Pokemon is one of the most influential and widespread video game franchises ever created. Even most people with next to no knowledge of the video game industry are at the very least familiar with Pokemon as a concept. Over the years, the series has expanded to various different industries outside of gaming, one of which being toy manufacturing.
Given how iconic the Pokemon designs inherently are, with characters like Pikachu being especially recognizable, it makes the sale of statues, action figures, and plush toys quite profitable. Now, Pokemon plush toys have existed for almost as long as the video game series and likely won't be disappearing anytime soon. However, one Pokemon fan has figured out a way to make collecting these plush toys more exciting.
Over on Reddit, a user by the name of JustinFunNL posted a Simpsons meme suggesting that for every 4000 plush toys made, one shiny variation of the plush toy be made. In many ways, this could do a lot to boost the sale of Pokemon plush toys, considering that shiny Pokemon are already extremely apprised by the Pokemon community already and it would make plush toy collectors especially happy.
There are, of course, some logistical issues that could arise from such an implementation. Unlike Pokemon trading cards, the plush toys aren't wrapped in anything that would prevent buyers from knowing what kind of plush toy they would be getting. There's not any reason to get excited over a regular Pokemon plush toy if the shiny version is commercially available alongside it. Not to mention, this could also potentially lead to scalpers buying up plush toy stock and reselling it at higher prices.
Then again, a large part of what makes Pokemon such a popular series is the idea of collecting Pokemon. This is true of not just the games, but also the figures and plush toys of various Pokemon. Shiny Pokemon play a large part of what makes the games so exciting to play. Therefore, it doesn't seem too far out of the realm of possibility to add something like this to plush toys.
In any case, it will be interesting to see if Nintendo implements something like this to its production of Pokemon plush toys. The company may need to change up how it sells its plush toys, similar to Pokemon trading cards, in order to make it work, but considering how dedicated Pokemon fans already are to the series, there will almost certainly be people who will want to buy something like this.