Tropical Beach to be 2012 Worlds Promo

Pikachu Plush, Hawaii themed T-shirt, and more released

Friday, August 10, 2012

Reported on Bulbanews by Maverick Nate
Originally reported on Twitter

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As the festivities at the 2012 World Championships have begun, participants have been receiving their goodie bags of promotional merchandise, all themed around the Hawaiian Worlds tournament. These bags include a multilingual set of this year's promo: Tropical Beach, as well as a Hawaiian Pikachu plush, a Worlds T-shirt, a playmat, deckbox, and promotional Worlds patch. Worlds goes until Sunday, August 12th.

The new Tropical Beach is one of the BW Black Star Promos, and is numbered BW50. It is a reprint of last year's promo. The effect can be seen below.

Merchandise

French Tropical Beach promo
BW Promo 50

Worlds 2012 merchandise

Tropical Beach

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