@thismyusername They owe so many of us goat trophies, and then someone was going to give some of them but not sure what happened with that… we will never see them of that I am sure.
I honestly cannot believe that Meh finally had IRK plushies (Stuffies?) made so that we all can have one! We’ve been pleading for years for this and it has happened! It’s a Black Friday Miracle!
@lonocat Oh, ghods, no. If Irk was full of little plastic beans, the universe would find a way for the resulting construct to produce plastic farts on an irregular basis forever. OTOH, it would be 100% in character for there to be a flask-shaped tag on the ear, with MIBMMTIS on one side of it. (Probably six months too late to add that to the PO.)
I know all the cool kids will get him! Maybe there will be a club! Or a Stuffie For Irks on Mehrathon days!
But then…the pragmatic part of me says “Don’t be silly. What will you do with this? Yes…it’s fun. It’s cute. It’s squishy. But ultimately…the question remains: what will you do with this after the stuffie has settled?”
And sadly, just like that, I talked myself out of it. Ugh. I hate my pragmatic self.
(All joking aside…I do really want one, but I’m going to wait until tomorrow morning, and if he’s still available, he will be mine. )
If you don’t own, at least a few stupid things that take up space and have no immediate or long-term use. Then there’s probably something wrong with you.
@haydesigner@heartny@kostia@pakopako Those are extremely cool, really much cooler than Squishmallows, IMO. I’d never heard of them! The mallows are nice for their squishability but some of them are pretty stupid-looking. They did a “Nightmare Before Christmas” bunch that looked ridiculous - Jack is supposed to be skeletal!
I feel a twinge of regret buying my tawny voracious baby. And will definitely be surprised if it arrives.
But I also kind of hope it doesn’t arrive, everyone gets refunded, and somehow a shipment will show up in June and we repeat this circus.
@ExtraMedium If that’s your real order number/name that’s pretty cool, because it’s the only one I’ve seen with 4, yes, count 'em, 4 words instead of the usual 3. I’m assuming that it took ill-advised as a “seed” word, which gave you a bonus hyphen. Very cool indeed.
@f00l@tinamarie1974 I DID!!! But thanks for alerting me - I was at my mother’s house and didn’t check Meh until I was sitting in my car waiting for the glaze ice on my windshield to defrost enough to scrape. So I played Wordle & Connections and then checked my email - WOWZA!
I went and bought him right away because I was afraid he’d sell out. It’s a little over an hour later and they aren’t gone, but I still suspect they’re a limited edition.
Not the screaming flying monkey project I was once involved with. Mehbe the next batch could include a voice box. Especially for 20 bux. And a different-colored shirt, thus guaranteeing “collectability” and eBay resale profit. Maybe attach a tag with a QR code with a story about each of the (hopefully) forthcoming IRK versions and create a website for all IRK owners to cuss and discuss. We could call it Y, the site formerly known as WHY… Miss you guys. Some of ya. A handful. Not many. Meh.
@Jdub Don’t give them any ideas, I keep buying those stupid monkeys because they change the capes. Any fun monkey stories? If Matthew’s back in the video business you should do another Mad Ape Den.
@sammydog01 I came across a guy in a tradeshow booth in 2006 that had some generic naugahyde brown-caped monkeys displayed in his booth. They were identical to some we had acquired as part of a batch of crap specifically to be included in BOC’s. People who got them hyped them up a lot on the BOC threads. We got a quote for a 20’ container with the woot logo imprinted on cloth capes. We sold out and got so much buzz when we sold the original red-caped logo’d monkeys as a standalone event (including people reselling on eBay for $20 or more) we ordered another small container. While in transit, someone had the idea to never repeat the same color. Genius! We talked our supplier into air-freighting in green capes and hats and replacing all the red capes and hats when they arrived in the states. We put a Buyer named Russ on the monkey business going forward, and he was very passionate and did a great job bringing in mock-up cape styles, colors, etc… there was no looking back. Aside: I always kept a few in my backpack when travelling. I don’t know how many millions of dollars those monkeys generated in marketing exposure alone, but they were often good in trade for an airline supplied adult beverage on the way home!
My Mad Ape Den days are long gone. I left Mediocre, er Mercatalyst, in January 2000, but glad you enjoyed them! It’s folks like you that made the job fun.
@Jdub@sammydog01 I bought so many of those monkeys! I even decorated my Christmas tree one year with only lights and flying-screaming monkeys with all their different capes. I think there was a Santa one?
@looseneck@sammydog01 I don’t remember a Santa-inspired monkey. Any pics of the tree? I had one of every monkey with the pull tabs intact that I bought in the employee purchase program (cost+10%+tax) up until my departure after 2 years of Amazon ownership in 2012. Never got 'em back after the mothership decided to clean out my office a few days prior to the day they invited back to clean out my own office. Lost other personal property, but technically, it was on company property, so that was my bad… Live and let live.
@Jdub@looseneck I finally donated a bunch of my monkeys and just saved the capes and hoods. I was running out of room. I love those guys and am shocked that they sell them for five dollars.
That was the hardest purchase ever! What the fuck? I just wanna buy your dude for my niece and your website deletes my name when I add the card number? What the fuck?
@Kidsandliz hmmm it is in a box in my craft room. I have been rearranging things. When I find the box, I will post it. I also have my IRK letters in the sunroom…
@mikibell Looks like I made them in early 2016 and the photos didn’t survive the years on the internet. That means I can pretend they were super amazing quality.
@mikibell I hope you find one for us to see - your creations are always AMAZING. @sammydog01 Here’s one photo I found using image search (not doing anything I really need to do on this super cold day!) So cute!
Went to bed early.
Woke up to the call of nature.
Went ahead and did
my IRK flushy.
Logged on to check
the Meh feature.
Then took the plunge
for an IRK plushy.
Your order number is: passing-near-commander
Interesting order number. Earlier watched the Dallas Cowboys maul the Washington Commanders with a whole lot of passing.
They weren’t too near most of the passes.
Don’t really need it. Really don’t need to spend that much on it.
