Sanrio Donut Pompompurin (Build-A-Bear)
Released in May 2025. A very cute Pompompurin plush that is certainly appealing on its own, but won me over completely with its little outfit. Ordered it online and got it stuffed in-store. I haven't gotten a build a bear plush in many years (partly because of how expensive the damn things are) and forgot how they encourage you to make a wish on the little heart they put inside. My wish was that I don't spill a drink all over this guy in the future.
"Lil Biscuits" Baby Rabbit, Fox, Fawn (Ebba/Aurora)
Little beanbag lookin' five inch tall plushies I got off of Auroragift's website since they were half-off price at only about $6.50 each. Of course, I was expecting them to be filled with some sort of bean stuffing, and instead they seem to be made of your average fluff, are pretty light and when you sit them upright they fall over. They're cheap little things in general... you get what you pay for I guess!
50" Albino Burmese Python (Aurora)
I love snakes dearly, and the only reason I was on Aurora gift dot com to get the Ebba plushies was because they have a beautiful selection of snakes to choose from. Granted they're not the best quality, and you can honestly probably make something nicer to snuggle with if you want a plush snake, but I'm too busy putting off a million other craft hobbies to learn how to sew, and I'm crazy about albino ball pythons in specific, so my greed for cute snake won out in the end here. Honestly a decent cuddle buddy but as to be expected is very skinny and slips out of my arms very easily, so it usually rests on the chair in my room.
"HugMees" Pompompurin Plush (Jazwares)
I will be honest: when my family gifted me this plush I did laugh out loud at the sight of him. It might seem subtle in pictures, but in person the oblong shape of this guy is standout. Absolute peanut of a thing. It's very soft and cute but they stretched out my boy. They stretched him. He looks like a knockoff carnival plush. Outstanding.
"Pokemon Kids" Sneasel Figurine (BANDAI)
Made in 2000, according to the print on the back of its head, which means this thing existed before I did. This little guy is only a couple inches tall and is hollow on the inside (allegedly it's a finger puppet) and I am endlessly charmed by it. His joy. His radiant energy. His michevous smile. He sits on my bookshelf right across from my laptop so I can always look up over the top of the screen and see him posing encouragingly.
Wish Care Bear Plush Christmas Ornament
I'm generally neutral on Christmas as an aesthetic, but I did find this cozy little Wish Bear in the little scarf and hat very cute. It's supposed to be an ornament for a Christmas tree, but I ended up putting him on the door to my room instead.
"Mega Construx" Charizard Set (Mattel)
I was working retail at a theme park in December 2024, and we had a secret santa gift exchange where my coworker not-so-secretly gave me this! She got it because saw the pokemon hoodie that I wore sometimes and figured I'd like it. And I DID! Charizard isn't one of my top favorites but it's a Good Boy. It's also really fun to put this stuff together; I wish lego stuff like this was less expensive because I do enjoy building them.
Cheer, Friend, Funshine, Wish, Grumpy Care Bear Plushes
My collection of Care Bears plushes I've gathered over the years! I was a fan of Care Bears since I was a child, but didn't hold onto any care bear toys like these, so this is a collection I started from scratch from perusing antique stores in recent years. I love how the 2000s Care Bears plushes look and think they're really nicely designed, which is why I have this many. They do have one flaw though - I think the little hair tufts on their heads are a bit silly. Also I would be remiss to not note how the placement of the eyes and nose can be a little tilted or wonky. But they are very cute and in this case I find it adds to their charm.
Garfield Plush (Dakin)
You know him from the "to be loved is to be changed" meme; it's that Garfield plush! If I can be honest, I'm glad this garf I found in the antique toy shop was pretty clean and new instead of being especially "loved". Despite being what you a garfield fan I didn't own anything involving him before this plush, and so I took this guy home to watch over my room with his greedy grin.
"Cherry Blossom and Wagashi" Pompompurin Figure (Top Toy)
My sibling is a biiiig fan of blind boxes, but when they bought this one and saw it was Pompompurin they decided to give it to me since I'm a Pompompurin Guy to most people I know. It's super cute; I think Pompompurin's design complements pink outfits really nicely.
Neon the Seahorse Beanie Baby + Buddy
Neon the Seahorse got a run as a Beanie Baby in 1999, and then a run as a Beanie Buddy (like the baby lines but bigger and fluffier basically) in 2001. I got the Beanie as a 2024 Christmas present from my mom, because of how I'm always beelining to see the seahorses every time we've been to an aquarium. The other one I'm not entirely sure but I think I've had for quite a while. I love them both very dearly; I'm such a sucker for rainbow stuffies.
