Company: Tomy
Release date: 2015 (JPN), 2021 (Europe / UK)
Size: +/- 6.5cm
Main distribution: Japan / UK / Europe
Barcode: 796714679389
These are wind-up Yoshi figures Gashapon. In the West you can buy a capsule from a box rather than getting it out of a Gashapon Machine.
Continue reading Super Mario Yoshi Wind-up figures – Tomy
Company: Bandai
Release: September 2022, June 2023
Size: 7.5cm
Main distribution: Japan
These are little terrariums (with lights) of Miffy and friends made by Bandai as their Premium Gashapon. The gashapon capsule is part of the toy.
Continue reading Capsule Miffy – Bandai
Company: Pokémon Center
Release: 8 July 2023 / 2024
Size: +/-7cm
Main distribution: Japan (at Pokémon Centers)
Barcode: 4521329379494 / 4521329384863
These are wind up Pokémon figures gashapon that could be bought at the Pokémon Centers in Japan. They run infinitely!
Continue reading Infinite – Pokémon Center
Company: Bandai
Release: Spring 2023
Size: +/- 3 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 these Japanese Souvenir Folk Toys. They are distributed in Gashapon machines by Bandai.
Continue reading Still Waiting For You ~Japanese Souvenir Folk Toys~ – Bandai
Company: Yell
Size: +/- 2.5 cm
Main distribution: Japan
Barcode: 4573553072078
These are little blind boxes of animal Jizo statues.
Continue reading Ojizo-san – Yell
Company: Yell
Release: June 2021+
Size: +/- 4 cm
Main distribution: Japan
Barcode: 4589469844142
These are little blind boxes of cats fishing.
Continue reading Good day for fishing ~Cats killing time~ – Yell
Company: Yell
Release: October 2022
Size: +/- 5 cm
Main distribution: Japan
Barcode: 4573553070494
These are little blind boxes of cats camping.
Continue reading Cat Holiday Campfire – Yell
Company: Bandai
Release: 2020+
Size: +/- 4.5 cm
Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (Gashapon machines)
This is a little Gashapon line of Kirby that hug cables (Hugcot), distributed in Gashapon machines by Bandai.
Continue reading Hugcot Kirby – Bandai
Company: Tomy
Release date: 2014
Size: +/- 3.5cm
Main distribution: Japan
These are gashapon figures for the 3DS game Yoshi’s New Island made by Tomy.
Continue reading Yoshi’s New Island Mascot Keychains – Tomy
Company: Bandai
Release date: 2008
Size: +/- 4.5cm
Main distribution: Japan
These are gashapon figures of the Power Ups that can be found in Mario Kart Wii. Despite being fully 3D figures, they are also magnets, due to a magnetic ball inside.
Continue reading Mario Kart Wii PowerUp Magnets – Bandai