Remember when I spied those incredible Professor Layton plushes when I was at the Tokyo Game Show in Japan? Since my grasp of Japanese is pretty bad at best, I couldn't ask when I would be able to buy them, but I certainly could read a sign in English which said they were coming soon. I hoped there might be a way to import them, and kepy my fingers crossed that they would pop up for preorder somewhere.

My prayers were answered in the from of a tip from our own community member Aiya, who found them on NCSX. Prices for them are really reasonable -- they range between $10.90 and $25.90 and you can choose anything from a keychain sized plush to a medium sized Layton to sit on your collector's shelf. These will be shipping in December, so perhaps they'd even make a good gift for one of your Layton-obsessed friends for the holidays.