Binder Slips to December, Chongqing Opens Today: Market Signals 2026-09-05: Market Signals 2026-09-05

No new street date. The live English move is a Binder delay, not a new checklist. The gym promo and City League are China calendar, not September 16 sealed cartons. Store Worlds #093 algorithm print still reads $26.00 (-$3.00), flat versus yesterday's desk. Do not paste retail tags into sold tape.

PokeBeach: TPCi pushed the 30th Anniversary / 30th Celebration Binder Collection from October 2 to December 4. Confirmation path is a quiet pokemon.com product-gallery update plus retailer pages such as Best Buy. No official reason. The same post notes early streamer opens of this SKU over the past month or two, then says any link to the delay is unclear. Do not invent that causal chain.

Other 30th English waves per that post: September 16, October 2, October 30, November 6, December 4. Do not drag every October 2 SKU into the Binder slip. ICv2 on August 31 already put Binder and the ex Tins on December 4, with a Binder retail tag of $31.99. Retail tag only. Some TCGPlayer presale rows still print an October 2 ship line. Treat those as stale listings, not a restored street date.

pokemon.cn 23708. Official gym Chongqing Chaotianmen (Volcarona) opens today, Saturday September 5. Address: 8 Jiesheng Street, Chaotianmen, Yuzhong, Chongqing, unit 01-08. Hours 10:00–22:00. Open promo September 5–November 4: one Volcarona promo after a same-day RMB 99 in-store spend. Cap 30,000. One per user. Same-day receipt, on-site redeem. Gym promo, not a 30th Wave 1 SKU, not a City League prize. Crowd control can flip on and off.

City League Season 4 per 23671: season September 5–November 1. National blocks start today. Individual draw ran September 3 in the mini program. No public name list on the web page. Do not invent hit rates. Prize lane is event packs plus Poké Ball / Friend Handbook promos, not September 16 sealed.

Pokemon Center Online additional-lottery results posted yesterday. BOX / nine-piece card set / Premium Deck Set winners still order through September 8 16:59. BOX still ships November 11–20. A win is not a September 16 street carton. Dengeki Online reports another additional lottery window September 11 16:00–September 16 16:59 with results September 30. Direct PCO pages stayed Restricted this pass, so file that as a secondary calendar note, not audited odds.

PriceCharting store page: Pikachu [World Championship 2026] #93. Ungraded algorithm $26.00 (-$3.00). Same print as yesterday's desk. PSA 10 cell still a dash. About six sales per day. Ungraded (30) / PSA 10 (0). Not 2021 Celebrations.

#093 still has no dated PSA 10 row. Soft print plus a rising denominator means grading now just pads the count. Volcarona gym promos start today. Pop is noise until copies actually move. Binder street now sits in December; do not treat early rip photos as October shelf stock. 30th certs wait for mid-September.

- PokeBeach: 30th Anniversary Binder Collections Delayed Until December (2026-09); other waves unchanged - ICv2: Binder / ex Tins December 4; Binder retail tag $31.99 (2026-08-31) - pokemon.cn: 23708 Chongqing Chaotianmen gym (2026-09-02); 23671 City League S4 (2026-08-28) - Prior brief + PCO product clocks: winner orders through September 8 16:59; BOX ships in November - Dengeki Online: next additional lottery apply September 11–16, results September 30 (secondary report) - PriceCharting: #093 ungraded print $26.00 (-$3.00); PSA 10 blank; ~6 sales/day - Cover: official EN Binder Collection product shot via PokeBeach uploads