As a fan and accidental collector of Substitute Plush merch, when I heard there was to be an entire Substitute promotion, I had a hard time concealing my joy and excitement. Waiting for the release day was the hardest part, and everything turned out even more amazing than I could have dreamed.

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The highlight of the promotion was the normal and mascot Pikachu / Substitute plushies.

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Instead of just straight up Substitute Plush, this time we got Pikachu dressed as Subbie, because lately everything is Pikachu dressed as a Pokemon.

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I hadn’t realized at the time I took this photo, but not only is the hood removable, but so is the entire Subbie costume! In fact, the back of the tag low key advertises this, although again, I didn’t realize this until later. (I will have a separate post where I will go over some of the items from the promotion, including various shots of Pikachu in stages of undress and other Pokemon in stages of redress!)

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The mascot version is basically the normal size, but smaller.

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His little hoodie comes off, too, although his entire outfit does not.

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Both sizes of plush have this die-cut tag, which is adorable.

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Completely unexpected and unannounced, along with the Pikachu Subbie plushies, the Center also decided to restock the original and mascot sized Substitute Plushies.

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Maybe I’m just a Subbie snob, or maybe because I’ve been here for the Subs since the very first Sub, but it always seems like with every re-release the quality goes down. Maybe because it’s a copy of a copy of a copy? There were a lot of wonky mouths with this batch.

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This tiny Sub was maybe the happiest Sub I found in the store.

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Most of the rereleases looked disgruntled and unhappy. Which is potentially still cute, though!

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There were a ton of other items in this promotion aside from plush, and everything was equally adorable.

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The item that surprised me the most were the stickers. They were huge! Or at least bigger than I was expecting.

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Hats and bags!

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There were four types of Subbie related clothing: socks, a onesie, a hoodie, and a t-shirt.

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I didn’t think I’d want the shirt, because green is actually one of my least favorite colors. But when I explained this to my friend, he pointed out the shirt I was wearing was green (yes, I wore this Substitute Shirt to the Substitute promotion) and I ended up with one of these shirts after all. No regrets!

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Another item that turned out way cuter than expected: the Subbie plush pens. Look at that smile! There is no way to look at that smile and not smile a little yourself.

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Another item I had to get; the cup!

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The box is cute, the cup is cute, everything is just cute.

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And of course, not forgetting the blind packaged acrylic charms

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Or the gacha figures!

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Cookie tin was yet another item I was excited for (and yes, I will have more pictures of this, as well as the acrylic charms, in my future Subbie post).

What did you think of this promotion? Did you buy anything from it?