Japanese Collectibles Samurai Meets SD Gundam in This 1990 Comic BomBom Card
A single playing card from Comic BomBom's February 1990 furoku set, featuring Musha Saiko — SD Gundam's samurai take on Zeta Gundam's Psycho Gundam.
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Japanese Collectibles What Toyotaro Drew for Dragon Ball Super’s 2019 Summer Fair
A not-for-sale Shueisha mini pencil board from the 2019 Natsucomi summer fair, featuring a snorkel-clad Goku signed by Dragon Ball Super's Toyotaro.
Japanese Collectibles When Pepsi Japan Put an Adidas Sneaker on a Bottle Cap
A Pepsi Japan promotional bottle cap figure featuring a miniature Adidas Tahiti sneaker, a Japan-only crossover collectible from the late 1990s shokugan era.
Japanese Collectibles Japan’s 1970s Passat Crown Cap for VW and Coca-Cola Fans
This Coca-Cola metal crown cap from Japan prints the Volkswagen Passat B1 on its liner — a window into 1970s Japanese bottle-cap collecting culture.
Japanese Collectibles 4 Japan-Only Collectibles Across Anime, Tokusatsu, and LEGO
Four Japan-exclusive collectibles: a vintage Ultra Q menko card, an Endeavor My Hero Academia keychain, an Incredibles Pepsi cap, and a LEGOLAND Japan badge.
Japanese Collectibles Yuffie Kisaragi’s Coca-Cola Figure for Final Fantasy VII Fans
A Coca-Cola promotional mini figure of Yuffie Kisaragi from Final Fantasy VII, produced by Square Enix and part of a branded collectible series.
Japanese Collectibles Nise Gundam: SD Gundam’s Parody Hero and His 1990 Magazine Card
A 1990 Comic BomBom magazine bonus playing card featuring Nise Gundam, SD Gundam's parody of the RX-78-2, from the height of Japan's SD Gundam boom.
Japanese Collectibles Andromeda Shun’s Menko Card and the World Saint Seiya Built
A genuine 1980s Sega-licensed menko card featuring Andromeda Shun from Saint Seiya, with background on the card game's roots and the anime's global reach.
Japanese Culture What Is a Black Japanese Collectible? A Buyer’s Guide to Premium Black-Edition Items from Japan
Type "Black" into an eBay search and you'll find thousands of listings. Narrow it to Japanese sellers — specifically to authenticated, near-mint items with original packaging — and a very different picture emerges: leather jackets with an almost sculptural patina,...
Japanese Collectibles The Fantasy World Behind SD Gundam’s Monster Cancer Card
A 1996 Bandai Carddas card featuring Monster Cancer, a zodiac-named mechanical crab from the SD Gundam Kikoujin Densetsu Knight fantasy series.