Highlights
- The Pokemon Company is opening up preorders for the life-sized Slowpoke plush toy, indicating its popularity among fans.
- Slowpoke has become a mainstay in many of The Pokemon Company's projects, including video games and spin-off titles.
- The life-sized Slowpoke plush toy is expensive but offers a large and detailed representation of the character, appealing to fans who grew up with Gen 1 pocket creatures.
The Pokemon Company has just announced that it is once again opening up preorders for the life-sized Pokemon plush toy of the Water/Psychic-type Slowpoke. As one of the Pokemon tourism ambassadors in Japan, Slowpoke already has many places and products themed after it, and the return of this life-sized stuffed toy seems like a clear indication of how popular the pocket creature truly is.
Being one of the first Pokemon ever created, Slowpoke seems to have become a mainstay in many of the company's projects. Whether it be the next generation video game, spin-off titles, and even Pokemon products themed after Slowpoke, the player base loves the Water/Psychic-type enough to create a demand for the pocket creature. The new life-sized plush toy was first released by The Pokemon Company back in 2021, and it is only now that the franchise thought it was the proper time to give fans more chances of getting their hands on the product.
Part of its current roster of giant Pokemon stuffed toys, The Pokemon Company made the official announcement that preorders are open once again for the life-sized Slowpoke plushie on its Japanese Twitter account. The cost of the product is quite expensive at 49,500 yen or around $337 USD. However, fans will be getting more than a handful of Slowpoke for the price. The plush measures 65 cm in height, with a width of 75cm, and length of 150 cm from its nose to its tail. It also weighs 7.8 kg, which would likely explain why the item is priced accordingly.
Nevertheless, Pokemon fans who have dreamed of bringing Slowpoke home definitely have their chance again. Preorders open September 8 and will end on October 2. This gives the community enough time to decide if they want to shell out the cash for the stuffed toy. However, even though The Pokemon Company added the life-sized plush to the global Pokemon Center online store before, this announcement was made for the Japanese audience. Those who are not too sure about international proxy shopping services and worldwide shipping should probably wait for official news from the franchise's western channels.
The return of the life-sized Slowpoke plush toy can only be taken as good news by the Pokemon community, especially for those who grew up playing with Gen 1 pocket creatures. This means that the older Pokemon generations are still relevant to the current player base, and, hopefully, The Pokemon Company will produce more of these life-sized plushies in the future.