Japanese Collectibles

Japanese Collectibles

Inside Japan’s 1989 Marasai Carddas and the Zeta Gundam Legacy

A 1989 Bandai Mini Carddas featuring the Zeta Gundam mobile suit Marasai, this game-stat vending card comes from the earliest days of the Carddas era.
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Usopp’s Coca-Cola Figure and Japan’s Anime Campaign Era

A small molded figure strap of One Piece's Usopp, made as a non-retail Coca-Cola Japan campaign premium, estimated to date from the early-to-mid 2000s.
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Three Collector Worlds Meet in a Ferrari Bottle Cap

Coca-Cola Japan's metal crown cap featuring the Ferrari 275GTB/4 — number two in a supercar series from Japan's 1970s exotic car boom.
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Lotus Eclat and Japan’s Supercar Boom, Sealed in a Bottle Cap

A Coca-Cola metal crown cap from 1970s Japan featuring the Lotus Eclat, part of a numbered promotional series tied to Japan's supercar collecting craze.
Dracule Mihawk’s Choco Egg Figure and the Shokugan Boom Japanese Collectibles

Dracule Mihawk’s Choco Egg Figure and the Shokugan Boom

A PVC bust figure of One Piece's Mihawk from Furuta's Japan-only Choco Egg line, produced during the shokugan boom of the early 2000s.
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Why Woodstock the Bird Is Named After a Music Festival

A vintage Peanuts decorative bell featuring Woodstock the drummer on a metallic blue base, and how the character's name connects to music history.
How Amada’s 1997 Venomoth Sticker Blended Pokemon with Battle Stats Japanese Collectibles

How Amada’s 1997 Venomoth Sticker Blended Pokemon with Battle Stats

A look at the 1997 Amada Pokemon sticker featuring Venomoth — its battle-card layout, type icons, and place in Japan's first Pokemon anime boom.
The Bleach Card That Showed Hitsugaya Without His Uniform Japanese Collectibles

The Bleach Card That Showed Hitsugaya Without His Uniform

This 2008 Bandai card gum features Bleach captain Toshiro Hitsugaya in casual civilian clothes — part of a holographic shokugan series made in Japan.
Gakkou no Kaidan’s Library Teacher Card and the 90s TCG Era Japanese Collectibles

Gakkou no Kaidan’s Library Teacher Card and the 90s TCG Era

A holographic Gakkou no Kaidan TCG card featuring the Library Teacher ghost, rooted in Japan's school horror folklore and 1990s anime card culture.
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Battra, One Film, and the Ichiban Kuji That Followed

Battra appeared in just one 1992 Toho film. This Ichiban Kuji head magnet from the Godzilla 70th Anniversary prize line brings the dark kaiju to your shelf.