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.
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Company: Bandai
Release: 2024
Size: House 5cm, Ring 3cm
Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (gachapon machines)
RingColle! is a Gachapon line of various rings to collect. This is the Miffy Ring.
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Company: Bandai
Release: 2023
Size: +/- 6cm
Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (Gashapon Machines)
This is a Gachapon set of a Crayon Shin-Chan x Sanrio collaboration. It is also part of a Gashapon series called “narabundesu” or “lined up” by Bandai. Several IPs have gotten this treatment, existing out of characters walking in a line.
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Company: Pokémon Center
Year: 2022
Size: 5cm
Main distribution: Pokémon Centers Japan
Barcode: 4521329382258
Sitting Pokémon is a Gashapon set from Pokémon where the Pokémon are sitting on an edge, made by the Pokémon Center.
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Company: Kitan Club
Release: 2022+
Size: +/- 5 cm
Main distribution: Japan / Australia (gashapon machines)
Mineral Hedgehog is a series of gashapon from Kitan Club of hedgehogs with mineral spikes.
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Company: Yell
Release: 2023
Size: 4.5cm
Main distribution: Japan / Australia (gashapon machines)
Barcode: 4573553082886
This is a gashapon set of flocked otter figures that can hold hands together.
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