Plushies!

Ah, plush toys. While many people have them, my collection trends a bit towards the... unconventional.

1: Garfield plushies aren't weird! One of the first series of any sort that I grew to love was Garfield, when I was just three years old. I'll probably deliver a proper tribute to the fat cat in a later post.

2: Sharks are pretty common animals in plush form despite not being particularly cute animals. They're pretty easy to make cute, though!

3: There's this shop near where I live that may warrant a post at some point, but in a nutshell it's a very "folksy" sort of novelty/gift store with things like candles, fabrics, and fancy-schmancy brand toys. Everything is hilariously overpriced so I don't know how they're still in business in this economy, but anyway. They had a major sale last year and I was able to buy the black spider and green snake for a small fraction of their usual price.

4: Giant microbes! I have the Brain Cell and Daphnia.

5: The yellow thing with swirly eyes is Kururu (Kululu) from Sgt. Frog/Keroro Gunso, a comedy manga about alien frogs doing a really, really shitty job of taking over the world (doesn't help that one of their number is distracted by a HOT ASS). It's the only manga I've ever "gotten into", although I've fallen way behind (only up to volume nine. I think they're on, like, twenty or something). This may be another future blog post.

6: Look in the bottom right corner and you'll spot the stuffed walrus I used to make my Berlin Walrus mockup back in May.

7: Bulbasaur and Jigglypuff!

8: Sideways Turtle only cost a quarter at a yard sale last year.