Okay, okay, we’re just speculating, but The Pokémon Company’s latest Muk-up is a Magnemite surveillance that might be worth something in a day (h / t Kotaku).
You see, it turns out that Magnemite should look like this (useful red circle added by TPC itself):
But the plush shows this:
See?! Terrible.
(For those who do this not see, the magnet is upside down.)
Pokémon wrote an apology on its Japanese website, expressing “sincere gratitude” to all their customers for their support, despite grave error.
However, if you have one of these plushies, sold through Pokémon centers, Pokémon stores, and Amazon Japan, you can bring it to your local Pokémon store for replacement.
Or – and we are not necessarily encouraging that – you could keep it. We know very little about toy prices, but aren’t defective plush toys usually worth a day? There may be a collector in his thirties who can’t wait to get his hands on a slightly wrong Magnemite plush.