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Japanese Collectibles

Inside Spinda’s Pattern Mechanic and the Pokémon Kids Figure

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Japanese Collectibles

Sheryl Nome’s Macross Frontier Character Card in Context

A 2013 Bandai character card featuring Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier, part of the Japan-only MF-numbered collector series with a glossy finish.
Japanese Collectibles

Your Guide to Gin Gagamaru’s SR Wafer Card in Blue Lock

Blue Lock's Gin Gagamaru appears on this 5-35SR gold holo foil wafer card — a Super Rare from Japan's shokugan blind-pack collecting tradition.
Japanese Collectibles

Ultraman Z Beta Smash and the Clear Sofubi Tradition

Ultraman Z's Beta Smash form arrives as a translucent red shop-exclusive sofubi figure, a format rooted in nearly six decades of Japanese tokusatsu toy culture.
Japanese Culture

What Is Evangelion? A Collector’s Guide to Neon Genesis Evangelion Merchandise and Value

Imagine a giant humanoid war machine piloted by a teenager who would rather be anywhere else, fighting incomprehensible alien beings called Angels while a secret organization pulls strings in the background — and beneath all of that science fiction spectacle,...
Japanese Collectibles

Why Me & Roboco’s Bondo Gets His Own Business Card

A business-card-sized collector's card featuring Me & Roboco's protagonist Bondo, complete with an acrylic stand and rooted in Japan's meishi culture.
Japanese Collectibles

Rodan’s Godzilland SD Sticker and Japan’s 1980s Kaiju Craze

A numbered Godzilland sticker from 1984 featuring Rodan in chibi style, released during the Showa Godzilla revival and Japan's collector sticker boom.
Japanese Collectibles

The Arcade Origins of Toxtricity’s Pokemon Mezastar Tag

Toxtricity's Mezastar tag is a hard-plastic arcade collectible from Bandai Namco's Pokemon game centers in Japan, available abroad only through import.
Japanese Collectibles

When Traditional Hanafuda Meets The Promised Neverland

A 2018 Jump Hanafuda card featuring Norman (No.22194) from The Promised Neverland, blending Japan's traditional card game with Shueisha's manga culture.
Japanese Collectibles

What Makes an Onion Kokeshi a Japanese Folk Art Original

This onion-shaped wooden kokeshi with a twig top is handpainted folk art from Japan's creative kokeshi tradition, rooted in Tohoku craftsmanship.