"Poke Patrol" was coined the term for the fleet of Pikabugs promoting Pikabugs. The launch began in Topeka, Kansas, where all ten were together to start the promotion on August 27, 1998. Topeka was rename "Topikachu" for the day of the event.
Kids could track the location of Pikabugs on Pokemon's official website. Unfortunately, the internet archive has none of these location pages archived. PokePatrol gave away tons of Pokemon merchandise, and let kids sample Pokemon games with the Nintendo 64 set up in the trunk of Pikabugs. They came to malls, drove in parades, toy store events, and went to Pokemon promotions like movie premieres, Pokemon tournaments, etc. They would change decals depending on the promo. Other decals have included the Pokemon 2000 Movie logo, the Hey You! Pikachu logo, and Pokemon the Movie 3 Logo. |
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