This past Saturday brought us the second part to the Kyoto Pokemon Center grand opening promotion.

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Unlike the first part where seemingly half the items were Kyoto exclusives, for part 2, nothing was exclusive to the new Center, so all the items in the line-up were available for everyone around Japan (and out). Also, while the Lugia and Ho-oh Poncho Plush were cute, I had a feeling they wouldn’t draw the same crowds as the Maiko plush from part 1 did… and I was right. While there was definitely a line at the Mega Tokyo Center leading up to the Center opening on Saturday, I would call it a medium sized line at best.

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With that said, the stars of the promotion were definitely the Lugia and Ho-oh Poncho Pikachu plush! Having no bias toward either bird, the overall design for the Ho-oh plush made him my favorite.

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As always, there were smaller mascot sized versions of the two poncho Pikachus for people who prefer smaller plush or like attaching things to their bags.

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And for people who don’t like plush, there were a couple other items featuring the Lugia and Ho-oh Poncho Pikachu artwork, including stickers, a clearfile set, metal charms, and pins.

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The pin set and the metal charm set actually ended up being two of the most popular items from the promotion, for some reason.

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Although both items were still in stock when I returned to the Center on Sunday, I heard the Yokohama Center sold out of both on Saturday, and so did the on-line Pokemon Center. Do not underestimate people’s love of metal charms (and pins!)

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There was also a special Lugia and Ho-oh card set, featuring a Ho-oh Break Card.

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Two new MonColle (Monster Collection) figures went on sale on Saturday as well: Shiny Mega Gengar

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And Shiny Mega Gardevoir.

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An Ash Greninja plush also went on sale! He has little magnets in his hands so you can attach him to things.

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Last and certainly not least, the Eevee Twinkle Dream ichiban kuji started on Saturday (to great applause!) I was not as excited for the kuji, because my luck is horrible, but I decided in the end to try 3 times and my horrible luck pulled through for a change; I managed to win a Sylveon plush, which was the C prize! (And two mirrors, but Sylveon!!) Not gonna lie, that made my entire month.

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Moving on to the plush review! Here are the two Poncho Pikachus next to each other.

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And from the back. Lugia has a cute little tail and Ho-oh has pom-pom tail feathers.

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Their tags are the general Poncho Pikachu die-cut style.

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And as with all Poncho Pikachu plushies, you can lower the hoods.

Basically, if you like the Poncho Pikachus, and you love Lugia and Ho-oh, then you will love these plush. They are soft, their little capes are adorable, and the Pikachus are cute with or without the hoods.

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The mascot plush are pretty much identical, except smaller, and you cannot remove the hoods.

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Also, the tags are round instead of die-cut.

Until next time!