But deep down, I know I’ll be kicking myself for years if I don’t buy it, even though it has a 99% chance of just getting tucked away and forgotten beside all my other collectible/meh crap. So, in for one.
On the bright side, he comes with a meh shirt, so that’s sort of like a two-for-one deal, if only I wore shirts on my hands
@somf69 does it make me a horrible person that I used a giant vacuum storage bag to literally compress and store the maximum amount of monkeys in the smallest space?
@brandon I think the mention of the Schrodinger’s toothbrush club was meant as a cautionary tale about buying something that doesn’t teeeeechnically exist yet
@Thumperchick unfortunately this site traffics in “you never know” regarding to perks or surprises. I bought one hoping it might be a future incentive. I’ll take the Schrödinger element of that but with a base always looking for surprises, ambiguous language can cause burn out
What? Only 653 sold so far? That doesn’t seem like that many considering how many come to this website. I wonder if meh needs to hit a minimum number of orders to have a wholesale price in line with what they are charging us.
Now it’s 655. Maybe they just over-ordered to the quantity needed for getting a PimP (ho-sale) price and will include the excess in future sales or IRKs.
@Kyeh Maybe for THEM because they seem to make sure that WE DON’T get too much sleep! Because he LOVES me our guy Tuc will stand on my chest and meow into my face but ONLY when I’m sleeping peacefully!
Meow meow…
@Kyeh@Lynnerizer I have one who does something similar. Instead of just plunking down cuddled up to me when I am sleeping this thing thinks it is necessary to do a bunch of head bumps on my face, rub my nose, etc. before curling up against me. I often have all 4 cats with me on my twin bed. They are used to me shifting my position to how I want though and if I disturb them too bad. There are plenty of cat beds and a cat tree in the bedroom they could choose to sleep in. Seems me moving around and disturbing them is no deterrent though to them trying to claim my bed with me in it. I have 2 who purr incredibly loudly when they settle in too.
@Kidsandliz@Kyeh@Lynnerizer They’re standoffish when they want to be, and they’re also standonish when they want to be. Sometimes they’re aloof, and sometimes they’re more like a loofah.
@jmruru have you ever dealt with an overseas factory? International logistics? Stuff happens, you’ve no idea the stupid stuff that could happen post production to arrival at the Meh facility in lovely TX. So many moving parta in the supply chain.
It will likely be fine, but I think they are just providing a disclaimer just in case Murphy’s Law rears its ugly head!!!
@jmruru@tinamarie1974 I worked at a non-profit and we had stuffies (our presidents, squished down chibi-style in sailor suit and formal officer) made to be mascots… What arrived was just odd. The heads were stitched so tight, their eyes wound up on the sides and looked like frogs or birds. The sailor costume merged the shirt and dress and wound up like a ghost costume. The officer costume was stitched at the wrist/ankles making it more like a jogging suit. Quite frightening stuff.
@jmruru@tinamarie1974 Back in the '70s, I briefly worked for a place that imported auto parts. Rule Zero was that we didn’t try to sell something that wasn’t on the shelf and at least verified as possible to install. A plushie? The worst that happens is abject apologies and a pile of refunds and maybe some consolation coupons. (Or, if it gets really hilariously complex, maybe a commemorative coin and souvenir pack, I dunno, has that ever happened?)
@jmruru@tinamarie1974@werehatrack I briefly worked at a freight forwarding company importing autos and parts for a car manufacturer via ocean and air.
I had no idea how many shipping containers were lost at sea! Sometimes even a large portion of containers on a ship! So yeah…there is a whole lot that can happen between there and here, lol!
At 9:53AM CST on Saturday, the counter was showing exactly 700, and there were still some left. Process that information however you wish. (I suggest forming the numbers from pork dumpling filler, dipping in tempura batter and frying in beef tallow. Your tastes may vary.)
Only two more sold since the post at 9:53AM CDT, and that’s just over 12 hours ago. I think that there has been an insufficiency of information about the persistence of items after rollover.
@robson@werehatrack I think most people don’t know that you can sometimes get in on deals in that “extra time” after the daily deal change. Even I forget most of the time. There should be some sort of extra award or bonus you get if you order then, I think. Like maybe an IRK plushie.
@pakopako I’m sure that the container is already on the water somewhere, or they wouldn’t have run the sale. Until the ship leaves port, there are so many ways that the timing can go south that you just really don’t want to risk it. (And even after, if the destination port gets logjammed for any reason, as was emphatically happening for a while.)
@pakopako@werehatrack
I think it was “emphatically not happening for a while.” Which taught us some really, really important lessons… most of them quickly forgotten.
@pakopako@pmarin@werehatrack I’m never in a hurry for my purchases from Meh, so I doubt if I’ve learned anything. If anything, I like the surprise of getting something I’ve kind of forgotten about.
@pakopako@werehatrack do you think they got a container full? That would be A LOT of Irks. Likely air freight for a smaller order. Maybe a pallet? Maybe two?
@pakopako@tinamarie1974 More likely, the shipment was homologated in with others via a forwarder. Entire containers door-to-door are cheaper if you need the whole thing, but a forwarder is often less costly if the shipment is not time-critical.
OTOH, an air freight container via one of the budget carriers, or shipped on a “space available” basis, might have worked. I really can’t say.
@pakopako@werehatrack They could have utilized an NVOCC, or a co-loader via LCL ocean freight, however the transit is quite slow - obviously slower than when utilizing a FCL. Also there is a BEP to be taken into account when comparing ocean to air freight.
Unsure if you are aware, but in the past six or so months the cost of air freight has actually plummeted, where as ocean freight ex CN and other APAC ports has increased in cost. VOCCS are utilizing things like blank sailings to limit available space to drive up cost and their associated profit.
So, lots of things to consider and as Im not an employee, nor do I have an in with their procurement department, I dont know how they moved it. I can only make an educated guess based upon having worked with marketing companies in the past who imported such items abd my current knowledge and experience in supply chain.
Im betting on A/F.
