I'm glad that you covered the Build-A-Bears! I work at Build-A-Bear Workshop and I LOVE our Animal Crossing friends!! Fun fact: they each have "secret sounds" if you scan their tag on our sound machines! They each have the New Horizons theme, Isabelle and Tom Nook each have sounds of their voices, and KK Slider has an assortment of KK songs you can choose from!! Bubblegum KK is, of course, one of the options x3 They're so much fun!!!
I want more animal crossing BAB plushies. I absolutely adore my 2 Isabelle's and need to get tom nook. I just want to point out to Elijah that the plush look way better in person if he sees this 😂
for the colourpop makeup, it was much more affordable when it came out! and was definitely not only aimed at kids😅but its now been long discontinued so that may be why the price is so high now ☺
I got a couple of the Colourpop eyeshadow palettes when they went on sale, and I definitely don't regret them! The makeup quality is good! I've worn it out on several occasions.
@@EmmaJ_95i bought the pink blush and it was my fav thing ever, i SO regret throwing away the packaging after it was gone, my prized possession for awhile lol
Colourpop is a very popular brand not aimed at kids, the price is definitely reasonable for the quality! They often do collabs with IP’s like Star Wars and Disney! It’s common now among drugstore and high end brands!
i actually think its really cool how diff AC monopoly plays, it makes it feel like an original board game that just happens to have some monopoly theming. my one complaint is how theres nearly 300 TOKENS with no way to organize them. they all just shuffle together once you put it back in the box, makes it a pain to set up each time too. i had to make my own divider just so everything gets put away neatly after playing
I am an avid build a bear shill, and lemme tell you, the way that the ACNH build a bears are structured is based on the clothes. The toys are all structured so they fit the maximum amount of clothing build a bear can fit them in because their clothes are EXPENSIVE more expensive than people clothes sometimes. So if the toys cant fit the clothes properly, they basically lose out on sales. Thats why they might be shaped..... weird.
Build a bear has crossovers with nintendo all the time. One that reoccurring is their pokemon stuff. I'm pretty sure all their cross promotions with companies keep them in business because of collectors
I agree that at first it seems weird that Hot Topic carries pop culture stuff when they're so punk/goth oriented, but it's literally in their name... They'll stock the current trend or "hot topic." That took me years to understand 😩
i find your criticisms of the animal crossing build a bears so funny because for me it's the complete opposite, i think the standard plushies look kinda off and that the build a bears look more on model LMAO. i always wanted a kk plushie but thought that the standard one looked derpy so i was so happy that kk was part of the build a bear lineup :')
I'm actually so happy I found this because I love learning about the different merch Animal Crossing's had over the years. I pre-ordered that New 3DS set @ 17:28 when it first got announced and still have it! Can confirm it comes with the Isabelle plates as well as a set that looks like the cover of the physical game's case (minus the logo) when the halves are put together. It even came with a poster as a pre-order bonus! The Colourpop x Animal Crossing collab is also just a really nice set of makeup; I have the eyeshadow palettes plus a blush I still use. They restock the collection now and then if you're lucky! It's definitely a pick for anyone who loves AC and makeup, kids and adults alike! And yeah, the Build-A-Bear Isabelle definitely looks better in person than the images, can confirm. Perfectly plush and her head-to-body ratio isn't nearly as weird as the promo images.
With the build a bear thing… I have never thought about Toms bodyshape… but for me it looks quite accurate 😅 but that is maybe the effect of being a singelparent to Timmy and Tommy 😅
Build a Bear has Lord of the Rings and Pokemon lines of plushies. They’re still really popular. One of my local walmarts even has one instead of McDonald’s
4:16 That's around the amount I think I paid for some Golden Toe socks at Target, like 5 pairs for about $15-17. Plus the designs while not AC related are nice. I think those no show AC socks priced okay even if I wouldn't buy no show socks myself.
U know the build-a-bear thing made me so sad because I recently found out they had sanrio and animal crossing build a bears and I love them things but the build a bear in my city closed. So i'd either have to travel to a different city or buy them online (and lets face it its much more fun to actually stuff your own bear etc)
$13 for two pairs of branded socks isn’t bad at all! Honestly I’ve paid more for only one pair of knee high socks that weren’t even branded to anything lol
Back in like 2013 or 2012 I had an Animal Crossing shirt from Hot Topic that was all black, had Tom Nook on it then in all white letters it was captioned "Forever A Loan." I don't know whatever happened to it but this video made me think of it 💙 Oh my God, the shirt on the far right on the bottom of the screen at 3:38 is the one I was talking about! This one is a bit different as the text wasn't curved at the top like this one but I might just get this shirt again fot the nostalgia lol, thanks for the video Elijah 😆
i have the palettes! they're amazing and super high quality. the pack of four eyeshadows cost me like 24 CAD and i bought two extra individuals for 12 CAD each!
