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5 Non-Cliche Souvenirs You Should Be Buying From NYC

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Forget about the tacky and overpriced "I love New York" T-shirts

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Here's my confession: I used to splurge excessively on useless souvenirs while traveling.

As somebody who travels to New York pretty often, I've bought everything from the cliche landmark keychains to "I love NY" t-shirts and even miniature Statues of Liberty.

I mean, why not? The gruelingly long flight to the Big Apple justifies these rash shopping decisions.

Soon after, I realised these souvenirs wound up collecting dust and learnt that perhaps less is more.

As such, here are my top five souvenir alternatives, that are worth every cent:

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5. Nintendo World NYC 

Pokémon Go players would be thrilled to know that Nintendo World NYC is an actual Pokestop, and houses one of New York’s strongest Pokémon Gym nearby.

Plus, the store offers designated battery recharge stations for a quick battery charge up — because we all know how fast the game drains our phones’ juice.

Besides purveying official merchandise for games like Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Super Mario and Pokémon official merchandise, the store occasionally drops limited edition and exclusive items that are only available at the particular store.

Fancy a Pokéball design backpack or a cute plushie of Pikachu? This place has it all. Prices start at USD$3.95 for a collar pin.

10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020

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