I see that the Texas Roadhouse “Plushies” are $24.99 each, so maybe $19.99 for an Irk Stuffie isn’t so bad. Irk is cuter too, but maybe not as tasty as those TR rolls. There is a 20% off coupon for the TR plushies 11/26-11/27 with code GREATGIFT, if you need one. Alas, no discount on Irk Stuffies yet.
@Kyeh@lowlypeon@tinamarie1974 I’m going to rule out that it’s in order of how much they love us. Perhaps they have sorted us by astrological sign. I’m an Aquarius so it makes sense I’d be early. Or by stars given on the forum. Or by a totally not rigged lottery.
I made the mistake of making my address public. Oh well. Suppose all the meh members can send me nice gifts in the mail with that info. Or try to steal my IRK stuffie after I get it.
I think mine was stitched a little weird because his trademark mandibular incisors were pointing straight down on the outside of his face but I was able to coax them into alignment.
Yesterday I got an Irk Stuffie. Today I got an Irk Stuffie. Tomorrow my IRK comes, so I’m guessing today’s Irk Stuffie is supposed to be my IRK’s partner.
@OnionSoup looks like I bought myself two Irks. Apparently when the site was shitty and I was trying to buy, one went through and I didn’t notice the email confirmation, so then I waited and bought one a bit later.
Mine apparently managed to escape the shipping bag prior to arrival. Hopefully he is out terrorizing one or more of those annoying Elf on the Shelf spies.
@ybmuG Not a bad idea considering I don’t know when the escape was made. He could be somewhere close. Will be sleeping with one eye open for awhile. Hope he isn’t like ALF and feasts on cats.
Specs
Product: Irk Stuffie
Model: IRK Plush
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, Apr 17 - Friday, Apr 19
Beautiful!
Is it BIG? Eye mean reel biq?
@whomeyesu 12 inches so it might be big depending on what you’re comparing it to.
@sammydog01 Ha
@sammydog01 @whomeyesu “do you think I asked for a twelve inch pianist?”
/giphy liable-satisfied-tortoise
@CharlieDoggo did you go shopping with my card?!?!?!?!
this is gonna be worth so much after meh eventually gets sold to pinduoduo
/giphy textured-nearsighted-mole
/giphy okay-foamy-police
@f00l
/giphy yes yes yes
I’M SO EXCITED!
/giphy aquatic-hairy-dumpling
Finally!
Now where is my goat trophy ?
@thismyusername They owe so many of us goat trophies, and then someone was going to give some of them but not sure what happened with that… we will never see them of that I am sure.
/giphy appalling-fleecy-beast
Nice.
/giphy pleasing-novelty-nation
Crap, it’s not a three-dimensional object?
@awk Not even two dimensional.
@awk @yakkoTDI Really. Which makes it kinda questionable to call its dimension “height.”
@awk @yakkoTDI IRK DEFIES SPACE AND TIME
ALL HAIL IRK
I wish I could afford one but they’ll be gone by noon anyway…I’m still happy to see it, though!!
@PooltoyWolf yeah. I love it…but above my “frivolous spend amount” this close to Xmas. Awesome seeing it for sale though.
@OnionSoup My thoughts exactly!
@OnionSoup Check your DMs.
@OnionSoup You could get this instead:
/giphy handsome-torn-coconut
I honestly cannot believe that Meh finally had IRK plushies (Stuffies?) made so that we all can have one! We’ve been pleading for years for this and it has happened! It’s a Black Friday Miracle!
Finally! I’ve wanted one of these for years.
Fuck yeah!
/giphy likely-cold-bedbug
/giphy patronizing-fractured-hydrogen
I don’t need this, but …
/buy
@narfcake It worked! Your order number is: flirtatious-loopy-mule
/image flirtatious loopy mule
@narfcake Oh, but you DO!
@narfcake do you have a small Irk plushie sized shirt collection?
@thismyusername No. At least not that I’m aware.
@narfcake @thismyusername That should be What they sell next - shirts and accessories for Irk. It worked phenomenally well for Barbie!
@Kyeh @thismyusername I can’t wait for the inevitable “why are these so expensive” posts.
@narfcake @thismyusername
A cross-eyed cat?!?
@Kyeh @narfcake @thismyusername i think the shirts would be pretty easy to make. Just saying
@Kyeh @narfcake @thismyusername
Can’t wait for a 2001 monolith style opening for irk with the Zarathustra music
Yeah!
/youtube Barbie monolith
My order ID of “premium-taunting-cushion” is just way too ironic for me to handle right now.
@mfladd. Hurry!!!
@tinamarie1974 Thank you! (I think)
It’s as if a small incomplete part of my life has been fulfilled.
macabre-fidgety-skirt
@mfladd agree! Apparently we really are children at heart!!
/giphy celebrate
@mfladd @tinamarie1974 With all the Koolhandjoe fans I bet they could sell that outfit here.
/giphy outlandish-thick-deer
@lordbowen I don’t even want to know why that guy felt it necessary to make that video.
Why?
@posmr15 Some men look to the stars and ask why; others, say meh.
As long as it gets here by May. My newborn is going to start their life on the right foot, through bafflement and capitalism that you can cuddle.
@aliasdenied you could always het the child s stuffie cthulhu, if the irk doesn’t work out
/giphy gritty-healthy-tray
IRK post-meth?
/giphy grating-dramatic-uranus
You would almost expect it to have one of these hanging from his ear:
@lonocat Oh, ghods, no. If Irk was full of little plastic beans, the universe would find a way for the resulting construct to produce plastic farts on an irregular basis forever. OTOH, it would be 100% in character for there to be a flask-shaped tag on the ear, with MIBMMTIS on one side of it. (Probably six months too late to add that to the PO.)
Something went terribly wrong.
In for 2.
@Zott 2 makes it terribly terribly wrong
@pmarin @Zott Does two terribly wrongs make one terribly right?
@Doooood @pmarin No. But two Wrights make an airplane.
I want to. I really, REALLY want to.
I know all the cool kids will get him! Maybe there will be a club! Or a Stuffie For Irks on Mehrathon days!
