Pokémon: Grookey, Best 8th Gen Starter, Now Available on Build-A-Bear

Build-A-Bear has revealed that the stuffed toy from Grookey, the best 8th-generation Pokémon starter, is now available (easy and undeniably) available for purchase in a new online exclusive bundle.

The news comes via the official Build-A-Bear website, which reveals that Grookey can now ship in the US and UK, as reported by NintendoLife. The bundle, priced at $65, includes a sound chip that includes a Pokemon’s cry, along with a stuffed Grookey plush, a matching ‘leaf shirt’ and ‘leaf cloak’. It’s basically a groovy stuffed toy in a Hawaiian shirt, and it looks great.

The site description for this bundle is “Down the Groove with Grookey”. “This friendly Pokémon is always by your side. The curious Grookey is a grass-type Pokémon with green fur, big eyes and ears, and a curly brown tail. The Pokémon Trainer is Grookey’s leaf print shirt, matching cloak, You’ll love this exclusive Grookey plush toy bundle with a 5-in-1 sound chip.”

If you want to get close to the entire Grookey stuffed toy team, limit this bundle to 5 per customer and Grookey stuffed toys cannot be purchased individually. If you want a stuffed toy, you’ll need to buy a bundle online that includes a shirt, cape and sound chip.

As mentioned earlier, Grookey is the best starter for Pokémon Sword and Shield, and you can read our thoughts on the game in Game Informer’s Pokémon Sword and Shield review. After that, read about Gen 9, which was recently revealed as Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. After that, check out all the Pokémon identified in Scarlet and Violet so far.