@5:42 My bf got me this box because it was on sale for like $12. The little peach IS a stress ball, and it is pretty nice. Everything is actually fairly decent quality. I probably wouldn't pay full price for it, though.
They could make different Lego sets based on different games, we might get a newer set featuring the winter Isabelle or new horizons Isabelle so people don't get a bunch of duplicate Isabelle's Hope we get the old nook's cranny with the classic tom design
the build-a-bear plushies are not that big! you can control how much stuffing you want inside it, but I think they look super cute! I have Tom nook and Isabelle!
You did okay with your Japanese pronounciation, but you seem to misread something. It's not besudo, it's besuto, or simply Best. Fuwafuwa Shima means Fluffy Island, which is such an Animal Crossing name, I gotta give them credit there.
4:12 personally I don't see the point of wearing or buying fancy socks or shoes. I can't be the only one that doesn't pay attention to shoes or socks someone is wearing right?
The colour pop makeups isn't for kids, it's absolutely affordable considering most brands who collab charge 3x that price. I'm very irritated that your wife was severely misinformed 😂😂😂
the colourpop makeup was really well priced at the time, and they used the same formula for their other products. I already liked the brand so I picked up the Abel Sisters quad and I still have it!
For the socks, since I have some niche knowledge: novelty socks are generally more expensive than regular socks because of how many colors are needed. High quality novelty socks are either woven a specific way, embroidered, or both. Multiple colors of yarns and threads are used, and it’s a highly specific design that has to be programmed into multiple machines. $13 for two pairs of a super niche fandom’s socks is actually a steal!
The build a bear franchise is huge!!! Also it has a crazy huge adult following. They are even gearing Bear specifically for adults. I own all of the ACNH BABs, bought then right when they dropped.
The colourpop makeup was actually well-priced before it was discontinued! Definitely not for kids either, their formulas are great and made for some fun looks :)
Also, the Nintendo Stores in Japan, including online, always have Animal Crossing goods for sale, and they often do seasonal sets of stuff, including real dishes and stuff. It's almost always classy-looking, and well made. I would kill for that stuff to be sold here. Oh, and back when the OG Animal Crossing came out, there was a series of tiny house dioramas that you could by in Japan, and they were adorable. They had puzzle-piece bases that you could connect together to make a village.
When I went to Japan back in Nov 2019, the Nintendo store in Shibuya just opened. They were selling Animal Crossing themed marshmallows. They were just regular white cylindrical marshmallows with villager faces printed on to them 😅
I bought the colourpop x acnh makeup. It was way more affordable on the colourpop website. I mean I am sure some parents did indeed order it for their kids, however it is really good quality makeup for an affordable price. I still use the brown quad everyday. I believe it’s the blathers eyeshadow set. I use it daily and for whatever reason I can’t remember for sure who’s on it.😂😅
One thing I didn't see you mention that I absolutely love when I picked up (it may have been a Gamestop exclusive?) Is the Animal Crossing "Holiday Bundle" box. Everything was winter themed and it came with a wool blanked, two coasters of Isabelle and Tom Nook, a canvas shopping bag, and a heat-changing mug which reveals Timmy, Tommy, Nook, and Isabelle playing in the snow when hot liquid is poured into it. It was $29.99 at the time and I thought it was great
OMG i remember seeing that! i dont think it was gamestop exclusive as i saw it in some game/comic/anime shop i dont remember the name of but it was very reasonably priced... wish i had gotten it 🥲
So I have the KK Slider (he plays KK Disco) and my sister has Tom Nook Build-a-Bear & they 100% look so much better in person (the add does them dirty) 😂
I agree that some fanmade merch looks better than official merch. Sometimes it's like the fans know the game better than the company who MADE the game do. For example, Poppy Playtime Merch. Huggy wuggy in-game looks like a really good quality stuffed toy. So do Bunzo and CatNap. But the plushies made by Mob Games? They look like bootleg plushies you'd win at a rigged carnival booth, while the plushies fans make look more accurate to the characters in-game. Like how could you mess up a stuffed toy of a stuffed toy in a game YOU MADE so badly?! I wanted to buy a Bunzo plush so bad but i went to look one up and decided nope. Never again. That thing would give me nightmares and does NOT look like Bunzo Bunny.
I played the monopoly a few times, Id say it was just alright as a board game, but I thought the way they changed the game to fit the vibe of animal crossing more was actually pretty well done.
The animal crossing/colourpop collab was the best. I use the lip tints regularly still. Colourpop is known in the makeup world for doing lots of collabs and their makeup is great quality for a good price.
Build a bear is usually one of the most successful stores even in dying malls! And colorpop is a low price fair quality makeup brand popular with the makeup community, not aimed at kids.
