Company: Bandai
Release date: 2024
Size: 2cm
Main distribution: Japan / UK (Gashapon machines)
This is a Gashapon series of little paint pots from Mr. Hobby used to paint figures like Gundam. This is a miniature version of the real thing on a keychain.
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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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Company: Bandai
Year: 2021
Size: +/- 5cm
Main distribution: Japan (Gashapon Machines)
This is a gashapon set of animals distraught, having missed their opportunity.
Continue reading One more step ~The feelings that didn’t reach you~ – Bandai
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).
Continue reading Sato Kunio’s Animal ~ Bathroom in groups – Kaiyodo
Series: Dragonball / Dragonball Z
Company: Bandai
Year: 2024
Main distribution: Japan / UK (Gashapon machines)
These are gashapon miniatures of the Carddass (カードダス, Kādodasu) trading cards from Dragonball and Dragonball Z, made by Bandai. This series is a miniature version of the vintage Carddass cards, that you could get out of a vending machine in Japan. A little machine is included too. Several miniature sets have been made.
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Company: Bandai
Release: 2024
Size: +/- 6 cm
Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (Gashapon machines)
These are Tamagotchi Swing Cases gashapon. They are little plastic boxes that can open and are on a keychain.
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Company: Kura
Release: 2 September 2023
Size: Various
Main distribution: Japan / UK
Barcode: 4515732213179
This is a Gashapon set of Kura Miniatures, by Kura Sushi. Kura Sushi is one of the biggest restaurant chains in Japan, with over 540+ locations. When you finish 5 plates, you get to play a game, and if you win, you get a free Gashapon! It’s so popular, it now also has its own Gashapon series outside the restaurant, like this one.
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Company: Bandai
Release: 2024
Size: +/- 4 cm
Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (Gashapon machines)
These are a Gashapon series called “narabundesu” or “lined up” by Bandai. Several IPs have gotten this treatment, existing out of characters walking in a line. This particular set are characters from the video game series Power Pros / Powerful Pro Baseball / Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū, in particular from the mobile game Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū (実況パワフルプロ野球) or Pawapuro Appli (パワプロアプリ), where they added Konami characters.
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Series: Dragonball Z / Dragonball Super
Company: Bandai
Release: 2024
Size: +/- 4 cm
Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (Gashapon machines)
This is a little Gashapon line of figures waiting with their knees tucked up, hence the name Still Waiting For You (Machiboke). The main line is animals, but there have been spin-offs sets who gotten the same treatment, like Dragon Ball here. They are distributed in Gashapon machines by Bandai.
Continue reading Dragon Ball Still Waiting For You – Bandai