But then…the pragmatic part of me says “Don’t be silly. What will you do with this? Yes…it’s fun. It’s cute. It’s squishy. But ultimately…the question remains: what will you do with this after the stuffie has settled?”
And sadly, just like that, I talked myself out of it. Ugh. I hate my pragmatic self.
(All joking aside…I do really want one, but I’m going to wait until tomorrow morning, and if he’s still available, he will be mine. )
@k4evryng
Does not belong on meh.
@yakkoTDI this is true.
@k4evryng @yakkoTDI (ask for it on the next secret Santa meh-change)
@k4evryng @yakkoTDI
If you don’t own, at least a few stupid things that take up space and have no immediate or long-term use. Then there’s probably something wrong with you.
@f00l oh I own plenty of those. That’s part of the problem.
My older self is trying to show some restraint…
@f00l @k4evryng @yakkoTDI
But we already have two cats.
@macromeh
Then ask your cats what to do.
We already know how they will answer.
/giphy “cat yes”
@k4evryng hi, it’s tomorrow
If it’s not a Squishmallow, we don’t want it.
— current trend crowd
@haydesigner It’s like a Cabbage Patch Doll
– old trend crowd
@haydesigner @heartny I’m in-between
Squishables for me.
(Also, I thought mallows were a big box store thing; turns out it was something else entirely: https://avidplush.com/squishmallows/plague-doctor-plush-guide/)
@haydesigner @heartny I’m sure the Cabbage Patch Kids were much better constructed. My little sister dragged hers everywhere for several years.
This would be instant buy @ $5, maybe $10. $20 though, no fraking way.
Meh seems to have, like so many other things, priced themselves out of my life. Remember when this was a deal site? Meh shirts for $5 instead of $20?
@haydesigner @heartny @pakopako I have that plague doctor and no regrets. He’s adorable.
@ponagathos ahh the capitalism circle, don’t fret, eventually someone will dumpster dive the meh warehouse dumpsters and a new deal site will be born.
@haydesigner @heartny @kostia @pakopako Those are extremely cool, really much cooler than Squishmallows, IMO. I’d never heard of them! The mallows are nice for their squishability but some of them are pretty stupid-looking. They did a “Nightmare Before Christmas” bunch that looked ridiculous - Jack is supposed to be skeletal!
I’m due right at the new year, IRK stuffie can race baby to my house for dibs on the better bassinet
I feel a twinge of regret buying my tawny voracious baby. And will definitely be surprised if it arrives.
But I also kind of hope it doesn’t arrive, everyone gets refunded, and somehow a shipment will show up in June and we repeat this circus.
/giphy tawny voracious baby
@pakopako that’s accurate
30 minutes late for …this?
Against my worst judgment…
/giphy debonair-merry-hair
It’s so cuuuuute
@datruandi like when someone sends their newborn baby pictures to you: ohhh it’s… so cute…
/giphy wrathful-cavernous-town
Working that VMP. About effing time.
Oh, and Happy Turkey Day everyone.
Do you think it’s safe for dogs?
@natasha_natasha Wouldn’t be safe from my dog.
@natasha_natasha not with the plastic pupils
@heyitslauren I thought that might be the case. Thank you for responding!
I couldn’t pass up the chance of storing this hideous guy in the closet.
/giphy pious-killer-orange
/buy -q 2
@PHRoG It worked! Your order number is: satirical-inexpensive-corn
/image satirical inexpensive corn
@mediocrebot
/giphy satirical-inexpensive-corn
@mediocrebot @PHRoG Dude at the right with kids is leaving the country over the Corn Bill. That’s a man of principle!
(Maybe. Looks like they’re talking about price fixing, which is timely, but I can’t quite follow.)
Anatomically correct?
@pmarin you have to provide your own hand up the keister
/giphy wobbly-lifeless-cobra
Guess I’m in as well…and might have the best order number on the offer.
/giphy ill-advised-addicted-toy
@ExtraMedium If that’s your real order number/name that’s pretty cool, because it’s the only one I’ve seen with 4, yes, count 'em, 4 words instead of the usual 3. I’m assuming that it took ill-advised as a “seed” word, which gave you a bonus hyphen. Very cool indeed.
@pmarin Not actually 4 though. I have a couple of hyphenated words in the word list, ill-advised being one of them.
@ExtraMedium @pmarin
Many of these could be appropriate (and humorous) for selected Meh orders, and some of these suggest others:
Blue-collar
Short-term
White-washed
Short-handed
Ill-minded
Ice-cold
Grass-fed
Home-bred
East-facing
Mouth-watering
Deep-fried
Well-known
Tightly-wound
Fifty-storey
100-page
Last-minute
Full-length
Heavy-laden
Short-lived
Long-distance
High-quality
Quick-thinking
Nail-biting
Three-hour
Record-breaking
Time-saving
Ready-made
World-famous
English-speaking
Middle-aged
Densely-populated
Highly-qualified
Long-forgotten
Highly-respected
Old-fashioned
Smoke-free
Break-free
Four-week
Good-looking
from https://byjus.com/english/compound-adjectives/
@kyeh, did you get one?
@tinamarie1974
@kyeh this looks like it needs to be in Colorado.
@f00l @tinamarie1974 I DID!!! But thanks for alerting me - I was at my mother’s house and didn’t check Meh until I was sitting in my car waiting for the glaze ice on my windshield to defrost enough to scrape. So I played Wordle & Connections and then checked my email - WOWZA!
I went and bought him right away because I was afraid he’d sell out. It’s a little over an hour later and they aren’t gone, but I still suspect they’re a limited edition.
Not the screaming flying monkey project I was once involved with. Mehbe the next batch could include a voice box. Especially for 20 bux. And a different-colored shirt, thus guaranteeing “collectability” and eBay resale profit. Maybe attach a tag with a QR code with a story about each of the (hopefully) forthcoming IRK versions and create a website for all IRK owners to cuss and discuss. We could call it Y, the site formerly known as WHY… Miss you guys. Some of ya. A handful. Not many. Meh.
