Mania for ‘Pocket Monsters’ Yields Billions for Nintendo April 26, 1999 The New York Times By SHARON R. KING LANGHORNE, Pa. – Lisa Chapman and her two sons camped out in their car in the parking lot of the Oxford Valley Mall here on a recent Friday night so they could beat the crowd at the Pokemon Trading Card Game Tour the next morning. The line formed at 7 A.M., and by the time the event began four hours later, it had swelled to 4,000 children and their parents. Many wore…
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