Appmon Plush Toys on Sale in October

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July 5th, 2016. Import store AmiAmi added eight new Appmon-themed products to its preorder list, with a release date of October 2016. First up is a line of four small plush toys featuring Gatchmon, Dokamon, Musimon, and Hackmon. Each of these is listed at 1620 yen, but a 20% discount during the preorder period puts them down to 1290 yen. (About $12.68 at the current exchange rate.)

Keychain mockup.

Gatchmon will also be available as a mid-sized plush for 3240 yen. (2590 after the discount) Finally, three keychains featuring Gatchmon, Dokamon, and Hackmon are also available at a list price of 972 yen, 770 after the discount.

Digimon World Tour Announces Full Tournament Lineup & Rules

January 16th, 2015. Digimon World Tour announced the full details of their Digimon Celebration event today, which will take place three weeks from now on February 6th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event has been moved an hour forward to 12 PM, and it will end at 12 AM. The Digimon Celebration will feature tournament play for Rumble Arena, Rumble Arena 2, and Digimon All-Star Rumble. These will be the only sanctioned events with prize payout; tournament play for other video games, virtual pets, or trading card games may be organized on-site. For further details on the tournament rules, see the DWT webpage.

There will also be cosplay, fanart, and trivia contests on-site. The cosplay contest will be split into Craft and Exhibition divisions, with the Craft division reserved for cosplays designed, sewn, and constructed, while the Exhibition division is reserved for store-bought or commissioned cosplays, and cosplays made through clothing alteration. The fanart contest will cover only the visual arts, and participating artists may bring either a physical copy of the artwork to present at registration or send a high resolution PNG file to World Tour's dedicated email address by January 31st. For further information, see the DWT webpage.

Digimon Celebration will take place at the Victory Pointe gaming lounge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 6th, 2016. Tamer Union will be traveling to provide on-site coverage of the event. The event is being organized through Facebook, and currently 59 persons have committed to going. 138 others are "interested," and 346 invited. In addition to the gaming and cosplay events that day, the Celebration will feature artist duo Ramen Bento as a vendor, selling Digimon plush toys, stickers, and magnets.

Agumon Virus Fluffy Pouch Goes On Sale 1/13/16

January 11th, 2016. Bandai Fashion Net added the Digimon Adventure Agumon Fluffy Pouch (Virus Version) to the Premium Bandai web shop today, listing it at a price of 2160 JPY ($19 approximately at the current exchange rate). The limited edition plush toy, which was previously sold at Comiket 89 in December, will be available for purchase through Premium Bandai beginning January 13th, 2016, 11:00 AM Japanese Standard Time. 200 of these plushes were sold at Comiket, and a remaining 100 more will be sold online. Those not residing in Japan will have to go through a middleman service to obtain the plush toy, just as they would have for the Monzaemon Fluffy Pouch and D-3 Ver. 15th Digivice.

Digimon Plush Toys and Merch at the Digimon Celebration in Pittsburgh, Rumble Tournaments

January 7th, 2016. Fan event organizer Digimon World Tour reports that their first vendor of the Digimon Celebration event in Pittsburgh has signed on. Artist duo Ramen Bento will be joining the Celebration, selling Digimon magnets, stickers, art prints, and plush toys.

World Tour has further expanded on their previous announcement of Rumble tournaments at the Celebration; the organization is currently gauging interest in each game, to help determine which Rumble Arena games should have tournaments organized for that day. Currently All-Star Rumble is on the table, as the most recent and most accessible of the Digimon fighters. While tamers have been asked to bring their Digivices and virtual pets, any competitions for those toys will have to be organized the day of. No tournaments for the virtual pets can be guaranteed by World Tour due to their relative rarity.

Digimon Celebration will take place at the Victory Pointe gaming lounge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 6th, 2016. Tamer Union will be traveling to provide on-site coverage of the event. The event is being organized through Facebook, and currently 50 persons have committed to going. 13 others are "interested," and 277 invited.

Bandai Fashion Net Announces Agumon Virus Fluffy Pouch

December 8th, 2015. Bandai Fashion Net announced that an upcoming Agumon Virus Fluffy Pouch will be appearing at Comiket 89, which will take place from December 29th to December 31st, 2015. Only a limited 300 copies of the plush toy will be produced, with 200 of them being sold at Comiket, and 100 others via the Premium Bandai web shop. The pouch's MSRP is 2,000 yen, a little over $16 at the current exchange rate. The design appears to be based on that of the Monzaemon Fluffy Pouch announced at the end of last November.

Bandai Giving Away Agumon, Other Plushies at Cyber Sleuth Livestream on the 19th

November 16th, 2015. Bandai Namco UK announced over Twitter that they will be hosting a second Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth livestream this Thursday, in which they show off the progress of the game's English-language localization. Unlike in the previous stream, this time Bandai Namco will be giving away three Digimon plush toys, featuring Agumon, Gabumon, and Palmon. The stream will take place on their Twitch channel at 7 PM Central European Time/7 AM Eastern Standard Time on November 19th, 2015. The preceding stream drew some concern for its inconsistent and incomplete translation status, but Bandai later assured fans over Twitter that this was not the final script on display.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth will launch in English on the PlayStation Vita, PSTV, and PlayStation 4 on February 2nd, 2016.

11/18/15 Update: The stream has been moved to 6 PM Greenwich Mean Time/1 PM Eastern Standard Time.