Last month, we shared the news that every single Johto Pokémon was set to launch in Japan in plush form, joining the original Kanto set which was released last year. One lucky soul has done what many of us wish we could do, but never would: buy every single one of them.
Yes, Twitter user @sekai1215 has shared the following images online, showing each and every Johto Pokémon (127 in total including all of the Unown variants) spread across six different shopping baskets. The photos were taken at one of Japan's Pokémon Center stores, where you can pick up all of your favourite Pokémon plush in person.
No doubt recognising just how substantial the purchase was (and hopefully not to look back on with regret in later life), sekai1215 even snapped a quick photo of the till before checking out. The entire set cost 150,876 yen (which equates to approximately $1,390 / £1,096). Wowzers.
Remember that Kanto set we mentioned earlier? Well, sekai1215 owns all of those, too. Yep, that's another 151 of the things that will likely have cost even more than this set. In all honesty, we're feeling nothing but jealousy and admiration at this point. What a hero.
If anyone would like to buy us an entire set of the Pokémon range, we are now accepting plush donations. Thanks in advance.
[source twitter.com, via twitter.com, nintendosoup.com]
Comments 27
Holy Molly ! 😮😮😮
150,816 YEN??!!
Maaan... That's enough to buy 4 Nintendo Switch machines.
The hero we deserve.
Geez. And here I'm thinking that it's way too big of an investment to even get one. Ariados and Magcargo would both look fun on the shelf for sure.
Does it annoy anyone else that he's left the labels on or is that just me?
That's cool and all, but where on Earth can they fit them all? I imagine a superfan like him will have way more merchandise than just these plushes.
Envy.
That sums up this newspost.
....ENVY. I would love all of these too. But that's so much money. I'll just stick to my favourites. I've already got enough to spend on keeping my amiibo collection up to date.
@TJWorks That's why you have a room devoted to collectables.
Hey man, if I had the money and space to do this, I'd do it too. Good for him
That's probably almost as much as I've spent on model airplanes and submarines.
Now he just needs the shiny variants
OMG.. such a pitty he can't it with him to the afterlife.... well at least memories
@Ooccoo_Jr
No. Myself, I'd be inclined to pull the tags off for display purposes.
Big deal, you should see my collection of pc games I got from humble bundle... And I'll probably never play them
What a waste of money
That’s a whole lot of polyester fiber and plastic pellets. I have a slightly embarrassing collection of the Sanei Mario plushies, but those are for my kids. Yep. Totally for my kids.
If you have the money and space for it why not? However that is going to look like an ep of hoarders once the plushies get to the current gen. lol
Not judging. If I had that much money to spare I'd get them aswell. They look super cute
This is the Pokemon version of those Beanie Baby super collectors they had back during the peak of the craze.
Holy eff, that's amazing. If he has the money and space for it, then I hope he enjoys his collection.
Those plushies are so damn cute, I'd really get some for myself if I had the extra space.
It's a lot of money to spend all at once but if you look at total costs many other hobbies are just as expensive. If he can afford them, why not?
@nintendolife where can we donate
Wow. O_o That's...out of my price range. More power to this user as long as they're sensible about how they're financing this purchase.
It's not the tags for me, but the fact they're not scaled with each other. Tiny blastoise is tiny. Same reason I don't have an amiibo collection, only a couple.
I don't have anything but respect for the fan. I think people should be encouraged to enjoy what they enjoy, so long as they aren't hurting themself or anyone else in the process.
All the power to this guy.
And I don't say that only because I have over 20 different Pikachu plushies, and about another 20 other Pokemon plushies of my own. I swear.
"and hopefully not to look back on with regret in later life"
Even though I've never actually played a Poukemun (Packedmen? Pacman? Pikmin? Digimon?) game in my life, for some reason I'm slightly jealous. Also, that total price is actually less than I would have expected for Japan. Good thing he did it before the sales tax increases to 10%.
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