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Loretta's Pokemon Toy Blog
Sept 15, 2008

Shaymin Drops by...

Thought you'd enjoy a couple of pix (and that's about all you'll get with my PC having crashed trying to upload some shots--it takes about 10 min. ea. and I'll prob. have spent about 1.5 hours total on this by the time I'm done... Yikes!  :O) while we wait for substantial news from the store shelves.
 
Check out the really cute Banpresto Shaymin plush, huggable size, from Anime Palace (you can check their website for convention schedule; they have received both Shaymin and Giratina plush!) next to the new Target long sleeve T, $9.99, in youth sizes from XS to XL (mine's an XL, LOL!).
 
Also, for your viewing pleasure while we wait for PUSA to get off their cache of new trading figures... I thought you'd enjoy a nice shot of original Tomy/Kaiyodo candy-toy trading figure Pikachu next to its current TFG counterpart!  (below) Different pose, but still shooting off thunderbolts, Pika is fighting fierce in both incarnations.  I prefer the construction of the original figures better, the bases are not the brittle plastic of the current figures and the bases click a la Heroclix as opposed to spin.  I have several sets of rules and at least a dozen different mats (each player needs one mat and they are placed together along the edge) for the Tomy game, you can play at least 2 different games between the 3 sets Tomy put out several years before Kaiyodo sculpted for the current game.  The figures of both games are nothing short of stunning, IMHO; however, the newer figures, I have seen way too many broken off their bases, while the Tomy set still seem firmly attached (but, then, I am gentle with my collectibles).  I can assure you Charizard "grew" since the original Tomy game; I hope at some point I will have time to shoot a comparison picture for you, but, time is tight for those who work full-time (yo, omahanime!) to support their hobby, soooo... :)
 
Pika-CHUUU!
 
Loretta