The set at 8:05 isn’t actually something you can buy, but a lottery. They’re usually run at convenience stores and you buy a ticket at a set price. When you open the ticket, it has a letter in it ranging from A to E/F/G depending on the number of prizes. A is the best prize and there’s usually only one of them per store. G is the lowest and smallest prize and there’s a bunch of them. And then there’s usually a neat last ticket prize for the person who buys the last ticket. Nintendo runs these for most of their popular game series. I got to do the Tears of the Kingdom one back when I was living in Japan, but an Animal Crossing one would’ve been pretty sweet.
i bought the animal crossing makeup collab the day it dropped for about $115 USD i think, but it was for ALL of it. every single product. and it was completely worth it. colourpop is wonderful quality!!! ugh i wish it was a permanent collection
When pronouncing Japanese words it helps to know how they pronounce vowels. "A" = ah so it would m-ah-nga not may-n-ga. i is almost always pronounced like an e. Just some advice so you feel more confident! Great video. Also socks being that price... have you looked up Bombas? They're like... a lot more lol great video!
ah yes, 13 bucks for two pairs of socks of which one pair features a droopy looking tanuki face, a criminal punishment tattoo and a message seeping in existential dread :)
You forgot the Puma x Animal Crossing release which saw kids, women's, and men's shoes, clothing and more. I have some of the sneakers and theyre excellent!
I actually took an entire month to MAKE, thats right MAKE a Animal Crossing themed game of Clue. I painted cards, hand sculpted weapons, and painted the board. I was so proud of it, and its definitely handmade. (In case you guys are wondering, Tom Nook was the one who died)
Ik this video came out a bit ago, but, with the animal crossing 3DS, I have a funny story where I accidentally ordered it online (it was a relatively normal price surprisingly) whilst hunting for a normal 3DS .. had to send it back cause I don't speak Japanese
1:50 I have the spanish version of the fourth manga of that series!! I bought it I think in 2019 in a game store, it's just a lot of short silly random stories ^^
The last two pair of socks you showed, I actually found at a local Dollar Tree! Yes, I bought them. I also have the BaB Tom Nook and Isabelle and the Switch sling bag case with Timmy and Tommy. I just thought they were cute, and since I'm hooked on ACNH, I thought why not.
You're definitely wrong about Build-A-Bear dying years ago! It's still pretty huge!! KK also had several other songs you could get with him. I can't remember exactly which ones but they definitely had Bubblegum KK. But yeah, especially now that they are targeting adult collectors with frogs, axolotls, and other viral animals as well as a whole 18+ section of their website for more adult IPs (Outlander, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Rick and Morty, etc), Build-A-Bear is still massssiiivveee.
I own 2 AC t-shirts (the Brewster's The Roost shirt in black, and a gray Nook Inc. shirt with Tom Nook, Timmy and Tommy), I have small versions of the head pillow ones (specifically Tom Nook, Isabelle, and the furniture leaf), I have 2 official plushies (Kicks and Mr. Resetti), I have the weird light that came out for New Horizons, it's like a box light that's in the shape of the New Horizons logo and is USB powered... the majority of my Amiibo are Animal Crossing [off the top of my head I have: Blathers, Celeste, Reese, Cyrus, K.K. Slider, Digby, Kicks, Resetti. Would love to complete my collection someday...], I've gotten 2 different styles of unofficial Amiibo cards off Etsy (but the majority of my Amiibo cards are official, despite one style of unofficial Amiibo cards I bought being higher quality. The seller is on break tho, so until they come back I can't order more...), and I also have a coaster that you put your drink on that doubles as just decor from Etsy, it's a 'record' and the holder for Bubblegum K.K. It does not actually play, it's more for decoration. As far as the games go, I own at least one copy of every main series game released... not Amiibo Festival b/c I skipped the Wii U. I actually own 3 copies of Wild World and 5 of New Leaf. It's a problem, but I don't want to sell them.
If I were to choose a favourite Animal Crossing merch it would be: The ACNH themed consoles. I only have the Switch The Build-A-Bear Plushies The 3rd party Switch controllers The Club Mochi Pillows And also there was a time that Seattle Aquarium did a collaboration with Animal Crossing. It’s based on the museum rally stamp that happened in May when playing New Horizons. They put alot of cutouts, posted QR codes and posters about a sea creature, put a sleeping Gulliver on a rock display, and has a display selling the stuff toys in the gift shop.
I have the Tom Nook Build-A-Bear and I can CONFIRM that they are way better in person than how the site portrays 'em lol. I love my Tom Nook so much, he's super snuggly. Personally though, I would die for a Blathers one. Also, I desperately need that vinyl. XD
colorpop is pretty overpriced. they’re doing a pokemon collab rn- i would love makeup themed after both, but its kinda trash ngl ☹️ both in quality and price
7:56 TIP FOR THIS SITUATION! If you reaaaally want to get the item at the store and it’s like a booth selling it, show them the price online and they’re usually like “oh oh I’ll do you one better!” And toss their prior price out the window and try to combat the official price.
