In here you’ll find various merchandise of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragonball Super.
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.
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Series: Dragonball / Dragonball Z / Dragonball GT / Dragonball Kai / Dragonball Super / Dragonball Heroes
Company: Bandai
Release: 1995+
Size: various
Main distribution: Japan / Europe
The HG series is a series of Gashapon sets of small Dragonball figures. Most you had to build as they came in pieces. HG stands for ‘High Grade’. They came out of a Gashapon machine in a capsule, although some come in boxes I believe. They were made by Bandai, and later redistributed by AB Groupe in Europe, where they were called Maxi Collection. Several series were made resulting in over 300+ figures including colour variants, and is still ongoing now. What’s cool about these is is that they are in scale with one another.
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Series: Dragonball / Dragonball Z
Company: Bandai
Release: October, 2004
Size: +/- 5 cm
Main distribution: Japan
This is a series made by Bandai called the “Mini Figure Selection Plus”. 2 series of 6 figures were made. These came in blind bags. They are great 3D representations of Akira Toriyama’s art.
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Series: Dragonball / Dragonball Z / Dragonball GT / Dragonball Super
Company: Bandai
Release: 2003-2016
Size: +/- 6 cm
Main distribution: Japan
This is a series made by Bandai done for several IP’s, like Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Dragonball GT, Dragonball Super, Gundam Seed etc. These are all SD (Super Deformed) or chibi figures sitting on a round object. “Chara Pucchi” means “Character Petit”. Here you’ll find all the Dragon Ball ones.
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Series: Dragon Ball Z
Company: Irwin Toy
Year: 2001
Size: 24 cm
Main distribution: America / Europe
This is a line of Collector’s Edition figures made by Irwin Toy. Only 3 figures were made; Goku, Super Saiyan 2 Gohan and Super Saiyan Vegeta. All were “battle damaged”.
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Series: Dragonball Z / Dragonball GT
Company: Bandai
Year: 1991-1996, 2003
Size: 3~14 cm
Main distribution: Japan, later re-released in America / Europe
Bandai released some of the first Action Figures of Dragonball when the show started airing in Japan. The line was called “Super Battle Collection” and 43 figures / sets were made. These were later re-released by KidzBiz, Giochi Preziosi and Irwin Toy, bringing them to the West. Bandai re-released the entire line again in 2003, updating their paint jobs with shading. Here you’ll find these.
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Series: Dragon Ball Z
Company: Irwin Toy
Year: 1999-2002
Size: 4~14cm
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, AB Groupe and Dorda Toys, bringing these toys to America, before making their own Dragonball Z Action Figures. They made 56 different ones, and here you can find them.
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Series: Dragon Ball Z
Company: AB Groupe (Re-released by KidzBiz, Giochi Preziosi and Irwin Toy)
Year: 1989, 1996~2000
Size: 9~13cm
Main distribution: Europe
Known as “Super Guerriers Articule” (Articulated Super Warriors), these Action 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 Action Figures of them. They made 25 different ones, which later got re-releases under KidzBiz, Giochi Preziosi and Irwin Toy.
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Series: Dragon Ball Z & One Piece (crossover)
Company: Banpresto
Year: 2008
Size: 26cm
Main distribution: Japan (as price only)
This is a very special collaboration between Dragon Ball Z and One Piece to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Jump. It’s a large figure of Dragonball Z’s Goku, dressed up as One Piece’s Luffy. This figure was released in a limited run and could only be won in the arcades. There were 4 different figures; Goku style Luffy, Luffy Style Goku, Goku style Nami and Luffy style Bulma.
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Series: Dragonball Z
Company: Bandai
Release: 2008
Size: 11 cm
Main distribution: Worldwide
Barcode: 3296580345304
These are action figures of Dragonball Z made by Bandai. They’re made of a soft plastic / vinyl hence the name ‘Soft Figures’. There are 14 different figures. I got 1.
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