Japanese Collectibles

Toriyama Designed This Wyvern for Dragon Quest Monsters Japanese Collectibles

Toriyama Designed This Wyvern for Dragon Quest Monsters

An official 1998 Enix trading sticker featuring the Wyvern, a Dragon-type monster from Dragon Quest Monsters designed by Akira Toriyama.
Japanese Collectibles

What a 1998 Dragon Quest Sticker Tells You About Armoured Wartoise

An official 1998 Enix sticker featuring Armoured Wartoise from Dragon Quest Monsters, with Beast Family type and gender data printed on the design.
Japanese Collectibles

LEGOLAND Japan’s Ninjago Pop Badge Series, Explained

This circular Ninjago Pop Badge was sold exclusively at LEGOLAND Japan in 2019, featuring a dark ninja with yellow eyes and a flame-lit backdrop.
Ferrari 308 GTB, Coca-Cola Caps, and Japan’s Supercar Boom Japanese Collectibles

Ferrari 308 GTB, Coca-Cola Caps, and Japan’s Supercar Boom

A vintage Japanese Coca-Cola crown cap featuring the Ferrari 308 GTB, produced for the collector craze that swept Japan's schoolchildren in the late 1970s.
Japanese Collectibles

Anna Frozen 2 Tsum Tsum for Disney Collectors Worldwide

Japanese Anna mascot key chain in Tsum Tsum style, based on Frozen 2 and rooted in a Disney collectible line that began in Japan in 2013.
Japanese Collectibles

SD Gundam Playing Cards From a 1990 Comic BomBom Bonus

A rare SD Gundam playing card set included as a bonus with the February 1990 issue of Comic BomBom, the beloved Japanese manga magazine for young mecha fans.
Dragon Quest Monsters’ Pixie and Japan’s 1998 Sticker Tradition Japanese Collectibles

Dragon Quest Monsters’ Pixie and Japan’s 1998 Sticker Tradition

A 1998 Japanese trading sticker featuring Dragon Quest Monsters' Pixie, monster No. 131, with artwork by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama.
Japanese Collectibles

Demon Slayer’s Nezuko and Japan’s Narikiri Cosplay Tradition

This Bandai-made narikiri bandana prints Nezuko Kamado's bamboo muzzle face on cloth, designed for cosplay events and doubling as a bento wrapping cloth.
Japanese Collectibles

Why Mikasa Ackerman Carries a Nagoya Guidebook

An official JR Central postcard from the Oshi Tabi campaign, showing Mikasa Ackerman in casual wear during Attack on Titan: The Final Season era.
Nativestep, Medarot’s TCG, and Why the Cards Stayed in Japan Japanese Collectibles

Nativestep, Medarot’s TCG, and Why the Cards Stayed in Japan

A Nativestep Leg Parts card from the Medarot TCG, tied to Japan's late-1990s robot anime and Game Boy RPG that reached Western audiences as Medabots.