In 2020 i started heavily on collecting AC merch. My grand possesion is my 3ds XL ACNL Edition which i got for 50€ in box. Today i own many plushies, all games and even BK exclusive merch. Still need to complete the amiibo card collection 😅
Cool video! Anything branded AC for me is a 10/10, so last year I asked for the limited HHD 3DS XL for my birthday. There was a lot of hoops to jump to get it, the console I got is used, but it still looks and plays really well. Definitely a cool collection piece.
I got myself KK Slider at build-a-bear literally a week ago. His face is honestly only a TINY bit funky looking but he's pretty dope. As an Australian though I tend to have to take what I can get when it comes to merchandising though, so I haven't seen Nook or Isabell anywhere yet sadly
It’s my dream to have a kitchen with all the animal crossing kitchenware. A unobtainable dream but a dream nonetheless even though it’s only available in Japan
About the build a bear thing, I think they mainly focus on the uk, they used to have more stores but still have a semi-significant presence here across the pond, I’ve got a Kk and Tom nook one, because for some reason my family think plushies are the go too gift for everything XD, but in all seriousness it’s pretty decent quality, would recommend, nook inc approved if you will XD
I work at dollar tree we got a shipment of Animal Crossing socks they were $1.25 later found the same pack of socks on Hot Topic $12.50 you know I snatched up those 1.25 socks so fast!
I collect Animal Crossing merch, including the Ichiban Kuji prizes from Japan. I was so surprised this week to see they announced a new collection being released next week- it had been a couple of years since they ran it! I’m hoping this means they’ll announce a new game or remastered prior game soon! 🤞🏻
I really wanted the AC Switch but alas it wasn’t meant to be. What I was able to do though, was buy joycon shells in that color combo. Then I took my ugly ass pink and orange joycons apart and changed them. Now everyone is confused how I got the AC joycons without having the AC Switch 😂
i got my isabelle head pillow online from best buy for like $20 on a sale around when happy home designer was released, because i got that too :) best purchase of my life honestly she's the most comfortable pillow ever. i always have the urge to go get a tom nook build-a-bear everytime i pass the build-a-bear store in my mall though 😭
Surprised no mention of the Acnh/puma collab. Still sad I missed out the shirts and shoes. Not sure how it flew under my radar. I do have a pair of the Mario sunshine and Squirtle Pokémon shoes though.
I have the Colour Pop Animal Crossing lip crayons and Isabelle eye shadow pallette. They're genuinely my favorite sets of makeup because of how vibrant they are.
Build a bear does a lot of stuff with pokemon so it makes since to me to do something from animal crossing. Also I randomly have PEZ dispensers for Isabelle, Tom Nook, and KK Slider
I'm glad that you covered the Build-A-Bears! I work at Build-A-Bear Workshop and I LOVE our Animal Crossing friends!! Fun fact: they each have "secret sounds" if you scan their tag on our sound machines! They each have the New Horizons theme, Isabelle and Tom Nook each have sounds of their voices, and KK Slider has an assortment of KK songs you can choose from!! Bubblegum KK is, of course, one of the options x3 They're so much fun!!!
I want more animal crossing BAB plushies. I absolutely adore my 2 Isabelle's and need to get tom nook.
I just want to point out to Elijah that the plush look way better in person if he sees this 😂
Ooo, I really want to go to build a bear now…
for the colourpop makeup, it was much more affordable when it came out! and was definitely not only aimed at kids😅but its now been long discontinued so that may be why the price is so high now ☺
Thanks I was lost
I legit was thinking of getting the whole Collection back then 😂
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I got a couple of the Colourpop eyeshadow palettes when they went on sale, and I definitely don't regret them! The makeup quality is good! I've worn it out on several occasions.
@@EmmaJ_95i bought the pink blush and it was my fav thing ever, i SO regret throwing away the packaging after it was gone, my prized possession for awhile lol
Colourpop is a very popular brand not aimed at kids, the price is definitely reasonable for the quality! They often do collabs with IP’s like Star Wars and Disney! It’s common now among drugstore and high end brands!
i actually think its really cool how diff AC monopoly plays, it makes it feel like an original board game that just happens to have some monopoly theming. my one complaint is how theres nearly 300 TOKENS with no way to organize them. they all just shuffle together once you put it back in the box, makes it a pain to set up each time too. i had to make my own divider just so everything gets put away neatly after playing
Yesss I came here to say this. The game is actually much more enjoyable to me than regular Monopoly, but those tokens are just so messy 😭
I am an avid build a bear shill, and lemme tell you, the way that the ACNH build a bears are structured is based on the clothes. The toys are all structured so they fit the maximum amount of clothing build a bear can fit them in because their clothes are EXPENSIVE more expensive than people clothes sometimes. So if the toys cant fit the clothes properly, they basically lose out on sales. Thats why they might be shaped..... weird.
