I'm not certain how many people are interested in pokemon toys/merchandise...
I scanned a few fliers from the pokemon center store in Japan.

Basically, merchandise of confirmed 5th gen pokemon are hitting shelves September 18th.
These items are only available at the Japan Pokecenter, but people often buy them en masse to sell online. So keep an eye peeled if you're interested.



There was also an exclusive japanese pikachu TCG card available only at the store from 8/16 to 8/29.



(Sorry if this is inappropriate news or in the wrong place, I'm terribly new here!)

I apologize that it took longer than anticipated, but the RP forums are reopened as of this morning.

Please be sure to read the new rules posted in the discussion area before jumping back in.

We had some server difficulties today, and had to restore to a backup as well.

Some changes have been made and we will continue to monitor the site to decide on what permanent upgrades/changes to remain with.

If it goes down again please don't be surprised as we continue to tweak the server.

Thank-you.

A heads up that the board will be closed for 15 - 30 mins or so for maintenance.

1:00PM PST, which is about 3 hours from now.

Thanks.

A new Event Crobat will be distributed wirelessly at the Pokemon World Championships, from the 12th of August to the 15th of August, 2010.

Quote:Special Character Distribution * English, Italian, French * 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Special Character Distribution * Japanese, German, Spanish * 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

One of our software licenses expired on the server, so it stopped performing its required actions. We're looking to get a permanent license, until then, there may be a bit more occasional downtime.
We'll most likely have this completely resolved in 24 to 48 hours.

Thanks for the patience.

A lot of teams still have members pending "Activation".

All leaders are required to go through the validation process, either to accept or deny the members.

Please do so before punishments are dealt out for lack of Leader responsibility.

Thank-you.

There will be a new manaphy event in japan, information given by a mcdonalds flyer. This new manaphy will have the moves of Aqua Ring, Water Pulse, Water Sport, and Heart swap. This manaphy will be avialable through Wifi mystery gift download. It will run through August 14th 2010 to Spetember 12th 2010.

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Serebii