Fantasy Plushes

Not everyone is into stuff animals or plushes but I really like 'em. I don't have a lot of them now but when I was a kid I preferred animals to dolls and had a ton of them. I even had a list of their names and slept with my favorite stuffed animal Peter, a patch color rabbit in pink, aqua, and blue, and rotated with the other animals from the list so the other animals wouldn't get mad and terrorize my main plush...ok, enough about me and my crazy self and back to these Final Fantasy cuties.
I don't have a lot of plushes now because there aren't many 'grown up' ones on the market. Square has put out some great Final Fantasy plushes by Namco and UFO. Unfortunately, the cutest plushes made by UFO in the last couple of years were mainly only available in Asian countries through crane-operated games in arcades and such. These came in three different sizes and the sizes were identified by a color tag system. The smallest tagged red, medium blue, and the largest green. These plushes I am talking about are the moggle, carbuncle, and a three-toned mandy. Of course, you can still occasionally find them listed on ebay and other sites but for a hefty price.

Easy to find on the market today are the Goblin, Chocobo, and the black Mandragora. Unfortunately, these plushes are small ranging from about 5-8 inches or 14-18 cm. There are some larger (above 8 inches) chocobo and mandies on ebay and other sites but the quantities are low. There was also at one time a large goblin but I only saw it listed on ebay. The seller stated that it was given away at the 2005 final fantasy convention to select persons. So I assume this is prolly one of the hardest to find.

The most recent line of plushes is easy to find in all sizes. These include the Tonberry, Tora Tiger, and Sabotender Cactuar (latest). I like the tiger the best for sleeping practicality but the Tonberry is the most beautifully detailed. These are being sold separately or in sets of 3 for pretty reasonable prices.

Here are some sites with final fantasy plushes and what they offer and price range (there are other and maybe more popular sites offering them but I am only listing the ones with the most reasonable pricing)

VideoGameFigures.com
*Tonberry sml/med/deluxe *Tiger sml/med/deluxe *Cactuar sml/med/deluxe *cost:...great, large is under 20 bucks!
Cartoon Passion
*Goblins sml/med, *chocobo sml/med, *blk mandy sml/med *cost: each under 20 bucks
Play Asia
*Goblin sml *chocobo sml *mandy sml *cost: right at 10 bucks with a combined discount
GKWorld
*Goblin sml *mandy sml *Tonberry *Tiger *Cactuar *cost: more than the sties above 12.95 for small mandy-19.95 for small gob and others 19.95-24.95