Display Case:
This is my display case. It's from IKEA and I'm really happy with it. It's not entirely Pokémon but quite a bit of it is so I thought I'd give an overview of the whole thing to start out with.
Top Shelf (zukan):
Sorry about the me-cameo in the reflection. Not much I could do about that. This is an overview of all my zukan figures! Zukan Pokédex figures are 1/40th scale. I find them absolutely fascinating because you can see exactly how big each Pokémon is compared to every other Pokémon. And since I have those to-scale 1/1 Pichu Bros plushies, I can pretty easily calculate how big any of the Pokémon are IRL if I use my Pichu zukan and plushies as a basis! It's really neat! They're definitely the coolest of all kinda of figurines. I'll do some close-ups.
Zukan Close-Up (1/4):
I took a really close-up of one of my Cherrim zukan (I have two because Cherrim :P). Next to it is a normal sized six-sided die so you can see just how tiny these things are!
Zukan Close-Up (2/4):
Here are the zukan to the left. I really like the ones like Kabutops and Minun/Plusle where they made a diorama kind of thing. :3 They're more interesting to look at, in my opinion. I'm really proud of the Pichu line zukan here because last I knew, they were really hard to come across because they released so long ago and I don't think they ever had a re-release.
Zukan Close-Up (3/4):
More zukan. I'm missing bases for a lot of these so many of them share bases, like the Psyduck and Manaphy lines. Aside from Cherrim, my favourite in this batch is probably the Ditto zukan! I bought it from someone fairly cheap once just for the Bulbaditto (which has the Ditto facial expression) since they thought they'd lost the Ditto itself but before they packed it up to send, they found the Ditto and decided to send it along free of charge which was super nice of them. <3
Zukan Close-Up (4/4):
And the last ones. There are a bunch of interesting bases here. I like the Butterfree and Ledyba/Spinarak lines because they have trees. Although the Ledyba one is also scary because LEDYBA IS MASSIVE. @_@; Have you ever looked at the Pokédex entry for Ledyba? The thing is a freaking metre tall! That's over three feet for a bug! I never realized how ridiculous its size was until I got the zukan haha. I also REALLY like the Rapidash line because their flame is translucent so it's really pretty in the light. My photo doesn't do it justice. (Although let's be fair, my photos don't do anything justice. >_<)
Shelf 2:
Just some little things. Not much on this shelf. I got the Shinx, Bidoof and Pikachu from a local gashapon machine at a movie theatre. I always get really excited when those machines (where you put a coin in and get a random prize--like near grocery store exits and stuff) have Pokémon themes, though they never seem to anymore. :( There's also this little Minun thing that I believe is supposed to cling to your pencil as well as a Bidoof marble.
Shelf 3:
A bunch of random stuff, mostly Cherubi/Cherrim and Probopass. I'll do a close-up of the Cherrim stuff but aside from that we've got the Jakks Cherubi, a Tomy Vaporeon, some more paper standing cut-outs of Cherubi and Bidoof. In the top-right corner there's a tower of Pokémon Mega-Bloks! They're pretty cool because each one wraps all the way around the block so each one has a little tail on the back and everything. I think they're really cute. :3 A lot of the Nosepass/Probopass stuff is just random stuff they've made. There's a Pokédex figure, one of those bean thingies, a stamp, a coin, and other stuff. There's another one of the hiragana alphabet foam things too--the Nosepass one teaches
のずぱす (NOzupasu).
Shelf 3 (Cherrim):
More Cherrim! There's a stamp in the top-left corner, the Tomy figure next to it. A little figure from... Poland or something, I think? is lying on the ground in front of the stamp along with... I believe the ones on the green stand are chou-get figures. Next to that is this tiiiiny little goal post thing from a game of some sort with a little Cherrim on it. Then the official Jakks figure. In the front-left is a (Tomy?) attack figure of Cherrim using Lucky Chant. Next to it is a Battrio coin and a coin badge. Lastly is another foam hiragana teaching
ちぇりむ (CHErimu). It has the cutest picture on it omg. ;~; Look how happy Cherrim is!!
Bottom Shelf:
Lastly we have a buuunch of random figures and knick-knacks, the majority of which are Pichu. I'm not going to mention absolutely everything becaus eI just don't have time or the ability to explain it well but if there's anything you want me to mention specifically, let me know. ^^; The Charmander in the corner is an alarm clock that will say different things when you press its button. I've also got a Pichu Bros train set that made my parents very embarrassed to be seen with me when I bought it at Nintendo World the other year and carried it around NYC for a few hours. XD;
Pichu Close-Up (1/2):
These three somewhat-blurry figures are my Pichu Tomy figures. :3 I've got the Pichu Bros and Gizamimi. I was really pleased to get the tufty Pichu figure because I didn't even know they made it! I'd had the original Pichu Tomy for a long time and never in a million years dreamed they made one specifically for the big brother.