@Jdub I do hope they sell outfits for Irk, maybe a purple shirt at the very least. And maybe some pants, for goodness sake.
@Jdub Don’t give them any ideas, I keep buying those stupid monkeys because they change the capes. Any fun monkey stories? If Matthew’s back in the video business you should do another Mad Ape Den.
@sammydog01 I came across a guy in a tradeshow booth in 2006 that had some generic naugahyde brown-caped monkeys displayed in his booth. They were identical to some we had acquired as part of a batch of crap specifically to be included in BOC’s. People who got them hyped them up a lot on the BOC threads. We got a quote for a 20’ container with the woot logo imprinted on cloth capes. We sold out and got so much buzz when we sold the original red-caped logo’d monkeys as a standalone event (including people reselling on eBay for $20 or more) we ordered another small container. While in transit, someone had the idea to never repeat the same color. Genius! We talked our supplier into air-freighting in green capes and hats and replacing all the red capes and hats when they arrived in the states. We put a Buyer named Russ on the monkey business going forward, and he was very passionate and did a great job bringing in mock-up cape styles, colors, etc… there was no looking back. Aside: I always kept a few in my backpack when travelling. I don’t know how many millions of dollars those monkeys generated in marketing exposure alone, but they were often good in trade for an airline supplied adult beverage on the way home!
My Mad Ape Den days are long gone. I left Mediocre, er Mercatalyst, in January 2000, but glad you enjoyed them! It’s folks like you that made the job fun.
@Jdub @sammydog01 I bought so many of those monkeys! I even decorated my Christmas tree one year with only lights and flying-screaming monkeys with all their different capes. I think there was a Santa one?
@looseneck @sammydog01 I don’t remember a Santa-inspired monkey. Any pics of the tree? I had one of every monkey with the pull tabs intact that I bought in the employee purchase program (cost+10%+tax) up until my departure after 2 years of Amazon ownership in 2012. Never got 'em back after the mothership decided to clean out my office a few days prior to the day they invited back to clean out my own office. Lost other personal property, but technically, it was on company property, so that was my bad… Live and let live.
@Jdub @looseneck I finally donated a bunch of my monkeys and just saved the capes and hoods. I was running out of room. I love those guys and am shocked that they sell them for five dollars.
Sorry about your collection.
@Jdub @sammydog01 I’m sorry about your collection too.
I don’t have a picture, but I’ll check my Box of Monkeys to see if I’m right
@Jdub @sammydog01 No Santa monkey but monkeys wearing Santa hats!
1:
/giphy euphoric-detailed-verse
I predict a “Irk on a shelf” thread in the near future.
/buy --quantity 3
@shawn It worked! Your order number is: mystical-lowdown-crawdad
/image mystical lowdown crawdad
/giphy four-smelly-cub
Holy shit he’s so cute! Buying one each for my niece and myself! My sister in law is going to hate me but Cora will love him lol
That was the hardest purchase ever! What the fuck? I just wanna buy your dude for my niece and your website deletes my name when I add the card number? What the fuck?
@bass1193 right after I ordered it just crashed sorry
@thismyusername Due to your badge status, we are unable to blame you for the site issue.
Just sayin… my original stuffed Irk is cuter!!!
@mikibell photo?
@mikibell I made a few plush Irks back in the day for fantasy football prizes. They were much less cute.
@sammydog01 I thought it might be one you made, but I wasn’t sure.
@Kidsandliz hmmm it is in a box in my craft room. I have been rearranging things. When I find the box, I will post it. I also have my IRK letters in the sunroom…
@mikibell Looks like I made them in early 2016 and the photos didn’t survive the years on the internet. That means I can pretend they were super amazing quality.
@mikibell I hope you find one for us to see - your creations are always AMAZING.
@sammydog01 Here’s one photo I found using image search (not doing anything I really need to do on this super cold day!) So cute!
@Kyeh @mikibell That’s it! I guess the internet really never forgets.
@mikibell @sammydog01
Wasn’t there a crocheted one also? I couldn’t find that.
@Kyeh @mikibell He’s recent, I still have him.
He’s not really the right shape though- I used a goblin pattern.
@mikibell @sammydog01 Oh, okay!
He does look spookier than your other one.
@Kyeh @sammydog01 yes, the one with the sash is similar to mine, but mine doesn’t have a sash!
@Kyeh @mikibell @sammydog01 so stinking cute!!!
Honus?
@ACraigL
@ACraigL @Kyeh Maybe they were trying to be “honest” in the write up and thinking that when they wanted “onus”?
@Kyeh Haha, I looked it up too to make sure I wasn’t the one who got it wrong, and found that also!
@Kyeh @phendrick hmaybe?
If the site hadn’t crashed, I probably would have knee-jerk bought the little rascal. However, the extra time to think made me more pragmatic.
What am I going to do with a 12" plushie?
I was assuming he’d be half that size, so I could plop him on my desk to supervise spending.
And more importantly, WTF is with the orange shirt?
We all know it should be purple!
So while there won’t be a plushie for me, I’m still irked.
Went to bed early.
Woke up to the call of nature.
Went ahead and did
my IRK flushy.
Logged on to check
the Meh feature.
Then took the plunge
for an IRK plushy.
Your order number is: passing-near-commander
Interesting order number. Earlier watched the Dallas Cowboys maul the Washington Commanders with a whole lot of passing.
They weren’t too near most of the passes.
/giphy grueling-carnivorous-stamp
/image grueling-carnivorous-stamp
/giphy irk irk irk irk irk
When this arrives, I’m pretending it’s an IRK while opening it in order to get the full experience.
Wait! I just realized:
These should have been puppets! I wonder how hard after market stuffie surgery would be…
/giphy nonchalant-wild-trip
Jeers: Elf on a shelf
Cheers: Irk on a shelf
If you misbehave, Irk will tell Krampus and you will be kidnapped and eaten. (Or whatever Krampus is supposed to do)
@ExtraMedium @shawn meh needs to ship this with an irk bag. Just sayin’
Obviously had to get three to help ensure meh doesn’t take a bath on this amazing deal.
