That sticky feeling you describe for the metal Mario is because the plush is made of a like vinyl material. His material can peal and break overtime, the parts of metal Mario like the overalls,eyes, and overall buttons are glued on.
This is sick! I got the BD&A Wing Cap Mario and I plan on sewing on new buttons since the old ones fell off 😃 Try going for the other Mario Galaxy plushes. They’re really cool, especially Bee Mario who I also got
I think you should do the Super Mario Sunshire collection and the Super Mario Galaxy collection so then you have the full collection from the three games of Super Mario 3D All-stars (plush version).
I really appreciate big names such as yourself shedding more light on the beauty that is Vintage Nintendo plush collecting as it is unfortunately much so overshadowed by the modern plushies, understandably so as these oldies aint everyone’s cupa tea… In terms of what I’d love to see from ya next, of course if you’re looking to blow your entire pension and want a real challenge you can dare try to complete the Takara RPG set but a more realistic yet still super rare set which I’ve been feeling a lot recently is Yoshi’s Safari, brilliant set that is