WILD REPUBLICGiant Squid Plush, Stuffed Animal, Plush Toy, Ocean Animals, 22 inches, Red (83198)

It is very rare to find such a good stuffed Architeuthis! Just look around and you won't find many soft-toy squids, or indeed Cephalopoda, anywhere! This one is beautifully made. It's very detailed with an articulated mantle, syphon and beak(!), which you can't see in the pictures. He's very cute and really fun. A beautiful colour and very cuddly. I'd say he's very educational, and we've used him to teach children about the anatomy and movement of squid in general. There's a little booklet with the toy that details a bit about what he eats and what eats him as well!I was concerned this would be too small, as there is a bigger 30" version on offer as well. However he's really nice and a good size for a child. In fact, for scale, if you get him to grasp and eat Lego people, plucked from a Lego brick boat; he's huge! Terrifying!A word of warning, which other reviewers have noted: The tentacles are not stuffed. The main product picture looks like a very healthy, nourished Squid with fully cuddly, stuffed tentacles all the way to the tip. However, on this purchased item the stuffing is missing in all 8 tentacles. I can only assume they don't make them stuffed any more to cut costs, as all the tentacles are like this. Due to this, the tentacles are a bit 'thin' to the touch and in a tug-of-war between children will not last as that are fragile. So, I dropped a star on durability.All in all, it's a great purchase and is lots of fun. Just be aware that the tentacles are thin, sheath material only as per the real picture posted by another reviewer.

If you love squids and desperately need a plush squid this is honestly, truly, the ONLY squid for you. It is soft and lovable and at just the right age (length). Anatomically correct for those nit picking giant squid loving people. My five year old just received this as a birthday gift two and a half days ago and it has not been put down. It was love at first sight and all other present buying attendees were quite disappointed because we didn't open another gift. His first bike? Poo poo. We have a 22" plush squid.I'm not joking.Her one ear (ink sac) is again, correct as far as squids go, but the two double stitches to hold it to the body have already been ripped off so it is only partly attached. Anyways, I see some dirty, dragged tentacles and arms in the future but she should hold up for a very long time.UPDATE:It's been a long year and a half, full of love, and now Hari, our giant squid, is a grandma squid. She has been washed, slept with, and dragged 1,200 miles to Florida (to meet her squid family-including Molly the Mollusk: her 27 foot mom) and has held up beautifully. Her once silky soft exterior is no longer. Her color has dulled a bit, but not too much. She still has all of her arms and tentacles. Though, the stitching that makes the top fold over the bottom (right above the eyes) and gave her that additional life-like feature has come apart. Now, these were just a few stitches and I didn't expect them to last. If I was a good mother I could easily take 5 minutes to sew it....but I'm not, so I won't. I don't remember how much I paid for this thing but they were selling for around $25 in the aquarium gift shop. Well worth the $$!

Bought this as a going away gag present for a co worker. This thing is ridiculously cute and soft. I duct taped it to the back of my co-workers desk chair and he died of laughter when he walked into his office and fell in love with it. On his final day he walked out cradling it like a baby.

My roommate’s dog goes wild for toys with lots of dangly bits that she can shake and make them whip around every which way. Unfortunately, a lot of things currently marketed as dog toys don’t seem to hold up to enthusiastic doggos hellbent on destruction. But luckily we’ve found that kids plushies tend to have much better construction and last a lot longer than the ones sold specifically for dogs.Last Christmas, after she had evicerated another one of her dangly-armed dog toys, I went on the hunt for something with LOTS of arms that she could tussle with. When it arrived I almost wanted to keep it for myself as it’s such a beautiful piece with soft plush fabric and beautiful construction. Now, a whole year later, I’m happy to report that this giant squid plush has been a resounding success. It took her a while, but she eventually removed most of the stuffing, excised one of the eyes, and amputated a couple tentacles, but this bad boy is still hanging in there! She might even like it even more now that it’s just a soft, floppy carcass of cloth tubes.All in all, if this thing can hold up to the demands of an energetic doggo, you can bet it’ll hang around a long time as a kid’s plushie.

I bought this plush and was pleasantly surprised with the level of detail that the designer took in creating it. it could have been a cylinder with 8 arms, and two tentacles and I probably would have been happy but that is not what we got. Instead we got two giant eyes, and a beak. A funnel and a mantle with a separate material inside. The filling is plenty soft until you get to the peak of the mantle, where a different packing is used. Still a harder beanie-baby style bead. Still soft enough that it won't hurt a child but solid enough to notice. This squid has a cuttlebone! There's no reason to go to those lengths for a plush cephalopod, but they did and I'm glad they did.A wonderful addition to our home.