i'm from the UK and already own bootleg cards so don't need to order or anything, but watching this thread is actually so sad, man, and making me really angry at target. (and partly nintendo because, let's face it, if there were more cards available to begin with, this issue probably wouldn't be so prevalent.) why would you make a product online only and then not have a site that can handle a great deal of traffic for when that item goes live? (you could argue they didn't know it would be this popular but that's why you do market research, and i'm pretty sure social media interest would've given them enough of an advanced clue.) why would you claim something is online/pick-up only but then let/make people come into the store to buy packs? why wouldn't you just save everyone all this hassle and allow (staggered) pre-orders? not sure who's responsible for this one, but why would you limit the product to one single retailer to begin with?
this could've so easily been avoided, and i feel so bad for people who woke up incredibly early or changed plans etc. just to try and get these already ridiculously limited items, only to be slapped in the face. i'm glad to see some people are having success now, half an hour later, but damn. what a circus.