Don’t really need it. Really don’t need to spend that much on it.
But deep down, I know I’ll be kicking myself for years if I don’t buy it, even though it has a 99% chance of just getting tucked away and forgotten beside all my other collectible/meh crap. So, in for one.
On the bright side, he comes with a meh shirt, so that’s sort of like a two-for-one deal, if only I wore shirts on my hands
OMG!!! We’ve been asking for this for years and years and years. I can’t believe this day has come at last.
Fitting order code for sure.
/image impressive-therapeutic-orange
/giphy impressive-therapeutic-orange
/giphy thankless-acceptable-iron
This might be a trap… but bit anyhow
/giphy abounding-queasy-mass
Also, this…
/giphy furrowed-vital-room
/giphy ample-erratic-parent
I still have a tote filled with flying, screaming monkeys that I don’t know what to do with…
@somf69 set them up and have them war against IRK! THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
@somf69 just be careful because the rubber probably is destroyed now…
@somf69 does it make me a horrible person that I used a giant vacuum storage bag to literally compress and store the maximum amount of monkeys in the smallest space?
idk why I did this but
/giphy unhealthy-pointless-island
/giphy mighty-grievous-industry
@steelopus “IRK! IRK! IRK! IRK! IRK!”
There’s an implication those who buy them might expect more/something down the road?
@brandon I wouldn’t expect anything other than a plushie.
Regret.
@brandon I think the mention of the Schrodinger’s toothbrush club was meant as a cautionary tale about buying something that doesn’t teeeeechnically exist yet
@Thumperchick hopefully meh will ship them with an irk bag… it would only be fitting.
@Thumperchick unfortunately this site traffics in “you never know” regarding to perks or surprises. I bought one hoping it might be a future incentive. I’ll take the Schrödinger element of that but with a base always looking for surprises, ambiguous language can cause burn out
/buy
@Nate311 It worked! Your order number is: breakable-soggy-raspberry
/image breakable soggy raspberry
/buy
@n3uka It worked! Your order number is: mediocre-elated-woodpecker
/image mediocre elated woodpecker
I bought one despite saying out loud its worth $10….I hate myself……but its one less gift I need to buy
/buy
@hammi99 It worked! Your order number is: silver-exciting-malt
/image silver exciting malt
@mediocrebot I’d like the whisky as well
@hammi99 @mediocrebot can’t go wrong with any ichiros malt! They’re some of my favs.
@hammi99 @mediocrebot can i get the whiskey instead?
/giphy careful-mopey-mockingbird
I cannot express just how relieved I was when it became apparent that this actual Irk was a plushie and not a *&^^$#@ Funko Pop.
Glorious.
/giphy anxious-vintage-krill
/buy
@monkeyman0510 It worked! Your order number is: phony-authentic-bed
/image phony authentic bed
/giphy phony-authentic-bed
@monkeyman0510 do not attempt this with your IRK doll / action figure. Or do. Who am I to judge?
Why did I purchase this though?
@jmruru
/giphy why not
Excuse me, but can Irk make a margarita?
@mehpaul No but it might be able to drink one.
@Kidsandliz @mehpaul IDK @irk is pretty sophisticated, he may know how to make one
/giphy gold-steadfast-frankenstein
Please tell me why I bought this. What hold do you have over us?
/giphy confused-literal-snail
/buy --quantity 2
@er1c It worked! Your order number is: turquoise-curvy-unicorn
/image turquoise curvy unicorn
/giphy hypnotic-gruntled-religion
/giphy replete-taxing-argument
/buy
@Tamok It worked! Your order number is: jinxed-eternal-mushroom
/image jinxed eternal mushroom
/giphy picturesque-momentary-summer
It would be rude not to……
/giphy cantankerous-longer-crayon
I highly doubt I will regret this. Maybe.
/giphy petulant-nostalgic-winter
@gogrrl
can i just buy the tiny lil shirt
Is “stuffie” a midwest / south thing? I only heard this term recently. I’m in PA and have always heard/used “stuffed animal.”
/giphy attentive-cheap-sausage
Now I need to get the song from their 401 error page and put it on a playback chip in it
IRK song
/buy
@ticklescratch It worked! Your order number is: fatherly-confident-thunder
/image fatherly confident thunder
WTF? $19.99 for what?!? Nope and much more nope. smh at peoples “disposable income” for something like this.
I’m all in, biznatches!
crucial-likeable-toddy
Not goid for kids chokable buttons. I think id rather get the tat!
I learned my older brother who introduced me to both woot and Meh can’t afford one. Thanks for an easy surprise christmas gift.
@kjady But will it be a surprise if he reads the forums???
@Kidsandliz Thankfully he’s lazy and doesn’t scroll far enough. Also he doesn’t know my name on here.
@kjady that’s good although the hints you inadvertently gave might clue in anyone who told their younger sibling about both.
@Kidsandliz @kjady Yes I do Kevin!
@Drez143 @kjady
/giphy uh oh
@Kidsandliz Nah, I already sent his gift and he won’t be expecting another.
@kjady
I am purchasing one extra for @PoolToyWoof who indicated not wanting to spend the $ right now.
I whispered to him and offered as a gift. He accepted and gave me an address.
I figured the various inflatable wolves needed a IRK mascot. And he seems like such a great guy.
Do I don’t know if that’s your brother or not.
Tho if it is your bro, he could prob make do with 2 irks.
: )
@f00l that was so incredibly kind of you! What a sweet gesture.
What? Only 653 sold so far? That doesn’t seem like that many considering how many come to this website. I wonder if meh needs to hit a minimum number of orders to have a wholesale price in line with what they are charging us.
/giphy talkative-penultimate-mamba
Now it’s 655. Maybe they just over-ordered to the quantity needed for getting a PimP (ho-sale) price and will include the excess in future sales or IRKs.
@AdmiralDave Or they will be the first item on the next 'Thon
@werehatrack Or the last item in the next 'Thon like the flying monkeys in the 'Off.
