>>130590Ive gotten my plushies from cons during the timing when they're being re-released in japan + 3-6 months so they can hit cons in southern california, and then hobbylink japan because they open preorders for certain sega prize plushes now.
It doesn't cover everything, plushies get sold through different retail channels than figures, so you really have to look around.
Genuine fuwafuwa mikus are scalped to hell when they're not in their narrow re-release window and most listings are fakes.
Do NOT buy one unless the listing outright says genuine SEGA prize and has a good refund policy (amazon/ebay) because there's tons of fakes and the fakes are often horrific. (my fake miku isn't this bad)
In the past I tried mandarake but only 2 classic miku plushies have appeared on there since 2022, it really sucks.
You should also look into local resellers who preorder sega prize stuff, I don't recommend reseller for prize figs or scales, but for plushes it outweighs the negatives (markup) and it guarantees you'll get one.
Otaku Owlet in socal is one near me, they seem to have direct connections to the chinese domestic market, so they get official moeyu miku apparel stuff too.
For more niche mikus like the magical mirai mikus, you really have to dig around with local resellers, sometimes they show up at cons but they're niche, if they import anything they wont last long.
Of course, I can only speak for living in socal, it's probably not this easy anywhere else.
