As a 30 year old man, my take is that they’re cute. And they’re smaller than expected, only the size of a cup.

The quality of the original ones is really high, better than the Monchichi back in the days.

I got one for my gf around may, she later won a fake one at a festival.

I don’t know they kind of get the Pokémon formula correct: don’t make it too cool and give it something quirky

Here’s a picture (the red one is the real one)