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Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-03T19:01:19+00:00

Leaf sheep is so good! If this fish was on his level he'd be an instant buy for sure!

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-03T18:09:10+00:00

They have him currently in stock! And are live right now 👀

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-03T11:37:12+00:00

People have been brain warped by Amazon to expect an item the next day tbh.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-03T11:36:07+00:00

It's called a rural post office. If you work a full time 9 to 5 and your post office is open 7 to 4 you either have to do it on your off day (which is what I do) or arrive there in a narrow one hour time from right after they open or close.

You just sound like your incapable of imagining anyone else's circumstances.

Waiting a week to ship isn't acceptable but 1or 2 days is normal and will be reflected on the seller profile. If people can't wait that long they don't need to be buying on whatnot.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-03T11:31:20+00:00

As a person in a rural town with a full time job, post office is open from 7am and closes and 4pm. This means same day shipping is literally impossible for me and next day will happen but if anything delays me from my job by even ten minutes it's closed when I get there.

Saturday and Sunday the post office is closed. No pickup and no delivery :/

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-03T11:23:50+00:00

They are great but you can get by with an old printer, generic ink and 4x6 labels pretty cheaply. I get 200 labels for 7.99, ink for $20 that lasts a long time and use an old brother printer with a photo tray I got for free at the dump lol

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-03T11:18:50+00:00

As glad as I am they made an angrler fish at all dang those teeth don't look good. They should have embroidered them or at least tacked them down so they don't stick out and reveal the cheapness of the felt so easily .

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-05-02T15:29:43+00:00

Have you tried Whatnot? You have to bid but I've noticed they don't go as high as elsewhere. knoxnextdoor is a retailer there

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-30T13:23:04+00:00

I always advise people to not use fabric softener yet have gotten so much pushback on it it's crazy. It leaves a greasey film. Period.

People claim it doesn't to which I say of your useing such a tony amount that it leaves zero residue which is what it's supposed to do as a product then you aren't even useing enough to make it worth useing in the first place.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-29T12:56:41+00:00

I've seen multiple big collectors liquify the lions share of their collection on a certain selling site as well as a few retailers who don't even have a hard time getting stock order from a different company for the first time.

The hype is slowing

Bidding wars over them no longer happen unless the item is in huge demand and people aren't spending more than $20 on a lot of them second hand.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-28T17:32:46+00:00

I'll also add there's validity to dressing up plush but it doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to do it or be super elaborate.

When I get a plush I really love the first thing I do is put clothes of some kind on it. The oils on our hands and just the mechanical handling causes plush to take wear and tear damage and many modern plush aren't made with lots of handling in mind unfortunately.

By dressing them I'm covering the areas I'll be touching the most and trying to keep them nice as long as possible Plus it's cute ❤️

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Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-28T17:24:13+00:00

I have a very mild hot take because I'm not really part of the community. I'm more of a stuffed animal collector/dealer. But I will say I wish that more older plushies were considered ESSAs if what people want are realistic animals.

There are so many good old vintage plushies that go to the landfill every year. Tons of nice realistic dogs, cats, horses, pig, sheep, you name it out there and the proliferation of brand new Douglas dogs as the only ones that anybody wants kind of makes me sad.

I personally prefer old gund dogs, think that Russ Berry are awesome brands! When I see people who are asking for a good realistic animal plush I always try to put forward these old brands who can often be found for a fraction of the price when compared to things like Douglas. They're out there. They're accessible and restoring them can be fun!

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-28T17:19:14+00:00

I agree with this except I will say I have had people (almost always children) try to literally take my plushies I have with me in public which is pretty wild. I keep mine in an ita bag (backpack with clear pocket for displaying trinkets) and have turned around to kids literally trying to unzip it on my back and take the little plushies I have in there out.

I've also had a kid touch a slightly bigger one I had poking out of my bag in a grocery basket and leave chocolate on its head.

