Japanese Collectibles What Squirtle, Cinnamoroll, and Evangelion Share
From a 2025 McDonald's Squirtle figure to a Kikkoman x Cinnamoroll coaster and an Evangelion Lawson clear file, four Japanese brand collaboration collectibles.
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Japanese Collectibles The Dragon Quest Monsters Biguana Sticker, Explained
A 1998 Enix sticker featuring Biguana, Dragon family monster 033 from Dragon Quest Monsters, and what it reveals about Japan's character sticker culture.
Japanese Collectibles The Story Behind Kaku, the Square-Nosed Agent of One Piece
A licensed One Piece character playing card featuring Kaku, the square-nosed CP9 agent from the Enies Lobby arc, rendered in a sepia-toned line-art style.
Japanese Collectibles Sailor Venus’s Crescent Beam as Bandai Captured It in 1994
Card #119 from Bandai's 1994 Sailor Moon R trading card set shows Sailor Venus firing her Crescent Beam — printed for the Japanese market before the West got the dub.
Japanese Collectibles Honey Lemon Soda’s Takamine Gets His Own Bandai Keychain
Tomoya Takamine from Honey Lemon Soda stars in this official Bandai mini rubber keychain, tied to Mayu Murata's hit Ribon shojo manga series.
Japanese Culture What Is Macross? A Collector’s Guide to Japan’s Iconic Transforming Robot Toys
Imagine a robot that splits into three completely different forms — a swept-wing jet fighter, a crouching half-bird creature, and a fully upright humanoid mech — and a toy that faithfully replicates every one of those transformations in your hands....
Japanese Collectibles Devil Armor 153 in the Dragon Quest Monsters Sticker Set
This 1998 Enix sticker features Devil Armor 153 from Dragon Quest Monsters, part of a vintage Japanese collectible series drawn in Akira Toriyama's distinctive style.
Japanese Collectibles A Winged Unchi-kun Sofubi for Your Kawaii Collection
This pink, winged Unchi-kun squeaky sofubi embodies Japan's lucky poop symbol tradition alongside the kawaii aesthetic in soft vinyl form.
Japanese Collectibles Bandai’s Macross Frontier Card for Alto and Sheryl Fans
A 2013 Bandai collector card featuring Alto Saotome and Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier, tied to the TV series Episode 2 and identified as MF310.
Japanese Collectibles Showa Menko and the Yokai Universe of Gegege no Kitaro
A circular Showa-era menko card from the Gegege no Kitaro franchise, covering Mizuki Shigeru's yokai world and Japan's post-war cardboard game tradition.