What's a pokemon that means a lot to you guys? Does it differ from the pokemons that you collect a lot of merch of?
For me I mainly collect Flareon and Jirachi (since they make a lot of merch of these two pokemon that I favor) but the pokemon that means a lot to me and I wish there was more merch of to collect is probably Chespin. Kinda feels silly saying that a starter pokemon doesn't have enough merch but here I am. I dunno, something about Chespin feels so perfect and comforting to me. Something about his design endears to me.
I really like Darkrai in particular! I mostly just collect PMD merchandise nowadays, so the only item I own featuring him is a souvenir penny from the Pokémon Center, but I'd love to commission some PMD-themed merchandise of him someday.
I agree with you on Chespin! XY were my first games, so I've always had a soft spot for the Kalos starters (especially Fennekin & Chespin). It could just be me, but it almost feels like they didn't get as much merch as other starters did? At least when compared to the Sinnoh starters or Kanto starters, anyways.
Yeah, I kinda feel that way too. Like once XY were done they just kinda... stopped making merch (they didn't even make much merch of them in the first place it feels like) of the XY starters? Even Fennekin AND Froakie didn't feel like they got much merch either it feels like. Most merch I can recall of them is the standard pokemon center plush of course, some obligatory Christmas plushies, and various smaller merch like the small gachapon toys/straps. Other than that it's like ???? Hopefully they can make a comeback (maybe when the remakes roll around after we get our Black/White remakes) Or maybe even a future Pokemon Legends game will have one of the XY starters as an option (which of course I will pray for Chespin to be one of them)
Yeah, it's really weird! Aside from the figures/plush/gachapons, I feel they weren't really a central focus on most of the merch they showed up in- like, I would see them on items like tins and clearfiles/notebooks relatively often, but they'd almost always be alongside 10-20+ other assorted Pokémon? They did a lot of that sort of merch during the XY era, it seems like- which is great if you collect an obscure Pokémon that doesn't show up in merch often, but not so much if you only want items that prominently feature your favorite(s) lol
When the Kalos remakes do eventually roll around, we should hopefully see some new merch of them! I remember seeing some cool Hoenn starter merch coming out in Japan around ORAS' release, though I'm not too sure if they made that much BDSP merch. Fingers crossed! And I would love to see a Legends game with one of the Kalos starters (or even one set in ancient Kalos, for that matter).
I collect most of the Pokemon that mean a lot to me, like Raikou, Blaziken, and Darkrai. One of these was a recent decision - Reshiram. I was always a little too intimidated to commit to collecting it, but after letting go of the completionist mindset for collecting, I've really started enjoying picking up Reshiram items that I like!
The one I don't collect is Charizard; and I guess it's obvious why. Way too popular; plus my reasoning is a little more sentimental/specific to the items themselves and less about them being Charizard. For some reason, people in my life gift me Charizard things--either merch or actual in game Charizards. So he is somewhat special to me, but not anything I would ever collect. I do enjoy the few Charizard pieces I have though :)
Chespin is a great choice! He's such a happy friend! :D
My choice for your question is Haxorus. Its design is so awesome, and it was the main reason for my Black and White hype as we were leading up to their release date. Iris had an Axew in the anime so there were a ton of Axew things released during that time, but Haxorus was left by the wayside. I want it to be one of my main collections, but there just isn't enough stuff to collect to make the collection feel as awesome as I'd like it to.
What's a pokemon that means a lot to you guys? Does it differ from the pokemons that you collect a lot of merch of?
For me I mainly collect Flareon and Jirachi (since they make a lot of merch of these two pokemon that I favor) but the pokemon that means a lot to me and I wish there was more merch of to collect is probably Chespin. Kinda feels silly saying that a starter pokemon doesn't have enough merch but here I am. I dunno, something about Chespin feels so perfect and comforting to me. Something about his design endears to me.
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I really like Darkrai in particular! I mostly just collect PMD merchandise nowadays, so the only item I own featuring him is a souvenir penny from the Pokémon Center, but I'd love to commission some PMD-themed merchandise of him someday.
I agree with you on Chespin! XY were my first games, so I've always had a soft spot for the Kalos starters (especially Fennekin & Chespin). It could just be me, but it almost feels like they didn't get as much merch as other starters did? At least when compared to the Sinnoh starters or Kanto starters, anyways.
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Yeah, I kinda feel that way too. Like once XY were done they just kinda... stopped making merch (they didn't even make much merch of them in the first place it feels like) of the XY starters? Even Fennekin AND Froakie didn't feel like they got much merch either it feels like. Most merch I can recall of them is the standard pokemon center plush of course, some obligatory Christmas plushies, and various smaller merch like the small gachapon toys/straps. Other than that it's like ???? Hopefully they can make a comeback (maybe when the remakes roll around after we get our Black/White remakes) Or maybe even a future Pokemon Legends game will have one of the XY starters as an option (which of course I will pray for Chespin to be one of them)
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When the Kalos remakes do eventually roll around, we should hopefully see some new merch of them! I remember seeing some cool Hoenn starter merch coming out in Japan around ORAS' release, though I'm not too sure if they made that much BDSP merch. Fingers crossed! And I would love to see a Legends game with one of the Kalos starters (or even one set in ancient Kalos, for that matter).
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I collect most of the Pokemon that mean a lot to me, like Raikou, Blaziken, and Darkrai.
One of these was a recent decision - Reshiram. I was always a little too intimidated to commit to collecting it, but after letting go of the completionist mindset for collecting, I've really started enjoying picking up Reshiram items that I like!
The one I don't collect is Charizard; and I guess it's obvious why. Way too popular; plus my reasoning is a little more sentimental/specific to the items themselves and less about them being Charizard.
For some reason, people in my life gift me Charizard things--either merch or actual in game Charizards. So he is somewhat special to me, but not anything I would ever collect. I do enjoy the few Charizard pieces I have though :)
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My choice for your question is Haxorus. Its design is so awesome, and it was the main reason for my Black and White hype as we were leading up to their release date. Iris had an Axew in the anime so there were a ton of Axew things released during that time, but Haxorus was left by the wayside. I want it to be one of my main collections, but there just isn't enough stuff to collect to make the collection feel as awesome as I'd like it to.
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