Series: Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z / Dragonball GT
Company: Bandai
Year: 2003-2009
Size: 5~13 cm
Main distribution: Japan
This is a Gashapon set of Dragon Ball diorama’s made by Bandai. The series is called Imagination Figure and there are 11 volumes of it, as well as a few spin off series.
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Series: Dragon Ball Z
Company: Bandai
Year: 2007
Size: 11x9cm
Main distribution: Japan
This is a box with a Hoi-Poi capsule that Future Trunks had in the Trunks Saga, made by Bandai. It is intended for cosplay.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: 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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