Agent Insights Ep 67: Epic Plushies

Howdy everybody, Danny here with a new Agent Insights. If you're an AJPC player, you have probably heard about the Epic Plushie Scavenger hunt. There are 8 different plushies hidden around Jamaa, and when you find one, you can click on it to open a shop where you can buy that plushie for 1,000 Gems. When placed in a den, the plushies can be clicked on, which will play an animation showing them turning into a little plush ball. Fun!

However, the Epic Plushies are not new to this update, though this is the first time they have been available for gems. A quick history lesson for newer players: from late 2012 until sometime in 2013 or 2014, a series of plushies known as Sidekix were available for purchase from the AJ Outfitters website. The series consisted of 8 plush toys designed after animals from AJPC. The plushies featured a zipper on the torso that could be unzipped to fold the toy inside-out, turning it into a plush ball, just like their in-game equivalents.

Each individual plush came with a code that could be redeemed to get an in-game version of that plush in the form of an Epic Plushie. The Epic Plushies are quite valuable since they have not been available for many years, and because they could only be obtained with purchase of a physical Sidekix toy.

Confusingly enough, though, the Epic Plushies purchasable from the scavenger hunt event are not the same items as the plushies obtained from the Sidekix line. They are identical in terms of appearance and item name, but can be differentiated by the fact that the original Sidekix Epic Plushies now have a rare tag, while the 2021 versions do not. The Rare Tag appears when the item is viewed in an inventory, trade list, or in a player's My Shop.

Pictured below is a comparison of the Epic Fox Plushie for reference.

Since this distinction is not made clear anywhere, it is unfortunately likely that this will cause some initial confusion regarding the value of the original Sidekix Epic Plushies.

 

If you or your friend have any of the original Epic Plushies, don't trade them away! I anticipate that some players may try to scam by attempting to conflate the two items, so be cautious. This information is also posted on our Rare Item Guide page for future reference.

That's all for now. Stay safe and trade fairly!