That'd be the case for the (5ban?) CGI art. The Sugi stuff is bold and simple enough to pop from a smaller surface.
Happy to pass the info along. I only went looking for them because of your post a few hours prior, so I must thank you for the heads up.
They have the money and the space.
Often times, a manufacturer will shop around a new product sample to retailers, and only a single retailer will take interest. Sometimes no retailers take the bite, and we'll lose out on items before we ever get to see them.
Also worth noting that Wal-Mart Canada isn't the same as Wal-Mart in the US. In Canada, our Walmarts exist on the skeletons of Woolco. On the outside they look the same, but the decision making behind both is radically different, because many of the bigwigs are from that Woolco era.
That's my line of reasoning.
XY and FF are close to rotation, and LT is out. These sets are a blink away from being scooped up by MJ Holding, whose 'classic' line of repackaged boosters only extends through the Plasma sets.