Critters Windup Toy - Oahaca
A graduation gift from my college roommates!! Mine on the left, promo image from Kikkerland's website. You pull the little saturn-shaped head of the critter, and when you let go it retracts and rattles excitedly across the ground. You should look at the brand's full wind-up collection on their website; it has a lot of really good gifs of scrambling creatures.
Chibi Robo Amiibo
I'm not usually the type of person to leave figurines in their packaging, but I really love how the packaging for the Chibi-Robo Amiibo looks, and to be honest, I'm not going to use it as an Amiibo, so I'm perfectly happy to leave it in there. It's like he's got his own little diorama and everything. Also, I didn't get the 3DS game this amiibo comes with--I found it loose in a cool used games store in the basement of a computer hardware store in San Jose. Perfectly fine by me, I heard the game is disappointing. All I need is the little guy.
MLP G3 Rainbow Dash Toy (Hasbro)
Me and my best friend went on a road trip to the MLP convention Everfree Northwest back in 2024, and while there I convinced him to go to a pre-g4 panel with me, which was basically just a powerpoint presentation on why pre-g4 MLP is cool, but I still enjoyed it a lot. They did a random prize raffle at the end and I got picked first of all people! I went straight for this Rainbow Dash. I'm honestly really picky and I think a lot of mlp toys during and before (and definitely after) g4 are sort of tacky looking, but the colors on this one are just right.
Luna Bat + Clover Bunny Palm Pals (Aurora)
Christmas presents from my boyfriend for Christmas 2023!! They are us...I'm the bouny and he's the batty and it's so awesome. I love the way palm pals..well... sit in your palm. Plushes with beans in 'em are top of my list. Though yeah, you're not seeing things; the bat's head Is decently bigger than the bunny's and Yes it did keep falling over while I was posing this photo. Sillyyy.
Wappy Dog
A robot dog toy sold as a bundle with an accompanying DS game in 2011, that was basically like Nintendogs but with a little robot puppy. Had no idea it existed before late 2023, which is when I saw the game by itself on a used game store shelf, and looked up the title to see an adorable little robot puppy being sold for like 20 bucks on eBay. I got it of course. It came with the stickers you see on it in the picture; I don't have the heart to remove them. It reminds me of when I would do the same thing with my own toys as a kid, except they didn't come with stickers...I would draw accesories and patterns on paper, cut them out and tape them on. Classic.
Bunny Antiques
A little collection of antiques picked up in July 2023. I didn't mean for them all to be rabbits but well... you understand. The little porcelain (?) pink bow bunny is actually quite small at only an ich or so tall but the one in the middle with the suit is pretty tall and is meant to be a lawn ornament, but looks very cute near the door to my room. The door sign I had to have for my room as well. Welcome Every Bunny :-]
Transgender Octopus Crochet
My mom sent me this little octopus with a #lgbt themed card (and a bunch of candy for Easter) while I was at college! She said she saw it while shopping around and thought of me. It's so sweet...My mom was always sending me stuff and supporting me even when I was across the country. I think I almost cried a little when I got it but DON'T tell her okay. Lol.
Digimon Terriermon and Lopmon plushes (San-ei Boeki)
Got these as a bundle on eBay and I loveee themmmmm there are some creatures in these series of Pokemon and Digimon and whatever else that are perfect as plushies and these are a shining example for me. The cuteness brothers. They're also apparently not sold directly to consumers outside of Japan--I didn't find these two hard to obtain but you'll find many Digimon fans online complaining that most of this stuff is hard to come by because it releases for very limited times in Japan exclusively.
Bunny Plush Crossbody Bag (Lovely Lota)
I think I saw this plush-bag on tumblr on some point and had to have it... It was a while ago but I went through clobba online to get it, which I think was/is run mainly by one guy in China named Martin...? Funny. THANK YOU MARTIN ! (There's also a very cute devil version of this bunny plush but I'm trying not to buy it too. I don't need it...I definitely don't need it...) Also, apparently this bunny's "official" name is Koko. Very adorable, I love this plush and it's one of my favorites...though I never wear it anywhere because it's not a very good bag. The little pouch in the head can barely fit the loose tag it came with! At least you can take off the bag straps; I appreciate that.
MLP "Leisure Afternoon" Rainbow Dash Blindbox Figure (Pop Mart)
This figure is cute but it's also...probably the one you want the least out of the blind box set I got this from. I mean...could they have tried a little harder than "rainbow dash stepping in a big bowl of cookies"? She doesn't even care at all that she's stepping all over that shit ... I do like the figure. But for how cheap-looking it is, it's not quite worth the price and does remind me that blind boxes are a gamble you're meant to lose.
