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[[File:Tomba 1997 plushes vgp edited.jpg|thumb|The 1997 plushes of Tomba and | [[File:Tomba 1997 plushes vgp edited.jpg|thumb|The 1997 plushes of Tomba and a Koma Pig.]] | ||
There has been 3 sets of Tomba themed plushes made counting until 2025, counting all each plush separately there are exactly 5 plushes, 3 tombas and 2 pigs. | |||
== | == History== | ||
=== 1997 | In 1997, a set of two plushes was created and released in Japan to promote the [[Tomba!|original game]]'s release: one of Tomba, and one of an Evil Pig. These were created strictly as contest prizes and were not for sale, and as such very few were produced. According to the | ||
In 2015, an officially licensed plush was created by [[MonkeyPaw Games]] and Gaijinworks to celebrate the [[Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return|second game]] being released on the PlayStation Network.<ref>The plush lists a copyright year of 2012, likely because that's when [[MonkeyPaw Games]] first obtained the license to bring Tomba to PSN, starting with the first game. The plushes are first unveiled in [https://archive.is/ejDSF an Instagram post on February 21, 2015].</ref> This too was a very limited release, with [https://web.archive.org/web/20151108014902/http://monkeypawgames.com/tomba-plushie/ only 100] of them given out randomly to people who retweeted [https://web.archive.org/web/20191015094247/https://twitter.com/monkeypawgames/status/661416399277985792 the launch announcement] between November 3 and December 25, 2015. This promotion was limited to people with a North American mailing address. This plush features Tomba wearing the golden bracelet. | |||
Later in 2023 [[Limited Run Games]] announced [[Tomba! Special Edition]], a Tomba! port for moden consoles. For it in their website along other merch they announced a Tomba plush and a Koma Pig plush. | |||
==Images== | |||
===1997 plushes=== | |||
Photos from various sources: | Photos from various sources: | ||
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File:Tomba 1997 plushes vgp edited.jpg | |||
File:Gamefanmag-plush-02.jpg | |||
File:Gamefanmag-plush-03.jpg | |||
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=== 2015 plush === | ===2015 plush=== | ||
Photos from various sources: | Photos from various sources: | ||
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File:MonkeyPaw Insta - Reveal - 2.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw Insta - Reveal - 2.jpg|La creatura | ||
File:MonkeyPaw Insta - Reveal - 3.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw Insta - Reveal - 3.jpg | ||
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File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1152944513017929729.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1152944513017929729.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1135188633925148902.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1135188633925148902.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1108197800978113439.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1108197800978113439.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1058913130377863858.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1058913130377863858.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1057456272228180614.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1057456272228180614.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1045913354120159875.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 1045913354120159875.jpg|pretty chill not gonna lie | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 977777995503330106.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 977777995503330106.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 947362679568949756.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 947362679568949756.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 936907833468478442.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 936907833468478442.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 929638768924385916.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 929638768924385916.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 928613595798528592.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 928613595798528592.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 927468687331123795.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 927468687331123795.jpg | ||
File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 926340957097124500.jpg | File:MonkeyPaw - Plush various 926340957097124500.jpg | ||
</gallery> | |||
===LRG 2024/2025 plushes=== | |||
Images from the arrival of the LRG plushes. | |||
<gallery mode="nolines"> | |||
File:Img ff1534.jpg|Image posted on the LRG discord server | |||
File:LRG Plushes with Tomba games.jpg|Koma Pig and Tomba LRG plushes posed with two copies of Tomba (PAL and NTSC | |||
File:Tag1.jpg|LRG pig's sewn in tag (Front) | |||
File:Tag2.jpg|LRG pig's sewn in tag (Back) | |||
File:LRG In Bag.jpg|LRG Tomba and Koma pig plushes unopened on their way to the glue factory | |||
File:LRGPlushLi.jpg|Tomba and Koma pig LRG plushes in a liminal space, scared for their lives | |||
File:Bagecotext.jpg|Information printed on the plastic bag (In B&W for better reading) | |||
File:Bagtagp.jpg|Sticker tag with barcode of the pig plush reading PLSH-PIG | |||
