New Groom

ぬいぐるみ (Nuigurumi, New Groom is how I remember it) is Japanese for stuffed toy and yesterday I got so caught up in going through my plush items, that I ran out of time to do a Countdown to Halloween blog entry. Since I was sifting three boxes worth of stuffed stuff, I figured I might as well photograph them. I plan to give a large portion of them away to the graduating Grade Sixes next spring. I'll start with the more Halloween oriented ones first just so I don't lose the interest of the Countdown crowd. Faithful viewers of this here bloggy thing of mine may have seen some before and if I've missed a few, you can always hit the label "stuffed" to catch up.

First up, Hello Kitty as famous monsters.

Kitty-chan has also cosplayed as various Evangelion gals and I think those others are Tiger/Bunny. The skeleton belongs in the above picture.

Speaking of cats, I believe those are Nyanpires above and Angry & Hangry below.

In addition to cats, we have Gloomy bears as well.

Here's a dubbed Gloomy at snacktime.

Some cosplaying Warner's characters.

And some of their cartoon colleagues.

Pixar pals and a few Disney friends.

And enemies...

And I'm not sure how to identify these.

or these.

And a few Illumination characters.

Gachapin and Mukku mesh with the Gegege Gang.

More Gloomy, this time as a ghost and an Oni. 

And...Best...Ever...
as Ghiddorah and Godzilla!!

Speaking of Kaiju, a few of the Ultraman foes.

The Little Prince...

Many characters from Mary and the Witch's Flower.

 

It's the Genie, Akubi-Musume.

 

A few Migi. I'm pretty sure I have more of these somewhere.

A few friends from Adventure Time.

A beer swilling Poochie-esque dog and a couple of maids.

Finally, I really like these Amabie, a Yokai-bird used to spread the word about Covid.

Now you can see why it took me so long to go through these. 95% of them were caught in the UFO Catcher game machines, so there's a lot of coins spent there.

I was trying to quickly find a fellow blogger with stuffed stuff, Nope. Try this guy for Action Figures or make your own Crafts.

Oh, Christmas Tree!

I finally gathered my old tree out of the mothballs and it is a shabby looking thing.

Not unlike Charlie Brown's choice, let's see if we can perform a Christmas Miracle™.

These were the decorations upon it. I think it was two years ago and I never it took it down until last summer. 

 These ugly beasts were quite popular two years ago. Now, not so much.

 The stoned Chip and Dale, will be retired but I think I'll salvage the Masamunya for this year as well.

 A couple of Gloomies.

 Angry and Hangry (or is it Hangry and Angry?)

 A couple of Nyancats.

This bear in a Coke was a give-away a few years back. I have half a dozen new ones for the tree this year.

Through the first few weeks of December, I tried my luck at winning some key Disney ornaments at Family Mart. I was doing fairly well and then the coveted "Last One" was introduced and I bought the remaining ones until I won it. This Four-Plate set serves as a backdrop for my tree this year.

 These are all the ornaments I acquired with surprisingly few doubles. (Three)

I also won the "B" Prize which is a quartet of Pooh. Too bad I already have two Pooh.

 Because it's a tiny tree, I don't have too much room so I'll only be putting up my Pixar prizes.

 So let's take a look at what else I've got.

Okay, the tree looks much better with some dangly dudes. Oh, darn it doesn't show up in this picture. I have used Mecha-King Ghiddorah as the Star/Angel upon the treetop.

 My Hulk Fist turned festive with Shakespearean Jack and a Stocking hanging over my fire extinguisher.

 The Halloween Tree all lit up gives it a more glittery mood.

 I made a little Santa Hat for Godzilla and look how he's smiling now!

 Gizmo in a box and Mothra's larva crawling out of a festive egg.

 Stretchy Santa-Jack.

 Anpanman is all ready for the New Year.

 Nightmare Before Christmas stickers (which I have had there since I moved in.)

 A close-up of the Larva with Lock, Shock and Barrel, and Jack in a Snowman.

Taadaa!
Not exactly award winning, but a pretty good display, I must say. (Click pic to Miracle-size it.)

As a reward for making it this far, here is a cute little story about Christmas Trees who seek retribution:
Treevenge.