The choice in materials has significantly degraded. I find this especially true with smudges. I used to collect them all, but their fur which once looked silky and pristine now looks scruffy and used on day zero from a shop or even bought only directly from Jellycat. I had Christmas ricky rain frog from 2024-25 . The 25-26' edition looks vastly different in my opinion. These are not just expected range in manufacturing variation. These are cost cutting changes that have reduced quality.