Official Civ7 plushies: Confucius and Benjamin Franklin

[The_J]

Makeship has announced on Twitter that they now have 2 official Civ7 plushies for preorder: Confucius and Benjamin Franklin.
Each plushie costs $29.99, with the following dimensions:
Confucius: Height: 19.0cm, Width: 12.0cm, Depth: 10.5cm
Benjamin Franklin: Height: 17.8cm, Width: 14.0cm, Depth: 11.4cm
They are expected to ship in the middle of December this year.

 

[Siptah]

That looks like a young Ben… At least he has his wizard wand.

 

[Patine]

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Makeship has announced on Twitter that they now have 2 official Civ7 plushies for preorder: Confucius and Benjamin Franklin.
Each plushie costs $29.99, with the following dimensions:
Confucius: Height: 19.0cm, Width: 12.0cm, Depth: 10.5cm
Benjamin Franklin: Height: 17.8cm, Width: 14.0cm, Depth: 11.4cm
They are expected to ship in the middle of December this year.

When a franchise paraphernalia comes down to plushies...

 

[Nikolai II]

Who is this for?

 

[Siptah]

Who is this for?

Maybe the same people that think it's worth to buy collector's editions that come with a lot of similar physical trash?

 

[Haig]

Make them for.Gilgabro and Gandhi, those could sell really well!

 

[Verified_Confection_Being]

I feel like I'm being battery farmed

 

[Cymsdale]

I look forward to the death of the gaming plushie trend.

 

[GeneralZift]

They played it safe... Imagine if they had a Genghis plushie... now that might ruffle some feathers.

 

[Sagax]

To me the plushie Ben looks like a balding grandma, and I cannot unsee it <__<

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Who is this for?

Personally I've gotten 3 Makeship plushies. Though these choices are strange. Why not Scout Dog of all things. Or Machiavelli.

 

[Menocchio]

Something about Ben's eyes feels like he's staring into my soul. Brr.

 

[Hellenism Salesman]

If my assumption for the logic here is correct it should be fairly revealing for how Firaxis (or at least 2K) views their leaders.

Chances are, in the hopes to make the most money from this with only two products, the product designers wanted to capitalize on Civ’s biggest playerbases: America and China. So, they looked at the game and asked, “Who’s the American leader? Who’s the Chinese one?”

Hence Ben Franklin and Confucius.

Maybe leaders aren’t as divorced from Civs as we thought.

 

[Shirotora Kenshin]

Maybe the same people that think it's worth to buy collector's editions that come with a lot of similar physical trash?

Hey, back in 2015 or so i bought a Collector‘s Edition of TW Shogun 2 and i still have the Samurai figure that was included, still stands on my desk

 

[AddAdamSmith]

Who is this for?

Me, specifically.

 

[Haig]

Personally I've gotten 3 Makeship plushies. Though these choices are strange. Why not Scout Dog of all things. Or Machiavelli.

Those are good ideas. If I was choosing a toy lineup they could be:

Scout with dog
Machiavelli
Gilgabro
Jadwiga
Gandhi!

 

[Gori the Grey]

I have an Iron Man Plushie. I relish the irony.

Get it? Iron-y

 

[GeneralZift]

I think I would pick the classics. I mean once or if they're in Civ7. Like Elizabeth / Victoria, Cleopatra, Gilga, Gandhi, Musa, Dido, although I'm reaching with some of these, they're the most homely. I guess also Montezuma

 

[The_J]

Who is this for?

Me, specifically.

I TBH feel tempted lol.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Next game the leader images in the diplo screen will be plushie style.