General Pokémon merchandise really hasn't been anything I've collected too much over the years outside of the games and trading cards. Every now and then I'll find something interesting that I might get for, say, someone's birthday, for example, but I usually won't buy anything for myself. That being said, I was thinking about starting my own kind of collection later this year. I've talked on other threads plenty about how August 7th has become somewhat of a holiday for me regarding the story of how
![:bw/espeon:](/dex/media/sprites/bw/espeon.gif.m.1706150269)
became one of my favorite Pokémon alongside Feraligatr, Latios, and Pichu. Case in point, I can't decide if this is something I actually want to try, but would it be worth it to see if I could maybe ask for some of this stuff similar to how one may ask for a birthday present?
Also while I'm here, let me show you this custom Amiibo figure someone made on DeviantArt that's a glimpse of what we could have had for real.