O___O OH MY GOD...THEY LOOK SO CUTE! But I wish Ribbon had her eyes open! TT _TT I hate when pretty awesome things become so rare, that they are impossible to find.
There's a triple issue with these, too.
1: Since they were, as far as I know, prize items, made specifically for UFO Catcher machines, they would have had a short production run.
2: Add to that the fact that, by Japanese law, crane games like the UFO Catcher machines must be a game of skill and not gambling, it is very difficult to win items from them (this is why so many other such plushes of the same era are also rare).
3: The third point is that, at the time, the situation for video game merchandise outside of Japan was sadly very different to how it is today. Though things nowadays sometimes feel like they're still being a little too slow to improve, always bear in mind that things
have improved substantially, and that things are leagues better now.
I'm really hoping that San-Ei will issue a second wave of their Kirby All-Star Collection plush set, and that these guys will get another shot in plush form there.