{"id":254924,"date":"2023-10-17T05:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=310601"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:57:19","slug":"the-van-gogh-museum-stops-giving-away-pikachu-letters-trying-to-avoid-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-van-gogh-museum-stops-giving-away-pikachu-letters-trying-to-avoid-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Van Gogh Museum stops giving away Pikachu cards\u2026 trying to avoid violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is a video that sums up very well who we are in Spain and, in general, all over the world: the one in which, after the appearance of free umbrellas at Fitur, there is a rush of people wanting to get one and stepping on anyone they have to in order to do so. We sell out anyone just to get something for free, even more so if it&#8217;s a special and unique edition. And that&#8217;s what happened in Amsterdam, <strong>where they didn&#8217;t anticipate the current success of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/a-dramon-pokemon-the-live-action-series-of-pikachu-and-his-people-has-its-first-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>&#8216;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/95b79325-08e8-439b-b94d-6bcfa26f7df2\/2659780966\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet.en.softonic.com\/nintendo-switch\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet.en.softonic.com\/nintendo-switch\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get one, no matter the cost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-definitive-confirmation-that-you-are-older-comes-from-the-hand-of-the-ear-of-van-gogh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Van Gogh<\/a> Museum in Amsterdam is a must-visit spot. Honestly, one of the best places in the city for painting enthusiasts. The thing is, since September 28th, the museum teamed up with The Pok\u00e9mon Company to organize various activities related to the franchise (such as educational events and treasure hunts) and <strong>to give away, as a token of appreciation, a Trading Card Game (TCG) card featuring Pikachu painted in the style of Van Gogh<\/strong>. I bet you can guess what happened next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In just under a month, they announced from Amsterdam that there are no more cards. <strong>The fault, of course, lies with adult <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/prevent-a-robbery-or-play-pokemon-go-they-have-caught-some-policemen-who-had-it-very-clear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> fans<\/strong>, who were seen causing a ruckus at the entrance and at the tables where they keep the merchandise, to the point that the given reason for discontinuing this giveaway has been\u2026 the safety of the museum staff. Well done, gamers. We did it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile in the Pokemon at Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam&#8230; ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pokemon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pokemon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pQxo4EcXF\">pic.twitter.com\/1pQxo4EcXF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pokemon Deals Community (@deals_pokemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deals_pokemon\/status\/1707443379758629186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/there-were-only-20-pikachu-cars-at-the-late-20th-century-now-every-collectors-want-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pikachu<\/a> Van Gogh card but missed out? Don&#8217;t worry: in the future, you&#8217;ll be able to get it by <strong>shelling out more than 30 dollars in the Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game<\/strong>. In theory, this new event will happen in January 2024, but until then, the card will remain securely locked away, while the museum staff recover from the shock of seeing people with a bit too much passion for their own good. And no, not for &#8216;The Sunflowers&#8217;, precisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and here&#8217;s an extra tidbit to dig into the depths of absurdity: <strong>the second-hand card already costs 100 dollars<\/strong>. Of course it does. Poor Vincent \u2013 he didn&#8217;t deserve this.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/95b79325-08e8-439b-b94d-6bcfa26f7df2\/2659780966\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet.en.softonic.com\/nintendo-switch\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet.en.softonic.com\/nintendo-switch\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fault lies, of course, with the adult fans of &#8216;Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;, who have been seen creating a fuss at the entrance and on the tables where they keep the merchandising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":254927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[5572,1551,1343,5573],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-254924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionpokemon-scarlet-and-violet","tag-pikachu","tag-pokemon","tag-van-gogh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317189,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254924\/revisions\/317189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254924"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=254924"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=254924"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=254924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}