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Dragonball EX Warriors who protect the Earth – Bandai

Dragonball EX Warriors who protect the Earth by Bandai full lineup

Series: Dragonball Z / Dragonball Super

Company: Bandai

Year: 6 March 2021

Size: +/-17 cm

Main distribution: Japan

This is the Ichiban Kuji for Dragon Ball EX “Warriors who protect the Earth”. This is the third line-up after “History of Rivals” and “Strong Chains” respectively, and the first with the name Dragonball EX to distinguish it as its own series now. These items could only be won in a Kujiban lottery, hence the name.

Winnie the Pooh – Classic Pooh – Gund

Series: Winnie the Pooh

Company: Gund

Size: 12 cm

Main distribution: Worldwide

This is a Winnie the Pooh from the Classic Pooh line. He is made to look like the classic images of Ernest Howard Shepard. He’s a little beanie.

World’s Smallest Hot Wheels – Super Impulse

Series: Hot Wheels

Company: Super Impulse

Year: 2020+

Size: +/-2.5cm

Main distribution: America, Europe

World’s Smallest are miniature versions of iconic retro toys. Several sets have been made like action figures, games and toys. And within these sets even more series have been made. This is the Hot Wheels line.

Dragonball GT Cards Serie 2 – Panini

Series: Dragonball GT

Company: Panini

Year: 1999

Main distribution: Europe

Barcode: 8424248210182

These are trading cards from Dragonball GT by Panini. This is Serie 2. The series exists out of 140 cards, with the last 20 being special clear cards.

Dragonball GT Cards Serie 1 – Panini

Series: Dragonball GT

Company: Panini

Year: 1998

Main distribution: Europe

Barcode: 8424248210151

These are trading cards from Dragonball GT by Panini. This is Serie 1. The series exists out of 100 cards.

Wreck-it Ralph plush – Thinkway Toys

Series: Wreck-it Ralph

Company: Thinkway Toys

Size: 23~29cm

Main distribution: Worldwide

These are plushies from Wreck-it Ralph; Vanellope von Schweetz and Ralph. They have a plastic head and plush bodies and are made by Thinkway Toys.

Dragonball Z Christmas Crackers

Series: Dragonball Z

Size: 4 cm

Main distribution: United Kingdom

This is a set of tiny Dragonball Z figures that allegedly came out of Christmas Crackers in the UK in the early 2000s.

Dragonball Z Power Up! – Jakks Pacific

Series: Dragonball Z

Company: Jakks Pacific

Year: Summer 2003

Size: 16 cm

Main distribution: America

The Power Up! line of Jakks Pacific is a line of figures that are “powered up” and come with “power up action”. This includes a rock with sound from the anime, as well as the figures having a pull string and being “battle damaged”.

Dragonball Z Action Figures – Dorda Toys

Dragonball Z Action Figures by Dorda Toys

Series: Dragonball Z

Company: Dorda Toys

Year: 1998

Size: 14 cm

Main distribution: America / Europe

Dorda Toys is a toy distributor from Los Angeles, United States of America. They do several products of official licensed characters, including Dragonball Z. Initially these released as Skateboard Figures, but they later got redistributed loose without their skateboards as Poseable Action Figures.

Dragonball Z Flexible Super Guerriers – AB Groupe

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: AB Groupe (Re-released by KidzBiz and Irwin Toy)

Year: 1996, 2000

Size: +/- 9cm

Main distribution: Europe, America

These bendable figures also known as the “Flexible Super Guerriers” (Flexible Super Warriors) were made by the AB Groupe. AB Groupe (now Mediawan Thematics) is a French broadcasting group, and the distributor of the Dragon Ball merchandise for European and Canadian markets. They made the English dub for the Dragon Ball Z movies in the Netherlands (based of their French dub), with awkward changes like Piccolo being “Big Green” and the Saiyans “Space Warriors”. As terrible as that dub was, their toys were one of the first you could get in Europe. Here you’ll find the flexible figures of them. They made 8 different ones, 4 which later got re-releases under KidzBiz and Irwin Toy.