"Witching Were" Carewere Plush (TinyTeeth)
I funded the original kickstarter of these back in October of 2022, and got the plush about a year later. I got the purple one for me and the blue one for my boyfriend. Super cute plushies, though amusingly I think when I originally funded the campaign I thought they were all going to be made by the kickstarter creator and/or their team, which is technically true, but it's actually just a company in China they contracted to make 'em. Loses a bit of the #independent #smallbusiness luster with that in mind, imo, but it's also how literally all of these small business plushes are made....
Kyubey Flocked Vinyl Figure (Bandai Spirits)
I wish this thing wasn't flocked soooo badddd. Because it's an excellent figure. But it's gotten freaking dirtyyyyy because dirt clings to the fuzz like crazy and I've had no luck cleaning it off. SIGH... at least I have this photo from when it was still pristine.
MORE Bunny Antiques
I have a serious weakness for Bunny Trinkets. While I had spring break from college in 2022, I went and stayed with my best friend for a bit and we ended up taking a trip and visiting some antique stores, which is where I got these from. The seesaw bunnies come off and are actually little salt and pepper shakers - so cuteeee! And the pillow is actually really nice, the bunny tails are annoying to rest on but the other side is just all soft floral pattern.
"Greetings Gay Boy" FNaF Springtrap Mug (chronodia, redbubble)
This mug has a lot going on, if you can believe it. I bought it because it was visibly a shitty Redbubble mug and it was branded as such, and I love it for that. But it looks like the artist had to take down the listing at some point and replace it with an inverted version that says GREETINGS GAYBOY TIME TO LIVE, which is hilarious. But through trying to find this redbubble listing again earlier this year I also found out that the artist passed away in February 2024...but their Redbubble is still active...? I bought this cup (and a few phone cases) from them before that, but it still adds a bittersweet feeling towards my silly mug. Who will take down our Redbubbles when we're gone?
Hollow Knight "Critter Clings" (fangamer)
My boyfriend got me these Hollow Knight keychains as a birthday present in 2022! I think it's maybe the first thing he got me...I treasure these bugs. The design is really nice, I honestly like them more than the normal sized HK plushes from Fangamer. I also got these very dirty from being on my backpack a lot but I scrubbed em up good for the photo... you might be able to tell.
Pink Bunny Plush with Bow (Walgreens)
I think this was a gift from my bestie but he doesn't remember ...and I don't remember ... but it's probably from him. A very cute pink bouny that may or may not have manifested from nothing. At least looking it up told me it's an Easter plush from Walgreens.
Spring Stripes Bunny (Build-A-Bear)
From some Easter 2019 collection Build A Bear was doing at the time when me and my friend randomly walked in to make one together. We rushed through the whole thing because we suddenly had to leave very quickly and while I don't remember anything else about it, my friend thinks the staff were sad we sped past the usual song and dance. I'm honestly surprised how consistently BAB employees love their job. Also her name is Nonpareil! You can tell it was my friend who named her because if I had done it I would not have been as imaginative. Her name would be Dottie or something.
HUGE Stingray Plush (Aurora)
Got this at an aquarium for my 16th? 17th? birthday. It is huuuuge and on the car ride home I was hugging it and falling asleep on top of it...a big lovely friend. And pretty good for an Aurora plush!
Baby Stingray Plush
One of the first things my best friend Edd gifted me. I thought he had it still but it is actually STILL! in my possession. The fabric is so soft and the little happy smile is a wonderful touch.
FNaF Golden Freddy Pillow Plush (offbrand)
This is NOT!! an official Pillow Pet product. This is some knockoff shit I saw online and became obsessed with and bought. I had a little choker necklace that I didn't wear because my fashion sense was (and still is) 100% graphic tees and basketball shorts, so I made my Golden Freddy pillow plush wear it instead. Very punk rock. Very epic.
FNaF Spring Bonnie, Lefty, Blacklight Freddy, Huge Bonnie Plushes (Funko)
My FNaF Plushie Collection. I got the Spring Bonnie in December 2019, rushing to either Hot Topic or Gamestop to snag the first one I could. Not that I was expecting it to be rare...I just wanted it Immediately. Pretty soon after that I got the Lefty, from GameStop for sure. Apparently they go for ridiculous amounts on eBay now that they're not being sold anymore, but even if they're kind of ugly... I ain't sellin. I love my Funky Funko Fnafs. Anywho, my best friend got me Blacklight Freddy and the Gigantic Bonnie plush and gave them both to me when he traveled to visit, which included as he put it "smuggling" the huge Bon onto the plane as a checked item and praying the flight attendants wouldn't attack him for it. I think the Chica keychain might have been from him too, but I honestly can't recall. Another strange trinket manifesting in my home.
