{"id":866685,"date":"2026-10-01T04:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/866685\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:54:13","slug":"adidas-drops-limited-edition-pokemon-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/866685\/","title":{"rendered":"Adidas drops limited edition Pokemon collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adidas has just dropped a Pokemon collection that \u2013 with scarcity fuelling the craze \u2013 may just send fans roaming and battling in retail stores to \u201ccatch \u2019em all\u201d, including a $69 lunch bag.<\/p>\n

The limited-edition collaboration celebrates the media franchise\u2019s 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Nine characters are featured in the wider sneaker line-up, according to Sneaker News.<\/p>\n

Pikachu, Mewtwo and Rayquaza get multiple designs, while Charmander, Charmeleon and Charizard are also featured. Gastly, Haunter and Gengar complete the line-up.<\/p>\n

One Pikachu Superstar design features plush ears on the shoe\u2019s tongue and face badges at the heel. A white-and-black version offers a character-covered upper.<\/p>\n

Mewtwo\u2019s soft purple Superstars take a sleeker approach, with an iridescent finish and a tag referencing its Psystrike move.<\/p>\n

Charmander features art showing the fire-starter breathing flames towards the Samba stripes.<\/p>\n

In Singapore, adidas\u2019 collection page (www.adidas.com.sg\/pokemon<\/a>) lists 34 products spanning shoes, clothing and accessories.<\/p>\n

Footwear prices range from $99 for children\u2019s styles to $289 for the Adistar XLG 2.0 and the \u201cconfirmed-exclusive\u201d Megaride F50. The Samba OG costs $159 for men and $99 for children.<\/p>\n

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In Singapore, adidas\u2019 collection page lists 34 products spanning shoes, clothing and accessories.<\/p>\n

PHOTO: ADIDAS.COM<\/p>\n

The local line-up also includes men\u2019s jersey tees at $109, children\u2019s tees from $45 and a $69 lunch bag.<\/p>\n

The Pokemon TV series, which sprouted from a 1996 Nintendo game, premiered in Japan in 1997 and has since aired in more than 90 countries and regions.<\/p>\n

Guinness World Records estimates that the franchise has generated over US$147 billion (S$188 billion) in revenue from merchandise, games and advertising.<\/p>\n

It has sold some 515 million video games and at least 85 billion cards, according to figures released by The Pokemon Company.<\/p>\n

In 2027, Singapore will host the Pokemon World Championships<\/a>, where thousands of fans from around the world will battle it out for a chance at glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adidas has just dropped a Pokemon collection that \u2013 with scarcity fuelling the craze \u2013 may just send…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[74,179,509,180],"class_list":["post-866685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}