Thousands of limited-edition Pokémon Oreo cookies on eBay hit shelves

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The new Oreo collaboration with Pokemon made its debut earlier this month, and the chocolate is dotted with various Pokemon cookies. But some cookies are rarer than others-some Oreos are characterized by the very rare meow, a psychic mythical Pokémon.

In the world of Pokémon, seeing Meow is almost like seeing a unicorn. Moreover, just as art imitates life, finding a Mew Oreo biscuit has its own miracle.So many that cookies featuring Mew are now resold on eBay for thousands of people, and one seller asks for the same amount $10,000 as a cookie.

CNN contacted Mondelez International, which owns Nabisco, the maker of popular snacks such as Oreos and Liz biscuits, to comment on the resale value of these biscuits, but did not receive a response. .

Although Pokémon Oreos tastes exactly the same as other non-Pokémon Oreos, the praise and comments on cookies on social media have been very enthusiastic.A YouTube user Jason Mazurek reported that he went Eight different stores Find mouth-watering cookies, and one study émon card social media accounts A photo showing Oreo in a grocery store was posted, saying: “Buy all the biscuits and resell them for billions of dollars.”

On Instagram, the hashtag #pokemonoreos is attached to Nearly 2,000 posts, Many users show off the Mew cookies they found.

For a long time, Pokémon has been proud of having a loyal fan base. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the value of Pokemon cards skyrocketed, with some cards selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars-including a rare Charizard card that sold for 400,000 dollars. The situation became so out of control that in May, Target temporarily suspend sales Sports cards and Pokémon cards in the store after a violent dispute broke out at a retailer’s Wisconsin location.

The craze for cookies is more than just an interest in rare cat cookies-some sellers just resell whole packages of Pokémon Oreos, while others sell a collection of all 16 Pokémon cookies.

Oreo-Pokémon cooperation is Initially announced Nabisco’s employees went on strike, leading to some Pokémon lovers Avoid Collect cookies from.The strike ended on September 18.