Today’s Random Four
Every morning we pull a handful of items from our store completely at random — and today, these four surfaced. Use code D260718RUI at checkout for an extra 15% off any of them, stacked on top of the sale prices already running. With today’s markdowns, that’s up to 30% off. Good for 3 days. New picks drop every morning, so check back — you never know what’ll turn up.
Today’s selection spans several decades of Japanese pop-culture collecting, from soft vinyl Disney figures made for the Japanese market to a hand-sized trading card from the Showa era. Alongside those is an official piece of merchandise from one of anime’s biggest recent titles. Each item comes directly from Japan.
Pluto Disney Soft Vinyl Squeaky Figure
A soft vinyl squeaky figure of Pluto, produced for the Japanese market. Soft vinyl figures — known in Japan as sofubi — have been a popular collector format since the 1960s, valued for their tactile quality and the distinct aesthetic they give to character designs.
Price: $11.69 | View on eBay
Vintage Menko Card — Parman (Fujiko Fujio)
A retro menko card featuring Parman, a superhero character created by the manga duo Fujiko Fujio, who are also known for Doraemon. Menko are small cardboard trading cards that children played as a traditional game in Japan, particularly during the Showa era (1926–1989), and cards featuring anime characters are now sought after by collectors of vintage Japanese ephemera.
Price: $7.67 | View on eBay
Mickey Mouse Soft Vinyl Figure
A soft vinyl figure of Mickey Mouse made for the Japanese market. Disney has had a long and enthusiastic following in Japan, and Japanese-market Disney merchandise — particularly older sofubi pieces — occupies its own niche in the broader Disney collectibles world.
Price: $12.59 | View on eBay
Aki Hayakawa Chainsaw Man PU Keychain Tag — MAPPA Official
An official PU keychain tag featuring Aki Hayakawa from Chainsaw Man, produced by MAPPA, the studio behind the anime adaptation. Chainsaw Man is a manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto that ran in Weekly Shonen Jump and generated significant international attention when MAPPA’s anime adaptation premiered in 2022.
Price: $13.76 | View on eBay
About This Collection
This week’s picks trace a broad arc of Japanese collecting culture — from Showa-era game cards and mid-century sofubi figures to officially licensed merchandise from a current anime title. Whether you collect by character, format, or era, each of these items comes with the specific character of goods made for, or played in, the Japanese market.