/buy --coupon 5OFFNOV2023
@Euniceandrich It worked! Your order number is: affable-jagged-steak
/image affable jagged steak
/giphy affable-jagged-steak
And you bought…
672 of these.
There’s still some left.
/giphy prosperous-sleepy-goblin
Okay, I got another! And a very appropriate order number, and it’s giving me lots of cat giphies. Sleepy = cats, I guess.
@Kyeh Maybe for THEM because they seem to make sure that WE DON’T get too much sleep! Because he LOVES me our guy Tuc will stand on my chest and meow into my face but ONLY when I’m sleeping peacefully!
Meow meow…
@Lynnerizer Awww. Maybe you should wake him up sometimes … they don’t have any trouble falling asleep!
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer I have one who does something similar. Instead of just plunking down cuddled up to me when I am sleeping this thing thinks it is necessary to do a bunch of head bumps on my face, rub my nose, etc. before curling up against me. I often have all 4 cats with me on my twin bed. They are used to me shifting my position to how I want though and if I disturb them too bad. There are plenty of cat beds and a cat tree in the bedroom they could choose to sleep in. Seems me moving around and disturbing them is no deterrent though to them trying to claim my bed with me in it. I have 2 who purr incredibly loudly when they settle in too.
@Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer Yeah, cats are just so aloof and stand-offish, right?
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @Lynnerizer They’re standoffish when they want to be, and they’re also standonish when they want to be. Sometimes they’re aloof, and sometimes they’re more like a loofah.
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer @werehatrack My cats are velcro cats. Must be a different species from werehatrack’s cats.
So…what do you make of the comment about schrodinger’s irk in the write up?
@jmruru have you ever dealt with an overseas factory? International logistics? Stuff happens, you’ve no idea the stupid stuff that could happen post production to arrival at the Meh facility in lovely TX. So many moving parta in the supply chain.
It will likely be fine, but I think they are just providing a disclaimer just in case Murphy’s Law rears its ugly head!!!
@jmruru @tinamarie1974 I worked at a non-profit and we had stuffies (our presidents, squished down chibi-style in sailor suit and formal officer) made to be mascots… What arrived was just odd. The heads were stitched so tight, their eyes wound up on the sides and looked like frogs or birds. The sailor costume merged the shirt and dress and wound up like a ghost costume. The officer costume was stitched at the wrist/ankles making it more like a jogging suit. Quite frightening stuff.
@jmruru @tinamarie1974 Back in the '70s, I briefly worked for a place that imported auto parts. Rule Zero was that we didn’t try to sell something that wasn’t on the shelf and at least verified as possible to install. A plushie? The worst that happens is abject apologies and a pile of refunds and maybe some consolation coupons. (Or, if it gets really hilariously complex, maybe a commemorative coin and souvenir pack, I dunno, has that ever happened?)
@jmruru @pakopako @tinamarie1974 I think an oddly deformed Irk would be even better than the one we ordered.
@jmruru @pakopako @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 “oddly deformed Irk”… isn’t that axiomatic?
@jmruru @pakopako @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG
Judging from his oddly formed “+” butt-crack in the photos, I’d say your wish will be granted.
@jmruru @tinamarie1974 @werehatrack I briefly worked at a freight forwarding company importing autos and parts for a car manufacturer via ocean and air.
I had no idea how many shipping containers were lost at sea! Sometimes even a large portion of containers on a ship! So yeah…there is a whole lot that can happen between there and here, lol!
At 9:53AM CST on Saturday, the counter was showing exactly 700, and there were still some left. Process that information however you wish. (I suggest forming the numbers from pork dumpling filler, dipping in tempura batter and frying in beef tallow. Your tastes may vary.)
/giphy chancy-colorful-sky
Only two more sold since the post at 9:53AM CDT, and that’s just over 12 hours ago. I think that there has been an insufficiency of information about the persistence of items after rollover.
@werehatrack Yeah, I was able to buy one late last night for me 9:57 PM PST (12:57 AM EST).
Almost missed it! I resisted for some time
@robson @werehatrack I think most people don’t know that you can sometimes get in on deals in that “extra time” after the daily deal change. Even I forget most of the time. There should be some sort of extra award or bonus you get if you order then, I think. Like maybe an IRK plushie.
Well, at 702, that’s going to be less than the probable 1000 needed for a deeper discount. (Assuming this has yet to be manufactured.)
@pakopako I’m sure that the container is already on the water somewhere, or they wouldn’t have run the sale. Until the ship leaves port, there are so many ways that the timing can go south that you just really don’t want to risk it. (And even after, if the destination port gets logjammed for any reason, as was emphatically happening for a while.)
@pakopako @werehatrack
I think it was “emphatically not happening for a while.” Which taught us some really, really important lessons… most of them quickly forgotten.
@pakopako @pmarin @werehatrack I’m never in a hurry for my purchases from Meh, so I doubt if I’ve learned anything. If anything, I like the surprise of getting something I’ve kind of forgotten about.
@Kyeh Ha! Same! It’s like Christmas, only not as fun.
@pakopako @werehatrack do you think they got a container full? That would be A LOT of Irks. Likely air freight for a smaller order. Maybe a pallet? Maybe two?
@pakopako @tinamarie1974 More likely, the shipment was homologated in with others via a forwarder. Entire containers door-to-door are cheaper if you need the whole thing, but a forwarder is often less costly if the shipment is not time-critical.
OTOH, an air freight container via one of the budget carriers, or shipped on a “space available” basis, might have worked. I really can’t say.
@pakopako @werehatrack They could have utilized an NVOCC, or a co-loader via LCL ocean freight, however the transit is quite slow - obviously slower than when utilizing a FCL. Also there is a BEP to be taken into account when comparing ocean to air freight.
Unsure if you are aware, but in the past six or so months the cost of air freight has actually plummeted, where as ocean freight ex CN and other APAC ports has increased in cost. VOCCS are utilizing things like blank sailings to limit available space to drive up cost and their associated profit.
So, lots of things to consider and as Im not an employee, nor do I have an in with their procurement department, I dont know how they moved it. I can only make an educated guess based upon having worked with marketing companies in the past who imported such items abd my current knowledge and experience in supply chain.