File:Bagtagt.jpg|Sticker tag with barcode of the Tomba plush reading PLSH-TOMBA | |||
File:LRG Tomba.jpg|unhand me human | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
== External links == | ==External links== | ||
* [https://archive.is/TsPDr Auction for the 1997 Tomba plush] on Remambo; [https://archive.is/ZmM4i original] on Yahoo! Auctions | *[https://archive.is/TsPDr Auction for the 1997 Tomba plush] on Remambo; [https://archive.is/ZmM4i original] on Yahoo! Auctions | ||
* [https://archive.is/aNOrU Auction for both 1997 plushes]; also [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507093035/https://overcome.angryant.best/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=18_80&products_id=18935 archived] on the {{WM}} | * [https://archive.is/aNOrU Auction for both 1997 plushes]; also [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507093035/https://overcome.angryant.best/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=18_80&products_id=18935 archived] on the {{WM}} | ||
* [https://archive.is/MZkJB Auction for the 2015 Tomba plush] on eBay | *[https://archive.is/MZkJB Auction for the 2015 Tomba plush] on eBay | ||
* [https://archive.is/3YDY3 Auction for a Tomba collection that includes both the 1997 and 2015 plushes] on eBay | *[https://archive.is/3YDY3 Auction for a Tomba collection that includes both the 1997 and 2015 plushes] on eBay | ||
* [https://archive.is/2G97S Auction for an incomplete 1997 plush missing its green pants] on WorthPoint | *[https://archive.is/2G97S Auction for an incomplete 1997 plush missing its green pants] on WorthPoint | ||
* [https://archive.is/EW8Z5 Photos of the 1997 plush] by GameFan Magazine on Facebook | *[https://archive.is/EW8Z5 Photos of the 1997 plush] by GameFan Magazine on Facebook | ||
* [https://archive.is/4g1vy Photos of the 2015 plush] by the [https://x.com/VGPlushDaily @VGPlushDaily] account on Twitter | *[https://archive.is/4g1vy Photos of the 2015 plush] by the [https://x.com/VGPlushDaily @VGPlushDaily] account on Twitter | ||
* [https://archive.is/ejDSF Reveal of the 2015 plush] by MonkeyPaw Games on Instagram | *[https://archive.is/ejDSF Reveal of the 2015 plush] by MonkeyPaw Games on Instagram | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/MonkeyPawGamesInstagram Archive of the MonkeyPaw Games Instagram account] on the {{IA}} | |||
[[Category:Merchandise]] | [[Category:Merchandise]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:17, 30 January 2025
There has been 3 sets of Tomba themed plushes made counting until 2025, counting all each plush separately there are exactly 5 plushes, 3 tombas and 2 pigs.
History
In 1997, a set of two plushes was created and released in Japan to promote the original game's release: one of Tomba, and one of an Evil Pig. These were created strictly as contest prizes and were not for sale, and as such very few were produced. According to the
In 2015, an officially licensed plush was created by MonkeyPaw Games and Gaijinworks to celebrate the second game being released on the PlayStation Network.[1] This too was a very limited release, with only 100 of them given out randomly to people who retweeted the launch announcement between November 3 and December 25, 2015. This promotion was limited to people with a North American mailing address. This plush features Tomba wearing the golden bracelet.
Later in 2023 Limited Run Games announced Tomba! Special Edition, a Tomba! port for moden consoles. For it in their website along other merch they announced a Tomba plush and a Koma Pig plush.
Images
1997 plushes
Photos from various sources:
Creator Tokuro Fujiwara posing with the original plushes:
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2015 plush
Photos from various sources:
1997 and 2015 plushes side by side
A close up of the label
The original reveal and unboxing photos:
La creatura
A sampling of photos posted to Instagram by MonkeyPaw Games during the giveaway:
pretty chill not gonna lie
LRG 2024/2025 plushes
Images from the arrival of the LRG plushes.
Image posted on the LRG discord server
Koma Pig and Tomba LRG plushes posed with two copies of Tomba (PAL and NTSC
LRG pig's sewn in tag (Front)
LRG pig's sewn in tag (Back)
LRG Tomba and Koma pig plushes unopened on their way to the glue factory
Tomba and Koma pig LRG plushes in a liminal space, scared for their lives
Information printed on the plastic bag (In B&W for better reading)
Sticker tag with barcode of the pig plush reading PLSH-PIG
Sticker tag with barcode of the Tomba plush reading PLSH-TOMBA
unhand me human
Notes
- ↑ The plush lists a copyright year of 2012, likely because that's when MonkeyPaw Games first obtained the license to bring Tomba to PSN, starting with the first game. The plushes are first unveiled in an Instagram post on February 21, 2015.
External links
- Auction for the 1997 Tomba plush on Remambo; original on Yahoo! Auctions
- Auction for both 1997 plushes; also archived on the
- Auction for the 2015 Tomba plush on eBay
- Auction for a Tomba collection that includes both the 1997 and 2015 plushes on eBay
- Auction for an incomplete 1997 plush missing its green pants on WorthPoint
- Photos of the 1997 plush by GameFan Magazine on Facebook
- Photos of the 2015 plush by the @VGPlushDaily account on Twitter
- Reveal of the 2015 plush by MonkeyPaw Games on Instagram
- Archive of the MonkeyPaw Games Instagram account on the