I have a animal crossing themed bunny with a bell bag and Tom nook build a bear I do not great my purchases at all
Build a bear has crossovers with nintendo all the time. One that reoccurring is their pokemon stuff. I'm pretty sure all their cross promotions with companies keep them in business because of collectors
I agree that at first it seems weird that Hot Topic carries pop culture stuff when they're so punk/goth oriented, but it's literally in their name... They'll stock the current trend or "hot topic."
That took me years to understand 😩
i find your criticisms of the animal crossing build a bears so funny because for me it's the complete opposite, i think the standard plushies look kinda off and that the build a bears look more on model LMAO. i always wanted a kk plushie but thought that the standard one looked derpy so i was so happy that kk was part of the build a bear lineup :')
I'm actually so happy I found this because I love learning about the different merch Animal Crossing's had over the years. I pre-ordered that New 3DS set @ 17:28 when it first got announced and still have it! Can confirm it comes with the Isabelle plates as well as a set that looks like the cover of the physical game's case (minus the logo) when the halves are put together. It even came with a poster as a pre-order bonus!
The Colourpop x Animal Crossing collab is also just a really nice set of makeup; I have the eyeshadow palettes plus a blush I still use. They restock the collection now and then if you're lucky! It's definitely a pick for anyone who loves AC and makeup, kids and adults alike!
And yeah, the Build-A-Bear Isabelle definitely looks better in person than the images, can confirm. Perfectly plush and her head-to-body ratio isn't nearly as weird as the promo images.
3:29 Cool Knuckles, my favorite Animal Crossing character.
With the build a bear thing… I have never thought about Toms bodyshape… but for me it looks quite accurate 😅 but that is maybe the effect of being a singelparent to Timmy and Tommy 😅
Build a Bear has Lord of the Rings and Pokemon lines of plushies. They’re still really popular. One of my local walmarts even has one instead of McDonald’s
I feel like the normal plushes look mishapen or incorrectly stuffed and the Build A Bear are more consistent.
Then again my only BAB are Pokémon.
I have a plushie of Tom, Tommy/Timmy, Rover, and KK Slider, and I also have playing cards based on Animal Crossing: Wild World from Club Nintendo.
4:16
That's around the amount I think I paid for some Golden Toe socks at Target, like 5 pairs for about $15-17. Plus the designs while not AC related are nice. I think those no show AC socks priced okay even if I wouldn't buy no show socks myself.
The news from Carefree Island manga has been translated in french! So yeah, it did come to the western world, maybe just not english
I work at Dollar Tree and this last month we got Animal crossing socks of Tom Nook and KK Slider! Pretty cute and good socks for only 1.25$
You missed the New Horizons Puma collab! An iconic moment for the franchise. I NEVER wear my shoes out but i loveee my shirt.
I think the shoes might actually be amongst the most expensive merch items going for a couple hundred whenever they get listed!
U know the build-a-bear thing made me so sad because I recently found out they had sanrio and animal crossing build a bears and I love them things but the build a bear in my city closed. So i'd either have to travel to a different city or buy them online (and lets face it its much more fun to actually stuff your own bear etc)
I always have to go out of town to a mall for build-a-bear lol
That awkward moment when you have a lot of the merch shown
Animal crossing has a caprisun collab btw, drinking one of them right now
I have more animal crossing merch than I should. But it’s my favorite game series so if it’s animal crossing I will buy it
Lol the irony of Tom nooks face being on something expensive
Want my socks gotta pay some of those hard bells
$13 for two pairs of branded socks isn’t bad at all! Honestly I’ve paid more for only one pair of knee high socks that weren’t even branded to anything lol
Back in like 2013 or 2012 I had an Animal Crossing shirt from Hot Topic that was all black, had Tom Nook on it then in all white letters it was captioned "Forever A Loan." I don't know whatever happened to it but this video made me think of it 💙
Oh my God, the shirt on the far right on the bottom of the screen at 3:38 is the one I was talking about! This one is a bit different as the text wasn't curved at the top like this one but I might just get this shirt again fot the nostalgia lol, thanks for the video Elijah 😆
thank you for posting this i had no idea they made build a bears literally just bought one because of this
Hey you didn't mention the puma collab, they made animal crossing theme shoes & clothes.
i have the palettes! they're amazing and super high quality. the pack of four eyeshadows cost me like 24 CAD and i bought two extra individuals for 12 CAD each!
Build a bear is popular in the UK, I have a cute Tom Nook plush
I also have the monopoly
@5:42
My bf got me this box because it was on sale for like $12.
The little peach IS a stress ball, and it is pretty nice. Everything is actually fairly decent quality. I probably wouldn't pay full price for it, though.
