Pikachu is coming to BABW! He's BACK!

[sailorstitch]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/20/build-a-bear-workshop-to-begin-selling-exclusive-pikachu-in-2016

I'm SUPER excited!!!!!! But I hope the article is a little off on one thing. Why the heck would the Charizard costume be an online exclusive? And if I'm understanding this right, you have to buy Pikachu online to get the costume.  I want to buy and build Pikachu in the store.

sailorstitch

[ringwraith10]

Ooooh! Nintendo is getting much better about letting their Pokemon license be used by cool companies like BaB. Yay! But I don't understand the Charizard costume thing, either. Why do people WANT to order BaB stuff online (except in cases where there isn't a workshop near them)? I guess I could see not wanting to go to the crowded store full of children, but it's just so much more fun to make your own.

Also, why does the author of that article call them "The Pokemon Company"?

[Rainbowrific Renia]

Also, why does the author of that article call them "The Pokemon Company"?

The Pokemon Company deals with the marketing and licensing side of things.

[ringwraith10]

Also, why does the author of that article call them "The Pokemon Company"?

The Pokemon Company deals with the marketing and licensing side of things.

Huh, okay. I guess now that I think of it I've seen that name on some of my stuff. As you can tell I'm more into the games and don't have as much official merch as a lot of the other collectors here.

[CloudyGlow]

That is too cute.  May have to get it.

[Sora]

I hope they change the online promo. The last time I ordered online from BAB online I requested that it come unstuffed so that I could take it to a store. They emailed back (-after- shipping it) stating that they can't ship them unstuffed due to health and safety regulations. Even though the US BAB had no problem shipping them out like that :/

[Snapdragon]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA! OH MAN! I'm so excited!! I may have to call myself a BABW collector after this, I own so many of their plush now!

[Princess Lala]

AAAAAAAAAAAA! This is the greatest news ive seen all week! Im ordering online for the charizard hoodie!


OMG MAYBE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DO EEVEE!? *goes to happy place*

[Einhornbaby]

OMG 0.0 Pikachu is my favourite, HAVE TO GET IT
Wow... 2016 will be an expensive year... BaB Pikachu and a CareBear (if they really make them) plus various ponies I was planning on getting... omg, lol.

[Tulips]

I will definitely be keeping an eye out for this, plus a pokeball hoodie sounds adorable

[Shaiyeh]

Oh I will need to get one! I hope they'll be available in Europe, or I'll have to order a deflated Pikachu.

[Saber-Toothed Crow]

So awesome! But the charizard hoodie is online exclusive? how disappointing. I so prefer to get them in store, and avoid the pricey shipping :/

[sailorstitch]

I'm just hoping that this isn't going to be like the LE Cinderella bear where it's an all or nothing deal with an obnoxious price tag. My mom wanted that Cindy bear, but ONLY the bear. She already has a Cindy BABW dress that she likes better than the current one. And she wasn't about to pay $80 for just a bear.

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[CupidStrikes]

I hope they change the online promo. The last time I ordered online from BAB online I requested that it come unstuffed so that I could take it to a store. They emailed back (-after- shipping it) stating that they can't ship them unstuffed due to health and safety regulations. Even though the US BAB had no problem shipping them out like that :/

Yeeeeep. And they still don't offer a "ship to store to stuff" option, which is, for a shop that exists purely on the novelty of stuffing your own toy, ridiculous. I'm hoping I can get Pikachu and his hoodie in store, else, BAB, I'll just buy any other Pikachu plush and not pay out of the nose for a novelty I'm not even getting to experience. Plus I really love the staff in my local store, and not having to pay postage.

[DreamLight]

I hate babw's online exclusives it means you miss out on the experience buuuut, the idea of this dress up pikachu sounds really cute as I have been eyeing the dressed up pikachu's on the pokecenter website for some time