Over half a year ago, I backed a Kickstarter project titled the "Hatoful Boyfriend Official Plush Project" by Erick Scarecrow (ESC-Toy Ltd). As per their campaign title, ESC-Toy Ltd.'s goal was to bring the cute, little birdies from the "Hatoful Boyfriend" otome game to plush form. I ended up getting all eight of the available normal tier plushies and a limited edition one.
Basic 3-Pack birds: Shuu, Okosan & Ryouta
Limited Edition bird: Souma Isa
Souma Isa was one of three limited edition plushies available. Along with Maid Ryouta, only 100 Souma Isa plashes were made available during the Kickstarter for backers of the $75US Souma Isa tier, which included Souma Isa and the "Basic 3-Pack birds".
Stretch Goal Add-on birds: Nageki, Sakuya, Anghel, Kazuaki & Yuuya
The Kickstarter project also included stretch goals, wherein after fulfilling certain monetary targets, ESC-Toy Ltd. would make the other plushies available to backers of the $16US Shuu tier and above. Each of these plushies were available for an additional $12US.
PVC Character Tags
All the plushies were accompanied by their own PVC character tag during for Kickstarter rewards.
Stretch goal freebies
Members of the $16US Shuu tier and above received a complimentary lanyard and complimentary pins for meeting the stretch goals.
Thoughts & Comments
I was really excited when I received this parcel, so I decided to post up some unboxing photographs. As you would expect from 5'' plushies, they're all pretty small and pretty darn cute >.< . Although they are not synthesised from fur-like material, they're still nice and soft. In fact, the material actually feels rather nice to touch! From the quality of the plushies I've received, I can testify that they are quite well-made. However, I have seen others complaining about their plushies having wonky heads or other issues.
ESC-Toys Ltd. also provided excellent customer service. I e-mailed them about a parcel delivery issue and they promptly replied they day after with some helpful information. Due to this experience, along with the quality of the plushies I received, I would willingly purchase one of their plushies in the future, or back another one of their Kickstarter campaigns.
If anyone is interested in purchasing any of the Hatoful Boyfriend merchandise from this campaign, they're available at:
For those of you who have not played the game, but are interested in it, you can purchase it here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/310080/ (Mac OS X, Linux & Windows)
Any comments made are a reflection of my personal opinions and are not endorsed by ESC-Toys Ltd. in any way. Please note that the merchandise designs belong to ESC-Toys Ltd. and Hato Moa.