Side Story: Magia Record Lil' Kyubey Plush (TAITO)
I...didn't know this was a specific Kyubey from a PMMM mobile game until I looked it up. I thought it was regular kyubey but apparently this is Lil' Kyubey. Some sort of Baby Yoda type situation I think. Eh! Anyway, this is another convention plush that I got in May 2019. I remember reaaaally deliberating on this because it was kind of pricey (it was being sold at a con, of course it was) but it was too adorable to resist. Kyubey is kind of a cash cow for a questionable franchise... and I'm not immune to propaganda.
Vulpix Pokeball Terrarium
My mom got me this wonderful little Vulpix Pokeball terrarium one Christmas, maybe around 2017/2018 ? I asked her if she could find in her email where she bought it from but she could only find a paypal reciept to a Yao Yufeng, who I assume is the one who did the order. I assume it was one of many Etsy shops making these little terrariums that has since closed their shop. Sad but very understandable. I'm happy I got this nice bit of work from them regardless. (Though funnily enough I think it used to be less orange... I think the tree used to be pink.)
Don't Starve Chester Plush (Klei, ESC-TOY)
Chesterrrr. He used to sit on the floor near my bed and I would hide valuables (i.e. keys that I never used and a really nice titanium knife that I'm... realizing I probably lost when I moved) in his mouth. I'll admit he's pretty conspicuous. I used to play Don't Starve all the time on my iPad mini and that's why I eventually got this Chester. I was sooo obsessed. And then I finally tried to play on PC and got confused by the normal keyboard controls. Beautiful.
Portal Plushes (ThinkGeek, Glitch Gear)
Do NOT look up how much people are asking for these stuffies on eBay you will shit. your. self. But yeah the companion cube is probably the worst one here (you can see the pilling on the fabric from the picture) but it's not terrible, just has a weird kind of cheap blanket texture to it. I have many fond memories of being like 13 and throwing the Potato GlaDOS everywhere and driving everyone else mad with the voicebox that came with it. The keychains went with me to high school I believe but I had to retire their service for fear of further damage after the Space Core's bottom handle got ripped off. The big Wheatley from Glitch Gear is actually really well made and I'm really happy to have it; it sparks a very funny Video Game Merch Collector Pride.
Piplup Minky Plush
A biiiig Piplup plush I got for Christmas 2018. I think it was a gift from my dad's now-ex wife... she probably understood what I liked better than he did! This is probably one of the best plushies I own material-wise; it's soooo so soft and besides not being super full of stuffing, it's actually a really good pillow.
Buttercream Bunny Beanie Baby
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FNaF Figurines (Funko)
(glowinthedark foxy, springtrap, reg jackobonnie)
Pokemon Plushies
MLP G3 Lily Lightly Toy (Hasbro)
I saw this fancy pony at a yard sale and was captivated. The dress that's as big as the whole toy? The pink and purple color combo? The little chest button that makes her eyes close and the horn light up? Had to have her. I think as a kid I only ever had the very tiny MLP figurines that were like an inch tall, so I felt very happy to have one of the classic "big" ones for the first time. I'd have a ton of them if I wasn't so picky and they weren't so expensive at the thrift/antique stores I've been to.
Kirara InuYasha Plush (Great Eastern Entertainment)
This one is sort of a funny story; I had no idea what this thing was from but I saw it in a store in the mall and got it just because it looked cool. (I figured it was from some anime, but didn't question which one.) Later found out it was from InuYasha, which is interesting. I tried to watch that show when I was like 12 and got bored of it pretty quickly, LOL. I still really like my little cat-demon-thing anyway.
Kyubey Backpack Plush (Great Eastern Entertainment)
In April of 2017, I went to a convention with my younger sibling and my dad. My father proceeded to leave his kids alone in a convention for many minutes so he could go buy pinups in the 18+ section, which is so classic, but at least in the time I was unsupervised I came across and bought this very cute Kyubey backpack. I think I even tried to use it for a while before accepting the bitter truth: plushie backpacks are not actually backpacks, they're just plushes with straps that keep you from snuggling with them.
Fruit Bat Batnana plush (magpiesmasquerie)
To my surprise, these are still available on the creator's etsy page! I myself got this from some forgotten convention many many years ago. The plush is a little bat that you can take completely out of the peel, or tuck it completely inside so it just looks like a plush banana.
