Pokemon Sun & Moon & More

Pokemon Sun & Moon

Lots of news here at Silly Billy’s, Pokemon Sun and Moon have just arrived in the shop and we have both the Theme Decks at £11.99 and also Pokemon Sun & Moon Additional game cards at £3.99
Door Broken

A sorrowful soul attempted to kick our door in on Tuesday night, we are waiting for the door to be repaired. Currently it is being held together with some chipboard so we would like to apologise for the un-sightlyness of the shop door. For any would-be thieves reading this, we know that the alarm is still working!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lego

Lego Batman sales are on the increase and the Lego Batman Movie is coming out soon, tomorrow, in fact:
If you would like to see how our own Minifgure Collection is going then please have a look here

 

We have also had an enquiry from Brick Clicker to ask if we can show his video on Batman Movie Minifigures and so to help his profile and also because he pulled exactly the same Minifigure of Vacation Batman as his first minifigure, the same Batman Minifigure as we did, you can view Brick Clicker’s video below:

If you want to view Brick Clicker’s full YouTube Channel it is here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA89O6CpgZYeiwIB040Cf3Q

Messy Mini Movers are having a parent and child (any Age) creative dance event on Wednesday 22nd February, more details below:

Since I am on a bit of a roll with Video’s in this post, here is another one for all the folk who may be coming into the shop and asking for me to search out particular batman collectible minifigures, now you can do it all yourself with tuition from Brick Adjuster

 

Other exciting news is that last week Bill went to the Toy Fair in London and there’s a picture of him with some Playmobil Characters having fun, we will be having new Playmobil products and a new Playmobil Window Display in Silly Billy’s Toy Shop soon.

Next week Bill be going to the Spring Fair in Birmingham on another research and buying mission for Silly Billy’s Toy Shop

We have just received some brand new TY Beanies, TY Clips and Teeny Ty’s and you can read about them on Silly Billy’s Facebook page, if you are on Facebook and haven’t liked us yet then please do, it really helps.

We have a Shop on EBay as well so if you would like to see what’s inside then please go:
shop.sillybillystoyshop.com

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Pokemon Evolutions

Pokémon Evolutions

All new in Pokémon Evolutions. 
The Pokémon legacy evolves with the Pokémon TCG: XY—Evolutions expansion! All Trainers and Pokémon grow and evolve—and this expansion restores the very first Pokémon trading cards to glory. With the exhilarating power of Mega Venusaur-EX, Mega Charizard-EX, and Mega Blastoise-EX, plus some wild surprises like Dragonite-EX, Ninetales BREAK, Machamp BREAK, and Mega Slowbro-EX, the classic hard-battling Pokémon and old-school Trainers are reinvented for a new generation. Ask Professor Oak to get you started, and reach new heights with the Pokémon TCG: XY—Evolutions expansion!

Information taken from www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/xy-evolutions/explore-and-watch

We have been out of Pokemon cards for approximately ten days at Silly Billy’s Toy Shop, such was the popularity of the last X-Y Series and now we have the brand new Pokémon Evolutions X-Y Collectors Series cards in stock.

Come to Silly Billy’s Toy Shop and increase your Pokémon card series growth toPokemon Evolutionsday, don’t delay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pokémon TCG: XY—Evolutions expansion includes:

Over 100 cards

12 new Pokémon-EX, including 5 Mega Evolution Pokémon

4 new Pokémon BREAK

A reinvention of the very first Pokémon trading cards

The complete XY—Evolutions expansion will be available to play in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.

Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon?, /ˈpoʊkeɪˌmɒn/ or /ˈpoʊkᵻˌmɒn/ – poh-kay-mon or poh-ki-mon) is a media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a Japanese consortium between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise copyright is shared by all three companies, but Nintendo is the sole owner of the trademark. The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, and is centered on fictional creatures called “Pokémon”, which humans, known as Pokémon Trainers, catch and train to battle each other for sport.

The franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. The franchise now spans video games, trading card games, animated television shows and movies, comic books, and toys. Pokémon is the second-most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo’s Mario franchise.

