Pokemon Fossil Museum Merchandise Goes on Sale Ahead of Chicago Opening
This marks the first time the Pokemon Fossil Museum exhibition has spawned a dedicated merchandise line outside Japan, signaling the event's expansion into a major international attraction.
Reporting from 1 sources: Siliconera (Anime).
The Pokemon Center online store has begun selling merchandise tied to the upcoming Pokemon Fossil Museum exhibition at the Chicago Field Museum, which opens on May 22, 2026. The lineup includes an Excavator Pikachu plush dressed in a full costume, standing about eight inches tall and priced at $29.99. Other items feature the same Pikachu variant on keychains, pins, a pullover hoodie, and TCG accessories such as a playmat, card sleeves, a double deck box, and a zip binder. The collection also includes skeleton-themed merchandise like Archeops and Tyrantrum skeleton acrylic keychains, a commemorative coin, mini magnets, a mug, a pin box set, posters, puzzles, and a water bottle. Apparel options include adult and youth T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, a backpack, a tote bag, and a zip-up hoodie. The merchandise is available for a limited time while supplies last, according to the Pokemon Center storefront.
The Pokemon Fossil Museum exhibition first opened in Japan in 2021 at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo. The Chicago run is the first time it has traveled outside Japan. The Field Museum visit is scheduled to run through the summer of 2026, though the Pokemon Center storefront notes the merchandise is available only while supplies last and does not specify an end date for sales.
The merchandise lineup includes several items not tied directly to the Excavator Pikachu variant. The skeleton-themed category features Archeops and Tyrantrum skeleton acrylic keychains at $12.99 each, a set of nine skeleton mini magnets for $19.99, a 12-ounce skeleton mug for $14.99, a four-pack skeleton pin box set for $34.99, a skeleton poster for $14.99, and a 100-piece skeleton puzzle for $12.99. A separate 500-piece puzzle featuring general fossil imagery is priced at $12.99.
Apparel and accessories include an adventurer backpack for $39.99, a compass logo hat in adult size for $24.99, a compass logo magnet for $9.99, a lanyard for $8.99, a Pikachu hat in adult and youth sizes for $24.99 and $19.99 respectively, a tote bag for $14.99, and a youth zip-up hoodie for $39.99. The TCG accessories include a playmat for $24.99, 65-count card sleeves for $7.99, a double deck box for $12.99, and a zip binder for $24.99. A five-pack of postcards costs $9.99, and a four-pack of stickers costs $11.99.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Siliconera (Anime) Pokemon Fossil Museum Plush and Merchandise Appear