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$925 Million Living Pokemon Pikachu


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$925 Million Living Pokemon Pikachu

Real Life Cartoon  Pets - $925 Million Living Pokemon Pikachu
$925 Million Living Pokemon Pikachu
Published: Sep 15, 08
Comments: 2
Views: 13,199

Pikachu, the main character from the popular anime cartoon Pokemon, has been discovered to be real.

OK, he is not real, but a man claims to have discovered a Pikachu forest (what, inside his photoshop program?) and is offering to catch live Pikachus for $925 million each.

The whole stunt is being done through a Yahoo! Japan Auction, so yet again, my lack of Japanese understanding foils me in being able to tell you the details.

To avoid decimating the population, there is a license to only catch 20 of them. What is more, each comes with three months of Pikachu food and a 60-minute training video to help teach new owners how to properly raise a young Pikachu.

The Pickachu in being held in the hand is the image being used for the auction. The rat in a fancy dress was an image mocked up for someone’s blog and it is pretty cool too.

References:  yahooauctionwatch.livedoor.biz, weirdasianews

Filed In:  bizarre marketing publicity stunts tech unique






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FOUR WAYS TO REACT: vote, favorite, add more examples of Real Life Cartoon Pets or comment about $925 Million Living Pokemon Pikachu.

Jeremy Gutsche on Sep 16, 08  1,655 Trends   2,594 Comments
Yah, this isn't freaky at all...
Jeremy Gutsche on Sep 16, 08  1,655 Trends   2,594 Comments 0
Favorited by Melissa Pritt on Sep 22, 08
Favorited by Nicole Chia on Jan 23, 09
Nicole Chia on Jan 23, 09  31 Trends   4 Comments
I do wish this was real. I would buy one...okay maybe not for that much...
Nicole Chia on Jan 23, 09  31 Trends   4 Comments 0

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