Cumulative sales of the video games (including home console games, such as Hey You, Pikachu! for the Nintendo 64) have reached more than 279 million copies. In November 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, which had managed the non-game related licensing of Pokémon, announced that it had agreed not to renew the Pokémon representation agreement. The Pokémon Company International (formerly Pokémon USA Inc.), a subsidiary of Japan’s Pokémon Co., oversees all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia.[8] As of May 2016, the Pokémon franchise has grossed revenues of ¥4.8 trillion worldwide[9] (equivalent to US$46.2 billion).

Information from Wikipedia

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Pokemon Steam Siege

Pokémon Steam Siege Have Arrived

The very latest in Pokémon Trading Card Booster Packs have arrived at Silly Billy’s Toy Shop, Pokémon Steam Siege are here.

We have many regular customers of Pokémon trading cards so this is a heads up for them as the last series of Fates Collides dwindles out, we have only a few packs left.

Gear up for new ways to battle! Take control of Shiny Mega Gardevoir-EX to lay siege upon your enemies. Wield the dual powers of fire and water with the Mythical Steam Pokémon Volcanion. Use dual-type Pokémon to open the way to new, powerful strategies, and battle with the incredible Xerneas BREAK and Yveltal BREAK…all in the Pokémon TCG: XY—Steam Siege expansion!

The Pokémon TCG: XY—Steam Siege expansion includes:

Over 110 cards
8 new dual-type Pokémon
6 new Pokémon-EX, including two Mega Evolution Pokémon
7 new Pokémon BREAK
Excerpt above taken from pokemon.com

Pokemon Steam Siege

Pokemon Steam Siege

It is unsurprising that Pokemon Cards are still incredibly popular after the recent release of Pokemon Go has further reinforced the popularity of this major brand and also their cutting edge use of Technology in product development and implementation.

Silly Billy’s has stocked Pokemon Cards for a very long time, in fact they were first released in 1996 in Japan and Silly Billy’s started trading 1997, with America taking up the Pokémon Trading Card Frenzy in 1998 and release to Europe shortly afterwards Silly Billy’s was one of the First Retailers to stock Pokemon Cards right back in the beginning of Pokemon time.
A Pokémon Trading Card Game was developed by Media Factory with its own set of rules. The first set of cards was released on October 20, 1996, containing 102 cards, and became very popular.
The Trading Card Game was also introduced to North America on January 9, 1999 by Wizards of the Coast. The Electric Tale of Pikachu became the first Pokémon manga to be translated to English when VIZ Media started publishing it on September 28, 1999.

There is some fantastic Pokémon information available from the link below:
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/History

 

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PokemonGO

PokemonGO

PokemonGO

PokemonGO

What can we say? PokemonGo as one of the first augmented reality games is pretty amazing. There is a lot  you can do within the PokemonGo game and many ways in which you can get involved.
On the plus side it encourages people to go out and walk, run or cycle and catch #PokemonGO where ever they may be. It’s interesting that Niantic have released the game for free and also free of ADs, this is a plus really. Although it has As I have some background knowledge in internet and application development I really do feel Pokemon GO is a very powerful app.
On the down side there have been stories of people falling off of cliffs and the like, which isn’t great.

Pokemon cards have been amazingly popular here at Silly Billy’s Toy Shop and we are the greatest retailer of Pokemon Cards in Hebden Bridge. We would obviously be very grateful if you could shop for your cards here as we are raising our own visibility post the flooding of Boxing Day.
The latest series “Fates Collide” has been one of the most popular collectors series yet.
PokemonGo - Fates CollideWe have plenty of card booster packs here at Silly Billy’s so if you are looking for Pokemon Cards then come down to Silly Billy’s Toy Shop today

The author has installed Pokemon GO on his phone and has played it, although as I am no gamer I did not particularly get into the game itself, though I am interested in other people’s experiences.

Packhorse Bridge

The Packhorse Bridge c1450

My daughter caught a Pokemon in Silly Billy’s Toy Shop the other day and I have applied to Niantic to make Silly Billy’s a PokeStop. There was also PokeGym on the Packhorse Bridge, close to our shop.

Overall I would say the development and release of PokemonGo is significant and heralds a new way of gaming incorporating augmented reality.

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