Bamboo-shoot (Pin Jia)

*Good Luck!***Bamboo-shoot (Pin Jia)** is a very rare plush. Good luck finding it!

## Bamboo-shoot (Pin Jia)

### Release

* 2014 (Original)
* 2016 (First Rerelease)
* 2021 (Second Rerelease)

### Discontinuation

* 2016 (Original)
* 2017 (First Rerelease)
* 2021 (Second Rerelease)

### Set

* Pin Jia Set 4 (Original)
* Pin Jia Carrot Fantasy Set 2 (Rereleases)

### Rarity

* Mid Extremely Rare (Original)
* Mid Super Rare (Rereleases)

### Tush-Tags

* Red MADE IN CHINA Tag

**Rereleases:**

* Short Black Pin Jia MADE IN CHINA TAG

### Hang-Tags

* Green Clover Hang-Tag
* Purple Clover Hang-Tag

### Suction Cup and String

* White Pin Jia Suction Cup and String
* Light Green Pin Jia Suction Cup and String

### Average Price (USD)

$30-$50

*For the Linxin plush, see Bamboo-shoot (Linxin).*
The Pin Jia **Bamboo-shoot** (**竹笋**: Zhúsǔn) is a light green cone-shaped plush, with a yellow bottom. It has black lines across the plush to indicate separations of the shoot's leaves. His face is a smirk with a black embroidered mouth, white eyes with black embroidery pupils and outlines, along with large green eyebrows with black embroidered outlines. The plush later got rereleased, however as a part of Pin Jia Carrot Fantasy Set 2, a plush set of *Carrot Fantasy* and not *Plants vs. Zombies*. These rereleases are colored darker green and have thicker embroidery.

## Trivia

* This is the only Pin Jia plush to be released in one set, but was later rereleased in a different set.
* Additionally, this is the only known *Plants vs. Zombies* plush to be released in an actual *Plants vs. Zombies* plush set, but is also in a plush set for a completely different franchise.
* It is unknown why Pin Jia decided to rerelease the plush in Pin Jia Carrot Fantasy Set 2, as Bamboo-shoot, or any character that resembles him, is not present in any of the *Carrot Fantasy* games.
* This is the Pin Jia *Plants vs. Zombies* plush to have the longest production, as it was rereleased twice in a non-*Plants vs. Zombies* plush set.
* Due to this, it is the most common Pin Jia *Plants vs. Zombies* plush.
* It is one of six *Plants vs. Zombies 2* plants that have gotten plush from Pin Jia.
* This and the Fire Gourd are the two Kongfu World plants that Pin Jia has made.

## Errors/Inaccuracies

* The plush lacks an actual dirt base, and instead just has a yellow bottom.
* The plush shape is too thin.
* The eyebrows should be triangular, while they are more like thin parallelograms.
* The eyebrows should also be darker compared to the rest of the plush.
* The inner ends of the eyebrows should be touching each other.
* The small chin below the mouth is missing.

## Where to Buy

The Pin Jia Bamboo-shoot is quite hard to find, yet is the most common Pin Jia plush due to its rereleases and the fact that it is still in production. Your best bets are eBay, Mercari, Facebook Marketplace, and any other second-hand shopping sites. Stock of the second rerelease may also show up on Chinese sites such as Taobao.

## Current Documented Owners

**First Rerelease:**

* Candlemations
* OffensiveToilet
* Soshwastaken
* TheHammerBro1
* Askamoji

**Second Rerelease:**

* Doopliss