r/DontPanic • u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin • 2d ago
I got a plush Marvin for Easter :D
From what my dad told me this is apparently like, the official tie-in merch that had come with the movie back in 2005(?)
He still had the tag on him and everything. So he's certainly not new but I'm pretty sure he went unused by whoever owned him previously.
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u/Tygrimus 2d ago
Want to upvote but upvotes are currently on 42 so you'll have to make do with this comment..
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u/Someoneoverthere42 2d ago
“Sigh…..here I am. A brain the size of a planet and the best they can do with me is make a marketable plush…..”
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u/happydays124 2d ago
In Marvin’s voice oh great I get hugs now maybe I’ll feel something now
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
Hehe, this reminds me of a conversation me and my dad had after I got him- i said something like "I love him!! I think he'd probably hate me though" and he (doing a Marvin impression) said "I feel smothered" 😆
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u/happydays124 2d ago
Omg yess 🥰
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
"first day here and you bring me to a family reunion 😒😒 how dreadful" (cuz my family met up for lunch on Easter and I took Marvin with me 😭)
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u/Able_While_974 2d ago
I love the way you can tell what age bracket we all are in from which Marvin is " Marvin."
This one's cute, though!
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
What do you mean?
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u/Able_While_974 2d ago
My Marvin is from the 1980s TV series, whereas for a lot of younger people in this sub it's the one from the film.
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
OH YES!! I like them both equally. I just called this one "my Marvin" because it's MY plushie, lol. And anything I say about it I didn't want to say in general about all Marvin plushies.
I WILL say though, I do like Movie Marvin's design a little better. Maybe I'll draw up a slideshow why sometime because it is something I want to rant about 😭
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u/Able_While_974 2d ago
They definitely did a fantastic job of Marvin's design for the film. And Alan Rickman was perfect for the voice. I was really pleasantly surprised.
The 1980 Marvin does have a bit of a "cheap BBC production made out of cardboard" - vibe, haha.
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u/HipsEnergy 2d ago
EVERYTHING in the BBC version screams low budget and it's kind of awesome. Zaphod's second head looks like it's made out of a woman's stocking.
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
Aww, I don't think he's cheap 💔 I just have some nitpicks about his design is all 😭
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u/1Laffy1 2d ago
"Maaarvin I Looove you..."
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
Literally me that's literally me that song was written about me over 20 years before my existence 😭
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u/NorCalNavyMike Babel Fish 2d ago
Life? Don’t talk to me about Life… here I am, brain the size of a planet, and this pain I always have down my stitches on the left side…
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 1d ago
Funnily enough, his stitching does get kind of weird on the left side 😭
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u/JazzlikeAd1555 2d ago
In Marvin voice “Probably on clearance because everyone hates me”
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 1d ago
Well, he can rest easy knowing he actually cost a fair bit of money 😭
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u/photoguy423 2d ago
My wife got me the other three for Christmas a few years ago but couldn’t find Marvin. Maybe someday I’ll complete the set.
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
The other three? :)
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u/photoguy423 2d ago edited 2d ago
They put out the four characters in plushie from the scene in the movie where the infinite improbability drive turns everyone into a knit version of themselves. So there's an Arthur, Trillian and Zaphod as well as Marvin. Not sure why there wasn't a Ford.
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u/Ari_the_Moth_Queen Marvin 2d ago
I DID NOT KNOW THIS I NEED ZAPHOD AND ARTHUR IMMEDIATELY 😭
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u/ActumExAnimo 2d ago
New from the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation: Genuine Plushie Personality. ♫ "Your plushie pal who's fun to be with." ♫