Japanese Collectibles The Tiny Metal Weedle From Japan’s 1990s Pokemon Craze
This vintage TOMY Metal Collection figure of Weedle captures the Gen 1 Pokemon boom of 1990s Japan in a small die-cast pewter-finish form.
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Japanese Collectibles Japan’s Samurai Gundam Hidden in a 1990 Playing Card
This 4 of Hearts playing card was a bonus insert in Kodansha's Comic BomBom February 1990 issue, featuring SD Gundam's samurai-themed Musha Gundam Mk-II.
Japanese Collectibles Behind My Hero Academia’s Hawks and Japan’s Shokugan Culture
Hawks from My Hero Academia appears in Furuta's Choco Egg shokugan series, a food-toy tradition rooted in Japan's character goods culture.
Japanese Collectibles Pepsiman Goes Monster in Japan’s Bottle Cap Series
The Monsters Meet Pepsi Part 1 bottle cap series placed Pepsiman in a gothic coffin — a Japan-only beverage promo figure from the late 1990s.
Japanese Collectibles Snoopy’s Baby Rattle and Japan’s Character Goods Tradition
A Takara Tomy PEANUTS-licensed foot and wrist rattle featuring Snoopy, made for infants in Japan where character baby goods have a strong gifting tradition.
Japanese Collectibles Gashapon Culture Behind Cure Yum-Yum’s Mini Figure
Bandai's Cure Yum-Yum gashapon figure comes from Delicious Party Precure, a 2022–2023 magical-girl anime where food powers every transformation.
Japanese Collectibles Twisted Wonderland’s Deuce Spade Gets a Hugcot Cable Figure
A Bandai gashapon Hugcot figure of Deuce Spade from Disney Twisted Wonderland, dressed in Heartslabyul sportswear and designed to grip charging cables.
Japanese Collectibles Totodile’s Banpresto Prize Eraser and Japan’s Arcade Culture
A hexagonal Banpresto eraser featuring Totodile, Pokemon's Gen 2 Water starter, distributed as a Japanese arcade crane game prize, not sold in retail.
Japanese Collectibles Why the De Tomaso Pantera Made It Onto a Coca-Cola Cap
Coca-Cola Japan issued numbered crown caps featuring supercar artwork during Japan's 1970s Supercar Boom. This one spotlights the De Tomaso Pantera GTS.
Japanese Collectibles How a Toyota 2000GT Ended Up in a Japanese Candy Box
The Time Slip Glico Toyota 2000GT set is a Kaiyodo-sculpted diorama bundled with Japanese caramel candy, depicting a Showa-era driving scene.