Company: Panda Ana / T-Arts / Tomy
Release date: March 2018+
Size: various
Main distribution: Japan (Gashapon machines)
This is a Gashapon series of sleeping animals. The pun is the ZZZ for sleeping and Zoo for animals, resulting in Zoo Zoo Zoo.
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Company: Bandai
Release date: 2023
Size: +/- 3cm
Main distribution: Japan (Gashapon machines)
These are Gashapon charms of miniatures of Milo, the malt chocolate drink from Australia.
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Series: Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Dragonball GT, Dragonball Super
Company: Bandai
Release: May 2024
Main distribution: Japan
Barcode: 4570117914607
Itajaga is a potato snack that comes with collectible, metallic-plastic cards. Dragon Ball has several volumes, this being Vol. 4. There’s 30 cards to collect.
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Company: Bandai
Year: 2021
Size: +/- 5cm
Main distribution: Japan (Gashapon Machines)
This is a gashapon set of animals distraught, having missed their opportunity.
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Company: Kaiyodo
Year: 2019
Size: various
Main distribution: Japan (Gashapon Machines)
This is a gashapon set of miniature figures based on animal illustrations and is a collab between Kaiyodo (Japanese toy company) and Sato Kunio (animal illustrator).
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Series: Super Mario
Company: Jakks Pacific
Release: 2014+
Size: 4″ / 9cm
Main distribution: UK / USA / Europe
These are the 4″ figures of Super Mario from Jakks Pacific. It is easily the largest merchandise line of Nintendo.
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Series: Super Mario
Company: Jakks Pacific
Release: 2014+
Size: 2.5″ / 5cm
Main distribution: UK / USA / Europe
These are the 2.5″ figures of Super Mario from Jakks Pacific. It is easily the largest merchandise line of Nintendo.
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Series: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Company: Nintendo
Release: 9 May 2023
Size: various
Main distribution: Japan (Lawson Stores)
This is the Ichiban Kuji for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. These items could only be won in a Kujiban lottery, hence the name.
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Series: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Company: Jakks Pacific
Release: February 2023, July 2023
Size: 1.25 inch / 3.5 cm
Main distribution: Worldwide
These are mini figures based on the The Super Mario Bros. movie from Illumination, made by Jakks Pacific.
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Series: Final Fantasy Record Keeper
Company: Square Enix
Release: 22 June 2024, 24 August 2024
Size: 10cm
Main distribution: Japan / UK (Square Enix Store)
These are little lights based on character sprites from Final Fantasy Record Keeper, a mobile video game featuring characters from the mainline Final Fantasy games.
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