There's this shop at my local mall called "PressPlay." It sells rare video game merchandise and also some anime figures. Being the Mario plush collection I am, I found the Metal Mario plush and bought it! And no, it isn't a bootleg. Everything at PressPlay is officially licensed.
Metallic fabric? How did they pull that off? Other rare Mario plushes they had were Dr. Mario, Builder Luigi, Luigi holding a ? Block, some Flying Squirrel form characters, the Dr. Mario viruses, and much more you wouldn't really find anywhere outside the web!