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What Makes Meowth’s Mega Bloks Figure Worth Knowing

A Mega Bloks Pokemon block figure featuring Meowth — the Gen 1 fan-favorite known for its gold coin forehead mark and its speaking role in the Pokemon anime.
Japanese Collectibles

Why One Piece’s Absalom Rarely Gets His Own Official Merchandise

This One Piece Base Shop acrylic stand features Absalom of the Graveyard, a Thriller Bark villain who rarely appears on officially licensed merchandise.
Japanese Collectibles

Gear 5 Luffy’s Wafer Sticker and the Culture That Created It

A Japanese hologram wafer sticker featuring Luffy's Gear 5 form from One Piece, explained through the country's decades-long shokugan food-toy tradition.
Japanese Collectibles

Mew, Jigglypuff, and Galarian Ponyta Pokémon Plate Explained

This Bandai Spirits Ichiban Kuji E Prize plate features Mew, Jigglypuff, and Galarian Ponyta from Pokémon, distributed through Japan's lottery prize system.
How a Makeup Scene Ended Up on a Macross Frontier Card Japanese Collectibles

How a Makeup Scene Ended Up on a Macross Frontier Card

Bandai trading card MF158 from 2011 captures Klan Klang, Ranka Lee, and Alto Saotome in a comedic makeup moment from the Macross Frontier anime series.
Japanese Collectibles

Godzilland to Hangyodon — Four Japanese Collectibles to Know

A 1984 TOHO Godzilland sticker, a flocked Quaxly figure from Bandai, a 2006 FIFA World Cup keychain, and a Hangyodon Sanrio wafer card from Japan.
All For One’s MHA Wafer Sticker and Japan’s Food-Toy Tradition Japanese Collectibles

All For One’s MHA Wafer Sticker and Japan’s Food-Toy Tradition

This MHA4-24 UR wafer sticker features All For One, My Hero Academia's central villain, and belongs to Japan's long-running food-toy collectible tradition.
Japanese Collectibles

The Story Behind Shinobu Kocho’s Niformation Deformed Sticker

Shinobu Kocho's Niformation Deformed Sticker from Bandai's Demon Slayer series explained — what it is, who she is, and the shokugan culture behind it.
Japanese Collectibles

Japan’s Pepsi Twist Gave Mario Fans a Pixel-Art Bottle Cap

A pixel-art bottle cap figure from Japan's Pepsi Twist campaign, circa 2001, depicting a Fire-powered Super Mario character in faithful 8-bit style.
Japanese Collectibles

Three Street Fighter Outlaws on One 1995 Bandai Card

Bandai's 1995 Street Fighter Zero Carddass No. 041 groups Sodom, Birdie, and Adon on one card — a Japan-exclusive from the year the game launched.