Ascended Heroes Mini Tins (Sainsbury's)
Called 24 August 2026 · #pokemon-alerts · Resell Vault Drops
- In · retail
- £10
- Out · eBay UK solds
- ~£22
- Net · per unit
- +£12
- ROI · at the low end
- 120%+
Why we called it
Sainsbury's do not usually feature in the Pokémon route. They picked up Ascended Heroes Mini Tins on their rotational restocks in late August, at £10 a tin against roughly £22 on the resale market.
Six per person, so a full allowance is £60 in for about £132 back, roughly £72 from one visit. That is a better single-visit number than the Asda EX Box run, and almost nobody was checking supermarkets outside the usual two.
Because it is a rotational restock rather than a scheduled drop, the answer is repetition. Check your local when you are passing, more than once, and take the six when they appear.
The edge
What members knew before everyone else worked it out.
- £10 a tin against roughly £22, so £12 a unit before fees.
- Six per person, so a full allowance is about £72 from one shop.
- Rotational restocks rather than a scheduled drop, so it rewards checking repeatedly.
- Sainsbury's sits outside the usual Asda and B&M route, which is exactly why it is worth adding.
- Tins also turned up on the service desk at some branches alongside Pitch Black booster packs.
How it played out
- 22 Aug
First sighting
Tins and Pitch Black boosters reported behind the service desk at a Bristol branch.
- 24 Aug
Added to the week's route
Published in the weekly Pokémon plan at £10 to £22 with the six-per-person allowance maths.
The takeaway
The best in-store finds are usually in the shop nobody is checking. Two supermarkets get hammered every morning by every reseller in the country, and the third one quietly put a £22 product on the shelf at a tenner.
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