The Future of Lost Continent

[quinnmac000]

Can the facial recognition tech Universal has be used as a counter measure to people buying up Pokémon trading cards if they have packs that are exclusive to the park?

There is no way on this earth they want to deal with the pokemon investing culture and the behaviors involved in that space. I don't even think Pokemon Company will even allow it. they sell backs and the collectors buy the entire inventory in two days leading to people not able to get cards for month especially if someone made a trip down is just bad business i wouldn't want to touch.

I’m not aware of this being an issue at the Japan park despite that implementation being 100 percent food and merchandise. Just institute a transaction limit on merch and go hard after scalpers. Disney has started to do this and been pretty successful.

We get it. Pokémon is popular. Yes, clearly scalping is an issue for the cards at retail stores. And any limited edition or exclusive merch will be vulnerable at the parks to this kind of activity. But I feel like we’re bordering on hysteria here.

They do have issues. But to get around it, for things that are limited quantity they make you get a time to shop and then you have 10 minutes to shop and they scan your pass to keep track of all the things you bought. Its a strict ten minutes to. However even then its hard because all the times slots are gone within two hours of the park opening. (For reference this is hamikuma merch which is USJ's biggest merch seller).

They remedy it but allowing you to buy things they don't have in stock though through the online merch store which allows you to buy park exclusive merch as long as you are in the park online and they ship it to your home (As long as you live in Japan). However, i don't think that is as feasible for IOA.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I do agree with @Mike S on one portion - I can see the crowds being genuinely nuts for this.

Not out to the parking garages nuts - but maybe out past the lighthouse nuts.

 

[Mike S]

I do agree with @Mike S on one portion - I can see the crowds being genuinely nuts for this.

Not out to the parking garages nuts - but maybe out past the lighthouse nuts.

Yeah that’s what I’m expecting. Maybe it’s also at the point where the line is so big that to enter the land you have to go through the left side of the park rather than the direct route through Seuss.

 

[mccgavin]

Yeah that’s what I’m expecting. Maybe it’s also at the point where the line is so big that to enter the land you have to go through the left side of the park rather than the direct route through Seuss.

Probably not beyond the opening day. I think you are starting to blow things out of proportion now...

 

[Mike S]

Probably not beyond the opening day. I think you are starting to blow things out of proportion now...

We’re talking about the biggest IP in the world. Yeah it probably wouldn’t last like that for long which I’m pretty sure Potter didn’t either after a month or two but it’s entirely possible to happen.

Does anyone here remember exactly how long the line for Potter forced you through the left side of the park? I remember it on opening day but it was gone by the time I went later in 2010 but I can’t remember exactly when that was. Either that or it just wasn’t as crazy but they were still making you use the left side.