A life-size plush of Altaria from the Pokemon collection will seem in Japan. The Japanese Pokemon Center Online store has opened pre-orders for the plush, which might be out there in Japan at 55,000 yen, or round $380 with the present alternate fee.

Altaria is a Dragon/Flying kind Pokemon that evolves from Swablu and debuted within the third-generation Game Boy Advance entries, Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. The Pokedex lists its top as 3’07″(1.1m). This plush can have roughly the identical dimension with dimensions of 96 x 131 x 90 cm (~37.8 x 51.6 x 35.4 inches).

The Japanese Pokemon Center Online store has been promoting life-size plushes that keep true to the Pokemon’s descriptions within the Pokedex. Most of the favored unevolved starter Pokemon, together with the collection mascot Pikachu, have a top between 1-2 toes, and their plushes typically value round 5,000 yen. Smaller Pokemon which might be lower than one foot tall, corresponding to Voltik, Meltan, and Rotom, are priced even decrease, at round 2,000 yen.

Another giant life-size plush that the shop had revealed earlier than Altaria featured Spheal. The pre-evolved type of Sealeo and Walrein has a top of two’07” (0.8m), and the life-size plush stays true to that dimension. The Japanese retailer lists the Spheal plush at 49,500 yen, however the US Pokemon Center retailer additionally sells the 39.5-inch plush at $449.99. Though the next objects are now not listed within the Japanese retailer, it additionally used to promote life-size plushes of Lucario and Slowpoke at related costs.

Altaria and its pre-evolved Swablu can be found in Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the third-generation remakes on Nintendo 3DS, and Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the fourth-generation remakes on Nintendo Switch. Both Pokemon are additionally out there within the eighth-generation mainline titles Pokemon Sword and Shield on the Switch by way of the Crown Tundra enlargement.

Pre-orders for the life-size Altaria plush in Japan will shut on November 7, 2022. The Pokemon Company will begin transport the completed plushes in mid-May 2023.