I'd rather have a bunch of those then the game itself.

both is good! haha

who wouldnt want freebies? why not a preorder coupon
where we input the code in the game and we get one free sackboy with our customizations?

the companion cube is also cute, but it looks a bit chunky, it doesnt have the authentic look the sackboys have,
i mean look at those zippers!

 Yeah.  If the companion cube had a hard casing rather then being stuffed, it would be way more authentic.  Companion cube paper weights would be cool. 

haha yeah paper weights would be cool.
it would guarantee a smile from my face everytime i use it.

though a huggable companion cube is a great idea,
so we know where they were coming from with the plushie.

 And they are easier to incinerate.

The companion cube level in Portal truly was amazing. First, it gives you a cube that you don't care anything about, then you see all the stuff on the walls of the other guys not wanting to give up the cube, and it makes you grow attached to it, and want to keep the cube. It used other people's love of the cube to make you love it. Genius.

By the end of that level, I really didn't want to destroy my poor cube. :(

This made me think of when the Cabbage Patch Kids were so popular that mothers were fighting each other for them.  Wouldn't surprise me if Sony could find a market for these in stores separate from the game.  Probably too expensive to do a tie-in with McDonald's HappyMeals or something like that, but maybe little ones built in some low cost way (like hard plastic) and then fabric ones sold separately.

 --Darin 

I just threw mine down right away.
i realized my mistake a few seconds later....

I need the plushie now. >.<

No way this will ever happen. Sony is to retarted to ever market to the casuals right. Just think how much more popular Sony could have made Ratchet, and Jak if their TV division would have made cartoon series' out of the games for saterday morning cartoons. One thing that even I, have to admit is Sony is a very horribly ran company. With as much assets as they have they largly fail at using them in the right manner. I do think this would be completly awsome and it would fit the idea behind Home. I remember talk about the signing a deal with some clothes company were if you created a shirt for you avatar on Home you could buy the shirt from that company.

So, is it a good idea? Yes. Will Sony come through? Based on previous Sony moves No. Would I buy one if they were smart enough to do this? For sure.