By John Walker on November 10th, 2007 at 11:52 am.
Load Steam and see what’s in the Update News.
Why, it’s the Weighted Companion Cube Plush!
So there’s everyone’s questions answered about how they’ll make it: squishy. Apart from how big it is. But if those super-tasteful rear-view mirror cubes are anything to go by, not quite life-size.
Um, Valve, you know how we love you forever and ever and everything – can we pre-order one? Um, four?
10/11/2007 at 12:04 SuperMatt says:
WANT!
10/11/2007 at 12:13 derFeef says:
Yeah, finally :)
10/11/2007 at 12:33 Theory says:
It has to be said. That’s even cooler than the real (or not-real?) companion cube.
10/11/2007 at 12:36 SteveTheBlack says:
That’s the cutest cube I’ve ever seen.
10/11/2007 at 13:09 Evo says:
Aww so cute and awesome :D
10/11/2007 at 13:46 Richard says:
Where’s the Weighted Companion Cube custom Lovedoll then?
10/11/2007 at 15:55 Nick says:
Hope they make plenty, if they remain (inevitably) sold out forever I’ll be unhappy.
10/11/2007 at 16:07 Man Raised By Puffins says:
I’d imagine it won’t be long before someone mods one of these to nestle within the soft confines of the cube.
10/11/2007 at 16:52 Bunny says:
Those…
I…
I’m actually kinda disappointed. They’re so stuffed they’ve lost their shape and… car dice?!
I might… go get the pattern of the guy on 4chan that did his one. Maybe make a BIG SMOOSHY CUSHION WCC…
10/11/2007 at 19:35 Author X says:
I have to agree with Bunny, that I’m a bit dissapointed. Of course, unlike (it seems) most people, I really didn’t want a plush – I was hoping for a sturdy paperweight, or similar hard toy.
You could hardly even call that plush thing a cube, let alone weighted.
Of course, I’m still one of the minority that would prefer a turret over the WCC any day of the week. I guess I’m just not in tune with the rest of the Portal fanbase.
10/11/2007 at 23:13 TychoCelchuuu says:
Looks neat, I guess, but I can go without. There is, however, something I would buy with zero hesitation: a Weighted Companion Cube paperweight. It has to be metal, and as heavy as they’re willing to make it. A scale model of the real Companion Cube, right down to the texture.
That would be great. I can dream I guess.
11/11/2007 at 02:23 Brant says:
Suspiciously sphere-ish.
Unlikely to be weighted.
Call me a pessimist, but I’m not sure I like it.
(Not that I won’t end up with two or three of my own, mind you)
11/11/2007 at 10:07 Junior says:
Nope, they have betrayed the true form of the WCC. Bunny and I will be going out today to purchase some modeling supplies to make our own, they will be hard, shiny and CUBE SHAPED!
But I might have to make a plushie too, just for nap times…
11/11/2007 at 10:19 po says:
Bet these ones are flame retardant :(
11/11/2007 at 18:38 Ravenhawk says:
Well, the Christmas present my girlfriend has been pestering me for ever since she played portal is finally being made, eh?
I’ll probably get one for myself too.
11/11/2007 at 19:57 Junior says:
Po, All Aperture Science technologies remain operational at up to 40,000 degrees….
11/11/2007 at 20:13 Bunny says:
Junior, no “might” about it.
I WILL have me a big, smooshy WCC for nap times. And I might let you use it, depending…
12/11/2007 at 08:57 Adam Hepton says:
If I don’t get both the fluffy dice and an actual desky cube for Christmas from my wife, I will kill her – even if she is carrying my unborn child.
12/11/2007 at 11:48 Lu-Tze says:
Hmmm, do Companion Cubes represent a replacement for my Mario Mushroom dice?
12/11/2007 at 19:45 TamiyaGuy says:
I really like the idea of the car dice, and I love the idea of the plush toy, but it looks really misshapen. If it was slightly more cube-y, that would be my #1 soft toy.
Who else wants Weighted Companion Cube paperweights/vinyl toys? PLEASE!!!!
19/06/2010 at 16:14 Matt says:
+4
Found this page searching for a place to buy an Aperture Science Companion Miniaturized Vinyl Replica Cube.
12/11/2007 at 22:37 B says:
+1
14/11/2007 at 20:32 Bunny says:
Hmmm…
“Who else wants Weighted Companion Cube paperweights/vinyl toys?”
+2
18/11/2007 at 05:44 Sister96 says:
How Cute!!
22/11/2007 at 23:31 Elenboreth says:
“Who else wants Weighted Companion Cube paperweights/vinyl toys?”
+3
I think the point has been explored fairly throughly, they are cute, and first reaction is “Do want!” but when you think about it, you want more.