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!

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!!!

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!

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 :)

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

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 ☺

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

Me at 3:33 am down to the dark staircase: 9:17

The unconscious Gulliver plushie is brilliant!!

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.

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 :')

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Can confirm from buying it awhile back: That is indeed a peach stress ball. If I remember right, its even scented.