Pichu Close-Up (2/2):
I wanted to show off these two figures because they're really cute. The first is the one to the left in the casing. It's a Pichu lying under a Snorlax igloo made out of snow. There's a little picture backdrop that shows the other baby Pokémon of Gen 2 playing in the snow with each other. It's adorable! The other thing I really like is that partial tree/log figure next to it. Pichu and Pikachu are detachable so you can place them where you want on the tree and it's a really cute idea although I have no idea what it is or where it's from or if there's anything else like it. It looks like the bottom of the tree would attach to even more pieces though!
Bookshelf:
And here we have the Pokédoll and Pokémon Kids shelf. Most of the plushies along the back are Pokédolls (only sold at licensed locations... so Pokémon Centres in Japan, Nintendo World in NYC, Epcot at Walt Disney World, or one of those PKMN Centre vending machines in Seattle malls). The small figures lining the front are Pokémon Kids, a kind of figure in Japan that are hollow. Some of them have clear/translucent variants and I've tried to collect those where available. :3
Bookshelf Close-Up (1/4):
Starting out, we have my Pichu Pokédolls. Unfortunately I don't have the tufty Pichu Pokédoll... I know it exists but there's no way I could compete with Pokédoll collectors to obtain one if it ever did show up. It's so rare. I only know of a handful of people (in the English fandom) who own one. @_@; Then there's the Vaporeon plush, my roommate's Togekiss and our first view of my
tower garden of Shaymin. Only three of the Shaymin are mine... the other two belong to my roommates. (Yeah I realize I still sound crazy since I have THREE but they are so soft and lovely to pet that I really needed more than just the one I started out with. Shh. No judging. Stop judging me! :P) Out front we have my Kids. One of the Cherrim ones is a Lucky Chant attack variant. Super cute! I also really like the Jigglypuff with the marker microphone and that off-coloured Nosepass is one of the rare clear variants!
Bookshelf Close-Up (2/4):
I'm sorry this one is so blurry! >_< This one has the WORLD'S HAPPIEST GRIMER. Seriously, look at it! I don't normally like Grimer at all and would never have dreamed I'd buy a plush of it but it's so happy I couldn't
not. One of the two Palkia is my roommate's. Along the front, I have a lot of Pichu Kids. The three on the left are clear variants and the other three are normal (with one of each being a Gizamimi Pichu).
Bookshelf Close-Up (3/4):
Much better. One of the Shinx is my roommate's, as is one of the Vanillite. (We have fairly similar taste in Pokémon. :3) The Houndour is another of my collection's pride and joys! I got him at Epcot when I went to WDW with my family in 2007. It's a pretty rare Pokédoll nowadays and while I'm not a massive fan of Houndour, I've always wanted to collect it. But it's one of the more popular Pokémon and a bit too expensive for my collection budget so if I hadn't managed to get one retail at WDW, I probably would've been paying upwards of $40~60 to get this Pokédoll and I lucked out. ^^; I also wanna point out the cute Pikachu Kid based on the episode "Pikachu's Goodbye" that has a baby Pikachu chilling on its head.
Bookshelf Close-Up (4/4):
And the last picture from the bookshelf has my Whimsicott plushie as well as another large plastic Jigglypuff figure that belongs to... one of my roommates. (There are also some bootleg Jigglypuff plushies in the back... they vibrate when you pull their string and their tags say "Clefairy" on them... while the description on the inside of the tag is for Pikachu. They're hilarious. XD;;
TV Buddies:
These guys (Psyduck Kid and Jakks Bidoof) used to rest on top of the TV at my parents' house for years. I went away for university and I came home each time expecting my parents to have thrown them out or put them back in my old bedroom but they were always still there. (My dad's favourite is Psyduck so I assume that has something to do with it!) Sometimes my parents would play with them... like we used to have these little bird figures and my parents would place Psyduck in with them a lot when he did have to be moved off the TV. And Bidoof got a tiny Christmas hat one year! I'll have to see if I can find any photos of this because I'm sure I must have taken them. When my parents moved out, I had to take the figures back though so now they sit on our TV here.
Ceiling Woobat:
This Woobat hangs from the ceiling of our living room and watches us while we're in there. So cute but my mom finds it disconcerting when she visits. :P
Pikachu Pillow:
This Pikachu pillow is pretty big so I never know what to do with it. I keep it in a small pile with some other plushies next to the couch in our living room. Also pictured is a little Woobat toy from McDonald's last year. It flaps its wings as you push a button on its back. :P