP addresses for its servers in order to block them, and AuctionWatch
has given those addresses.
Despite having given up the IP addresses, AuctionWatch is going to vigorously fight
this process. One analyst questioned eBay's blocking strategy. "That'll upset a
certain number of users. You tend not to want to attack users," said Rob Enderle, an
analyst at Giga Information Group. "If you have a concern, you come up with your own
version of AuctionWatch and then you watch everybody else's auction sites as well as your
own." More...
11/4/99
Pokemon the First Movie - Billboard To Be Auctioned on eBay
The billboard, which is made of flexible nylon, will go to the highest bidder after
five days of active bidding, beginning Friday, Nov. 5 and ending Tuesday, Nov. 9.
The opening bid is $100, with no reserve posted. The ultimate Pokemon collector's item --
the 25 x 40 foot billboard for Kids WB! Presents "Pokemon The First Movie" that
advertises the film at Times Square in New York City -- will be auctioned off on the
auction site eBay. More...
New Pokemon Videos Available
Alternative Video Warehouse is now accepting orders for the latest two volumes of
the Pokemon video series, Volume 11: The Great Race and Volume 12: Pikachu Party.
Each volume is available in VHS and DVD format, priced at $9.79 and $18.50
respectively. The videos can be purchased online at www.altvidwar.com/pokemon.htm
11/3/99
Pokemon to Invade Burger King
57 Toys, 151 Cards, 6 Gold Plated Cards
Starting November 8, 1999 Pokemon creatures will inhabit more than 8,000
BURGER KING® restaurants nationwide. The eight-week promotion boasts 57 toys in 56 days -
one included in each kids meal. The toys, each of which are packed in a Poke Ball and
include one of 151 trading cards, is the largest effort ever for the fast food giant.
Additionally, consumers can purchase one of six collectible 23K gold plated trading cards
for $1.99 with the purchase of any value meal beginning Nov. 15. Each of the six
collectible cards comes packaged in a mechanized Poke Ball and includes a certificate of
authenticity. The six characters are #25 Pikachu, #151 Mewtwo, #39 Jigglypuff, #61
Poliwhirl, #06 Charizard, and Togepi. More...
Pokemon Movie Ticket Giveaway Shuts Phone System Down
Phone lines at Warner Bros. headquarters in Burbank were flooded Monday morning following
the 7:30 a.m. announcement on the WB Networks' KTLA Morning News that tickets to the
premiere of "Pokemon: The First Movie" would be given away.
The barage of 70,000 calls per minute at its peak crashed the Warner Bros. voice mail
system and also shut down communications at its Burbank-based neighbors Disney and NBC.
More...
Pokemon on Top of Christmas Lists
The hands-down winner as the most-asked-for gift from children was Pokemon - in all its
variations: cards, games and other related merchandise. The perennial holiday queen,
Barbie, was another favorite this year. Computer games (Nintendo, Playstation, etc.) were
the third most asked for gifts. The American Girl Doll, a new collector-type doll, was
mentioned frequently, as were bikes and skate boards. Some favorites from prior holidays
also returned this year-- Furbies, Beanie Babies, Teletubbies and Power Rangers.
More...
11/2/99
Ebay Suffers 3rd Outage in 3 Days!
eBay said the company took down its servers at 4:38 a.m. PT and had the company's
backup system up and running in place of its main system around 6 a.m. But
many eBay users reported having trouble with the site before and after the official
outage. On the eBay message boards, users spoke out against the continued problems:
"I love your newest feature," one user wrote. "No access to my auctions, no
photos, no bids, no searching, no refunds…and no sales!" More...
Autographed Cards On Ebay!
Jabber
Artist Proof 1/1
Spangle
Artist Proof 1/1
Squealer
Silver Buddy 1/1
11/1/99
Tyra Shipped?
Beaniemom reports Tyra has shown up and has a picture of this illusive retired Attic
Treasure.
Click Here...
Get the "Exclusive" Scoop on the "Silver Numbered Cards"!
We have OVER 400 Card Numbers Reported!!! - 27 Added
Today and Yesterday!
The most extensive guide available on the internet is right here!
Updated Daily!
The Most important under-reported Subject on the Series 3 cards! This Knowledge is
Vital as many readers point out!
Thanks to all of those who have sent in Card Numbers! We still need some more
card numbers, so keep sending them in!
Read this guide Before You Buy another Series 3 Silver Retired Card! We
share just the facts, no fiction!
This extensive Guide is brought to you by Sierra's
Collectibles and The Sylvan Lane Shoppe!
Click here for the Exclusive FREE INFO!
Pokeman Fruit Snacks to Contain Special Card
The Pokemon
phenomenon hits the fruit snack aisle this week. Grocery stores across the country are
preparing for the rush of kids who can't wait to get their hands on Pokemon Punch Red
Rolls. Many retailers won't be surprised if the new Pokemon Rolls prove difficult to
keep in stock.
Building upon the huge success of the Pokemon trading card game from Wizards of the Coast,
each box of Pokemon Rolls will include one of five Pokemon trading card game cards
for a limited time. Fans will be particularly excited about the special gold-bordered card
featuring the character Meowth, available only in boxes of Pokemon Rolls. Every
Pokemon Roll is packaged inside one of 10 collectable pouches that profile different
Pokemon characters. The backing paper of each Pokemon Roll also features trading card game
tips. A box of six Pokemon Rolls sells for an approximate retail price of $2.47. More...
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November 10.
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