Japanese Collectibles When Pepsi Turned Hammer Bros into a Bottle Cap Figure
Japan's Pepsi Dot series from the early 2000s gave Hammer Bros a bottle cap base and a sculpt that mirrors the original 8-bit Famicom sprite.
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Japanese Collectibles Nausicaä’s 1984 Playing Card and the Animage Connection
A 1984 Japanese playing card featuring Nausicaä in her iconic pilot suit, tied to the Animage magazine that serialized Miyazaki's manga and co-produced the film.
Japanese Collectibles Poe Dameron’s 3.75-Inch Figure for the Force Awakens Fan
Hasbro's 3.75-inch Poe Dameron figure from the 2015 Force Awakens Basic line launched on Force Friday and includes a Build-A-Weapon combining part.
Japanese Collectibles Japan’s Phone Card Era and the 1993 Disney Christmas Telecard
A 50-unit NTT telephone card issued for the 1993 Tokyo Disneyland Christmas season, featuring Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto in Santa costumes aboard a reindeer sleigh.
Japanese Collectibles Battle Fever Robo and the Menko Card That Started a Tradition
A vintage menko card featuring Battle Fever Robo, the first combining giant robot in Super Sentai, from the 1979 Toei and TV Asahi series Battle Fever J.
Japanese Collectibles Tony Tony Chopper’s Die-Cut Pin Badge and Why Fans Collect It
One Piece's popular ship doctor Tony Tony Chopper appears on this Japanese die-cut pin badge, shaped to his outline with a glossy dome finish.
Japanese Collectibles EVA-02 Bottle Cap Figure Every Evangelion Fan Recognizes
This EVA-02 bottle cap figure was released through a Seven-Eleven Japan promotion, bringing the red Evangelion unit into a compact, standalone collectible form.
Japanese Collectibles Captain Tsubasa’s Three Stars on One Round Menko Card
A licensed Captain Tsubasa menko card from the 1983–1986 TV Tokyo anime era, featuring Tsubasa, Hyuga, and Wakabayashi on a single circular card.
Japanese Collectibles How Japan’s Baku Myth Became Drowzee, and Then a Metal Figure
Drowzee's Pokémon Metal Collection figure is a vintage diecast piece from Japan's 1990s collectible boom, shaped by the baku dream-eating legend.
Japanese Collectibles The Buick Skyhawk Crown Cap and Japan’s Coke Collecting Culture
A Japanese Coca-Cola crown cap featuring the Buick Skyhawk, from a promotional American cars series believed to date to the late 1970s or early 1980s.