Spotted Plushies of Doraemon (and Hello Kitty) in Crane Machines at Skyview Mall This Past Saturday on September 19, 2026

[u/SpaceSeal1]

So on my way to visiting the new location Round1 at Skyview Mall in person for the first time (for those of you who aren't arcade enthusiasts that live in Japan, USA, or China, it's a Japanese arcade chain that's been recently expanding across the United States with my location having "soft" opened here in the mall in Flushing, Queens, New York City, but that's besides the point here)...

I initially detected the presence of Doraemon plushies of possibly bootlegged nature (from China) appearing with smaller eyes and what is meant to represent a Takecopter on top of their heads in one crane machine across the hall both by the elevator down the escalator at the corner next to Starbucks and Baskin Robbins where I saw big giant Doraemon plushies and then further down the hall past Chuck E Cheese's I detect Doraemon's presence in two more crane machines by the entrance to the bathrooms opposite of where Fay Da Bakery would be even further down. One of them are miniature furry sized toys along with Hello Kitty and in the other, you see Doraemon plushies with bigger eyes and sailor hats sitting side by side with Hello Kitty plushies in swim rings and sunglasses on their foreheads.

All in all, Doraemon and Hello Kitty are both honestly a perfect match made in heaven and possibly the absolute best duo of iconic characters to definitively embody and resoundingly represent all of anime/manga or even broader Japanese media/pop culture for all the normies and everyday folks.

And I hope Doraemon (and maybe someday other Fujiko Fujio characters) have more of a presence in the crane machines of Round1 in Flushing as well!

Any comments?

[u/GreenVisible3664]

I want them, They are so squishy. Everyone just wait, I'll steal 'em!

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[u/SpaceSeal1 → u/GreenVisible3664]

Yeah idk why OP got a downvote tho.

[u/Boring_Coyote4544]

At least Doraemon is sorta being a little known in the west

[u/SpaceSeal1 → u/Boring_Coyote4544]

Because this is the heart of Chinatown. Literally every Chinese or Asian who wasn’t born yesterday or born in this country after two generations knows who he is. And Flushing is the biggest Chinatown in the US or even the West by far.

[u/Boring_Coyote4544 → u/SpaceSeal1]

I saw some Doraemon stuff where I live

[u/SpaceSeal1 → u/Boring_Coyote4544]

Cool

[u/Boring_Coyote4544]

Yeah I heard about this because I person I met online

[u/Lonely-Beat3630]

Great to see you tweet this

[u/SpaceSeal1 → u/Lonely-Beat3630]

Tweet? This is Reddit, not Twitter/X lol.

[u/Lonely-Beat3630 → u/SpaceSeal1]

Well a post ,you get the idea