Figures from the Pokémon franchise.
Company: Takara Tomy A.R.T.S / T-Arts
Year: 2020 / 2023
Size: 3cm~7cm
Main distribution: Japan (Gashapon Machines)
Barcode: 4904790881787 / 4904790079955
Everyone’s Snorlax is a Gashapon set from Pokémon where the Pokémon are sleeping around Snorlax, made by Tomy.
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Company: Bandai
Release: 2023+
Size: Figure 3cm, with float and rope 20cm
Main distribution: Japan
Bandai has made several series of Pokémon bath bombs, under the Bikkura Tamago or Surprise Egg name. These particular ones are extra large and come with a fishing rod, so you can fish in the bath!
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Company: Pokémon Center
Release: 8 July 2023
Size: +/-7cm
Main distribution: Japan (at Pokémon Centers)
Barcode: 4521329379494
These are wind up Magikarp figures gashapon that could be bought at the Pokémon Centers in Japan.
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Company: Bandai
Release: 2019+
Size: 3.3 cm
Main distribution: Japan
Bandai has made several series of Pokémon bath bombs, under the Bikkura Tamago or Surprise Egg name. These come in a plastic blind bag.
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Company: Re-ment
Release: August 2017+
Size: 7 cm
Main distribution: Japan / Worldwide
Re-Ment makes various blind boxes with cute little items and / or scenes of a multitude of IPs. This series is called Terrarium Collection featuring Pokémon in a little terrarium inside a transparant Pokéball.
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Set: Pokémon Power Bouncer Ball / ポケモンスーパーボール Pokémon Super Ball
Company: Tomy (Japan) / Hasbro (West)
Year: 1997 (Japan) / 1998+ (West)
Size: 4.5 cm
Main distribution: Japan, Europe, United States
Pokémon Power Bouncers are transparant bouncy balls with a small Pokémon figure inside. Made by Tomy in Japan in 1997, and later distributed by Hasbro from 1998 onwards in the West. Several series were made.
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Set: Pokémon Kids (ポケモンキッズ)
Company: Bandai
Year: October 1996+
Size: +/- 4~5.5 cm
Main distribution: Japan, Europe, Australia, United States, UK
Pokémon Kids are a line of figures that are hollow. In Japan, these can be bought boxed in singles, and come with a card and candy. Outside Japan, these are marketed as “finger puppets” and come in 6 or 4 packs. The line is still running today and each Pokémon has gotten a Kid figure, some even more in several poses. There are also shiny (Japan only) and clear variants (up to 2008), as well as an Attack line (Pokémon posed doing Attacks). Some special sets have also been released.
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Company: Sekiguchi
Release: January, 2018
Size: 12~13.5cm
Main distribution: Japan
These are fuzzy Flocking Doll figures made by Sekiguchi from the first starters; Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and Pikachu. Sekiguchi is mostly known for the Monchhichi dolls, but has recently started dabbling in Pokémon plush and figures as well.
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Set: Pokémon Figure Collection
Company: Tomy / Nintendo
Year: 2000-2001
Size: 5cm
Main distribution: United Kingdom
The Pokémon Figure Collection, also known as “Dome Figures” in the Pokémon community due to the dome shaped cases they are in, are small Pokémon figures on a round coloured base with a transparant dome over them. They were distributed in Gashapon machines and are official Nintendo licensed products. These were made by Tomy UK. They came in various parts or series.
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Company: Kitan Club
Release: 2019-2022
Size: +/- 4 cm
Main distribution: Japan
Pokémon Palette Color Collection is a series of Gashapon sets of small Pokémon figures with paint tubes and brushes on a coloured base. Each volume focuses on a specific colour, with Pokémon and paint of that colour. They came out of a Gashapon machine in a capsule. Each volume exists out of 5 figures.
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