I got two posters and a light with the logo
The KK Vinyl is avaliable in different countries tho! I live in Germany and I have it. Its available on different websites :D
Wo find ich die? ❤
@@mistressofbats hab meine von HHV, momentan kriegt man sie auch auf Amazon :)
Also, you should try the Mario monopoly board game the rules are really different
It is a peach stressball and it is so nice :3
I have animal crossing monopoly and I love it
I have the collectors box and the plates broke almost immediately.
They could make different Lego sets based on different games, we might get a newer set featuring the winter Isabelle or new horizons Isabelle so people don't get a bunch of duplicate Isabelle's
Hope we get the old nook's cranny with the classic tom design
the build-a-bear plushies are not that big! you can control how much stuffing you want inside it, but I think they look super cute! I have Tom nook and Isabelle!
Yes A rocket Elijah post!
You did okay with your Japanese pronounciation, but you seem to misread something. It's not besudo, it's besuto, or simply Best. Fuwafuwa Shima means Fluffy Island, which is such an Animal Crossing name, I gotta give them credit there.
I already have a Flick plush and I only need CJ and thr Flick head pillow. Don't judge me, please.
Build a bear is big in the uk
4:12 personally I don't see the point of wearing or buying fancy socks or shoes. I can't be the only one that doesn't pay attention to shoes or socks someone is wearing right?
NO WAY THE MANGA GOT TRANSLATED TO CATALAN...
The socks are not that expensive...
I love my Colourpop AC blush and lip tints, they are absolutely perfect 🍑
The colour pop makeups isn't for kids, it's absolutely affordable considering most brands who collab charge 3x that price. I'm very irritated that your wife was severely misinformed 😂😂😂
the colourpop makeup was really well priced at the time, and they used the same formula for their other products. I already liked the brand so I picked up the Abel Sisters quad and I still have it!
For the socks, since I have some niche knowledge: novelty socks are generally more expensive than regular socks because of how many colors are needed. High quality novelty socks are either woven a specific way, embroidered, or both. Multiple colors of yarns and threads are used, and it’s a highly specific design that has to be programmed into multiple machines. $13 for two pairs of a super niche fandom’s socks is actually a steal!
The build a bear franchise is huge!!! Also it has a crazy huge adult following. They are even gearing Bear specifically for adults. I own all of the ACNH BABs, bought then right when they dropped.
The colourpop makeup was actually well-priced before it was discontinued! Definitely not for kids either, their formulas are great and made for some fun looks :)
Also, the Nintendo Stores in Japan, including online, always have Animal Crossing goods for sale, and they often do seasonal sets of stuff, including real dishes and stuff. It's almost always classy-looking, and well made. I would kill for that stuff to be sold here. Oh, and back when the OG Animal Crossing came out, there was a series of tiny house dioramas that you could by in Japan, and they were adorable. They had puzzle-piece bases that you could connect together to make a village.
commenting to boost this cuz that sounds so sick omg
When I went to Japan back in Nov 2019, the Nintendo store in Shibuya just opened. They were selling Animal Crossing themed marshmallows. They were just regular white cylindrical marshmallows with villager faces printed on to them 😅
I wanna see that lol, sounds cute.
I bought the colourpop x acnh makeup. It was way more affordable on the colourpop website. I mean I am sure some parents did indeed order it for their kids, however it is really good quality makeup for an affordable price. I still use the brown quad everyday. I believe it’s the blathers eyeshadow set. I use it daily and for whatever reason I can’t remember for sure who’s on it.😂😅
It's blathers! The one you're referring to is called "What a Hoot!"
One thing I didn't see you mention that I absolutely love when I picked up (it may have been a Gamestop exclusive?) Is the Animal Crossing "Holiday Bundle" box. Everything was winter themed and it came with a wool blanked, two coasters of Isabelle and Tom Nook, a canvas shopping bag, and a heat-changing mug which reveals Timmy, Tommy, Nook, and Isabelle playing in the snow when hot liquid is poured into it. It was $29.99 at the time and I thought it was great
OMG i remember seeing that! i dont think it was gamestop exclusive as i saw it in some game/comic/anime shop i dont remember the name of but it was very reasonably priced... wish i had gotten it 🥲
So I have the KK Slider (he plays KK Disco) and my sister has Tom Nook Build-a-Bear & they 100% look so much better in person (the add does them dirty) 😂
I agree that some fanmade merch looks better than official merch. Sometimes it's like the fans know the game better than the company who MADE the game do. For example, Poppy Playtime Merch. Huggy wuggy in-game looks like a really good quality stuffed toy. So do Bunzo and CatNap. But the plushies made by Mob Games? They look like bootleg plushies you'd win at a rigged carnival booth, while the plushies fans make look more accurate to the characters in-game. Like how could you mess up a stuffed toy of a stuffed toy in a game YOU MADE so badly?! I wanted to buy a Bunzo plush so bad but i went to look one up and decided nope. Never again. That thing would give me nightmares and does NOT look like Bunzo Bunny.
