It is very rare to find such a good stuffed Architeuthis! Just look around and you won't find many soft-toy squids, or indeed Cephalopoda, anywhere! This one is beautifully made. It's very detailed with an articulated mantle, syphon and beak(!), which you can't see in the pictures. He's very cute and really fun. A beautiful colour and very cuddly. I'd say he's very educational, and we've used him to teach children about the anatomy and movement of squid in general. There's a little booklet with the toy that details a bit about what he eats and what eats him as well!
I was concerned this would be too small, as there is a bigger 30" version on offer as well. However he's really nice and a good size for a child. In fact, for scale, if you get him to grasp and eat Lego people, plucked from a Lego brick boat; he's huge! Terrifying!
A word of warning, which other reviewers have noted: The tentacles are not stuffed. The main product picture looks like a very healthy, nourished Squid with fully cuddly, stuffed tentacles all the way to the tip. However, on this purchased item the stuffing is missing in all 8 tentacles. I can only assume they don't make them stuffed any more to cut costs, as all the tentacles are like this. Due to this, the tentacles are a bit 'thin' to the touch and in a tug-of-war between children will not last as that are fragile. So, I dropped a star on durability.
All in all, it's a great purchase and is lots of fun. Just be aware that the tentacles are thin, sheath material only as per the real picture posted by another reviewer.
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An unnecessary but not unwelcome attention to detail.
I bought this plush and was pleasantly surprised with the level of detail that the designer took in creating it. it could have been a cylinder with 8 arms, and two tentacles and I probably would have been happy but that is not what we got. Instead we got two giant eyes, and a beak. A funnel and a mantle with a separate material inside. The filling is plenty soft until you get to the peak of the mantle, where a different packing is used. Still a harder beanie-baby style bead. Still soft enough that it won't hurt a child but solid enough to notice. This squid has a cuttlebone! There's no reason to go to those lengths for a plush cephalopod, but they did and I'm glad they did.A wonderful addition to our home.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017
I'm not joking.
Her one ear (ink sac) is again, correct as far as squids go, but the two double stitches to hold it to the body have already been ripped off so it is only partly attached. Anyways, I see some dirty, dragged tentacles and arms in the future but she should hold up for a very long time.
UPDATE:
It's been a long year and a half, full of love, and now Hari, our giant squid, is a grandma squid. She has been washed, slept with, and dragged 1,200 miles to Florida (to meet her squid family-including Molly the Mollusk: her 27 foot mom) and has held up beautifully. Her once silky soft exterior is no longer. Her color has dulled a bit, but not too much. She still has all of her arms and tentacles. Though, the stitching that makes the top fold over the bottom (right above the eyes) and gave her that additional life-like feature has come apart. Now, these were just a few stitches and I didn't expect them to last. If I was a good mother I could easily take 5 minutes to sew it....but I'm not, so I won't. I don't remember how much I paid for this thing but they were selling for around $25 in the aquarium gift shop. Well worth the $$!
If you love squids and desperately need a plush squid this is ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017
If you love squids and desperately need a plush squid this is honestly, truly, the ONLY squid for you. It is soft and lovable and at just the right age (length). Anatomically correct for those nit picking giant squid loving people. My five year old just received this as a birthday gift two and a half days ago and it has not been put down. It was love at first sight and all other present buying attendees were quite disappointed because we didn't open another gift. His first bike? Poo poo. We have a 22" plush squid.Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017
I'm not joking.
Her one ear (ink sac) is again, correct as far as squids go, but the two double stitches to hold it to the body have already been ripped off so it is only partly attached. Anyways, I see some dirty, dragged tentacles and arms in the future but she should hold up for a very long time.
UPDATE:
It's been a long year and a half, full of love, and now Hari, our giant squid, is a grandma squid. She has been washed, slept with, and dragged 1,200 miles to Florida (to meet her squid family-including Molly the Mollusk: her 27 foot mom) and has held up beautifully. Her once silky soft exterior is no longer. Her color has dulled a bit, but not too much. She still has all of her arms and tentacles. Though, the stitching that makes the top fold over the bottom (right above the eyes) and gave her that additional life-like feature has come apart. Now, these were just a few stitches and I didn't expect them to last. If I was a good mother I could easily take 5 minutes to sew it....but I'm not, so I won't. I don't remember how much I paid for this thing but they were selling for around $25 in the aquarium gift shop. Well worth the $$!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
A wonderful addition to our home.
An unnecessary but not unwelcome attention to detail.
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
I bought this plush and was pleasantly surprised with the level of detail that the designer took in creating it. it could have been a cylinder with 8 arms, and two tentacles and I probably would have been happy but that is not what we got. Instead we got two giant eyes, and a beak. A funnel and a mantle with a separate material inside. The filling is plenty soft until you get to the peak of the mantle, where a different packing is used. Still a harder beanie-baby style bead. Still soft enough that it won't hurt a child but solid enough to notice. This squid has a cuttlebone! There's no reason to go to those lengths for a plush cephalopod, but they did and I'm glad they did.Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
A wonderful addition to our home.
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