I went to the Pokemon GO x LEGO Store Collaboration

When I was in Copenhagen for Go Fest, I very much loved the Pikachu with the LEGO background and was lucky enough to get a perfect (hundo) but did not end up with a Shiny. So, when Pokémon Go announced that this collaboration was coming to the LEGO stores in the UK (and the US, Poland, France, Germany, and Australia), I was determined to go along and have a few more tries at the Shiny with the background Pikachu. This event is taking place from August 3rd until September 30th, with a Gym and a Stop at select LEGO locations within participating countries. You only get two tries at getting the Shiny with the background, per location, per day. This isn't very many! I made my way to our two closest, which are Westfield and Bluewater shopping centre, finding the LEGO store using the map locations. ... [MORE]