A brand new shopping experience for Pokémon fans will launch in China on January 17th, 2025. The WeChat app Pokémon Member Mall (宝可梦会员商城) allows people to choose a more convenient pickup method for their purchases in addition to the regular express delivery to their home from the official Pokémon Stores.

With the official Pokémon Stores now open on Tmall and Douyin, the WeChat app complements these two by allowing patrons to purchase products including cards and plushies directly from the app! Trainers who do not want to wait for express delivery from these stores can also choose the "self-pickup" method and pickup the items from a self-service vending machine.

Pokémon Self-serve Vending Machine

The Pokémon self-serve vending machine is an automated vending device featuring Pokémon with the Dex numbers 001 through 151 as the theme. Trainers who choose "self-pickup" at the mall can go to the nearby self-serve vending machine to pick up the goods according to the instructions.


After selecting the self-serve vending machine option, the Trainer can see the current inventory at a vending machine. After the Trainer adds the products to the shopping cart and completes the purchase operation, they can then go pick them up at the mall vending machine.

Currently, there are three vending machines featuring Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur. More styles and locations for the vending machines will be unveiled in the future. The next vending machine may be near you!

Source: https://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2025/01/250110_cm01.html