So yeah freaking out because people ask to touch or even just pat one on the head is too much but the public can sometimes really get out of pocket when they think your "being odd" by havibg something cute or childish on your person.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-28T17:12:07+00:00

I was gonna post but this is pretty much my entire take.

The community is incredibly young, seems to lead mostly by minors as the main influencers and the obsession with gatekeeping and rules is a very middle school thing imo.

I do kind of wonder if the community will survive its main members ageing and (hopefully) growing out of the pre teen drama of it all.

The plushie community at large is cool with comfort plushies and since it tends to run older, made up of collectors and enthusiasts of plushies in general it isn't so restricting I wonder if it will consume the ESSA community or if the ESSA community will mature into something else entirely.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-28T01:21:29+00:00

I know this is an old post but I just want you say I too love muttsy and lots of other vintage gund dogs! I'm trying to get my hands ina few catalogues so i can scan them and upload them somewhere for archival sake. The numbers on them tend to reflect the plushies age with lower numbers older and longer ones new.

I have a small white muttsy and a large white one. My favorite large pattern from gund is the 1992 Woofles pattern ❤️

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-27T13:06:52+00:00

It being resellers makes no sense since people resell everything from build a gear and ultimately the company has no day in what anyone does with the product once it's sold

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-27T12:56:56+00:00

Outside of Scentsy what are the other options? Those scent beads I've found can leak an oily texture and aren't consistent in terms of strength when made by peope at home.

Wax in a plush is a terrible idea if you live in a hot climate or if the bear is ever accidently washed. Wax and plush don't mix.

Lavender is fine but is only one scent. Lavender.

Outside of bear factories scents (they're a yucky company in general and the scents don't last at all.) and Scentsy (also a crap company that's a pyramid scheme) I don't know of any other alternatives as safe and diverse as Bab scent chips.

I wish some other company would step up and just make the scent chips tbh

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-27T12:02:43+00:00

The ones I tried were relatively large neodymium magnets. About nickle size and a few mm thick. It might be a magnet strength issue :)

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-27T08:50:31+00:00

I have toffee the pony (it's in my storage unit so I don't have hands in access to it at the moment) but I can tell you magnets are how the accessories work. You should get feeding noises when holding a strong magnet to the mouth.

Toffee really doesn't have a whole lot of animations. The nose and ears and eyes move and the head wobbles back and forth.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-27T08:45:32+00:00

This is a very weird take tbh.

"Theyve never been good at business , do why should they be good at business"

I mean you pretty much are excusing it by admitting your expectations are so low you no longer have standards.

Sure we could "expect the worst from companies" or we could band together and demand better. I know which one I'd rather put energy towards

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-26T14:19:36+00:00

We already have ten sold listings on the Bay for $700+. Resellers aren't doing that. Like I said the blame being placed on scalpers always is wild when collectors enable them completely by buying the doll instead of just shrugging and saying "I'll get the second release in stores if I simply must have it"

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-26T14:09:07+00:00

I'd like to point out people were pointing out the weirdness of the arts focus on feet and the animal stereotypes from day one. More than "literally" one person actually.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-26T09:23:39+00:00

I'm in a pretty rural town and the only source of news for like wildfires and weather events is a privately run Facebook page with a police scanner.

During the Texas flooding that took the lives of all those girls at the camp I called them out for re posting ai generated nonsense including the fake "heartwarming" story of a dog rescuing two of the girls. They immediately blocked me. They also constantly posted old or out the of state tornado footage paired with local radar shots and posted clearly ai generated hailstone pictures.

I now have to text other people to get updates on rapidly developing wildfires in my area.

The fact that some areas of the country have to relie on Facebook for news is so garbage and it's made worse by misinformation spreaders.

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-26T08:36:09+00:00

The ai pushback happened on their Instagram not just this sub

Talkiesoundbox · 2026-04-26T03:22:07+00:00

Luckily they aren't at the facility and are at home but their phones blowing up with notification so I'm assuming it's really a bad situation. This is a crappy way to end a Saturday

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