I played the monopoly a few times, Id say it was just alright as a board game, but I thought the way they changed the game to fit the vibe of animal crossing more was actually pretty well done.
The animal crossing/colourpop collab was the best. I use the lip tints regularly still. Colourpop is known in the makeup world for doing lots of collabs and their makeup is great quality for a good price.
There’s also a mini figure line! I think there’s currently 2 or 3 series out and they’re so cute!
The unconscious Gulliver plushie is brilliant!!
Build a bear is usually one of the most successful stores even in dying malls! And colorpop is a low price fair quality makeup brand popular with the makeup community, not aimed at kids.
The set at 8:05 isn’t actually something you can buy, but a lottery. They’re usually run at convenience stores and you buy a ticket at a set price. When you open the ticket, it has a letter in it ranging from A to E/F/G depending on the number of prizes. A is the best prize and there’s usually only one of them per store. G is the lowest and smallest prize and there’s a bunch of them. And then there’s usually a neat last ticket prize for the person who buys the last ticket. Nintendo runs these for most of their popular game series. I got to do the Tears of the Kingdom one back when I was living in Japan, but an Animal Crossing one would’ve been pretty sweet.
I've sorta grown up on build-a-bear! Weird to hear some people don't know about it!
i bought the animal crossing makeup collab the day it dropped for about $115 USD i think, but it was for ALL of it. every single product. and it was completely worth it. colourpop is wonderful quality!!! ugh i wish it was a permanent collection
When pronouncing Japanese words it helps to know how they pronounce vowels. "A" = ah so it would m-ah-nga not may-n-ga. i is almost always pronounced like an e. Just some advice so you feel more confident! Great video. Also socks being that price... have you looked up Bombas? They're like... a lot more lol great video!
Not gonna lie, this irked me a little bit😂 But it’s a simple mistake so oh well😂 I still love his videos, just maybe remember this for next time😆😆😆😅
Yeah the maynga at the very start of the video made me laugh. lol
ah yes, 13 bucks for two pairs of socks of which one pair features a droopy looking tanuki face, a criminal punishment tattoo and a message seeping in existential dread :)
Can confirm from buying it awhile back: That is indeed a peach stress ball. If I remember right, its even scented.
You forgot the Puma x Animal Crossing release which saw kids, women's, and men's shoes, clothing and more. I have some of the sneakers and theyre excellent!
13:47 - 13:54 Me and a buddy of mine are both in our 20s and still play this game sometimes and I feel called out lol
12:08 oh man the animal crossing seasonal update trailers from 2020 feel so nostalgic now, those were some good times
@Eclipsestar150 it was a great time for me
No way the Isabelle HHD 3DS is rare now 😭 I HAVE IT
Btw Etsy has light up star fragments
I actually took an entire month to MAKE, thats right MAKE a Animal Crossing themed game of Clue. I painted cards, hand sculpted weapons, and painted the board.
I was so proud of it, and its definitely handmade. (In case you guys are wondering, Tom Nook was the one who died)
Ik this video came out a bit ago, but, with the animal crossing 3DS, I have a funny story where I accidentally ordered it online (it was a relatively normal price surprisingly) whilst hunting for a normal 3DS .. had to send it back cause I don't speak Japanese
1:50 I have the spanish version of the fourth manga of that series!! I bought it I think in 2019 in a game store, it's just a lot of short silly random stories ^^
I'm very surprised you didn't mention the collab with Puma! The collab had some sick items!
The last two pair of socks you showed, I actually found at a local Dollar Tree! Yes, I bought them. I also have the BaB Tom Nook and Isabelle and the Switch sling bag case with Timmy and Tommy. I just thought they were cute, and since I'm hooked on ACNH, I thought why not.
Build-a-bear is huge where I am in the UK! I have Tom Nook, Darth Maul, Captain America and Frodo Baggins
You're definitely wrong about Build-A-Bear dying years ago! It's still pretty huge!! KK also had several other songs you could get with him. I can't remember exactly which ones but they definitely had Bubblegum KK. But yeah, especially now that they are targeting adult collectors with frogs, axolotls, and other viral animals as well as a whole 18+ section of their website for more adult IPs (Outlander, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Rick and Morty, etc), Build-A-Bear is still massssiiivveee.
