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athanasios Oct 22

The Return of the #Plushtodon! (at the end of November, anyway...)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/plushtodon-mini/

Plushtodon Mini

For the first time, the #Plushtodon will be available in two flavourful colors, and half the size, making it much easier to fit within every household or mode of transport, while maintaining the delightful softness and squishiness that it’s come to be known for.

Mastodon Blog

Conlan Spangler Oct 22

@Mastodon Not available in the U.S.?? This time Trump has gone too far.

@Mastodon Creature!

Dave Wood 🇨🇦Oct 22

@Mastodon Why is Canada blocked by the orange man's tariffs?

jakalopes Oct 22

@Mastodon aw man, I hope theyre available in the US eventually!

@Mastodon It not being available in the US for the stated reason makes sense, but why does that have to mean that it's Europe-Exclusive?

What about Canada, South-America, Africa and Asia?

Eugen Rochko Oct 22

@Bright5park @Mastodon Because you need to establish a working relationship with a fulfillment company in the region close to your customers (because almost nobody will pay 30+ EUR for shipping), split your stock between all the regions, register for sales tax in every country you sell to. The overheads would eat any revenue when the total quantity is 1000 units.

Markus Unterwaditzer Oct 22

@Gargron @Bright5park @Mastodon ... but that is not the stated reason in the blog

Eugen Rochko Oct 22

@untitaker @Bright5park @Mastodon The stated reason in the blog refers to our decision not to send new stock to our US fulfillment provider that we'd previously used for the last batch.

Markus Unterwaditzer Oct 22

@Gargron @Bright5park @Mastodon I missed that the previous plushie was not available in Asia either

@Gargron @Bright5park @Mastodon so very very many times I've been disappointed by things shipping to US only. Vice versa happens too.

It's sort of nice to see an EU-based somethingorother get popular enough stateside that they get sad when they can't get the merch delivered.

Eugen Rochko Oct 22

@sarajw @Bright5park @Mastodon And besides, the big plushie is still in stock over in the US.

x_cyanide_x Oct 22

@Mastodon omgggggg yay finally!!!!! :3

Matthias Büchse Oct 22

@Mastodon Imagine how many you would sell if you offered even more colors :)

Eugen Rochko Oct 22

@drmabuese @Mastodon There is a minimum production quantity of 500 per color, it is not an arbitrary decision of how many colors to offer.

Matthias Büchse Oct 22

@Gargron I was kidding. But the big ones got sold out, and I suppose the new ones will be sold out eventually, because they are cute, and people like to treat themselves with little things, even more so when the economy is dire(!)

Bart Champagne ON6BC

@Mastodon
Any chance of the big fella coming back as well ?

shadowwwind Oct 22

@Mastodon @kxkx_uwu

mapleleafroundel

@Mastodon @[email protected]
> It is worth noting that due to the challenges associated with tariffs in the US, this time, the #Plushtodon will only be available in Europe (EU, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK).

Any reason why it’s not available in Canada?

JulianWgs Oct 22

@Mastodon I liked to old size and color much more… Now there will be forever a divide between the people who got one on the first batch anf those who didnt…

David Giffin Oct 22

@Mastodon The original was MUCH bigger than I expected 🤣

Vladimir Campos Oct 22

@Mastodon any plans to make them even smaller or, maybe, as a keychain?

official_verified

@Mastodon We need cute plushies in Canada to comfort us about the US' tariffs. Please ship to Canada when you can 🥺🐘

Jesse Karmani Oct 22

@Mastodon not for US? Foiled by the stupid tariffs yet again 😔

Adrian Schönig

@Mastodon Australia would like some, too, please.

@Mastodon @Gargron

I’d like you to know that Canada is not part of the United States, and never will be.

Owainski Oct 23

@chad @Mastodon @Gargron We’re practically European; we even share a land border with Denmark!

onokoto █Oct 22

@Mastodon shoot i'm in North-America (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Nocako Typography Memes Oct 23

@Mastodon SOOO CUTEEEE BAN ARIAL

cmdrSprocket Oct 23

@Mastodon "Half the size of the big one" is an even weirder size spec as "inches". 😉

@Mastodon
Why not make it available in the US but for a higher price?/gen

Zugfreundin Oct 24

@Mastodon that's interesting.... is it an elephant? I also have thought it is an elephant..... but someone told me it is a mammut, an animal which lived thousands years ago.....

Ben Overmyer Oct 24

@Mastodon Since I’m in Canada, how do I get one?