[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-pokemon-cards-not-gadgets-topped-october-prime-day-carts":10,"sections":49},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":44,"feedback":48,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":48,"total_tokens":48},10499,"pokemon-cards-not-gadgets-topped-october-prime-day-carts","Pokemon Cards, Not Gadgets, Topped October Prime Day Carts","An invite-only Pokemon card box topped shoppers' October Prime Day purchases, ahead of a Zelda remake, earbuds, and a cooler.","October's hottest Prime Day purchase wasn't a gadget. It was a $159 box of Pokemon cards that you need an invitation just to buy.\n\nShoppers tracked during Prime Big Deal Days, which wrapped Oct. 7, bought one item more than any other. It was the Pokemon TCG 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box, priced at $159.99 and locked behind an invite-request system because its price has swung wildly since launch. Right behind it: Nintendo's Zelda Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2, discounted to $59.88 ahead of its Nov. 5 release. Also near the top: the Owala FreeSip Twist bottle at $19.97, Apple's AirPods Pro 3 at $179, and a Yeti Tundra 45 cooler at $243.75.\n\nThat lineup is a tell. Retailers increasingly gate scarce collectibles behind invite requests to curb scalping, and making that friction the top item in a sale event is a newer twist, one that apparently drove more requests rather than fewer. Everything else near the top is a practical, lower-risk buy, not a splurge.\n\nPricier electronics, from flagship headphones to the latest iPad, placed further down the list. When discounts are real across the board, shoppers default to what they already wanted, not what's merely on sale.","[\"prime-day\",\"pokemon-tcg\",\"collectibles\",\"nintendo-switch\"]","2026-10-07T20:44:02.000Z","2026-10-08T08:54:54.405Z","2026-10-08T08:54:59.117Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The closing line claims an invite-only Pokémon box outsold 'a discounted MacBook Air,' but the MacBook Air is never introduced anywhere earlier in the draft — ground that comparison by mentioning the MacBook Air deal in the body (it's in Mashable's 'more popular deals' list) or cut the comparison.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Fix the Pokemon box price claim, which inverts the source (it's $11 ABOVE the regular market price per Mashable, not $11 under — as written it contradicts your own 'almost no markdown' argument), and either establish the 3D printer in the body (price, discount) since the dek claims it was edged out or drop it from the dek.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"The price fix and dropped 3D printer are good, but the dek calls the box 'sold-out' and the body claims it 'keeps selling out regardless of price' — the source only says the item is invite-only due to fluctuating pricing\u002Fdemand, never confirms it sold out, so soften or remove that unsupported characterization.","deals",[40,41,42,43],"prime-day","pokemon-tcg","collectibles","nintendo-switch",[45],{"name":46,"url":47},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Ftech\u002Foctober-prime-day-2026-what-mashable-readers-bought",0,{"sections":50},[51,56,61,66,70,75,80,85,90,95,100,105,110,115],{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"AI","ai",6528,"2026-10-08T16:21:29.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Security","security",922,"2026-10-08T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Policy","policy",478,"2026-10-08T15:24:40.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":38,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Deals",467,"2026-10-08T15:01:29.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Hardware","hardware",225,"2026-10-08T13:10:18.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Science","science",188,"2026-10-08T15:28:36.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",179,"2026-10-08T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Startups","startups",117,"2026-10-08T16:45:00.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Software","software",113,"2026-10-07T18:10:00.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",105,"2026-10-07T16:59:11.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"General","general",63,"2026-10-08T16:57:00.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"Gaming","gaming",57,"2026-10-08T15:18:41.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"Reviews","reviews",34,"2026-10-08T14:00:22.000Z",{"name":116,"slug":117,"count":118,"latest_published_at":119},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]