Pokémon packs that work with any coil vending machine

Most card vending machines dispense with a spiral coil: a pack sits in the gap between turns of the coil, and the coil turns to push it forward until it drops. This guide covers which pack formats we sell and how to get them loaded well, whatever machine you run.

The formats we sell

• Loose booster packs: a single factory-sealed pack with no box around it. This is the format most operators load.
• Sleeved packs: where a product title says sleeved, the pack comes in a clear sleeve.
• Mystery Slabs: a higher-priced item that suits its own spiral beside the packs. Slabs are sold in fives.

Test the fit before you fill a machine

Machines differ in coil spacing and depth, and a pack's size and thickness vary a little by set and format. We do not claim any pack fits every machine. Before a full restock:

1. Load three or four packs of one set into a single spiral.
2. Run a few vends and watch that each pack drops cleanly, does not jam, and does not slip forward on its own.
3. If a spiral struggles, try a different spiral position or a different format in it before changing your whole order.
4. Once a set works, fill the rest of that row.

Why loose and sleeved can behave differently

A sleeve changes how a pack sits against the coil and how it slides. If you are moving from loose packs to sleeved ones, or the other way, repeat the test above for that set rather than assuming it behaves the same.

Keep one set to a spiral

Filling each spiral with a single set means a buyer knows what they are getting and you can see which sets empty first. See How to restock a Pokémon card vending machine for a restocking routine.

Ordering from Plutos

Plutos Collectibles supplies wholesale Pokémon and One Piece booster packs to vending machine operators. The minimum order is $250 on products. Packs are sold in tens, and you can mix sets in one order. Every pack is factory sealed and never weighed or searched. A service fee of 3.11% of your products, rounded to $0.25, shows as its own line at checkout. Standard shipping is free on orders of $2,500 and up; below that you pay postage at cost. We ship from the United States.