Pokémon - ETB 30 ans - Digital Collector Anti-Bot Mint2Play

This product page wasn't created for you. Well… probably. 🤖

First things first: this is a 100% digital product.

You are not purchasing a physical Pokémon 30th Anniversary ETB. No ETB, booster pack, Pokémon card or accessory will be shipped.

This product page only gives you access to the Mint2Play Anti-Bot Digital Collector, digital content created specifically for this experiment.

If you are reading these lines, everything is fine.

You have already done exactly what this page expects from a human: you read.

So why does this product page exist?

Because when highly anticipated TCG products are released, not everyone necessarily plays with the same tools.

Automated systems can monitor stores, detect keywords, identify an available product, add it to a cart and attempt to purchase it within seconds.

Sometimes fast enough that real collectors have not even had time to open the product page.

So this time, Mint2Play decided to turn the principle around.

This product page is deliberately designed to attract systems that buy before understanding what they are buying.

Pokémon. ETB. 30th Anniversary. Product available. Displayed price. Add to cart button.

All the ingredients are there.

Except that you have to read. 😏

The bot buys. The human understands.

For a human visitor, there is no ambiguity: the digital nature of this product is clearly stated on this page.

But a system that decides what to buy using only a product name, a price and availability may discover a fairly old concept:

read before you buy.

And yes, that is intentional.

This Digital Collector is our way of reminding people, with a little humour, that a community of collectors should not constantly have to compete with scripts just to access the products they enjoy.

Are you human? Then the next part is for you. 👋

If you reached this point by simply reading the page, this product was not intended to trick you.

Quite the opposite.

You have just done exactly what an automated purchasing system is not always designed to do: take the time to understand what it is buying.

And because you understood the experiment, Mint2Play has prepared a second part specifically for humans.

Why does this product page really exist? How can you take part in the experiment? How can you join the collectors who support the message?

You will find the answer in our article dedicated to the Mint2Play Anti-Bot experiment.

👉 Discover “Collectors 1 — Bots 0” in the Mint2Play Mag

What do you receive?

Your purchase gives you access to the Mint2Play Anti-Bot Digital Collector created specifically for this experiment around Pokémon's 30th Anniversary.

The download may contain several versions of the artwork so that you can actually use it:

• a desktop / PC wallpaper;
• a smartphone wallpaper;
• optionally a tablet version;
• optionally a visual intended for social media sharing.

Every participant receives the same Digital Collector.

• no individual numbering;
• no announced edition limit;
• no artificial scarcity;
• no physical product;
• no ETB;
• no booster pack;
• no Pokémon card;
• no shipping.

The purpose is not to create another artificial form of scarcity.

This collector is a souvenir of the experiment and a rallying symbol for people who share its message.

A collector designed to circulate

No 001/100 numbering. No artificially limited quantity. No race to be first.

This Digital Collector is designed to be downloaded, used as a wallpaper, shared and circulated throughout the community.

The more it circulates, the further the message travels with it.

That is also why the Mint2Play visuals associated with the experiment clearly feature Mint2Play and mint2play.fr.

The message behind the experiment

Mint2Play sells cards and TCG products to players and collectors.

We would rather see a product reach someone who has been waiting for it, opens it, plays it or collects it than watch inventory disappear within seconds simply because an automated system was faster.

This Digital Collector obviously will not change the market on its own.

But if it makes a few collectors smile, starts a conversation and perhaps reminds a few automated systems that an “Add to cart” button is not always an invitation to click without reading… then the experiment will have done exactly what it was created to do.

Digital content and right of withdrawal

This product is digital content supplied without a tangible medium.

When validating your order, you will be asked to expressly consent to its immediate supply before the expiry of the statutory withdrawal period and to acknowledge the loss of your right of withdrawal once supply begins.

Once the digital content has been supplied under these conditions, the right of withdrawal may no longer be exercised in accordance with Article L. 221-28, 13° of the French Consumer Code.

This does not limit your rights if the supplied content is defective, non-conforming or different from the content presented.

Independent Mint2Play creation

Pokémon and associated trademarks belong to their respective owners. This Digital Collector is an independent Mint2Play creation and is not official, sponsored or endorsed by The Pokémon Company.

Still reading? Congratulations: you are exactly the kind of customer this product page was never designed to catch. 💚

There is now only one thing left to do: discover the second part of the experiment.

👉 Collectors 1 — Bots 0: discover the Mint2Play Anti-Bot initiative