This week, I’m shaking things up a bit (shock face!) and talking about the game before moving on to the incredibly adorable plushies (ZOMG suh Chute!!!). In last week’s post, I talked about how Disney Interactive sent an email about Hawaiian Stitch and Angel from Lilo & Stitch: The Series being added to the game with Lucky Time that lasted through the weekend. Both characters were added to the game that same day and they’re awesome!!! ! !! !!!!!
Hawaiian Stitch is pretty wonderful compared to regular Stitch (aka: Basic Stitch). Basic Stitch just clears a vertical line of Tsum Tsums when you activate his power (yawn!). Hawaiian Stitch, on the other hand, clears Tsum Tsums in a rainbow arch. During Lucky Time, I was lucky enough to get him twice. At level 2, that rainbow arch is wider and makes it difficult to score less than 1,000,000 points (Oh, jes! Dis rocks!). Also, he looks Bo$$ with his lei crown. King Kamehameha ain’t got nothin’ on Hawaiian Stitch.
For the unfamiliar, Angel is one of Jumbas 626 experiments from the TV series who is basically a pink female version of Stitch. Her evil purpose in life is to enchant others with her beautiful singing like a fluffy pink siren. In the game, this adorably pink monstrosity uses her special ability to make all of the Tsum Tsums on screen either Stitch or Angel for a short time. This allows you to connect longer chains and get higher scores. The power is similar to Oswald where the Tsums Tsums you pop during the power treats each one as the true characters they were before, meaning it doesn’t help you unlock more Angel’s and keep that power sustained for longer periods of time (womp womp!). But she’s still a great addition to the game.
The Hardest Bingo Card Ever!
Disney Tsum Tsum has added another Bingo card to the game, Card 6, which gets you another Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (I assume if you already have him through Card 2, he becomes level 2). In the past, I’ve been able to knock out these cards within about 2 days, but not this time. This is the hardest Bingo Card ever!
Why is this one so hard? The missions within are super difficult to complete! Earn 2,400,000 points in a single play? Le no! Get a 250 combo in a single game? Le hard! Get 1,700,000 points in a single game using a “Sweetheart” Tsum Tsum? Le Impossible! While I fully intend to keep trying, this may be the first Bingo Card I can’t finish. Le sob!
Lilo & Stitch Plush Tsum Tsums
Alright, you plushy fans. Here’s what you’ve been impatiently waiting for. Stitch was one of the original Tsum Tsums available when the plush collection launched at U.S. Disney Stores and boy was he chute! I bought him. So chute! He came in all three sizes, too. Wook!
Dose ears, though! The mini Stitch sold out and remained hard to get domestically until July when Lilo & Stitch became that month’s new release at Disney Store. In addition to re-releasing Stitch, he was joined by Lilo, Jumba, Scrump, Angel (!!!) and the Ugly Duckling (???). Yes, the Ugly Duckling who appears in the film for a heartbeat in a book that Stitch reads became a Tsum Tsum. What the blech?!?!?
Buh wait, there’s more! I was initially not planning on buying the Ugly Duckling, but Disney Store released variant versions inside of a Stitch bag!!! ! !!!!!! !!! !! ! I. Had. To. Have. It. These Tsum Tsums are slightly different than the regular ones thanks to the addition of a Hawaiian flower on their head. Yes, even Uggo Ducko with a tear streaming down his wittow face enjoyed the luau.
That’s a pretty good Lilo & Stitch set, amiright? Well, yes, it’s just fine… unless you’ve seen what Japan got. In Japan, their original Stitch collection came out last year with these same options. In June, they celebrated summer by re-releasing them all with Hawaiian flowers in their hair (make sense now?) as well as the Stitch bag with the same four released in the U.S. At that same time, they expanded the collection by adding Jumba, Pleakley, Leroy and Dr. Hamsterviel without flowers. Pleakley is my favorite Stitch character and one of my family’s dogs is named Leroy (yes, after this Leroy) so I’m sad that they weren’t brought over for the U.S. release. I may have to import them… because YAAAAAS!!!
Japan gets all the good stuff. Another oddity is that in the U.S. when Disney Store sells out of a Tsum Tsum, they rarely restock. In Japan, Mickey and Pooh characters are readily available, constantly restocked if they sell out. The same is true for basic Stitch and Scrump. And Scrump is so popular there that she (yeah, Scrump’s a girl, who knew?) comes in mini and medium.
For more Lilo & Stitch Tsum Tsum fun, be sure to check out the vlog!
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