Poor Irk Plushie

[Pegasus Unbound]

I have been "on the fence" since they announced the Irk Plushie as to whether or not I wanted to get one for my collection.

I have all the others and also the Ambrose figure, but did not order the Irk yet.

It just seemed wrong (And ugly to be honest) to try and promote the new world instead of doing the old classics that helped build the game and already had many, MANY fans attached to it. I was looking for Grandmother Raven, one of the Teachers, something that we could ALL immediately feel connected to.

I just checked the Makeship sight to see what progress the Irk was making and was a bit shocked at what I found. I figured there would be some people buying them (A little over 1,000); but with only 9 days left to buy them, they have only sold 371 plushies.
@Sparck, this was brought up before but I will say it again:

While we are overjoyed at the plushies we have asked for over so many years, KI really dropped the ball on this one. The selection of what to make into a plushie needs to seriously consider the simple concept of recognizability. If the character is not immediately recognized and have a bond in the memories of the players it just wont be popular or profitable. Going for the chance to promote the new world failed...the other figures sold in the thousands, THOUSANDS within the first couple weeks while this sad little guy has sold less than 400 with only 9 days left to be bought. Sad, very sad.

We have more than proved we love the plushies, but to just throw anything out there simply wont work, you have to consider what attachments we have to the character, and in this case, the attachments the the Irk are almost none to the majority of players.

I want to help your people select the next one, so I am asking our players (The people who are going to buy them) what character they want to see and will buy...

What about it guys, lets not see another "Irksome" flop, what character do you want for a plushie??

[MagicalMe]

I agree 100%, they should of gone the classic route and done ghoul or something everyone knows

[Jonathan Greenflame]

There are so many other memorable characters they could have chosen but Novus is their darling now.

[Willowdreamer]

It isn't the first time a corporate marketing department thought they knew what people wanted, and it probably won't be the last. You're exactly right with the reasons why. Hopefully, the next plushie scheduled will be more popular.

[Phenoixblizzard]

To be fair, it seems they really wanted to go all out for the arrival of Novus. I guess it's because they were extremely excited about this world. I already ordered mine (I find a manifestation of stress to be hilarious given the last couple of years and this little guy is cute anyway), but I know another reason (and possible the biggest and main reason) for the lack of sales for the Irk is because a lot of people wanted something to honor the voice actress for Grandmother Raven after her passing. There was a large uproar when the Irk plush was announced and not something related to Dell Aldrich, the voice actress. There is possibly another plush coming, one that seems to be a plush version of Grandmother Raven. How do I know this? The December KI Live.


Since you're asking about a character we'd like to see as a plush, I'd like to see another pet as a plush. A firecat would make for an adorable plush (RIP my bank account) if we want another classic pet.

[Dylan Windwalker]

An Irk is literally the physical (magical) manifestation of Dasein's stress, not that it was any reason there was reduced sales for the plush, that just would have been one of my reasons I wouldn't have purchased the plush (I have enough stress in my life lol). Anyhow, maybe Ki could have chosen a better Novus-related monster if they were intending to sell this as promotion for the new world. But Idk what that would be... anyhow that aside, irks have a different type of cuteness that isn't as appreciated as the other plushies out there and it doesn't have any of the Nostalgic value. That was probably the main reason that the sales were low. The next one should be something like Sherlock Bones or the Jade Oni or one of the villains like Malistaire lol

[Hollywood]

I think they should make our first school pets; wraith, stormzilla, orthrus, satyr, etc

[edward sky]

Plushies I don't really care for admittedly, I'd buy a life Symbol maybe but that's it.

I'd rather they stem out to other merch, I would pay an arm and leg for an official print of all the spells in a trading card form still!

[Pegasus Unbound]

Plushies I don't really care for admittedly, I'd buy a life Symbol maybe but that's it.

I'd rather they stem out to other merch, I would pay an arm and leg for an official print of all the spells in a trading card form still!

I agree about the cards. I think that it would be a win-win situation if they made an expandable set of game cards with some sort of card game created like many other games have done. Since W101 is always growing, a new set for each world could be added to the collection meaning a constant income from them alone.

[Bailey Jade]

I would say things from the first arch should be the way to go. I personally would love to see more pets. Stormzilla, Firecat, Colossus,
feisty fire kitten, the pandas, the bunnies, bumble bee, danger hound, cute little lucky cat, just to name a few.