Okashiinu Pan Puppy Plushes (Sorbet Jungle)
For some reason it's a pain in the ass to find anything about this line on Sorbet Jungle's website now, but mine still had their tags so I was able to get some of their "official" names. There were an original "main four" of pan pups made, which I have three of on the bottom here: Chocakita Chip, Strawberrian Husky, and Husky Lime Pie. I thought I had the whole original four at first, but apparently the original "Banana Cream Corgi" plush is different from the yellow one I own. The one I have looks better than the original Banana, imo, so I can't complain. The top two I remember picking up at conventions...they might have been con exclusives or something because they don't have names on their tags. I can understand why the Okashiinu were delisted; perhaps the designs were just too old and weren't representative of what the artist(s) of Sorbet Jungle make anymore, but I have a soft spot for them and am happy to own a decently-encompassing puppy collection.
"This is Fine" Question Hound Plush (KC Green / Soft Stuff Creations)
2016 was apparently a double-kickstarter plush combo event for me because I both supported and recieved this and the Shiba below at about the same time. I got this plush because I was a big fan of KC Green's Gunshow and would read it a lot when I was bored and had my phone handy. Some of those GS comics are hit or miss but I'm still impressed by KC's unstoppable creative output and I think HIAGB is probably his best work, if you're curious. Anyway, this is the famous Meme Dog aka Question Hound from Gunshow, as a very nice fat little stuffie. The original comic is fine (ha ha) but I find the sequel really completes the statement.
Shiba Inu Plush (Nao Romero)
I funded the kickstarter for this plush waaaay back in 2016 (and recieved it in about December of the same year). It's very adorable but makes me laugh a little in retrospect. What about this plush made me need to fund and obtain it so badly...? It's pretty simple in concept all things considered...it's interesting to think how today I'd want something like this to be more "interesting" to convince me to buy it. Still, it is a very nicely made plush, and I'm kicking myself to this day that I didn't opt for the black and tan version when I still could, or even gotten both...but when you're 14, its already pretty painful to part with 30 bucks. 60 bucks is another ballpark entirely.
"Tiffany-style" Turtle Lamp
Tried to find some information about this online and unfortunately I think it's just too generic of a Thing to trace it to a particular company. You can find a pretty similar item on Amazon for example. I do know I got it quite a few years back (almost a decade maybe...so mid 2010s ?) at a garage sale or something like that. I can see it coming across as a bit tacky but I think it's rather pleasant. It's on my bedside table but I almost never turn it on because night lights have, in my adult years, started to keep me from sleeping. Still nice to have around.
iDog Plush Speaker
When I was a kid i reaaaally wanted an iDog, but those things were expensive, so my parents got me this cheaper and much less fragile alternative. It doesn't dance like the original iDog, but I could plug it into my iPod and jam out to Owl City, and that was enough. Honestly I also really love the lilac purple-pink color of this plush; the regular pink iDog robot just isn't the same. Included a product photo of the box from a Walmart listing (lol) becauseI like it.
Wind Dancer Toys (Breyer)
Wind Dancers!!! I read all the books as a teeny kid and was obsessed with these winged horses. I also read a lot of books about winged cats? Winged animals are just damn good man...and these horses are beauuutiful I still adore their colors and designs. Maybe one day I can own the whole set of four? Haha jk... unless...... (also yeah Sumatra is missing her left front foot. Maybe one day I'll fashion her a new one.)
Childhood Build-A-Bears
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Bumbly Bee Pillow Pet
Now this one has a funny backstory. Me and my cousin both got pillow pets as a present when we were kids, and my cousin got a beautiful rainbow unicorn while I got the dopey looking bee. So of course I got upset and cried about it and eventually they got me the unicorn too, but I ended up using and loving both the unicorn And the bee. Kids are so silly. It's a cute little bee! (Though I do still prefer the unicorn. Sorry mister bee.) They actually brought back the Bumbly Bee on the Pillow Pet website this year (2025) but the new version just isn't as charming as my original.
Wish Bear Baby Rattle
This is probably one of the oldest things on this list, being a baby toy, but the thing is...this technically isn't mine. It has my sibling's name in big letters on the tag, which is pretty definitive. But seeing how it's been a couple decades and they weren't using it anymore, they gave it to me. Hooray! I'd put it much higher on this list because I technically "obtained" it very recently, but considering how long we've had it, I'm willing to put it at the bottom. I probably acted like it was mine too as a toddler, since my sibling and I are close in age. Anyway, the plush is very delightful. I'm calling it a rattle, but it might be more accurate to call it a bell; it makes the sweetest sort of bell-xylophone sound. Kind of like a plush cowbell.