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Dragonball Z / GT Movie Collection – Jakks Pacific

Dragonball Z / GT Movie Collection by Jakks Pacific

Series: Dragon Ball Z / Dragon Ball GT

Company: Jakks Pacific

Year: 2003-2007

Size:  24 cm

Main distribution: America / Europe

Barcode: 039897XXXXXX

Irwin Toy, a Canadian distributor and manufacturer of toys, and FUNimation, the packaging firm that licenses and packages Dragonball and Dragonball Z for North America, joined forces to create IF Labs, a Fort Worth-based toy company that produced toys based on the Dragonball Z Movies and tv series. They created the Movie / Fusion Collection. In 2002 Irwin Toy went bankrupt, and Jakks Pacific took over the line, creating many more series of these.

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Dragonball Z Movie Collection – IF Labs

Dragonball Z Movie Collection by IF Labs

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: IF Labs

Year: 2002

Size: 15.5~28 cm

Main distribution: America / Europe

Barcode: 069545XXXXXX

Irwin Toy, a Canadian distributor and manufacturer of toys, and FUNimation, the packaging firm that licenses and packages Dragonball and Dragonball Z for North America, joined forces to create IF Labs, a Fort Worth-based toy company that produced toys based on the Dragonball Z Movies and tv series. They created the Movie / Fusion Collection. In 2002 Irwin Toy went bankrupt, and Jakks Pacific took over the line.

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Dragonball Z Motorbike – AB groupe

Dragonball Z Motorbike by AB groupe

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: AB Groupe (Re-released by KidzBiz, Giochi Preziosi)

Year: 1996?, 2000

Size: 20cm long, 12cm high

Main distribution: Europe

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. Their “Super Guerriers”/“Super Guerriers Articule” line is well known, but they also made other toys alongside it, like vehicles such as this motorbike.

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Dragonball Z Secret Saiyan Warriors – Irwin Toy

Dragonball Z Secret Saiyan Warriors by Irwin Toy

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: Irwin Toy

Year: 2001-2002

Size:  +/- 10-14 cm

Main distribution: America / Europe

Barcode: 069545453153 (Majin Buu)

Irwin Toy was a Canadian distributor and manufacturer of toys. They started off by re-releasing Dragonball Z Action Figures of Bandai and AB Groupe, bringing these toys to America, before making their own Dragonball Z Action Figures. Alongside these Action Figures more elaborated toys were created, like these Secret Saiyan Warriors.

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Dragonball Z Striking Z Fighters – Irwin Toy

Dragonball Z Striking Z Fighters by Irwin Toy

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: Irwin Toy

Year: 2001-2002

Size:  +/- 12 cm

Main distribution: America / Europe

Irwin Toy was a Canadian distributor and manufacturer of toys. They started off by re-releasing Dragonball Z Action Figures of Bandai and AB Groupe, bringing these toys to America, before making their own Dragonball Z Action Figures. Alongside these Action Figures more elaborated toys were created, like these Striking Z Fighters. “Z Fighters” are what the Dragonball Z characters are called. The figures “strike” the board with their toy action, hence the name.

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Dragonball Z Blasting Energy Action Figures – Irwin Toy

Dragonball Z Blasting Energy Action Figures by Irwin Toy

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: Irwin Toy

Year: 2000

Size:  +/- 10~14 cm

Main distribution: America / Europe

Irwin Toy was a Canadian distributor and manufacturer of toys. They started off by re-releasing Dragonball Z Action Figures of Bandai and AB Groupe, bringing these toys to America, before making their own Dragonball Z Action Figures. Alongside these Action Figures more elaborated toys were created, like these Blasting Energy Action Figures.

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Dragonball Z Full Color R – Bandai

Dragonball Z Full Color R by Bandai

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: Bandai

Year: 2004

Size:  +/- 4.5~5.5 cm including base

Main distribution: Japan / Europe

Full Color R is a series of Gashapon sets of small figures on a transparant black base with a logo / symbol. They came out of a Gashapon machine in a capsule. Several IPs were done in this style, including Dragonball Z, Naruto, One Piece and Capcom All Stars. They were made by Bandai, and some were later redistributed by AB Groupe in Europe, where they were rebranded as some collection. Here you will find the Dragonball Z ones. 5 parts were made of 10 figures, resulting in 50 figures total.

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