Update [Tue 27th Sep, 2022 12:45 BST]: Folks, it's official — the big ol' Spheal plush which was previously exclusive to Japan is now available in America!
The company revealed via the official @Pokemon Twitter that the much-admired Spheal plushie can now be purchased on the Pokémon Center US store for a whopping $449.99 - -but come on, if you have the money available, how could you turn down this round boi?
Unfortunately, the spherical seal Pokémon remains unavailable on the UK store, meaning that no orders will be rolling out (hehe) to Europe for the time being.
Original article [Fri 15th Jul, 2022 17:30 BST]: Everyone knows the best Pokémon are the spherical ones, and Pokémon Center Japan has finally seen the light, announcing a new "life size" Spheal plush.
(For the record, Spheal is about 80cm tall. Or... wide. Because he is round. The plush is 80 × 98 × 100cm.)
Big Spheal costs 49,500 yen, or about $350 / £300, putting him almost in line with the $500 four-foot Mareep plush from the meme.
The Spheal, which weighs 7.5kg, is made of cooling fabric, which means he's always slightly cool to the touch, just like a real seal (probably). It's only available in Japan for now, from the Pokémon Center website, which does not ship outside of Japan.
Have some of the official promo images to cheer you up:
Is Spheal your favourite round boi? Let us know in the comments.
[source nintendosoup.com]
Comments 35
most Pokémon are way way way bigger than you would expect if you actually consider their Pokédex stated sizes. (though several are way smaller than you'd expect too)
I want a lifesize Wailord plush.
Lol my bedroom is full of Pokémon plushies already so I wouldn't have anymore room for this cutie.
The quintessential Pokemon: round, lovable carefree personality, round, adorable face and smile, round, evolves into the best Water/Ice type ever made and did I mention he is round?
@EarthboundBenjy I'm not sure there's a single pokemon that's consistently the size it looks like it should be. Heck, Wailord comes in two or three sizes just in Sword/Shield.
@Fizza I feel like I should have received a Bike Voucher from you after reading this.
@sanderev : Coupled with a life-size (anatomically correct) Skitty plush for some hot Wailord lovin'.
I don't much care for Spheal, design-wise, though I can see how it would be more practical than a more oddly-shaped Pokémon.
But proposition me with a giant Porygon2 and I may just give in.
@EarthboundBenjy I was having this exact conversation while I was writing this!
If only I had the space for it… and also the money…
It looks really cute. Would certainly like to hug it. My Pikachu surely feels a bit lonely in my bedroom, as it is the only Pokemon I own.
The game "The Cruel King And The Great Hero" comes with a plush toy. Would be really cool, if more developers would bring out Special Editions with plush toys.
GAHHHHHHH. I want these!! <3
And that tweet w/ the gf and the Mareep is hilarious.
@Jhena in the U.S., Best Buy stores sell some games in bundles called New Game Plush, which bundles a game with a plushie! I've seen these bundles for Shantae and Undertale.
He round. As such a 10/10 masterpiece. I only wish I had the money.
@CharlieGirl
This sounds really cool. I would gladly buy some of those. Thanks for telling me.
$350 is a bit steep for a giant Spheal, despite it being a perfectly perfect orb.
I could, however, be easily talked into spending $350 for a giant Rowlet.
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I want a wooloo or a magikarp.
@CharlieGirl There was a lifesize Rowlet, but he's a tiny boi, so he cost a lot less!
@KateGray brb, googling life-size Rowlet plush
Oh my ***** God.
Spheal is the perfect being
I'm not into Spheal by holy Arceus do I want that Mareep
Me want one soooo bad!!!
@Silly_G Since Porygon2's a digital duck, you could just ask your local Kinko's or whatnot to print you out a two-foot high picture of it on some poster paper, and you'd canonically be set, more or less.
We all thought of the Mareep meme don't lie
These are my favourite Nintendo life articles
The big boi is ready to be bought made me snort a little too loud
Like we don't suffer from over-consumption, enough...
Ooof. Does that price even include shipping?
@Silly_G
In the U.S., at least, the shipping is included in the base price for getting things from the Pokemon Center store for most items, including the larger ones.
Didn't need to pay any extra for shipping when I got one of the big Lucario plushes earlier this year.
What about us in the UK?
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I'd rather have a Bowser plushie that big.
Cause honestly he's my favorite boi!
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