Im betting on A/F.
@Pony
Or like presents you get from that one weird relative …
@Kyeh I am the weird relative.
@Pony Hahahaha - I bet your presents are cool, though!
@Kyeh Well, I like to think so… hehe
I see that the Texas Roadhouse “Plushies” are $24.99 each, so maybe $19.99 for an Irk Stuffie isn’t so bad. Irk is cuter too, but maybe not as tasty as those TR rolls. There is a 20% off coupon for the TR plushies 11/26-11/27 with code GREATGIFT, if you need one. Alas, no discount on Irk Stuffies yet.
https://shoptxrh.myshopify.com/products/limited-edition-texas-roadhouse-plushies
@heartny Huh. The plushie’s a lot cuter than the personified version of Andy, at least.
The rolls are pretty realistic!
But Irk IS cuter than either.
I got an email that an order is delayed. Since I have two orders still processing, I guess it’s the stuffie?
I just got a shipping notification. I’m actually pretty excited for this, I hope it’s made well.
@lowlypeon WOW! That’s a lot faster than I expected!
@Kyeh @lowlypeon Hopefully they ship them with irk bags. That would only be fitting.
@lowlypeon yep, it’s happening! Got my shipping notification too.
@djslack @lowlypeon Same here!
@djslack @Kyeh @lowlypeon nothing here yet!!!
@djslack @lowlypeon @tinamarie1974
Huh - and you ordered before I did!
@djslack @Kyeh @lowlypeon @tinamarie1974 Mine hasn’t shipped either and:
(Yes, still bragging.)
@djslack @Kyeh @lowlypeon that is why I was suprised. Who knows what sequence they decide to pick/pack/ship orders
@Kyeh @lowlypeon @tinamarie1974 I’m going to rule out that it’s in order of how much they love us. Perhaps they have sorted us by astrological sign. I’m an Aquarius so it makes sense I’d be early. Or by stars given on the forum. Or by a totally not rigged lottery.
/giphy who knows?
@djslack @lowlypeon @tinamarie1974
Alphabetically in reverse by order numbers??
@sammydog01’s started with “A,” tinamarie’s started with “L,” mine started with “R” and “P”?
@djslack @Kyeh @lowlypeon @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 this warehouse footage may be enlightening
@djslack @Kyeh @lowlypeon @sammydog01 @ybmuG I think I worked at that warehouse!!
Mine shipped
I made the mistake of making my address public. Oh well. Suppose all the meh members can send me nice gifts in the mail with that info. Or try to steal my IRK stuffie after I get it.
@cengland0 Took a minute, but I got you fixed up. Not as easy to do on my phone as I thought it would be.
@ExtraMedium
Awesome, thanks for the fix.
I’ll still take some free stuff from the people that saw the address before the fix. LOL
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
Mine shipped too. Excited! Uh, I mean meh.
No movement here.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
FINALLY SHIPPED!!!
/giphy ANTICIPATION
@tinamarie1974 me too!
/giphy happy day
@ironcheftoni
/giphy yippie
Got mine today! Totes adorable.
I got mine today ! It’s about as much of a collectable
as a flying monkey or flashing woot-off lights.
My tracking continues to show Carrolton, TX. I am hoping this is just a lack of updates from DHL and not a lost Irk plushie.
according to tracking, mine has been traveling back and forth between Texas and Illinois for the past few days. i live in Michigan
I’m a little disappointed at the weight according to DHL 0.3837 LB
@Euniceandrich It’s mostly air, with fluffy fibers to keep Irk plumped.
@werehatrack When it arrived, stuffed in my mail slot, things made a little more sense. No box, just a padded mailer. Very light weight.
Mine has arrived.
It’s so soft and cuddly
I forgot I ordered this!!! It’s a lot bigger than I would have expected. I love it!
I got mine! Woohoo !!!
He (they*) are a bit tired from their travels, so pix tomorrow.
(*I got two …)
I received my Irk safe and sound.
I think mine was stitched a little weird because his trademark mandibular incisors were pointing straight down on the outside of his face but I was able to coax them into alignment.
@awk Dentist or Archeologist? Or maybe criminal forensic scientist?
OMFG I LOVE HIM
Yesterday I got an Irk Stuffie. Today I got an Irk Stuffie. Tomorrow my IRK comes, so I’m guessing today’s Irk Stuffie is supposed to be my IRK’s partner.
@djslack irk drop!
You’re going to get dozens of them now… Lol
@OnionSoup I’m down… cuter than pasta but there are fewer recipes available so it will be some work to get through them all.
@OnionSoup looks like I bought myself two Irks. Apparently when the site was shitty and I was trying to buy, one went through and I didn’t notice the email confirmation, so then I waited and bought one a bit later.
/giphy forty dollars worth of irks
@djslack @OnionSoup Ooo, you slipped through the barrier or whatever!
@Kyeh yep, I found the footage too:
@djslack
Kisses have been exchanged
@tinamarie1974 Awww.
So Charlie didn’t try to destroy him?
(Actually looks like Irk’s biting his nose!)
@Kyeh well I didnt let go of Irk, otherwise he would already be a goner
Mine seem to be stuck in New Jersey since Monday
@heartny You sure that Irk didn’t stop to party for a while?
After reading the warnings I am afraid of taking mine out of the bag.
@thismyusername
I wouldn’t take one out of the bag the minute you do they become murderous and try to kill you
Mine apparently managed to escape the shipping bag prior to arrival. Hopefully he is out terrorizing one or more of those annoying Elf on the Shelf spies.
@gogrrl that’s actually horrifying…
Watch your back
@ybmuG Not a bad idea considering I don’t know when the escape was made. He could be somewhere close. Will be sleeping with one eye open for awhile. Hope he isn’t like ALF and feasts on cats.
@gogrrl contact support
@Kidsandliz I did. They sent me a replacement.
The kids bought this thinking it was an Elf on the Shelf. They opened it and it scared them. They wouldn’t try using Meh again without asking.