On a personal level, honestly, I've got no beef with plushies - being a plushie once in a while's honestly pretty fun! There's a lot of parallels with being a pooltoy imo - from the soft, friendly designs, to the limited mobility at times. Although, I certainly wouldn't bring one in a pool with me, and I'm not sure I'd be able to compete with a plush when it comes to bedtime snuggles :P