But now Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku is showing us a new subdivision of the Large Totoro class, with the Super Extra-Large Big Totoro.
Donguri Kyowakoku realizes, though, that some Ghibli fans might find a one-meter-tall plushie just a bit extreme, and so they’re also offering a much more sensible Extra-Large Big Totoro that’s 30-percent more compact than the Super Extra-Large.
The Super Extra-Large Big Totoro is a plushie that stands a full meter (3 feet, 3.4 inches) tall, making it bigger than a lot of human children.
Though Donguri Kyowakoku has physical locations in shopping centers in Japan, the size of these items means that they’re unlikely to have a bunch sitting on the shelves for walk-in customers to buy, and their price tags also make them unlikely impulse buys, as the Super Extra-Large Big Totoro is 111,000 yen (US$785), and the Extra-Large Big Totoro 66,000 yen (the Super Extra-Large also carries an additional 3,300-yen shipping fee).