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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.

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

Dragonball Z Full Color R – 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.

Dragonball Z Magnetic Keychain – MGA entertainment

Dragonball Z Magnetic Keychain by MGA entertainment

Series: Dragon Ball Z

Company: MGA entertainment

Year: 1999

Size: 8.5 cm

Main distribution: America / Europe

Barcode: 035051243007 (Piccolo)

These are little figures on a magnetic base in a tube keychain. The magnet causes them to float.

Dragonball Z Super Guerriers – AB Groupe

Dragonball Z Super Guerriers by AB Groupe

Series: Dragonball / Dragon Ball Z

Company: AB Groupe (Re-released by KidzBiz, Giochi Preziosi, Mattel and Irwin Toy)

Year: 1996, 2000

Size: 3~7cm / 2″

Main distribution: Europe, America

These figurines, also known as the “Super Guerriers” (Super Warriors) or 2″ figures, 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 mini figures of them. They made 186 different ones, which later got re-releases under KidzBiz, Giochi Preziosi and Irwin Toy.

Dragonball GT egg surprise – Giochi Preziosi

Dragonball GT egg surprise by Giochi Preziosi

Series: Dragonball GT

Company: Giochi Preziosi

Year: 2001

Size: 4 cm

Main distribution: Italy / Europe

This is a line of small toys that came in chocolate eggs, similar to the famous Kinder Egg Surprise.

Dragonball Kai Sparking Keychain – Bandai

Dragonball Kai Sparking Keychain by Bandai

Series: Dragon Ball Kai

Company: Bandai

Year: Nov, 2009

Barcode: 4543112587893

Size: +/- 6 cm

Main distribution: Japan

This was a set of 6 figures on ball chains that light up and came in blind boxes, made by Bandai.

Dragonball X One Piece X Naruto 3×3 – Weekly Shōnen Jump 40th Anniversary – Bandai

Dragonball X One Piece X Naruto 3x3 for Weekly Shōnen Jump 40th Anniversary by Bandai

Series: Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Naruto (crossover)

Company: Bandai

Year: 2008

Size: +/- 5.5cm

Main distribution: Japan

This is a very special collaboration between Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Naruto to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Jump. The 3 animes are the biggest and most popular and are also called the DON of anime. This blind box set is called 3×3, as it’s 3 animes, with 3 characters. Each of the 3 character figures slots together to create a semicircle, and there is a 4th bigger figure on a semicircle to go behind it, creating a full circle scene of the show.

Dragonball Deformation – Bandai

Series: Dragonball Z / Dragonball GT / Dragonball Kai

Company: Bandai

Size: +/- 6 cm

Main distribution: Japan

This a series of chibi Dragonball characters made by Bandai. They are about 3 heads tall rather than 2. They all come on a black base which has the character’s name on it. Deformation relates to the chibi nature of the figures, as chibi is also often called SD or Super Deformed. These came in blind boxes so it would be a surprise which one you would get.

Dragonball Bobbing Heads – Giochi Preziosi

Series: Dragon Ball

Company: Giochi Preziosi / AB Groupe

Year: 2003?

Size: 4 cm

Main distribution: Europe

These are a set of bobbleheads made by Giochi Preziosi and distributed by AB Groupe. They came under The Legend is Here packaging, that KidzBiz used in the UK.