You best believe that that dinning set will only be used for guest
I own 2 AC t-shirts (the Brewster's The Roost shirt in black, and a gray Nook Inc. shirt with Tom Nook, Timmy and Tommy), I have small versions of the head pillow ones (specifically Tom Nook, Isabelle, and the furniture leaf), I have 2 official plushies (Kicks and Mr. Resetti), I have the weird light that came out for New Horizons, it's like a box light that's in the shape of the New Horizons logo and is USB powered... the majority of my Amiibo are Animal Crossing [off the top of my head I have: Blathers, Celeste, Reese, Cyrus, K.K. Slider, Digby, Kicks, Resetti. Would love to complete my collection someday...], I've gotten 2 different styles of unofficial Amiibo cards off Etsy (but the majority of my Amiibo cards are official, despite one style of unofficial Amiibo cards I bought being higher quality. The seller is on break tho, so until they come back I can't order more...), and I also have a coaster that you put your drink on that doubles as just decor from Etsy, it's a 'record' and the holder for Bubblegum K.K. It does not actually play, it's more for decoration. As far as the games go, I own at least one copy of every main series game released... not Amiibo Festival b/c I skipped the Wii U. I actually own 3 copies of Wild World and 5 of New Leaf. It's a problem, but I don't want to sell them.
If I were to choose a favourite Animal Crossing merch it would be:
The ACNH themed consoles. I only have the Switch
The Build-A-Bear Plushies
The 3rd party Switch controllers
The Club Mochi Pillows
And also there was a time that Seattle Aquarium did a collaboration with Animal Crossing. It’s based on the museum rally stamp that happened in May when playing New Horizons. They put alot of cutouts, posted QR codes and posters about a sea creature, put a sleeping Gulliver on a rock display, and has a display selling the stuff toys in the gift shop.
I have the Tom Nook Build-A-Bear and I can CONFIRM that they are way better in person than how the site portrays 'em lol. I love my Tom Nook so much, he's super snuggly. Personally though, I would die for a Blathers one. Also, I desperately need that vinyl. XD
colorpop is pretty overpriced. they’re doing a pokemon collab rn- i would love makeup themed after both, but its kinda trash ngl ☹️ both in quality and price
I've seen those build-a-bear Animal Crossing plushies! I wanted one but I didn't really have the cash...I'm mad now!
7:56 TIP FOR THIS SITUATION! If you reaaaally want to get the item at the store and it’s like a booth selling it, show them the price online and they’re usually like “oh oh I’ll do you one better!” And toss their prior price out the window and try to combat the official price.
In 2020 i started heavily on collecting AC merch. My grand possesion is my 3ds XL ACNL Edition which i got for 50€ in box. Today i own many plushies, all games and even BK exclusive merch. Still need to complete the amiibo card collection 😅
Cool video! Anything branded AC for me is a 10/10, so last year I asked for the limited HHD 3DS XL for my birthday. There was a lot of hoops to jump to get it, the console I got is used, but it still looks and plays really well. Definitely a cool collection piece.
I got myself KK Slider at build-a-bear literally a week ago.
His face is honestly only a TINY bit funky looking but he's pretty dope. As an Australian though I tend to have to take what I can get when it comes to merchandising though, so I haven't seen Nook or Isabell anywhere yet sadly
It’s my dream to have a kitchen with all the animal crossing kitchenware. A unobtainable dream but a dream nonetheless even though it’s only available in Japan
About the build a bear thing, I think they mainly focus on the uk, they used to have more stores but still have a semi-significant presence here across the pond, I’ve got a Kk and Tom nook one, because for some reason my family think plushies are the go too gift for everything XD, but in all seriousness it’s pretty decent quality, would recommend, nook inc approved if you will XD
I work at dollar tree we got a shipment of Animal Crossing socks they were $1.25 later found the same pack of socks on Hot Topic $12.50 you know I snatched up those 1.25 socks so fast!
I collect Animal Crossing merch, including the Ichiban Kuji prizes from Japan. I was so surprised this week to see they announced a new collection being released next week- it had been a couple of years since they ran it! I’m hoping this means they’ll announce a new game or remastered prior game soon! 🤞🏻
You completely missed AC action figures and the two custom AC Nintendo DS covers arent lost media, they were found
I really wanted the AC Switch but alas it wasn’t meant to be. What I was able to do though, was buy joycon shells in that color combo. Then I took my ugly ass pink and orange joycons apart and changed them. Now everyone is confused how I got the AC joycons without having the AC Switch 😂
i got my isabelle head pillow online from best buy for like $20 on a sale around when happy home designer was released, because i got that too :) best purchase of my life honestly she's the most comfortable pillow ever.
i always have the urge to go get a tom nook build-a-bear everytime i pass the build-a-bear store in my mall though 😭
Surprised no mention of the Acnh/puma collab. Still sad I missed out the shirts and shoes. Not sure how it flew under my radar.
I do have a pair of the Mario sunshine and Squirtle Pokémon shoes though.
I have the Colour Pop Animal Crossing lip crayons and Isabelle eye shadow pallette. They're genuinely my favorite sets of makeup because of how vibrant they are.
Build a bear does a lot of stuff with pokemon so it makes since to me to do something from animal crossing. Also I randomly have PEZ dispensers for Isabelle, Tom Nook, and KK Slider