Animal Crossing x build a bear!

[JessieOfSeacowBay]

Well, I'm gonna head over to Etsy and try and find a character I actually want.

Interesting how all those people were like "Ohh, we cracked the code on who's going to be available because if you search them, it redirects you to the AC page and if they're not available, you get an error page!" I guess that was just SEO or something?

 

[Emmsey]

My Etsy made Beau who is beautiful

 

[Parkai]

so cute....

 

[Paperboy012305]

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  Theres a lot of talented plushie makers on Etsy who you can commission for usually under $90, which is a huge deal compared to the usual $200+ custom plushies tend to be. I recommend it! I've gotten plushies around $50-60 of some video game characters before there You can do OCs too

Sounds good, but I usually don't like to buy things online unless it's from Amazon, and that site surely doesn't have what I'm looking for.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[bam94-]

Not gonna lie, after seeing that video, I really want Tom Nook with the animalese babbling! But they'll probably all be out of stock by the time I get in. My wait time keeps fluctuating between 54 minutes and more than an hour.

 

[Pintuition]

Not me hoping for customizable resident reps and actual villagers

 

[.: Meri :.]

I'm also getting kinda worried they'll be sold out by the time I get in; my wait time is still more than an hour. If so, guess I'm going on a shopping spree somewhere ahaha.

 

[tajikey]

Welp, guess Build-A-Bear won't be getting my money today. So many missed opportunities. Oh well.

 

[meggiewes]

pokemon is technically not a nintendo ip though

True. But Game Freak doesn't release through anything else but Nintendo. (Right? If I'm wrong, please correct me. I love learning!)

But I will freely admit that I know nothing about licensing. I just find it odd that two different video game lines are treated so differently when they are from very similar places.

(I'm sorry if this makes no sense. I'm having trouble with words today )

 

[clownpapa]

I'm also getting kinda worried they'll be sold out by the time I get in; my wait time is still more than an hour. If so, guess I'm going on a shopping spree somewhere ahaha.

MOOD.... I guess its etsy time LOL

 

[JessieOfSeacowBay]

MOOD.... I guess its etsy time LOL

I want Wolfgang, but so far I've only found two sellers who will make any villager you want. Etsy keeps on showing me stuff that's very tenuously related to what I searched.

Love to support small artists, but tbf I'm no more a fan of Etsy as a platform than BaB.

 

[mayor.lauren]

Former Bear Builder here. The $50 price point (which I agree is WAY too much for the quality of these) is most likely to cover the licensing and the sound included in the online bundle. I remember being shocked at how much all of the collab bears cost when I worked there, until my manager explained that they're usually more expensive because BAB had to pay for the licensing in order to make the characters in the first place. So while that price is absolutely ridiculous and I don't see why anyone would pay it for bears that (imo) look like AliExpress knock-offs, that's probably where it's coming from. Spend your money wisely, friends!

 

[clownpapa]

I want Wolfgang, but so far I've only found two sellers who will make any villager you want. Etsy keeps on showing me stuff that's very tenuously related to what I searched.

Love to support small artists, but tbf I'm no more a fan of Etsy as a platform than BaB.

I usually just look up custom plush shops and DM them about the plush i want. None of the characters i ever want are there either so i just have to commission em :')

 

[Firesquids]

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My Etsy made Beau who is beautiful

Wow his sweater is incredibly well made

 

[LambdaDelta]

True. But Game Freak doesn't release through anything else but Nintendo. (Right? If I'm wrong, please correct me. I love learning!)

But I will freely admit that I know nothing about licensing. I just find it odd that two different video game lines are treated so differently when they are from very similar places.

(I'm sorry if this makes no sense. I'm having trouble with words today )

Game Freak - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

they have done stuff outside nintendo (exclusive), yes, albeit rarely

 

[Firesquids]

Game Freak - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

they have done stuff outside nintendo (exclusive), yes, albeit rarely

Game Freak only owns the the mainline games, The Pokemon Company owns merchandising I believe

 

[JessieOfSeacowBay]

Former Bear Builder here. The $50 price point (which I agree is WAY too much for the quality of these) is most likely to cover the licensing and the sound included in the online bundle. I remember being shocked at how much all of the collab bears cost when I worked there, until my manager explained that they're usually more expensive because BAB had to pay for the licensing in order to make the characters in the first place. So while that price is absolutely ridiculous and I don't see why anyone would pay it for bears that (imo) look like AliExpress knock-offs, that's probably where it's coming from. Spend your money wisely, friends!

They're so ugly! Ugh! Why does Tom Nook's snout always look so weird? And Isabelle's opened mouth smile makes my skin crawl. It doesn't help that they're only available in their summer outfits, which I hate

 

[clownpapa]

They're so ugly! Ugh! Why does Tom Nook's snout always look so weird? And Isabelle's opened mouth smile makes my skin crawl. It doesn't help that they're only available in their summer outfits, which I hate

When they get released in store, they'll probably be sold naked (lol) and when you stuff them you can pick your own clothes for them. I think theyre so pricey bc of the voice boxes + outfits. Betting it'll be more $30 in store, if you don't buy clothes pff

 

[Bluebellie]

I thought these would look nicer.
I’m not a plushie person though, so I would have never bought anyways. They look sort of weird.

Edit: The Beau plushie from Etsy though, that one looks super.

 

[LambdaDelta]

Game Freak only owns the the mainline games, The Pokemon Company owns merchandising I believe

true, yes, to my knowledge (or at least owns (most of?) the code and such)

and of course, then there's creature inc's developer involvement too (do they keep control of the parts they work on? I've never looked into this before, so idk)

but yeah, pokemon's business aspects are a fun probably confusing mess to most people