Common questions about Sanei plush: sizing letters, catalog codes, cleaning, availability and how this catalog works.
Sanei is a Japanese maker and most of the All Star Collection stock reaching the US is imported, often with Japanese tags still attached. The plush itself is identical. Packaging text and tag language vary depending on which run a seller happens to be holding.
It is Sanei's internal catalog number. PP is the Pokemon line, KP is Kirby, AC is the Super Mario accessory numbering. Collectors use the codes to track which characters have been released and in what order, since names alone get ambiguous once a character has three versions.
They are soft toys and they get handled like soft toys. That said, age marking on imported stock is inconsistent, and some figures include small stitched parts. If it is going to a toddler, check the tag on the item you actually receive rather than trusting a listing.
Surface clean with a barely damp cloth and let it air dry away from a radiator. Machine washing pushes water into the pellet fill in the base, which then takes days to dry and can leave the fabric stiff. There is a longer version of this in our care guide.
Popular characters get reissued. Pikachu, Kirby and Mario each exist at several heights across different years, sometimes with slightly reworked faces. The size letter and the code together tell you which run you are looking at.
Not always. Sanei rotates the lineup, and characters from earlier waves go quiet for years before a reissue. Availability on this site tracks what sellers are actually holding, which is why the catalog shifts.
No. This is a catalog. Buttons on product pages hand you to a retail partner that holds the stock, and the order, payment and delivery are theirs from that point.
They are read from partner data and go out of date. Imported plush moves in price more than most goods, sometimes weekly, so treat the number here as a guide and the listing page as the answer.
Either no US seller is currently holding it, or it fell outside what we could verify as Sanei manufacture. Characters come back when stock does. If you know of a listing we have missed, tell us at [email protected].
They come from the manufacturer figures in the listing title and include ears, hats and anything else vertical. Expect an inch of variance between a stated height and a tape measure, since plush is not a rigid object.
No. It is an independent catalog with no affiliation to Sanei or to the rights holders of any franchise listed here.
Still stuck? Write to [email protected], or start with the guides, which go deeper on sizing, cleaning and the numbering system.