ᵒ Gashapon

I love Gashapon; the little random capsule toys are always a nice surprise to find and collect. Although as a kid these were mostly slimy sticky hands and bouncy balls, nowadays you can find the high quality Japanese ones in a lot of places.

Launched in 1977, Gashapon is a capsule toy that offers a broad variety of high-quality toys ranging from anime figurines, food miniatures, realistic animal replicas, stationeries, accessories, and more all for an affordable price. They are sold through vending machines, which adds a fun element of surprise as you’ll never know what you’ll receive until you’ve spun the vending machine handle. 

The name “Gashapon” is formed by two Japanese onomatopoeias. “Gasha” is the sound for turning the vending machine handle, and “Pon” is the sound of the capsule landing in the tray.

I love miniatures and the Japanese Gashapon are full of high quality ones. Although they should be a cheap little find, they are getting more and more expensive nowadays.

Gasha… pon!

As I seem to be getting lots of them, I’ve compiled a list of Gashapon series in my collection, including a link to the post of it. This will be updated regularly.

• Animals
  • Animal Sauna – Bandai
  • Animal Skateboard – Bandai
  • Cat Holiday Campfire – Yell
  • Cat Mimic – Qualia
  • Creatures of Satayoma – Ikimon
  • Good day for fishing ~Cats killing time~ – Yell
  • Hugcot Chilling on Cords – Bandai
  • Hugcot Hachucot – Bandai
  • I look like this but I’m cold – Yell
  • Let’s hold hands so we don’t get separated – Yell
  • Mameneko dangler – Tomy
  • Mineral Hedgehog – Kitan Club
  • Narabundesu Dinosaur-San – Bandai
  • One more step ~The feelings that didn’t reach you~ – Bandai
  • Peace Animal – Kitan Club
  • Sato Kunio’s Animal ~ Bathroom in groups – Bandai
  • Still Waiting For You – Bandai
  • Still Waiting For You Birds – Bandai
  • Watching over you – Bandai
  • Wizard Crow-chan – Toys Cabin
  • Zoo Zoo Zoo – Panda’s Ana
• Anime / Character / Game
  • Barbapapa
    • Barbapapa Mini Moshy – Cool Things
    • Barbapapa 3D Danglers – Cool Things
  • Bomberman Capsule Figure – Bushiroad Creative
  • Crayon Shin-chan x Sanrio – Bandai
  • Dragonball Z
    • Dragonball Z Chara Strap – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z Frieza Returns – Megahouse
    • Dragonball Z Full Color R – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z Gashapon Mini – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z HG Gashapon – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z Imagination Figure – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z Metal Collection – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z Mini Mini Carddass – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z Still Waiting For You – Bandai
    • Dragonball Z Window Art Collection – Bandai
  • Kirby
    • Corocoroid Kirby – Good Smile Company
    • Kirby Desktop Helper – Tomy
    • Hugcot Kirby – Bandai
    • Kirby Muteki! Suteki! Closet – Tomy
    • Kirby Soft Vinyl figures – Tomy
  • Miffy
    • Capsule Miffy – Bandai
    • Miffy narabundesu – Bandai
    • Ringcolle! Miffy Ring – Bandai
  • Mofusand x Sanrio Characters Roleplaying Figure – Mofusand
  • Pokémon
    • Everyone’s Snorlax – Tomy
    • Infinite – Pokémon Center
    • Pokémon Figure Collection – Tomy
    • Pokémon Full Color Stadium – Bandai
    • Pokémon Palette Color Collection – Kitan Club
    • Pokémon Tea Cup Time Mascots – Bandai
    • Sitting Pokémon – Pokémon Center
  • Power Pros Konami Dream Stars – Bandai
  • Pucca Danglers – Tomy
  • Super Mario
    • Mario Kart Wii PowerUp Magnets – Bandai
    • Super Mario Yoshi Wind-up figures – Tomy
    • 3D Mario Collection – Tomy
    • Yoshi’s New Island Mascot Keychains – Tomy
  • Tamagotchi
    • Ringcolle! Tamagotchi Ring Collection – Bandai
    • Tamagotchi Swing Case – Bandai
• Food
  • Kura Miniature Collection – Kura
  • Nestlé Milo Mini Charm – Bandai
• Japanese Culture
  • Miniature Life Collection – Kaiyodo
  • Narabundesu Osumou-San – Bandai
  • Ojizo-san – Yell
  • Still Waiting For You ~Japanese Highschool Baseball Player~ – Bandai
  • Still Waiting For You ~Japanese Souvenir Folk Toys~ – Bandai

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