Thistledown Wolpertinger
The dark purple "fur" is very.... plastic-y icky to the touch and makes it hard to hold or touch her. Plus the dark purple "fur" has clumps that are hanging loose and chunks that look to have been melted or burned away. This is really say as my other version of this (brown with autumn leaves) arrived soft and delightful, but with seams not sown.
Such a cute plush! Well made. It might be a dealbreaker to hear the longer fur has a different texture, but i certainly don’t care, just a thing to keep in mind
Thistledown was my second of this series of Snughouls. While she is incredibly soft on all of her short fur, the purple fluff is very coarse and rough. I was surprised by the lower quality after receiving Dazzle Heart who also has purple fluff that is much softer.
As a collector of Care Bears, this was one of this Facebook targeted advertisements that got me. Cute and cuddly cryptids? Sign me up! Jackalope? Even better. It’s so much larger than I expected and incredibly soft/cuddly
I bought 2 Thistledowns, and gave 1 to a friend. She is like me, a fan of the botanical, and loves the wolps.
Like all the 'ghouls, Thistle is a beefy friend. 20" tall is one thing to measure and try to get a visual aid for, but the girthiness, the sheer pouf factor, is not anything you can really prepare for. I am definitely being dramatic when I say they are half as wide as they are tall. They are probably only really a couple inches, 3-4 or so, but when cuddling, they are so well-stuffed it feels like they are more than just a few inches deep and wide. The stuffing just stands up to so much cuddle pressure!
The ears, paw pads, and lighter face parts are the softest bits. The body fur is comparable to the 90s-00s Disney plush in fur softness, and the long-pile is standard long-pile. If you don't dig long-pile in general, like me, it could be a deal-breaker for cuddling. I can cuddle Thistle if I have long sleeves or a blanket, but she just can't be a bed cuddler.
Details are embroidered, so these are very safe for users who might otherwise mouth or gnaw on plastic safety eyes and noses.
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