Japanese Pokemon Center 2009 Single Charm List

Ever wonder how many Japanese Pokemon Center charms there are? The answer is not an easy one. The Pokemon Centers in Japan had a campaign in 2009 that featured all 251 original Pokemon Johto charms.

The first of the charm campaigns from the Pokemon Centers in Japan put out a massive 251 Johto Pokemon characters. They were sold in sets of 1 charm, 2 charms, 3 charms, 4 charms or 6 charms and featured the evolutions of the characters. Most of these charms sold out almost immediately. This article will be part one of three articles and will focus on the single charms that were made. See my other articles for the other sets of charms that were produced.

There was a total of 40 single charms. Among the most popular of the single charms are probably Suicune, Raikou and Entei. They are known as the three dogs. These charms sold out almost immediately. I would say the next popular were probably Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres. Known as the three birds, these three charms were also very popular. They were also made in limited quantity and sold out very fast. Most of the charms were also extremely popular. Because there was so many made, its been almost impossible to put together a complete list. Ho-oh and Lugia from Gold and Silver Pokemon were also very popular. As was Celebi, Mew, Mewtwo, Delibird, Lapras, Sneasel and Smeargle. Most of these characters were sold out within a week or two.

The following characters were not as popular, but as soon as the popular ones were sold out, people quickly bought them up. Aerodactyl, Corsola, Ditto, Dunsparce, Farfetch’d, Misdreavus and Miltank were just a few of the ones that didn’t sell right away, but are now completely gone. Once the initial craza was over, the remaining semi-popular characters started to sell out. Gligar, Heracross, Kangaskhan, Mantine, Wobbuffet, Snolax and Tauros finally sold out after about 2 months. That left only a few characters remaining. Some of the other characters like Dunsparce, Gligar, Murkrow, Mr. Mime, and Pinsir never really caught anyone’s attention, but they eventually did sell out. I dont know if any of the characters were sold in different quantities, but some obviously took alot longer than others to sell out due to their popularity.

Some of the very unpopular characters like Girafarig, Sudowoodo, Shuckle, Skarmony, Stantler, Unnown and Qwilfish took about a two months to finally sell out, but now that everything is gone, I wish that I would have snatched a few more characters up before they finally sold out. It is rumored that there will be another set of the next 250 or so charms, but nothing is set for sure. It would be really great if they decide to put out the next batch of characters. Who knows, they may be more popular than the first.

Pokemon charms have become a popular trading and collectible item. For more information about the different charms and series, visit the website at http://www.hardrock-pokemon.com/PokemonMuchMore/CharmsKeychainsStraps/Charms.