(Update 2: Thu eleventh Aug, 2022 20:30 BST) British of us, our time has lastly come. If you are primarily based within the UK, you will get your grubby mitts on the life-size Lucario from the Pokémon Center web site for simply £360. A bloody cut price for 47 inches of Lucario, mate.

(Update 1: Tue twenty third Nov, 2021 15:15 GMT) In what’s a really welcome shock, the unimaginable life-size Lucario plush can also be going to be out there from Pokémon’s official shops within the US and Canada.

Pre-orders are out there now at $419.99, with transport anticipated in April 2022.

Original Article (Fri nineteenth Nov, 2021 11:30 GMT): When it involves Pokémon merch, nowhere has it pretty much as good as Japan. In the previous we have seen an enormous Snorlax plush that doubles up as a mattress, a unbelievable human-sized Metapod cocoon that is good for leaping inside and being unhappy, and now we have now a life-size Lucario that may apparently provide help to do the washing up. It’s simply not truthful.

The Lucario, which measures precisely 1.2m tall (its precise measurement within the official Pokédex), is presently up for pre-order on Pokémon’s official Japanese retailer. They’re being made to order for a restricted time, however you’ll be able to solely have them shipped to a Japanese handle – for those who’re fortunate sufficient to stay in Japan, you’ll be able to order one now for 46,200 yen (roughly $405 / £302). That’s… expensive, however not as costly because it might have been?

To promote the product, or simply soften our hearts, The Pokémon Company has shared the next pictures of the way you may need to spend your time with Lucario. We do not have one, and may’t get one, however we’re already in love.

Do you realize anybody residing in Japan? Think you’ll be able to persuade them to carry onto one among these for you? We may simply go forward and transfer there, to be trustworthy…